GCPE

Issue #71 March / April 2010

Peace Education and Conflict Resolution Education across the Globe:  Introducing the GPPAC Education Working Group
Gary Shaw
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria Australia

GPPAC

Peace education, conflict resolution education, values education, and peer mediation are just some of the entry points used by practitioners to effect positive change in schools and communities. This can be a complex and tricky arena. There are a plethora of peace related policies and program activities you can choose from. What’s working? What’s worth sharing? What the evidence? Are you confused?
 
The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)Education Working Group focuses on local, regional, national, and international development of education policies and infrastructure to support those policies in peace and conflict education through governmental and non-governmental collaborations.
 
GPPAC is a world-wide civil society peace building network designed to strengthen civil society networks for peace and security by linking local, national, regional, and global levels of action; to establish effective engagement with governments, the UN system and regional organizations; and to carry out projects within thefive main program areas including conflict education with a focus in prevention. GPPAC is structured through fifteen regions including Central and East Africa, West Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, The Middle East, North America, Pacific, South East and Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Balkans and Northern and Western Europe.
 
The Education Working Group consists of representatives from NGOs, higher education, Ministries of Education who since 2005 have worked collaboratively to share resources, policies, curriculum, research and expertise, particularly in terms of what is working in peace education and conflict resolution in school, community, and college/university programs world-wide. Not surprisingly there are many similarities in program design and approaches; preventative, holistic, building links between education and the community, policies and programs, and investing in teacher training. Many of these lessons learned are transferable not only across communities, but also across the Globe!
 
Since 2006 in the Crimea, conflict resolution and peace education in schools is provided through the multidisciplinary course, ‘Culture of Good Neighborhood’. The course, which promotes social cohesion and addresses the multicultural society, is now recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for educational establishments in the Ukraine.  This paves the way for the broader introduction of CRE and PE as future education priorities in the Crimea.
 
Similarly in Australia, national education policies have had a focus on social cohesion with investments in values, multiculturalism and citizenship. These are seen as fundamental to achieving school improvement, particularly in relation to safe school cultures and quality learning.
 
Holistic approaches involving collaborations of key stakeholders is one of the characteristics of effective peace building. The West African Network for Peace-building has recently focused on building institutional support for peer mediation as a conflict resolution tool in schools in Liberia and Sierra Leone. A Department of Peace Studies has been established at the University of Sierra Leone as well as a Mediation Centre to serve students.
 
Examples of the kind of policy environments needed for effective peace education includes the Philippines where Executive Order 570, Institutionalization of Peace Education in Basic Education and Teacher Education has provided the legislative framework to strengthen peace education in school curriculum through courses for teachers and pre-service teachers, including a newly required segment on peace education for teachers. In the United States the Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2009 H. R. 4223, was introduced in December 2009. If passed, the Bill will assist in the development of a technical assistance center to support educational institutions at multiple levels to provide evaluation, resources, and training in the U.S. 
 
The intersections between policies, exchange of programs and resources have been reinforced through the GPPAC Working Group, fostering links between NGOs and Ministries of Education, universities, etc.
 
In 2009, the Nansen Dialogue Center Montenegro jointly with the Nansen Dialogue Center Serbia, gained support from The Ministry of Education and Science of Montenegro and The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia on a Joint Cooperation with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the field of peace education emphasizing integration of the themes into textbooks and curricula, the need for teacher training, working with the media, and other specific support mechanisms. The Declaration was the first document proposed by the non-governmental organizations regarding peace education across and between the governmental organizations and the non-governmental organizations, and the first document signed by the respective Ministries to support such initiatives.
 
