{"id":1719,"date":"2017-08-02T12:20:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T16:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/peace-centre\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2021-08-04T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:57:20","slug":"peace-week-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/peace-centre\/2017\/08\/02\/peace-week-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Week 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2017 the Peace Centre is proud to renew Peace Week and phase II of Projects for Peace.\u00a0 All activities will be linked to the Dawson College Peace Centre\u2019s 2017-18 theme: Sustainable Peace: The Future of Our Well-Being, Environment and Institutions.<\/strong> \u00a0This year\u2019s Peace Week Schedule<\/a> includes: daily meditation & yoga; Keynote Speaker Dr. Alaa Murabit, notably 2017 Forbes Top 30 under 30, one of 17 advocates for the UN Sustainable Development Goals and a renowned peacebuilder in the area of women\u2019s rights, health and education;\u00a0 in collaboration with the Humanities & Public Life conference \u00a0our second speaker is a local entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Sacred Fire Productions, Nadine St Louis & Green Party of Quebec Leader Alex Tyrell; \u00a0an Ethical Consumerism workshop; a Pop-Up Art Hive that will explore art as expression and therapy co-hosted and facilitated by the Museum of Fine Arts and the Art Hives and so much more! Full schedule of activities here.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a move to celebrate Dawson College\u2019s commitment to Peace, the Dawson College Peace Centre launched Peace Week in 2016.<\/strong> The week began on September 13th<\/sup>, the 10th<\/sup> anniversary of the shooting, and ran through to September 21st<\/sup>, the international day of peace. Activities were linked to the Peace Centre 2016-17 theme, Reconciliation and Restoration<\/strong>.\u00a0 The week featured two prominent speakers, Dr. Samantha Nutt and Dr. Abdennour Bidar as well an inaugural initiative entitled Projects for Peace.\u00a0 Projects for Peace is an initiative that seeks to imbue community level peacebuilding as a critical part of the Dawson culture through projects that had practical objectives with concrete deliverables and brought together staff, faculty, management and students. Click here for more info<\/a><\/p>\n

Projects for Peace is back! This year the Urban Restoration-Wildlife Habitat Project is open for Volunteers from the whole Dawson Community! Help increase, biodiversity on campus, meeting our new College strategic goals in sustainability and build positive peaceful relationships with your fellow Dawsonites. Project opportunities are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Work & in the Three Sister\u2019s Garden (Conrod\u2019s courtyard), harvesting, planting and maintaining the site.<\/li>\n
  2. Learn about urban agricultural movements in the Theatre Garden, pollinators and help to harvest and maintain the gardens<\/li>\n
  3. Continue the work started last year in the Conrod\u2019s Wildlife Habitat. Several micro-habitats will be completed which will be used as living labs, encouraging pollinators and bird & insect biodiversity on campus.<\/li>\n
  4. Learn about and work in the Peace Garden!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To learn more about Peace Week or Projects for Peace contact peacecentre@dawsoncollege.qc.ca<\/a>\n

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