transformation

Reflective Peacebuilding: A Planning, Monitoring and Learning Toolkit
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Reflective Peacebuilding: A Planning, Monitoring and Learning Toolkit

A toolkit intended to improve peacebuilders’ ability to be reflective practitioners which involves enhancing peacebuilders’ capacity to design and impact transformative change, and track and improve upon those changes over time in unpredictable conflict contexts.

2007
Beyond Prescription: Perspectives on Conflict, Culture, and Training
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Beyond Prescription: Perspectives on Conflict, Culture, and Training

A manuscript written for the Inter-racial and Cross-cultural Conflict Resolution Project at Conrad Grebel College's Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.

1994
The Weekly Pause: Reachable From Here
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The Weekly Pause: Reachable From Here

A collection of videos created in spring 2020 that invite pause and reflection through wisdom and the arts.

2020
Varela Symposium: Transforming Conflict – From Science to Real World Applications
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Varela Symposium: Transforming Conflict – From Science to Real World Applications

John Paul's contributions to the Upaya Zen Center's Varela Symposium 2018, which explored the theme, "Transforming Conflict: From Science to Real World Applications."

2018
Pepperdine University Lecture The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace
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Pepperdine University Lecture The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace

A contribution to the W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series at Pepperdine University's Seaver College.

2010
The Peace Professor
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The Peace Professor

An article offering a glimpse into John Paul's practice of peacebuilding in La Pedregosa, Colombia.

2007
Facing the Oka Crisis: A Conflict Resolution Perspective
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Facing the Oka Crisis: A Conflict Resolution Perspective

Observations and suggestions for how the Oka Crisis might be understood emergent from the Autumn 1990 armed standoff between Mohawks and the Quebec and Canadian governments.

1991
‘Revolutionaries’ & ‘Resolutionaries’: In Pursuit of Dialogue
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‘Revolutionaries’ & ‘Resolutionaries’: In Pursuit of Dialogue

A contribution toward dialogue between mediators and activists through the offering of three ways for framing issues of peacebuilding and social change.

2000
Staying True in Nepal: Understanding Community Mediation Through Action Research
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Staying True in Nepal: Understanding Community Mediation Through Action Research

A chapter focusing on a community mediation initiative in Nepal that employed participatory action research as the mode for understanding practice and the development of relevant training materials for local use. 

2018
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