CPA June e-newsletter

JUNE 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 2020-2021 Peace Innovators announced Kindred Credit Union, The Ripple Effect Education (TREE), and the Centre for Peace Advancement are welcoming nine passionate and excited students into the 2020-2021 cohort of Peace Innovators Scholarship and Mentoring Program. The students, focusing on topics ranging from mental health, to poverty, to addressing homophobia, transphobia, and racism, will be ready to kickstart their projects this Fall. Read more about how the Peace Innovators program equips changemakers. Highlights Returning co-op student selected for UNODA program Kirsten Mosey, Centre for Peace Advancement Communications Assistant, has been selected as one of ten Youth Champions for Disarmament with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs! Kirsten's experience in refugee camps and her passion for sustainable peace initiatives drew her to the program, where she was selected from a pool of 6,515 applicants! As the only North American in the group, Kirsten is excited to engage youth in Canada to pursue a disarmed world. Read the UN press release. How systems thinking impacts change on a global scale The 2019-2020 Map the System competition wrapped up at the Global Finals on June 17 with a livestream featuring the six finalist presentations. While the UWaterloo Map the System team did not advance to the final round of presentations, the experiential knowledge they gained from each stage of the competition was extremely valuable. Congratulations to the winning teams, and to all the students who participated in this unique challenge! Read more about the team's experience at the Global Finals. Panic, Anxiety + Stress Support during a pandemic While the global health crisis continues, Panic, Anxiety + Stress Support (PASS) has been working hard to address the rise in mental health concerns attributed to loneliness and uncertainty. Accessible features such as a PASS Kit mailing program, and expanding the specific forms of stress supports to include Eco-Grief, an anxiety that is specifically derived from a fear for the future in regrards to climate change, are among the changes rolled out by PASS this month. Check out the PASS newsletter for more information and self-care resources (PDF). Tamarack Institute launches youth engagement strategy The Tamarack Institute has partnered with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to launch a  5-year project (PDF) in 13 communities across Canada. The project, Communities Building Youth Futures, aims to reduce barriers that impact youth graduation rates across the country. Read more about Communities Building Youth Futures. Photo credit: "Like Oceans, We Rise" - Mika Soetaert, selected by Tamarack for the "Seeing Youth Voices" Virtual Gallery. Employment & Engagement Opportunities Fall 2020 course offerings Discover the courses offered online by Centre for Peace Advancement staff and Research Fellows on our Student Engagement page. Course selection for returning students is open from June 26 - July 9 Pandemic Challenge - Concept by Velocity Applications for the Pandemic Challenge are open now and due on July 13. Learn more about the Pandemic Challenge. Co-op and internships - Centre for Peace Advancement There are 12 university students currently employed by a venture or organization in our Centre. Keep an eye on our Opportunities page for openings like these in future terms. Last Month's Most Popular Tweet Congratulations to @lowell_ewert for receiving the Distinguished Teacher Award! The DTA is awarded to four exemplary @UWaterloo professors with excellent extended teaching records, and for making an impact on the lives of colleagues and students #howpeacehappens @Conrad_Grebel — Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement (@GrebelCPA) June 16, 2020 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

This email was sent to uwaterloo@banking.offers.report why did I get this?    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement · 140 Westmount Road North · Waterloo, On N2L 3G6 · Canada