Become involved in activities taking place at Peacebuild:
- Student Membership
- Student Conference and Publication opportunities for members
- Internship Opportunities
- University Programs in Peacebuilding
If after reading this page you still have questions, please contact Dominic Leger at media@peacebuild.ca
Join the Peacebuild Network - Student fee is only $10
Read more about the benefits of becoming a member and all the networking with practitioners and policy leaders you will be able to do while attending the many Peacebuild events and add to your CV by getting involved in working group publications.
Student Conference and Peer Reviewed eZine Publication
Peacebuild recently identified a small number of prominent graduate students to participate in a roundtable discussion and Emerging Issues Project reports launch with NGO practitioners, academics and government representatives.
Student presenters included:
- Corin Chater, PhD Candidate, University of Calgary
State and Multilateral Military Bodies and Aid Delivery in Afghanistan: Effective Approaches to Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Assistance? - Elinor Bray-Collins, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
Practicing Sectarianism: The Political Mobilization of Youth in Divided Societies.(case study: Lebanon) - Olga Tkachuk, M.A. Candidate, University of Ottawa
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Rise of Religious Nationalism - Zahra Hassan, M.A. Candidate, St. Paul University
Framework for Reconciliation in Somalia: Traditional Somali Approaches to Making Peace
Those chosen presented their own original research at the March 13th launch event and will also submit a paper, based on their presentation, for publication in the inaugural edition of Peacebuild’s peer-reviewed student e-zine. If you have a related article that you would like to publish, please contact media@peacebuild.ca.
Internships Opportunities
Every year, Peacebuild has interns from a wide variety of backgrounds and schools. If you are interested in becoming an intern, contact admin@peacebuild.ca. For more information on our current interns, visit our Peacebuild team.
Below are a few links to other organizations that offer youth internships in the field of Peacebuilding:
- War Child Canada
- United Nations Association of Canada (UNAC)
- Canadian International Development Program
- Caux Scholars Program
- Care Canada
- Human Rights Watch
- UNICEF Canada
- OXFAM Canada
- Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
- Walter and Duncan Global Foundation
- United Nations
University Programs in Peacebuilding
- University of Toronto – Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
- Royal Roads University – School of Peace and Conflict Management
- Carleton University – The Norman Paterson School for International Affairs
- Wilfrid Laurier University – Laurier Centre for Global Relations
- University Waterloo – Conrad Grebel University College
- Tufts University – Peace and Justice Studies
- Dalhousie University – International Development Studies
- University of Sussex – Institute of Development Studies
- University of California Berkeley – Peace and Conflict Studies
- American University – International Peace and Conflict Resolution
- University of Ottawa - Conflict Studies
- St. Paul’s University – Conflict Studies
