According to Catherine Morris, the founding director of Peacemakers Trust, peacebuilding “involves a full range of approaches, processes, and stages needed for transformation toward more sustainable, peaceful relationships and governance modes and structures.” Peacebuilding is one of the Ubuntuworks Principles, and it requires a long-term committment to creating change worldwide.
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About
Founded in 1999, Peacemakers Trust is a Canadian charitable organization for research and education on conflict resolution and peacebuilding with an internationally acclaimed bibliography in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
Purpose: to create avenues to advance people’s knowledge and capacity to understand, prevent and address conflict fairly, effectively and peacefully.
Methods: include research and education for practitioners, government and non-governmental officials and the public on:
- nonviolent approaches to conflict transformation and peacebuilding:
- conflict analysis and mapping
- fair and effective dispute resolution processes and systems
- effective planning, leadership, decision-making and problem solving
- fair, effective and accountable governance structures
- sustainable public dialogue about contentious matters
Programs: research and writing, educational events and training workshops, and the publication of resources such as:
- www.peacemakers.ca: an internationally acclaimed resource and bibliographic website used by academics, students, practitioners and the public on six continents.
- Reporting on Conflict: a media monitoring service and resources on media, conflict and society.
- Education and training: educational events on conflict resolution and reconciliation.
- Talking in Public: experiments in public dialogue through seminars and workshops on matters of current importance.
- Applied or academic research and writing: by special arrangement.
- Specially designed educational events or training: for institutions, organizations, or groups by individual arrangement.
How to Get Involved
To learn more about Peacemakers Trust and to learn how to get involved through the Trust’s resources, education, public diaglogues, research, and support, visit https://www.peacemakers.ca
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