Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is launching its first annual Canadian School of Peacebuilding this summer. Two five-day sessions, June 29 to July 10, 2009, each with two courses running concurrently, will be offered for academic credit or for training for practitioners. Among the offerings is "Arts Approaches to Spirituality, Peace and Social Justice," taught by Babu Ayindo, an international peacebuilder from Kenya, artistic director of Chelepe Arts and, later, founding artistic director of Amani People’s Theater. He is co-author of the book "When You Are the Peacebuilder" as well as articles on arts, peace and politics. Other courses include "Truthtelling & Peace: An Insider's Perspective on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission" and "Frameworks and Foundations of Conflict Transformation." CMU, an accredited Christian university, offers degrees in the arts, music, music therapy, theology and church ministries. [LINK] Posted by Linda Frye Burnham