Author: Ploughshares Calgary Society

Join Lorraine Kinsman for: Peace Education: Embracing The Challenges of Newcomer Youth. When newcomer youth and families settle in Calgary as their new home of choice, there are a multitude of challenges that face them that go far beyond the expected needs of finding a home and registering for school. The Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth offers…

Join us on Wednesday, October 9th to hear Kelsey Gallagher present “Canadian arms are fueling conflicts in Gaza and beyond.” This presentation will focus on Canada’s contribution to conflict abroad through military exports, with a focus on Israel’s ongoing operation in Gaza and the potential widening of the conflict. Kelsey Gallagher is a senior researcher…

Attention all workers and volunteers who accompany vulnerable persons in potentially dangerous situations! Welcome all people interested in preventing gender and election based violence nonviolently and supporting community healing and reconciliation. Recognizing this moment of intense polarization, we invite you to come to Parkdale United Church for a Ploughshares Calgary Society conversation with innovative peace…

Join Dr. Daniel Voth (Métis) from the University of Calgary for a discussion of the ways Indigenous peoples have and continue to use relationships with the land, water, and non-human animals to shape how we live with each other, and with those who are different from us. The talk will explore recent case study research on…

Panelists : Maria Stephan, Chief Organizer of the Horizons Project Andre Kamenshikov, Regional Representative of Nonviolence International (USA) and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) in the post-Soviet states Kai Brand Jacobsen, President of the Romanian Peace Institute (PATRIR) Felip Daza, Research Coordinator at Observatory on Human Rights and Business in…

Women and girls are all too frequently targets of sexual violence in contexts of mass atrocity. What is being done in the world to address this, how are these crimes being documented and prosecuted, and what are gaps to better protection ? Please join us for this presentation by Daniela Kravetz, international human rights attorney…

As our lives become intertwined with digital technologies, the information environment is increasingly confrontational, particularly on social media platforms. The current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza demonstrate daily how strategic communication is now an essential aspect of modern warfare, using narratives and images to bolster domestic and international support, as well as spread confusion and…

With his extensive political and life experience, Douglas Roche knows well the serious and unprecedented threats facing us, from newly raging wars in Israel-Palestine and Ukraine-Russia, climate change catastrophes, nuclear weapons proliferation to unprecedented numbers of refugees fleeing starvation, persecution and war. Yet still, he has the audacity to hope. Come out for an hour…

If you agree that the voice of violence has become a dizzying presence that often drowns out the voice of peace, then this interactive session is for you! Carolyn will lead us through a process of remembering peace, even as we look more closely at a world that is experiencing multiple crises. How might we…

In this session, Yvonne offers a proposed model of reconciliatory education, or reconciliation through education, to explain the hows and whys of this complex work. The model invites educators to move beyond colonial renderings of teaching and learning—those predicated on individualist, competitive, assimilative terms—and instead embrace the powerful potential of teaching and learning that can…

Mahendra (M.A., M.Phil in Non-violence and Peace Studies) has been involved in various social, environmental and educational movements  over the years. In his quest for a harmonious, sustainable and holistic way of life, Mahendra explored many philosophies. He lived in a Buddhist monastery as well as an Ashram based on Gandhi’s way of life. This quest…

Paul Darvasi, PhD, is an educator, game designer, speaker, and writer who works at the intersection of games, culture, and learning. His efforts directly or indirectly aim to envision and implement better ways to teach and learn. He is a passionate advocate of media and digital literacy, design thinking, experiential learning, virtual simulations and digital…

Emily Gilbert is a Professor at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed between the Canadian Studies program and the Department of Geography and Planning. Her research focuses on securitization and militarization, with respect to borders, the economy, and climate change. She is an editor at Security Dialogue, and the Vice-Principal of University College.

How should we respond to a time of intensifying social tension, declining democracy, and a growing threat of return to conflict between great powers? Traditional peace building approaches call for dialogue across differences, while activists often rely on nonviolent resistance and direct action to break down oppressive and unjust power structures. Yet can either of…

Please join us to hear Vera Maloff speak of the Doukhobor tradition of non-violence, and in particular, of the story of her grandfather Peter.   Vera will tell us about his life, as he conscientiously strove to live a life of nonviolence, often paying a heavy price for himself and his family.  Peter’s lifelong commitment to peace continues…

“Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act. We belong to this world” We are pleased to present an evening session influenced by the work of Joanna Macy,  a systems thinker, a deep ecologist, and a practicing Buddhist.   Hers has been a wise voice of calm…

Oct. 20 What is Peace Education? By Educators for Peace and Justice Nov. 10 at 7:00 PM. An Interview with Walter Dorn: Two World Wars and the Status of UN Peacekeeping. Nov 17 at 7 PM. Educators for Peace and Justice. Conflict Resolution Training in Schools featuring Alyson Zwack by Educators for Peace and Justice Nov….