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Subject: Event notice
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 14:59:33 +0000
From: Debbie Hughes <dhughes@ploughshares.ca>
Project Ploughshares is co-sponsoring the following event and would like to bring it to your attention.
Remembrance for Peace — How can we commemorate the tragedy of World War 1 by emphasizing peace?
Monday November 10th , 7 pm
Conrad Grebel University College Chapel, 140 Westmount Rd North, Waterloo.
This is a presentation and discussion featuring Jamie Swift, co-author of Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety.
Debbie Hughes
Assistant to the Directors
Project Ploughshares
Join us for a presentation and discussion.
Featuring Jamie Swift, co-author of Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety
Canada’s Vimy Ridge war memorial features the statue Breaking of the Sword. Has this peace message been eclipsed by a glorious, birth-of-a-nation war story?
How can we commemorate the tragedy of World War I by emphasizing peace?
Let us colletively explore these questions by starting a PeaceQuest affiliate group in Waterloo!
Refreshments will be served.
For more information please contact congreb@uwaterloo.ca
7:00pm – Monday November 10th
Conrad Grebel University College Chapel
140 Westmount Road North
PeaceQuest is a grassroots organization dedicated to stimulating public conversations about peace and Canada’s role in peacemaking during the WWI centenaries.
This event is co-sponsored by Peace & Conflict Studies and the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement at Conrad Grebel University College, and Project Ploughshares.