For more information on Peace Education and Conflict Resolution Education, please visit the following Web sites:
 
The Peace Portal, an on-line initiative of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention and GPPAC, supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, offers space to publish material and reports as well as enable users to collaboratively produce content peaceportal@conflict-prevention.net
 
The Conflict Resolution Connection is a website devoted to the promotion of conflict resolution throughout the world and includes examples of policies and work from the different countries represented within the GPPAC Working Group

News

UNAMID organized debate on education in Darfur
In a spirited debate held at the University of El Fasher, North Darfur, organized by UNAMID's Communications and Public Information Division and the University's Centre for Peace and Development Studies, participants were asked "Has education failed in the search for peace in Darfur?"  Emphasizing the debate's importance, Professor Gambari stated that it "represents an important milestone in the search for sustainable peace, not only in Darfur, but in Sudan and indeed the world as a whole. There can be no peace nor development without education and human rights."

Video Interview with Justice C.G. Weeramantry (Sri Lanka)
In this video interview, Justice Weeramantry talks about the importance of peace education in post-war Sri Lanka as a pillar of reconciliation. He also looks back at his career in law and experience as a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000. Justice Weeramantry is the recipient of the 2006 UNESCO Peace Education Prize and the 2007 Right Livelihood Award, considered the alternative Nobel Prize.

Dr. Mary King receives the 2009 El-Hibri Peace Education Prize
At a packed event at the El-Hibri Charitable Foundation, Dr. Mary King received the 2009 El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. The annual prize, a joint effort between Nonviolence International and the El-Hibri family, awarded $10,000 to Dr. King for nearly four decades of outstanding leadership in the field of Peace Education and the practice of nonviolent action. The award presentation ceremony highlighted King’s valuable contributions to peace education and social justice in the Middle East.  Former President Jimmy Carter issued a statement congratulating King on receiving the Prize, citing her “enormous contributions to peace education, and particularly her devotion to peace” in the Middle East. Carter added that he and his wife were, “proud to be among the many whose lives were touched by her friendship and generous spirit.”

UMASS Lowell Chooses Israeli Educator as 2010 Greely Scholar for Peace (USA)
Prof. Gavriel Salomon of the University of Haifa in Israel is the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Peace and Conflict Studies Institute’s 2010 Greeley Scholar for Peace. Chosen for his creativity and excellence in building and teaching peace, Salomon is the founder and director of the Center for Research in Peace Education at the University of Haifa. He is known for using sports teams to form peaceful relationships, including bringing Israeli and Arab players and fans together to transform animosity and mistrust into cooperation and support.

Canadian Universities expand peace, conflict studies to PhD level
Winnipeg is joining Washington as the only North American cities where students in peace and conflict studies can get bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees. The University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba will announce this morning that they are launching a new masters of arts program in September. The peace and conflict studies' research priorities will include the analysis and resolution of protracted ethno-political conflicts, Indigenous approaches to peacemaking, gender, conflict and peace building, peace education, children and war in the context of human rights and human security.

“Turning Toward Peace” aims to help Afghan children (USA)
AKRON, Pa. – Each year, thousands of people in the United States decide to witness for peace by withholding the portion of their taxes that would support war efforts and using it to support peace. For those who make the choice to withhold, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) U.S. offers the "Turning toward peace" initiative – an invitation to sow the seeds of peace by redirecting war tax dollars to help children in Afghanistan through MCC's Global Family education sponsorship program.  In Afghanistan, Global Family works with MCC partner Help the Afghan Children, an organization that addresses education and peacemaking concerns.  Since 1996, MCC and its Global Family program have provided more than $7 million in humanitarian and educational assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights requesting governments to submit national reports on the implementation of the first phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (WPHRE, 2005 - 2009)
The Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is pleased to announce that it has circulated to all Governments a note verbale and a questionnaire, requesting them to prepare and submit their national reports on the implementation of the first phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (WPHRE, 2005 - 2009), which concerned integrating human rights education in the school system. Human Rights Council resolution 12/4 (1 October 2009) requires the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System (UNIACC) to submit an evaluation report on the 1st phase of the World Programme to the United Nations General Assembly at its 65th session. The final report is to be based on Member States' national reports.

