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The University for Peace (UPEACE) was established by the United Nations General Assembly to provide an international institution of higher learning dedicated to the promotion and understanding of peace. In July 2005, UPEACE commenced the preparatory work to launch an international centre in Toronto that would provide a focus for education, training and dialogue on critical issues related to the building of peace and the prevention of violence and conflict. Capitalizing on Toronto’s strategic location near the United Nations headquarters in New York, as well as its international, multicultural profile, the UPEACE Centre in Toronto will provide an accessible venue to offer a portfolio of professional training courses and Master’s programs and to convene high-level dialogues, workshops and public events. UPEACE has been implementing a range of pilot programming activities in Canada since early 2006, including curriculum development workshops, public symposia, exhibitions, high-level expert forums and seminars. This high-level forum represents one of the flagship pilot activities for the UPEACE Centre in Toronto. The Zoryan Institute, parent organization of the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, and co-publisher of Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies and Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, is the first non-profit, international center devoted to the research and documentation of contemporary issues related to Armenian social, political and cultural life.
. United Way The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
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