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Peace Builders Award 2024

The Collectif 21 Septembre, of which Initiatives of Change Canada is a founding member, received the inaugural Peace Builders Award in the “Collaboration” category on October 2.

Peace Days Montreal - 2024

Peace Days take place in Montreal every year from September 21st to October 2nd.

Unprecedented Times

David Swann has worked in medicine in a number of countries and even tried politics for a decade here in Alberta, focusing more on the environment and how to change hearts and minds to see all of Mother Earth as sacred.

Young Adults Dialogue on Healing and Reconciliation

Young adults are convinced that there cannot be true healing and reconciliation between people without knowing the truth about what really happened and justice for people who were offended.

Gathering of new immigrants - April 14

In Montreal, IofC helped immigrants settle and organized a gathering.

The Choice of Forgiveness

Fesseha Fre Weri, a Canadian originally from Eritrea, tells of the choice he was faced with as a young man - to take up a gun or work for peace. He was speaking in Caux, Switzerland in 2003.

 

Building Trust Across The World's Divides

 

We are part of a global movement of people of diverse cultures and backgrounds, who are committed to the transformation of society through changes in human motives and behaviour, starting with their own.

Young Adults Dialogue

      Young adults meet once a month on zoom to discuss a topic that they chose.
      The last one, in May, was about family and friends. The one before that was about healing and reconciliation.

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Peace Days in Montreal

Peace Days take place in Montreal every year from September 21rst to October 2nd.

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Monthly Fellowship

Our monthly Fellowship video call with IofC friends across the country is a time of catching up and the floor is open for any subject of sharing and listening.

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IofC's core principle is that change starts with ourselves.
Building Sustainable Communities

IofC Canada has a long history with promoting effective intercultural, inter-religious and intergenerational bridge building across societal divides, creating safe spaces where people of different origins, beliefs and religions can have dialogue, undo prejudices, and reach across divides.

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