Money for Education, Not for War
(Blog: Harry Targ, Diary of a Heartland Radical) The project of privatizing the educational system, by starving the public system, has been paralleled by a fundamental feature of American government, the existence of a permanent war economy. Ever since the Korean War every administration has put military spending as the first national priority, such that over much of this period half of every tax dollar went to military spending.

Peace Education in the Field  

2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report
Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are now experiencing the aftershock of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, released on January 19, argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose life chances will have been irreparably damaged by a failure to protect their right to education.

Peace Channel conducts teachers’ orientation (India)
Peace Channel organized a one day teacher orientation program under the theme “Let the children and youth be the messengers of peace and hope in our society” on March 27 in Dimapur. 57 teachers form various government and private educational institutions of Dimapur and Peren district participated in the program.  Rev. Fr. C. P. Anto, Director Peace Channel, began the day with keynote address; he also gave an insight on various aspects of peace building, peace education and conflict transformation.

Tolerance and peace education training of trainers in Armenia
A tolerance and peace education training of trainers (ToT) was organized on 9-13 March in the town of Aghveran, Kotayk region, for 27 education specialists, teachers and parents. The five-day ToT brought together representatives of central and regional offices of the National Institute of Education of Armenia (NIE), authors of school textbooks, teachers and parents for an open discussion on tolerance related issues and the ways to address them through education. The ToT was conducted in the framework of UNDP “Promoting Human Rights Education” Project.

Action Alerts

Encourage national authorities to submit national reports on the implementation of the first phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (WPHRE, 2005 - 2009) to United Nations Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Education in the School System (UNIACC) – Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
In the guidance section of the questionnaire, Governments are explicitly encouraged to involve national human rights institutions and civil society in the preparation of their national reports. The UNIACC Secretariat, provided by OHCHR, invites national human rights institutions and civil society to engage with national authorities with a view to encouraging them to prepare and submit their national reports to OHCHR as requested. The note verbale and the questionnaire may be downloaded in English, French and Spanish from OHCHR's website for the World Programme by clicking above.

Contribute to the Civil Society Report on a Culture of Peace for the end of the UN International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)
The youth team has been working hard to mobilize responses for the civil society report at the end of the UN International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World 2001-2010. So far, responses have been received from initiatives in over 40 countries. Take part in the report! You can complete the questionnaire and enter information from your organization either online at www.decade-culture-of-peace.org or by email to evaluation@decade-culture-of-peace.org. Please use this email address also if you have any questions. Submissions may be made in five different languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian. LAST Deadline: April 30, 2010. Early submissions are highly encouraged.

Seeking Nominations: El-Hibri Peace Education Prize
The El-Hibri Peace Education Prize honors one peace educator annually with the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize in order to bring awareness of and to promote the expansion of the field of Peace Education.  The Prize recognizes outstanding peace educators based in the United States that are making valuable contributions to peace education and social justice in the Middle East. Nominations are due June 6, 2010.

Events and Conferences

Please note that only newly submitted events will contain a full description. All events & conferences that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed by date with a link to follow for more information.

Call for Posters – Conference: “Trust” – Discourse, Power, Resistance series – University of Greenwich, London (March 30-April 1, 2010)
For more information on the conference click on the link above.

Call for Papers – The Council of Europe’s (2008) White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue: “Living Together as Equals in Dignity”
The White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue was launched by the Council of Europe Ministers of Foreign Affairs at their 118th Ministerial Session (Strasbourg, 7 May, 2008).This White Paper and media releases can be found at the link above.   This Call for Papers asks contributors to provide papers of no more than 4,000 words (including references) either directly responding to the White Paper or indirectly picking up issues and concerns around the notion of ‘intercultural dialogue’ as it has been formulated in the White Paper. This special issue of Policy Futures in Education (www.wwwords.co.uk/PFIE) will be published in 2011. Please signal your intentions as soon as possible by sending a title and abstract to the Editors at the following email addresses: Michael A. Peters, University of Illinois (mpet001@illinois.edu); Xiaoping Jiang, Guangzhou University (sadoragz@hotmail.com); Tina Besley, University of Illinois (tbesley@illinois.edu).

