Peacebuilders Canada Blog

We are thrilled to announce the Honorary 20th Anniversary Committee. Each of these 20 individuals has provided us with significant support at key points in time over the past 20 years! The Hon. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Chair The Hon. Louise Arbour Prof. Kathy Bickmore...

In March 2023, Ontario’s Court of Justice - Youth Court will move from its current location at 311 Jarvis St. into one of the floors of the new Toronto Courthouse at 10 Armoury St. behind Toronto’s City Hall. The new courthouse will bring together most of Toronto’s...

In 2021, a comprehensive evaluation of Peacebuilders’ Restorative Justice Programs was conducted by Scot Wortley, Professor of Criminology at University of Toronto, revealing the amazingly positive impact that the program has had on youth participants.  See below for...

For 20 years, Peacebuilders' Fine Wine Auction has been a widely respected and anticipated fundraiser.  Proceeds have supported the development of key programs with some of Toronto’s most vulnerable young people dealing with poverty, trauma and violence. Your support...

It is with mixed feelings that the Board of Directors announces that after three successful years as Executive Director, Marlon Merraro will end his term of office at Peacebuilders on October 31, 2022, as he has undertaken a position as Director of Diversity at the...

We are thrilled to announce that Peacebuilders has been approved by the Youth Opportunities Fund to become an Organizational Mentor (OM). As an OM, we will provide administrative support, project mentoring, and financial accountability to YOF grassroots groups, in...

In today's Toronto Star, an op-ed by Peacebuilders' Marlon Merraro and TNG's President and Chief Executive Officer, Bill Sinclair on Community Safety and Policing. Here is an excerpt. With great fanfare, the City of Toronto unveiled two new community-based nonpolice...

Peacebuilders Canada is working to help combat sexualized violence within the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Youth Criminal Justice System. On behalf of Peacebuilders, research assistant Michelle Scully has written a report detailing the prevalence of...

Peacebuilders Canada listened in dismay on Wednesday as Interim Police Chief James Ramer delivered an uninspired apology for his department’s disturbing racialized use-of-force problem. In 2017, the Government of Ontario directed police forces across the province to...

Did you know that Senators, MPs, and the Judiciary can, and in fact have the right to, visit all federal penitentiaries in Canada? Learn what they learned in a new report entitled, Senators Go to Jail: When, why, and what did they find? The report highlights concerns...

Together with our community partners and expert advisors, Peacebuilders Canada has provided letters of endorsement to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to support Bill C-5. Peacebuilders maintains that Bill C-5 is an important step to...