The Mauro Centre is known for excellence in outreach programming, including lectures, cultural events, and workshops in the area of peace and justice. Most events are free and open to the public. Click here to view the campus map.

Please view all of our upcoming events, or read up on past events.

Brown Bag Lecture Series

Sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in Peace and Conflict Studies, the Friday lunchhour series features guest lecturers on the topic of peace and justice. The series is held in the Mauro Centre Boardroom, and starts at 12:15. The lecture is followed by a short question and answer period. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Please stay tuned to our website for information on our upcomming Winter 2012 Brown Bag Lecture Series.

Read about previous Brown Bag Lectures.

Sol Kanee Lecture Series

Sponsored by the Richardson Foundation, the Mauro Centre presents the Annual Sol Kanee Lecture Series featuring distinguished leaders in the field of peace and justice.

The lecture series is named in honour of a prominent Canadian citizen—Sol Kanee (1909 - 2007), who was devoted to the cause of peace and justice. Mr. Sol Kanee had an unparalleled record of service to Winnipeg, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1977. Read more about Sol Kanee.

For information about our 2011 Sol Kanee Lecture, click here.

Click here to view all past Sol Kanee Lectures.

Storytelling for Peace and Renewing Community (SPARC)

The goal of SPARC is to promote knowledge and skills about innovative story-based approaches to conflict resolution, peace-building, and community building; and to serve as a crossroads for peace-builders, storytellers and other artists, educators, and other people working to promote constructive cultural change in their societies and/or in conflict zones.

Learn more about the SPARC initiative.

For more information about the 2011 Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival, click here!