Peace Trainers inspired by Alex Neve's Massey Lecture to go to Ottawa to request creation of a Peace Centre
Peace Train Canada will be in Ottawa in October 21 to 25 to call on government to establish a Peace Centre. Foundational to our request is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR); it inspires our goal. With the enactment of the declaration, Canada and other countries committed themselves to build a more secure world for all. Our request was emphasized and given credence on September 25 in Vancouver when about a dozen Peace Trainers attended the Massey Lecture delivered by international human rights lawyer and Peace Train Canada advisor Alex Neve. This year’s title was “Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World.” In his presentation, Alex delivered a tour de force argument to reinvigorate the understanding and efficacy of human rights. In his presentation, which will be delivered in five cities across Canada, Alex—who was also a panelist at the November 22, 2024 Peace Train Canada panel discussion in Ottawa titled “Peace an...