Peace and Reconcilation Centre at UFV
The first of its kind in British Columbia, the Peace and Reconciliation Centre (PARC), operates out of UFVs Chilliwack campus. The dominant approach of the Centre to date has been to collaborate with stakeholders and to conduct research to facilitate constructive dialogue that supports conflict transformation and reconciliation. The scale of conflict ranges from the nation state to individuals and across a vast breadth of collision sources including but not limited to domestic violence, access to resources, territory, ethnicity, faith, and colonialism. Research and engagement activities that focus on peace and reconciliation are supported, regardless of geographic, social, or temporal context.
Leanne Jarrett, PARC Coordinator, and Alexis Klassen, PARC Research Coordinator, have both been with PARC for a year. They work under director Keith Thor Carlson and are responsible for supervising research projects, supporting student researchers, event planning and administration. Leanne's background is in Event Management and Alexis's is in Anthropology and Peace and Conflict Studies.