6th Annual Morton Deutsch Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Social Justice (April 8, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Call for Papers – 23rd annual Student Conference Peace and Justice for Our Planet – Capital Area Association for Peace Studies (CAAPS) and Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA (April 10, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Second International Academic Israeli-Palestinian Peace Conference “Pathways to Peace” – Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA (April 16-17, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Peace and Justice Education Conference – Teachers College, New York, NY, USA (April 17, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

American Educational Research Association 2010 Conference. (April 30 – May 4, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Cultivating Peace: A Symposium for Violence Prevention – Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (November 12-14, 2010)
Undergraduate and graduate students from regional, national, and international colleges and universities are invited to attend. Students may present both individual and collaborative work from diverse fields as oral or poster presentations, and multi-media projects. Please send proposals and travel assistance requests to Dr. Marc Lucht via e-mail at mlucht@vt.edu. Individuals and teams should submit one-page proposals for review by April 30, 2010. The organizing committee will announce acceptances by May 15, 2010.

International Conference: “Deepening Democracy as a Way of Life: Challenges for Participatory Democracy and Citizenship Learning in the 21st Century” – Rosario, Argentina (May 13-16, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Call for Papers – Engendering Empowerment: Education and Equality (E4) Conference in Dakar, Senegal (May 17-20, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Annual Conference of the Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA) – Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (June 2-4, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Faculty Summer Institute: “Teaching Peace in the 21st Century” – University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (June 13-18, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

2010 Design Science/Global Solutions Lab: Building Peace Through Design - UN in New York and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, USA (June 13-21, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

10th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference – Network of European Peace Scientists (NEPS) – Amsterdam, The Netherlands (June 28-30, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

International Peace Research Association Conference – Sidney, Australia (July 6-10, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

6th Annual International Leadership Training Programme: A Global Intergenerational Forum – University of Connecticut, CT, USA (August 6-14, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Association for Conflict Resolution Conference: “Many Paths, One Destination” – Chicago, IL, USA (September 1-4, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Call for Proposals – 8th Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association: “Building Bridges, Crossing Borders: Gender, Identity and Security in the Search for Peace” – Menno Simons College and the Global College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (October 1-2, 2010)
 For more information click on the link above.

Forum 2010 – Santiago de Compostela, Spain (December 9-13, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Workshops and Trainings

Please note that only newly submitted workshops/trainings will contain a full description. All workshops/trainings that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed by date with a link to follow for more information. 

Certificate Course in Human Rights Leadership Development Training – Global Human Rights Leadership Training Institute (GHRLTI) – Nigeria (March 8 – April 9, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

New MA in Understanding Conflict – University of Liverpool, UK
The MA Understanding Conflict is a one-year interdisciplinary Master’s programme designed to enable participants to fully understand the causes of conflict and the best means to resolve them. Drawing upon the disciplines of history, law, political science and philosophy, students will not only be taught by leading academics in the field but also by high-profile diplomats and politicians who themselves have been involved in bringing numerous conflicts to peaceful resolutions.

Graduate Certificate in Peace Education at Arcadia College, USA
The International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program offers a 12-credit Arcadia Graduate Certificate in Peace Education. This certificate is offered fully online and may be completed within one calendar year.  The certificate program is designed to provide a core understanding of the field of International Peace and Conflict Resolution with a specialization in peace education. This degree would enable teachers, administrators, guidance counselors and social workers in academic institutions to design and implement school-wide peace education programs.

Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program – Inside-Out Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
The core of the Inside-Out Program is a 15-week academic course, meeting once a week, through which 15-18 “outside” (i.e., undergraduate) students and the same number of “inside” (i.e., incarcerated) students attend class together inside prison.  All participants read a variety of texts and write several papers; during class sessions, students discuss issues in small and large groups; and, in the final month of the class, students work together on a class project.

