Toronto Peacebuilding Workshop: January 25th 2012

Everyone can be a Peacebuilder! Please join us for a creative and participatory ‘Peace Ambassadors’ Workshop in which you will:  learn core peace concepts and models explore the idea of “peace literacy” and how it can be promoted ­ discover your unique peacebuilding role find out more about the InterChange workshops and facilitators and how these […]

An update for InterChange Toronto

It has been an exciting fall with many new developments with the Building a Culture of Peace in the GTA programme.  In October we initiated a new and exciting workshop called “Everyone can be a Peacebuilder” this workshop brought together a group of 30 InterChange members and members of the community to creatively explore peacebuilding […]

InterChange Uganda lauded over peace

InterChange Uganda has been hailed for its role in incorporating peace into its programmes of activities. Speaking during a function to bid farewell to a Canadian student, Shannon Davis, the Chairman of Lutengo Local Council, Kasasira Moses Matovu, thanked the InterChange Uganda chapter members for including peace in their list of programmes because there is […]

This Fall: Peace-building Workshops in the GTA

InterChange’s programme: Building a Culture of Peace in the GTA continues this fall with exciting education and training workshops. This Toronto-based programme offers Peace-building workshops to leaders and members of communities. These workshops impart peace-building ideas, skills, and methods and foster a culture of peace. Over the past 7 months, we have given around 25 workshops on a […]

President’s Report to the Annual General Meeting, June 11, 2011

(Please read below or download the PDF version by clicking here.) The past year has been an expansive and exciting one for InterChange.  Many areas of the world where we have InterChange members faced major political changes, both positive and negative, thus creating challenges and opportunities for the work of community-based peacebuilding. In this context, […]

Tor Iorappu, InterChange Board Member featured in Canadian newspaper

On April 14, 2011, the Globe & Mail, a Canadian newspaper, featured an article about the situation in Jos, Nigeria, and the work being done by InterChange board member Tor Iorappu.  Titled “An island of sanity in Nigeria’s city of hate”, Tor is quoted in the article as saying: “the politicians here are not interested in […]

Building a Culture of Peace in the GTA- Offering workshops in your community

I am delighted to introduce you to an exciting programme developed by InterChange called Building a Culture of Peace in the GTA. This is an education and training programme that offers Peace-building workshops to leaders and members of communities. These workshops will impart peace-building ideas, skills, and methods and foster a culture of peace.   […]

After the referendum: Toward Sustainable Peace in Kenya Facilitators’ Workshop Nairobi, Kenya, October 2010

25 participants from various parts of Kenya, from Uganda, and from Canada, joined together in Nairobi, Kenya in October 2010 for a Facilitators’ Workshop titled ” After the Referendum: Toward Sustainable Peace in Kenya”. Making use of the heightened public awareness and engagement in Kenya in the period between the adoption of the new constitution in […]

InterChange GTA Symposium: Peacebuilding Show & Tell, November 21-22, 2009

Download Symposium Proceedings InterChange GTA’s 2009 Peacebuilding Show and Tell Symposium was held in Toronto, Canada, from November 21-22, 2009. The Symposium set out to help local peacebuilders: share knowledge and skills by participating in workshops facilitated by InterChange members become better oriented with InterChange’s mission, philosophy and goals develop action plans and ways forward […]

2007 Community-Based Peacebuilding Across Borders and Boundaries Symposium – Proceedings Available

Download Symposium Proceedings InterChange’s Community-Based Peacebuilding Across Borders and Boundaries symposium, held November 6-9, 2007 in Kigali, Rwandabrought together practitioners, theorists and policy makers to: * Inform and explore theory and practice in community-based peacebuilding * Create, support and collaborate on ideas and research projects across borders * Connect and strengthen the InterChange network of […]