CPA May e-newsletter

May 2021 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! You can also donate to the Centre on Grebel's pledge page by selecting "I would like to support another area" and choosing the Centre for Peace Advancement or the Peace Incubator Fund.  Share Tweet Forward Celebrating Katie Gingerich as a voice of women for peace On May 8th, 2021, Founder and Executive Director of The Ripple Effect Education, Katie Gingerich, was recognized as an outstanding representation of the incredible peace work of Canadian women by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW). Gingerich received the 2021 Kim Phúc Award for Youth Peace Leadership for her work supporting youth through conflict resolution. Read Celebrating Katie Gingerich to discover what the award means to her, and visit the VOW Peace Awards website to see the other inspirational award-winners from 2020 and 2021. Highlights UWaterloo Map the System team goes global On May 7th, 2021, eight teams of students from across Canada competed in the Map the System Canadian Finals for the chance to present their research on a global stage. For their incredible presentation and systematic investigation of the precarious foreign labour conditions in Malaysian palm oil plantations, Leah Feor, Ewomazino Iyanu Oluwa Odhigbo and Muhammed Ahsanur Rahim will be representing the University of Waterloo as one of four Canadian teams at the Map the System Global Finals on June 11th, 2021.    Read UWaterloo Map the System team goes global for a recap of the Canadian Finals, and register for Systems Week 2021 to take part in the global final and other activities from June 7th to 11th, 2021. Local youth innovate for peace in the Region of Waterloo The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement, The Ripple Effect Education (TREE) and Kindred Credit Union, gathered virtually on May 5th, 2021 to celebrate the learning and impact of this year's Peace Innovators Scholarship and Mentoring Program participants. Members of the community, mentors, family and friends learned about the work that the 2020-2021 cohort of students have undertaken to tackle social problems in their community. Read Local youth innovate for peace for more on this year's projects and the final showcase. Congratulations also to Peace Innovators Hana, Jennifer and Marina for being recognized by the Optimist Club of Waterloo North in 18 Exceptional Youth. Upcoming events Systems Week 2021 Register to participate in a wide variety of activities from June 7th to 11th, 2021. Hosted by the Skoll Foundation and Oxford's Saïd Business School, Systems Week programming strives to convene thinkers from around the world in collaboration to create lasting systemic change. See the agenda for more information, and don't forget to convert all posted times from BST to EST. The big question: What is the future of warfare? Come kick off the Waterloo.AI webinar series on the Ethics of Automated Warfare and AI! Join Project Ploughshares' Branka Marijan, alongside James Rogers and Vijay Ganesh on June 9th, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm (EST) to discuss the future of warfare. Sign up to receive the webinar link. Map the System global finals Register for Systems Week 2021 to attend the Map the System global finals on June 11th, 2021 from 9:00 - 11:30 am (EST). Cheer on Canadian representatives from UWaterloo, Laurier, the University of Alberta, and the University of British Columbia as they compete against top teams from around the world in this final stage of the 2021 competition. Employment & engagement opportunities Participate in the Concept $5k Pitch Competition Spring 2021 applications are now open for Concept's $5k Pitch Competition, plus eligible teams that focus on health are eligible for an additional $5k on top of the original grant. Applications close on June 20th, 2021 at 12:00 pm (EST). May's most popular tweet Breaking news: @UWaterloo will be attending the global @mapthesystem finals as one of four teams from Canada. Congratulations Ewomazino, Ahsan and Leah for your outstanding @mapthesystemCAD presentation!  — 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 © 2021 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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