2010 The Inside-Out Training Institute – Inside-Out Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (June 7-13 / June 21-27 / July 12-18, 2010)
The Inside-Out Training Institute is a comprehensive 7-day, 60-hour intensive training program that covers everything necessary to develop a course in the Inside-Out model (see announcement above):  curriculum development, setting parameters, institutional relationships, group dynamics, interactive pedagogical approaches, and much more. Deadline extended to April 5, 2010.

Teach Peace Conference: "Where are the Rs in PEACE?" – Rethinking Education, Restoring Justice, Respecting Environment – Peace Education and Action Center, Sarasota, FL, USA (April 9-10, 2010)
The Teach Peace Conference is an educational event aimed to bring together individuals from all sectors of the community for the following goals: 1. to share and to learn with each other how we teach and make peace in our formal and informal environments.  2.  to create new strategies for teaching and making peace at home, in school, in the workplace and in the world.  3.  to encourage research, education and action towards building a positive culture of peace in our world.

University for Peace (UPEACE) first online course on “Contemporary Leadership, Cultures and Diversity” (April 12 – July 23, 2010)
The course focuses on concepts of diversity and culture, and how leadership approaches to peacebuilding challenges are affected by these factors. The course will interest individuals from a broad range of disciplines and professions, especially those who wish to develop their leadership skills in multicultural environments. This is the first element in an online UPEACE programme that will eventually offer a full executive MA degree.

National Peace Academy's Summer Peacebuilding Peacelearning Intensive – Wilmington College, OH, USA (August 1-7, 2010)
For more information click on the link above. (Early bird discounted registration: April 15, 2010. Application deadline: July 1, 2010.)

International Institute on Peace Education – 2010 – Colombia (July 11-17, 2010)
For more information click on the link above. (Application deadline: April 16, 2010.)

Upcoming Conference: "Authority, Leadership and Peacemaking: The Role of the Diasporas" – Dover, MA, USA (April 16-18, 2010)
The conference is hosted by the Connors Family Retreat and Conference Center, owned and operated by Boston College. For more information click on the link above.

Social Justice Mediation Institute annual trainings – University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, USA (May 19-23 / August 29 – September 2, 2010)
For more information click on the link above. (Week One deadline: April 19, 2010. Week Two deadline: July 29, 2010.)

Fifth Annual Conference on Teaching for Peace and Human Rights – Special Focus: The Rights of Children – Adelphy University and the United Nations, New York, NY, USA (April 26-27, 2010)
The conference will bring together teachers, public education administrators, UN ambassadors, and the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) community for a global dialogue about integrating peace and human rights education into the classroom. Teachers will write a Declaration to support UNESCO’s International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World campaign (2001–2010). The purpose of the event is to provide a forum for dialogue, discussion, and collaboration for educators and students from around the world. Deadline: April 20, 2010.

Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) – SIT Graduate Institute, Brattleboro, VT, USA (May 31 – June 18, 2010)
For more information click on the link above. (Deadline for application: May 1, 2010.)

NVC in Education Europe: Tilting Towards Compassion in Learning Environments – near Carcassonne, France (Part One: May 3-6 / Part Two: May 7-9, 2010)
Part one is an exchange meeting that addresses people sharing NVC in educational settings: Using Open Space Technology for planning the days together, the intention is to engage trainers who are already sharing NVC at the moment as well as attracting those who are interested in sharing NVC and who seek inspiration, who will benefit from hearing about the experiences of those who are currently working in this field. Part two is a training that addresses people working in an educational setting: The intention is to engage teachers who are interested in implementing NVC in their group, classroom, school and/or system.

