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CSOP Participant Profile: Carol McNaughton
Thursday, March 7, 2019 @ 4:53 PM
Carol McNaughton spent a semester in South Africa with Outtatown, Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) discipleship program, and has dedicated herself to peacebuilding ever since.
"I did Outtatown right after high school and that kind of sucked me into the Mennonite world I would say." She began working at Camp Valaqua, a Mennonite camp in Alberta, and participated in Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) programs like Serving and Learning Together, where she spent a year in Cambodia. The 25-year-old now works full-time as the Peace Program Coordinator at MCC Alberta.
It was on Outtatown that McNaughton first heard about the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP). She took a course shortly afterwards and enjoyed it so much that she returned for more.
This past June she took the CSOP class "Who is my Neighbour? Ethics in a Bordered World" with Roger Epp, Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta. "I've really enjoyed it," she says. She's excited to dig further into what they discussed, like the question of who your neighbour is and how to approach ethics if everyone is your neighbour, not just the person who lives next door.
"I chose this course because it felt like it was more out of my comfort zone in some ways ... this one was more new to me," says McNaughton, who has a degree from the University of Calgary in Social Work with a minor in Dance. It was also the themes of neighbours and borders that drew her to the course, as her trip to Israel Palestine two weeks earlier on an MCC learning tour had left the image of the wall cutting through Israel Palestine sharp in her memory.
McNaughton had visited once before, but as a tourist. "I spent most of my time in Israel, [I] hadn't been to Palestine really," she says. "It was intense both physically and emotionally to hear those stories but also energizing and inspiring to hear directly from people who are working toward peace and justice."
A lot of things from the CSOP will stay with McNaughton, but one sticks out in particular. "People at CSOP come from all over the world. That is really the amazing thing about CSOP, is you meet up in a classroom with those different perspectives," she says.
"Just having that inspiration of having a community of peacebuilders that, even when it doesn't seem practical in some ways, are still committed that we have to keep caring and we have to keep working through these things to best love our neighbours."
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Read MoreSpeaking our Peace
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 @ 8:00 AM
Sahar Vardi and Tarek Al-Zoughbi live less than 20 kilometers away from each other—Sahar in Jerusalem, and Tarek in the West Bank city of Bethlehem to the south. A literal wall, checkpoints and cultures of mutual hatred separate the regions each call home.
The two activists, who met only weeks ago, are pushing toward new paths of peace. Sahar, a 28-year-old Jewish Israeli, did prison time for refusing military duty in protest of her country's 51-year-old occupation of the Palestinian territories. She now works as a peace advocate with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Read MoreLearning power and vulnerability at CSOP
Thursday, July 19, 2018 @ 8:48 AM
For the first time in my degree, I took a class purely on a recommendation, and man alive am I glad I decided to.
After some conversation and discernment, my academic advisor told me that she thought I should take Arts Based Approaches to Social Change from the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP). I liked the idea of getting some credits out of the way and having an excuse to come back to Winnipeg mid-summer. The course sounded mildly interesting, and though not related to the direction my Interdisciplinary degree seemed to be taking, I decided to just do it.
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Read MorePeacebuilding school brings together participants from around the world in its tenth year
Friday, June 29, 2018 @ 1:05 PM
"This course is challenging my life! What a gift."
This sentiment was voiced by nearly 100 participants, students and professionals who came from around the globe, as they reflected on their time spent in the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) earlier this month.
Read MoreOngoing Muslim-Christian dialogue inspires Saskatoon pastor to study at the CSOP
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 @ 1:52 PM
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Read MoreThe TRC, Calls to Action, and the Mountain Before Us: Stories of Hope and Challenge (video)
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 @ 9:15 AM
CMU was honoured to host The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair on Monday, March 5, 2018 where he spoke to a full house in Marpeck Commons. Senator Sinclair shared stories and insights of the TRC's 94 Calls to Action and commented on the role Canadian communities, churches, and educational institutions have in the pursuite of reconciiliation.
Read MoreHutterites learn about the Islamic faith at Canadian School of Peacebuilding
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 1:58 PM
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Read MoreThe Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair to speak at CMU about reconciliation efforts across Canada
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 @ 9:35 AM
The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair will present a public lecture at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) next month.
Sinclair will give the lecture, titled "The TRC, Calls to Action and the Mountain Before Us: Stories of Hope and Challenge," in Marpeck Commons (2299 Grant Ave.) on Monday, March 5 at 7:00 PM. Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.
Read MoreLawyer-turned-activist from Iraqi Kurdistan excited to share what he’s learned at the CSOP
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 @ 12:00 AM
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Read More‘Everybody is accepted’ at the CSOP, Jordanian peacebuilder finds
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 @ 3:17 PM
Duha Alassaf is passionate about peacebuilding.
"Peacebuilding is a subject that should be mandatory in schools and universities for how to deal with others," she said. "If people only knew peacebuilding, we wouldn't have these conflicts and wars."
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