CPA May e-newsletter

MAY 2020 Enjoy receiving our e-newsletter? Consider sharing, tweeting, or forwarding this month's update. We'd love your help to spread the news about the work that our partners and participants are doing to advance peace!  Share Tweet Forward Pandemic Challenge UWaterloo's entrepreneurial community has banded together to support student ventures through the Pandemic Challenge this Spring! The Challenge is intended to encourage and support students with ideas and solutions for the problems generated by COVID-19. Registration closed last Friday and we have 69 teams registered, with over 130 students representing each year of student and every faculty. Read more about the Pandemic Challenge's unique response to the COVID-19 crisis. Highlights Map the System team advances to Global Finals University of Waterloo's Map the System team will be advancing to the Global Finals after competing at the Canadian Finals earlier this month. The team's project on transit-induced gentrification provided an in-depth look at the economic impact of the recently launched LRT system in Waterloo Region.  Learn more about the team's research and register for the Global Finals showcase.  Peace Innovators wrap up 2019-2020, look ahead The Centre for Peace Advancement, Kindred Credit Union and The Ripple Effect Education (TREE) celebrated the end of the 2019-2020 Peace Innovators program, which saw five students successfully launch four projects at the beginning of May. We received applications from 19 students for the upcoming year and we look forward to announcing the 2020-2021 cohort! Katie Gingerich, Executive Director of TREE, expressed gratitude for the resilience of this past year's students and believes that the Peace Innovators program is "one step on their lifelong journeys as innovators and peacebuilders." Read more about the 2019-2020 cohort. Toward trauma-informed communities Michelle Jackett shared her reflections on  the need for trauma-informed spaces in the latest edition of Grebel Now. This article was originally written to coincide with the opening of a new Grebel Gallery exhibit; despite the disruptions to these plans, Michelle's article – and the overall theme of the exhibit – is all the more relevant in light of the pandemic.   Project Ploughshares catalyzes conversation Project Ploughshares has continued to drive the conversation around global disarmament and peace amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. From analyzing the unique difficulties of war zones to combat the virus, to providing commentary on COVID-19's impact on surveillance technology, Project Ploughshares has a vast array of new articles and commentaries to supplement your quarantine reads. Check out Project Ploughshares' latest publications. Upcoming Events Map the System Global Finals  The University of Waterloo Map the System team will be competing at the Global Finals from June 15-17, 2020. Visit the Centre's event page to stay up to date with details on the virtual showcase. Employment & Engagement Opportunities Pandemic Challenge - Concept by Velocity In partnership with the entrepreneurial community at UWaterloo, Concept is hosting the Pandemic Challenge and Workshops during Spring 2020. Designed to help students develop ideas that will help solve the problems generated by COVID-19, the Pandemic Challenge will culminate in the Pandemic Challenge Fund pitch competition in July 2020.  Learn more about the Pandemic Challenge. Last Month's Most Popular Tweet Every day, @UWaterloo shares photos of the "good buddies" that act as furry companions while we all work from home. We give to you: good buddies, Centre for Peace Advancement edition. pic.twitter.com/HL6dgQGq2l — Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement (@GrebelCPA) Twitter Centre for Peace Advancement Website LinkedIn Aligned values and shared commitment to incubate and advance collaborative, inter-disciplinary, multi-sector peacemaking is at the heart of our partnership with the Kindred Credit Union, and continues to inspire our work. Copyright © 2020 Our mailing address is: 140 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, ON   N2L 3G6 Do you want to receive these updates? Subscribe or unsubscribe

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