Network for Peace Youth Dialogue Conference: “Youth: Dialoguing for Peace and Change” – Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, USA (May 15, 2010)
The conference will bring together up to 100 youth to learn from each other in youth-led workshops. The program focuses on tools for putting dialogue to use in your work.
Presentations at the conference will include workshops created by youth from EARS (Effective Alternative in Reconciliation Services) in the Bronx, the Osborne Association and the High School for Global Citizenship in Brooklyn, the Renaissance Charter School in Queens and Mott Hall High School in Manhattan. The conference is taking place on Saturday, May 15th 2010 from 10 AM to 4 PM at Marymount Manhattan College, 221 E 71st Street, NY, NY 10021. If you are interested in participating, or would like to learn more, please contact Kathleen Kanet at kkanet@networkforpeace.com or 212-426-5818, or Ellie Shrier at eshrier@networkforpeace.com.

Seminar on Education and Peace - Mumbai, India (May 15-16, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

2010 Women's Human Rights Education Institutes (WHRI) – Centre for Women's Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada and Fundación Justicia y Género, Costa Rica (July 19 – August 26, 2010 / August 16-20, 2010)
Two institutes on women’s human rights:
1. Women’s Human Rights: Building a Peaceful World in an Era of Globalization (July 19 – August 26, 2010).
For more information click on the link above. (Application deadline: May 15, 2010.)
2. Women’s Rights are Human Rights! – CEDAW for Change (August 16-20, 2010)
For more information click on the link above. (Application deadline: July 16, 2010.)

Advanced Certificate Programmes in Advanced Mediation and Designing Peacebuilding Programmes – Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR), Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Advanced Mediation and Peacemaking: May 17-21 / Designing Peacebuilding Programmes: May 24-28, 2010)
The International Peace and Development Training Centre (IPDTC) of PATRIR is launching its 2010 Spring Peace Academy (SPA) with a range of programmes addressing core and expert skills and knoweldge training for policy makers and practitioners working in mediation and peacemaking, peacebuilding, conflict transformation, development work, humanitarian aid, gender, governance and related areas.

Professional Training Courses in Peacebuilding & Development – Washington, DC (June 1-18, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Basic Semester "Monte Cerro Peace Education" – Tamera Peace Research Center, Southern Portugal (June 1 – August 5, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Symposium on Conflict Prevention, Resolution, and Reconciliation - International Peace & Security Institute (IPSI) and Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) – Bologna, Italy (June 19 – July 17, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict – International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) and The Fletcher School at Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA (June 20-25, 2010)
 For more information click on the link above.

Summer 2010 Online Professional Development Courses – Urban Center for Social Justice, Peace Education and Research, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA (Session 1: June 21 – July 14 / Session 2: July 15 – August 6 / Session 3: August 9-31, 2010)
The following professional development courses conform with the new Ohio Dept. of Education guidelines on Positive School Climate: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy; Bullying in the K-12 Classroom Environment; Creating Positive School Climates; and Impact of Violence on Children and Community. These four graduate-level courses comprise the requirements for the graduate certificate in Positive School Climate and are offered at 50% of in-state graduate tuition rates. The courses may be applied towards graduate degrees in programs such as Educational Studies and the online degree in Curriculum and Instruction. For registration information, please contact cech@uc.edu or call Shelby Ellis at +1-513-556-2496. Information is also available at our Center by calling +1-513-556-3564 or by clicking on the link above.

Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict – International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and the Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA (June 23-30, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

University for Peace MA Program Applications Open
For more information click on the link above. (Deadline for applications not requiring financial aid: June 30, 2010.)

Rotary Peace Fellowship Opportunity (MA or Professional Certificate) – worldwide (July 1, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

Nonviolence Summer Institute 2010 – Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies, University of Rhode Island, RI, USA (Introduction: July 6-10, 2010 / Level I: July 6-16, 2010 / Level II: July 12-16, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

2010 Summer Institute – Consortium for Peace Studies, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (July 19-23, 2010)
For more information click on the link above.

