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PEACEMAKERS TRUST
Peacemakers Trust, 1745 Garnet Road, Victoria,
B.C. V8P 3E2, Canada
www.peacemakers.ca
website@peacemakers.ca
Category Research & Knowledge
MISSION STATEMENT
Peacemakers Trust is a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to research and education on conflict transformation and
peacebuilding.
� non-violent conflict resolution and peacebuilding
� promotion and development of fair and accountable governance structures, dispute resolution mechanisms and decisionmaking
processes
� processes and systems for the prevention, analysis and resolution of disputes
� prevention and resolution of conflicts involving human rights
� conflict analysis including cultural, social, legal and other contexts of conflicts and disputes
� cooperative and participatory approaches to problem solving, planning, leadership and decision-making .
Founding year 1999.
Research projects include:
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES
-Bibliographic Research
-Theory and Practice: Reflection and Research
-Media, Conflict and Society: Research and Education Resources
-Pathways toward Reconciliation: Research and Education
-Religion, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: Research and Education
Countries of special interest:
Cambodia, Thailand, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq.
Educational workshops for faith-based organizations and churches:
The Challenges of Reconciliation: Basic Concepts, Christian Community College, Victoria, Canada, Fall, 2005, conducted by
Peacemakers Trust Director Catherine Morris.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Morris, C. (2004). Case Studies in Religion and Peacebuilding: Cambodia. Religion and Peacebuilding. H. Coward and G. S. Smith.
Albany, New York, SUNY Press.
Morris, C. (2004). Threads of Religion in the Weft and Warp of Conflict Resolution. Come Back to the Core. Waterloo, Canada,
National Conference of the Conflict Resolution Network.