The ÆßÐDzʿª½± Warren G Flowers Gallery, First Peoples’ Centre and the Peace Centre present Peace & Decolonization from November 3rd – 24th. WHAT IS SKÉN:NEN? The ÆßÐDzʿª½± Art Gallery, Peace Centre, and First Peoples’ Centre proudly invite you to the opening cocktail of Skén:nen, a month-long, action-packed, whirlwind exhibition and event series at…
Eloise Charet has been an activist her entire adult life for causes as diverse as saving orphans in war torn Cambodia, volunteering in orphanages and organizing a soup kitchen in Bangladesh, and working on environmental issues. She undertook a six month long Cross Canada Water Walk from mile 0 0f the Trans-Canada highway in Victoria…
The Montreal Gazette wrote an article about the ÆßÐDzʿª½± Peace Centre’s joint initiative with the First Peoples’ Centre and Sustainable ÆßÐDzʿª½± in the creation of the Three Sister’s Garden at ÆßÐDzʿª½±! Read the article on the Gazette’s website.
For Europeans, the conception of landscape as experience and meaning-making arose from the Romantic period. For First Peoples, this relationship has always been self-evident. Orenda Boucher-Curotte examines journey, land and meaning from the perspective of the Kanien’keha:ka peoples. Matthew Anderson examines pilgrimage, land and meaning from the Settler perspective. The presentation develops from a discussion…
Socrates, Jesus, and Buddha were all great teachers who revolutionized human understanding. They all also happened to be avid walkers. Was this a coincidence, or does walking outdoors have the potential to change the way you look at the world? On Friday, October 7, a group of ÆßÐDzʿª½± students joined Daniel Goldsmith (Humanities), Chris Adam…
Our urban restoration project focused on creating a rooftop ecological area and then engage and strategize ways to bring the classroom into the space as well as how to use it as a way to build community. Want to know how it all went down? Click to read about the Project Team’s Experiences Day 1:…
ÆßÐDzʿª½± is committed to making a positive impact in our community. Projects for Peace aims to rejuvenate and spark healthy personal, group and community relationships. The event will involve participants from other countries and nations in three collaborative groups designing solutions to real-world challenges. The resulting projects will be implemented during the 2016-2017 academic…
From September 13th – 21st (Peace Week) ÆßÐDzʿª½± will be hosting a series of events. Peace Week will start with the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 2006 shooting, and end at City Hall on the International Day of Peace where the Director General will take the stage as part of a Ville…
In September 2006, ÆßÐDzʿª½± suffered the most devastating and traumatic event an educational institution can be subjected to: a sudden, unprovoked and violent attack by an armed individual. A place where young people gather daily in the pursuit of education and friendship was transformed into an arena of terror. The siege last 18 minutes;…
Last Modified: August 4, 2021