 

Publications and Resources

The Conflict Resolution Education (CRE) Connection Website
The site includes articles, book chapters, lesson plans, and other informative resources related to all levels of peace education. They include the “Manual for Community Colleges Developing Programs in Peace & Conflict Studies,” “CRE Legislation,” “New in the Catalog,” and “Learning Modules and Activities.” The CRE Connection is the most comprehensive site on the Web for information about conflict resolution education, and all of the resources are free.

Global Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls
UNIFEM has launched this one-stop centre, which will support practitioners around the world in effective design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes. The web-based site brings together lessons learned to date and recommended practices gleaned from initiatives on ending violence against women and girls, whether originating from the women’s movement, civil society organizations, governments, the United Nations system or other actors.

UNESCO: Report from the frontline in the fight for education
Mr Brendan O’Malley, who works as an independent consultant for UNESCO and Education International, researched and wrote Education under Attack (2007), the first global study of  political and military violence targeted against education staff, students, teachers, union and government officials, and institutions over a ten-year period.   The new report, Education under Attack 2010, takes the story further revealing a problem reportedly more widespread and serious than previously thought alongside hopeful glimmers on where solutions may lie.

Publication: Conflict Resolution and Peace Education: Transformations across Disciplines
Edited by Candice C. Carter, this volume includes lessons about conflict sources, transformation and resolution. While featuring field-based examples in multiple disciplines, including political science, anthropology, communication, psychology, sociology, counseling, law and teacher training, this book presents real cases of conflict work. Explained are concepts underlying conflict transformation and strategies that have been adapted for use in professional practice. The contributors describe formal peace education with university students in different fields of study and informal learning of adults in community settings. Comprehensively, this book supports professionals who specialize in conflict work as well as instructors and learners in several disciplines which all respond to conflict.

Network for Peace through Dialogue launching its online blog
For more information click on the link above.

 

Jobs and Funding Opportunities

Please note that only new submitted job postings will contain a description. All jobs that have been previously published in the newsletter will be listed with a link for more information.

Visiting Research Fellow – Goshen College Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning (CITL), Indiana, USA (August 1, 2010 – July 30, 2011)
The Goshen College Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning (CITL) invites application for a one-year visiting fellowship (August 1, 2010 – July 30, 2011) renewable to two years from scholars at the post-doctoral level from disciplines in the areas of intercultural education, student development and/or social sciences. The Post Doc Research Fellowship is designed for faculty in the early stages of their careers (5 years or less after completing their Ph.D.) who are interested in doing research on Latino issues and its relationship to intercultural teaching and learning. Ph.D. in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Sociology or a related field of study is required. Applications will be reviewed beginning March 8, 2010.

Humane Education Instructor – HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers)
HEART is seeking a 
part-time instructor to teach multi-lesson programs as well as 
conduct service learning projects focused on teaching youth compassion and respect for all living beings (humans and animals) and the 
environment. This is a position that can grow into a full time position. Send resume and cover letter by email to Brad Goldberg at brad@teachhumane.org. Deadline to apply is April 30, 2010.

UNESCO Fellowships
The fellowships offered under this scheme are of short term duration (6
months maximum) and are intended for specialized training at the postgraduate level. Priority targets are promising and qualified specialists who seek to undertake advanced research or to upgrade their skills and knowledge of state-of-the-art developments in their field of study or work. Target candidates: Graduate and Postgraduate candidates for study abroad wishing to pursue training; undertake advanced research; upgrade skills; or attend specialized or refresher courses. Deadline: April 30, 2010.

Assistant Professor (Peace and Conflict Studies) – Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada
The Faculty of Graduate Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor position in the Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) program, with a starting date of July 1, 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. The Program is particularly interested in a candidate whose scholarship has clear relevance to practice and who has theory-guided practice experience in the PACS field. The candidate’s research, practice, and teaching interests should include a focus on the theme of gender and conflict or indigenous peacemaking.