Invitation to Share Stories and Metaphors of InterChange Meetings and Community-Based Peacebuilding

InterChange invites you to our December 5th Meeting: Saturday, December 5th 2015, 10 am – 2pm (UTC/GMT – 5) Peace Lounge, 7th Floor South, OISE 252 Bloor St. W, Toronto  (St. George subway station) This will be an extended session, from 10am until 2pm, including pot-luck lunch and additional free light refreshments. Many thanks for supporting […]

“Restorative Justice Circles” with Rita and Samy Czarny

With great pleasure InterChange invites you to the July 4th Meeting: When:  Saturday, July 4th, 2015, 10 am – 12:30 pm (GMT-4) (come prepared to stay longer around the table of food) Where:  Peace Lounge, 7th Floor South, OISE, 252 Bloor St. W, Toronto  (St. George subway station) Skype ID: susanaochi *** Imagine a language which brings […]

2013-14 Annual Report

INTERCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT 2013/14 Highlights of Our Work over the Fiscal Year (Please read below or download the PDF version by clicking here.) InterChange’s 2013-2014 fiscal year was one that brought great successes and also great sadness. In August 2013 we lost our dear friend Anne Goodman, President of InterChange, to cancer. Anne’s vision has […]

2012-13 Annual Report

INTERCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT 2012/13 Highlights of Our Work over the Fiscal Year (Please read below or download the PDF version by clicking here.) InterChange’s 2012-2013 fiscal year saw a great deal of activity in solidarity across our many regions. The following present some of the highlights of the year: 2012 AGM ‘Remembering Partition: Dialogue for […]

2011-2012 President’s Report

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT (Please read below or download the PDF version by clicking here.) A concept I use extensively in my teaching and peacebuilding work is that of peace as a “process-structure”. I learned about this through the work of peacebuilding theorist and practitioner, John-Paul Lederach, who drew on ideas from quantum physics to […]

Building A Culture of Peace GTA workshop picnic October 14, 2012

TAKING STOCK: MOVING FORWARD We’re officially into Fall—the time of year when we gather the harvest and make long-range plans for the year ahead. Using the picnic metaphor that has been a key part of our work, InterChange is planning a half-day working session to take stock of our work in the Building a Culture […]

Remembering Partition 1947: Dialogue for Healing and Change

‘Remembering Partition: Dialogue for Healing and Change’ is an event hosted by InterChange GTA as part of our involvement in community based peace-building in a global context.  In 1947, with the independence of India and Pakistan, over a million people were killed, more than 12 million were forced to migrate, and 75000 women were abducted. To commemorate the 65th anniversary […]

Success at Building A Culture of Peace at Centennial College!

A few months ago we posted a story about the Community Based Peacebuilding workshop series held at Centennial College as part of our Building A Culture of Peace programme. We are pleased to announce the workshop was a great success and we’d like to tell you about it! The unique and customized 4-module workshop, which took place from April […]

The Promotion of Health and Peace

“All diseases have two causes; one is pathological, the other is political” Rudolf Virchow This oft-quoted line by the German physician-anthropologist, who led the creation of social medicine in the 19th century, has motivated and beguiled me for years. After an undergraduate degree in International Development and Nutrition, I have spent 3 years living on […]

Building a Culture of Peace at Centennial College

InterChange GTA is excited to announce that we are now running a 4 module, 12 hour certificate program to the Centre for Organizational Learning and Teaching at Centennial College on Community-Based Peacebuilding. This pilot project is running from April through June 2012 and will bring the following 4 workshops to staff at Centennial College: Module […]