Planting Peace

Planting Peace is a two week cross-cultural training session that brings together twenty young people from around the world and Alberta. First piloted in 2010, the program provides practical training that is enhanced through experiential field trips and enriched through the stories and contexts of our participants.

Planting Peace is all about breaking down barriers and creatively talking across boundaries to work towards a more peaceful world. Once complete, participants will have the skills and the network support needed to be peace promoters in the regions and contexts where they live.  

Participants should:

• Be open to cross-cultural, cross-faith learning and interactions and be respectful of different perspectives
• Be committed to peaceful resolution of conflict as a way of life
• Have an understanding of issues standing in the way of peace on a global and local scale
• Have a gernal interest in international issues
• Be willing to share their own experiences and to learn from others
• Be committed to taking their experiences with Planting Peace home and working with conflict issues in their local context
• Be willing to connect with the MCC Alberta office after Planting Peace to share learning, reflections and new experiences in their work
• International participatants are connected with MCC Partner Organizations

Introducing Planting Peace 2013!

Planting Peace 2013 has started with 17 participants from 10 different countries. The theme of this year's Planting Peace is storytelling for peace.

Read more about our amazing participants and speakers for Planting Peace 2013!

A Huge Thank-you!

Planting Peace would not be possible without generous donations from:

• Totem Building Supplies
• Government of Alberta Community Iniatives Program (CIP)
• Individual Donors

MCCA Program Director Orlando Vasquez and MCCA Executive Director Abe Janzen with MLA Yvonne Fritz. The Government of Alberta generously donated to Planting Peace through the Community Iniatives Program (CIP).

Want to get Involved?

Registration for this year has passed.

Still interested in being a part of Planting Peace?

If you have questions about anything Planting Peace contact Megan Enns or Kim Thiessen by email or call the MCCA office toll-free at 1-888-622-6337.