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Event Name: The Fourth Annual Mahatma Gandhi Lecture on NonViolence 
Date: February 1, 2000
Organization: Centre for Peace Studies.
Event Location:

At McMaster University, 7:30 p.m.

Brief Description: Senator Douglas Roche will do a presentation on Canada and a Culture of Peace.
Contact Person:   Tel:  
Web Site:   E-mail: peace@mcmaster.ca 
For further information, contact:
Event Name: International Week Conference at the University of Alberta (February 1 - 4)
Date: February 2, 2000
Organization: Centre for Peace Studies.
Event Location: University of Alberta.
Brief Description: The conference is open to all people, i.e. no registration fees. A Culture of Peace plenary session will be on Wednesday at noon. 
Contact Person: Swee Hin Toh. Tel:  
Web Site:   E-mail: s.h.toh@ualberta.ca
For further information, contact:
Event Name: University of Calgary International Week Non-governmental Organization ("NGO") Fair will feature a CULTURE OF PEACE booth.
Date: February 7, 2000
Organization:
Event Location: University of Calgary.
Brief Description: Displays will be set-up between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm in the MacEwan Student Center courtyard. Other Organizations involved in international, environmental and social justice pursuits are invited to set-up a display and, if possible, have a representative present to answer questions and engage students in discussion about the organization's  activities. 
Contact Person: Sally Hodges Tel:  
Web Site:   E-mail: hodges@cadvision.com
For further information, contact:
Event Name:

International Week's activities as is entitled "Local Action: Global Awareness"

Date: February 10, 2000
Organization:
Event Location: 4:00 p.m. at a location TBA on the University of Calgary campus..
Brief Description: CULTURE OF PEACE workshop:  A guest speaker, Robert Stewart, will speak about everyday acts that people can take to promote a culture of peace. The speaker will bring global examples of conflict that might have been reduced by a different cultural approach to conflict. The workshop's focus is on bringing global awareness to the personal level by empowering people to implement lifestyle choices that reflect their global concern. 
Contact Person: Edmund Oliverio or Robert Stewart Tel:

Edmund Oliverio:
 (403) 228-9388  
Robert Stewart: 
(403) 938-5335

Web Site:

http://www.peace.ca

 		 E-mail: oliverio@istar.ca , stewartr@peace.ca
For further information, contact:
Event Name:

Youth Participation Session
Date: February 14,2000
Organization: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
Event Location: 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa ON
Brief Description: DFAIT is interested in youth priorities on the issue of war-affected children. The Department is therefore organizing a Youth Participation Session to focus on war-affected children. The session will be chaired by Senator Landon Pearson and the sessions will be facilitated by youth from YouCAN. DFAIT is inviting youth, NGOs, government representatives and academics to participate.
Contact Person: Maha Greenwood Tel:

(613) 944-1226
Web Site:

www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca

 E-mail: Maha.greenwood@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
For further information, contact:
Event Name: Seminar Series: Addressing Deep-Rooted Conflict
Date: February 14-15, 2000
Organization: Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution
Event Location: Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada
Brief Description: Seminar 2 – Understanding Deep-Rooted Conflict: Develops different ways of looking at identity based conflict using human needs theory, mimetic theory (based on the power of imitation), psychodynamics of victimization, structures of control, ethnonationalism, etc.
Contact Person: Vern Neufeld Redekop & Esther vanGennip Tel: (613) 235-5800
Web Site:   E-mail:  
For further information, contact:
 Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution, Saint Paul University, 223 Main Street, Ottawa, ON
K1S 1C4
Event Name: Random Acts of Kindness Week
Date: February 14-20, 2000
Organization: Random Acts of Kindness Movement
Event Location: Across Canada
Brief Description: During Random Acts of Kindness Week, take time to reaffirm and deepen your individual commitment to kindness and caring as a way of life. Part of the contagious appeal of the kindness movement can be attributed to a growing awareness of its importance. Perhaps you see the result of your small act of kindness. Those who experience kindness are often empowered to do a kindness for someone else. Perhaps you sense how doing a kind act somehow lifts your own burdens and changes your outlook on life. When this happens, your potential is limited only by your imagination. Contact us to find out what is happening in your community and visit our website for wonderful ideas on how to celebrate this idea throughout the entire year!
Contact Person: Cheryl Moskaluk Tel: 780-460-8841
Web Site:   E-mail: info@kindness.ab.ca
For further information, contact:
 Please note: World Kindness Day is slated for November 13, 2000. 
Event Name: DFAIT-NGO peacebuilding consultation
Date: February 29 – March 1, 2
Organization: Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC)
Event Location: Ottawa
Brief Description: This consultation provides workshops and conferences on different topics such as conflict resolution, conflict prevention and peacebuilding. There will be a special workshop on the Culture of Peace.
Contact Person: Janet L. Durno, Coordinator Tel: (613) 241-3446
Web Site: www.cpcc.ottawa.on.ca E-mail: cpcc@web.net
For further information, contact:

Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee
1, rue Nicholas Street, #510, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7, CANADA. Fax: (613) 241-5302
Event Name: Painting Peace
Date: February to December 2000
Organization: Change for Children
Event Location: Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua
Brief Description: Painting Peace embraces the vision that achieving true peace means living with compassion and social justice, respecting the rights and dignity of each person without prejudice, respecting cultural diversity and preserving the balance of nature. The project will bring this vision to the diverse realities of young people throughout Central America and Alberta. Youth will be encouraged to enter into a dialogue with these themes and with each other and to express creatively their own visions for making peace a reality in their immediate lives, their local communities and globally. The creative efforts of youth from Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua will in turn engender more dialogue and action for positive change throughout this hemisphere.
Contact Person: Ron Berezan Tel: (403) 448-1505
Web Site:   E-mail: cfca@web.net
For further information, contact:

 

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