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Canadian Peace Educators' Directory
Macintosh, Rob (ed)
Book
1987
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Children and Peacemaking
Acker, Ruth et al
Book
1992
A guide for parents and teachers interested in cultivating a peacemaking approach in children. Provides references to resources for children, parents and teachers to help develop a constructive attitu...
Choices: A Family Global Action Handbook
McConkey, David
Book
1987
Choices is aimed particularly at parents who want to instil social awareness in their children, and who are looking for ideas, activities, and ways of initiating discussion.
Conflict Resolution in the Classroom: A Curriculum Project
Article
1987
Peer Conflict Resolution Through Creative Negotiation is a curriculum for grades four through six.
First Person Plural: A Community Development Approach to Social Change
Smith, David
Book
1994
Smith provides an account of his experiences and addresses the ways of building an effective and democratic orgranization to bring about social transformation. Useful for those interested in adult edu...
Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World
Bellar, Ken; Chase, Heather
Book
2008
Profiles 20 world's most effective activists in this five-part book. Each part highlights different types of peacemakers. Part One recognizes activists who stand out for their efforts of choosing non-...
Making Waves: The Grindstone Story
MacAdam, Murray
Book
1984
Our Generation: Volume 1, Number 1
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1961
The first issue of the journal Our Generation Against Nuclear War
Our Generation: Volume 1 Number 4
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1962
Our Generation: Volume 2 Number 2
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1963
Our Generation: Volume 3 Number 3
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1965
Special Issue on Unilateralism
Our Generation: Volume 5 Number 1
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1967
Our Little Victory
Johnstone, Roy
Article
1986
It took an issue like Litton to get us working together, and in our little victory we can take a great deal of pride. We were lied to, threatened, denied information and harassed, all in an unsuccessf...
Transforming Apathy and Denial
Melamed, Lanie
Article
1990
Assisting others to face militarism and ecocatastrophe and become motivated and capable of working to reverse these threats is a substantial challenge for educators in all setting.
Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals
Goodman, Paul
Book
1951
Whatever the subject, Goodman asks: What blocks and limits human freedom, joy, and creativity? What tends to release, free, liberate? In criticizing society and life his purpose is to improve. Goodman...
Weaving Connections, Educating for Peace, Social and Environmental Justice
Goldstein, Tara; Selby, David (eds.)
Book
2000
An anthology by Canadian educators.
When in Doubt, Do Both: The Times of My Life
Macpherson, Kay
Book
1994
Macpherson chronicles the stirrings that led to the modern women's movement in Canada, including the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1967.
Working for Peace: A Handbook of Practical Psychology and Other Tools
Wollman, Neil (ed.)
Book
1985
A survey of the attitudes and tools that can be used in working for peace.

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Canadian Peace Alliance
The Canadian Peace Alliance is the largest umbrella peace organization in Canada. Founded in 1985, the Canadian Peace Alliance has 150 groups and promotes concerted action towards disarmament, demil...
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Established in 1960, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) is a non-partisan Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) comprised of a network of diverse women with consultative status at the United Nation...
Connexions Archive & Library
The Connexions Archive & Library is Toronto-based project dedicated to keeping alive the rich history of grassroots movements for social justice. Connexions preserves 'alternative' histories that r...
Peace Magazine
Bimonthly publication focusing on peace and justice from a multi-partisan perspective.
Science for Peace
Science for Peace is a Canadian organization which brings together those interested in the natural and social sciences in order to address the global crises facing humankind. The members of Science fo...

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