Exploring ancient approaches to conflict transformation.
We aim to explore and amplify ancient approaches to building cohesion and resolving conflict in our diverse world.
Métis land designer Desirée Theriault reveals how public spaces hold memory, grief, and resilience. Moving beyond static monuments, her trauma-informed work treats the land as a living archive. By weaving Indigenous resurgence into urban landscapes, she shows how intentional design honors hidden histories, fosters collective healing, and deeply reconnects us to the earth.
Urban planner Donovan Toews explores how cities communicate their core values through subtle, practical details; from mature tree canopies to street cleanliness. Viewing public space as a network of relationships, he highlights how intentional design and inclusive naming build an atmosphere of care, safety, and true belonging for everyone who inhabits the community.
Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum explores what makes a space sacred, distinguishing heart connections from soul connections to land. Reflecting on women in peacebuilding and human complexity, she shows how honoring multiple, overlapping sacred relationships, without ranking them, cultivates humility and serves as a powerful form of quiet peacebuilding.
This reflection explores joy as a vital part of peacebuilding, reminding us that hope and healing can exist alongside grief and hardship. Rather than ignoring the realities of the world, it invites us to embrace joy as a source of resilience, connection, and the reason we continue showing up.
This reflection explores how stories shared during impact assessments can hold deeper knowledge about relationships, responsibility, and our connection to the land. It challenges practitioners to move beyond extracting data and instead listen for the worldviews, teachings, and questions embedded within stories.
A conversation with Métis tattoo and mural artist Justine Proulx explores creativity, storytelling, and belonging. Through tattoos, murals, and community art, the piece examines how visual expression reshapes personal and collective identity, creating spaces that reflect who we are and where we come from.
This reflection explores a conversation with Isha Khan, CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, on leadership, systemic change, and the importance of slowing down to engage with complex human stories.
From cherished clothing to cultural garments, fabric carries the stories of who we are, where we come from, and what we value. This piece explores how what we wear can become a powerful expression of identity, memory, and belonging.
A reflection on the quiet compassion and community spirit that shape life in Winnipeg. From neighbourly acts of care to shared cultural spaces and collective resilience, this piece explores how connection and community continue to define the city beyond its stereotypes.
A reflection on the power of curiosity and the questions we ask ourselves and each other every day. This piece explores how thoughtful questions can create deeper connection, encourage empathy, and open pathways toward understanding and peace.
A reflection on the often unseen ways women carry stories, memory, care, and community through everyday acts of labour, tradition, and connection. This piece honours the women whose quiet contributions shape families, preserve culture, and hold entire worlds together.
This reflection explores how storytelling can transform conflict by helping people move beyond the narratives that keep them stuck. Drawing on Gajarah and peacebuilding traditions from around the world, it argues that lasting change begins not with agreement, but with a shift in the stories we carry about ourselves and one another.
A reflective piece exploring love as more than romance, but as a daily practice rooted in care, belonging, repair, resistance, and community. Through stories of grief, connection, and compassion, this article considers how love can become a foundation for peacebuilding and collective healing.
A reflection on how small, everyday acts of kindness, patience, and connection can help build more compassionate communities. This piece explores the idea that peace is not only a global ideal, but a daily practice we all have the ability to participate in.
From shared meals and community events to theatre, storytelling, and global partnerships, 2025 demonstrated the power of connection to foster belonging and peace. The momentum built this year sets the stage for an exciting 2026 filled with new initiatives, conversations, and opportunities to bring people together.
A childhood memory of conflict expressed through an extra-spicy meal becomes a reflection on how culture shapes the ways we communicate, protest, and care. The post explores why planners and peacebuilders must look beyond words to understand the emotional and cultural dimensions of conflict.
Kiran reminds us that we are all storytellers in our own way. A story doesn't need a voice to be shared, it only needs a way to be expressed.
When Dr. Matt joined Rometh and I for an interview, I expected to hear the perspective of a clinical psychologist. What I didn't expect was to feel deeply seen.
Peace happens in the places you least expect it to. If you read our previous blog about storytelling as peacebuilding, you probably have a better understanding of what peace means, both to you and to others.
When I first heard the term "peacebuilding," my mind immediately conjured images of United Nations peacekeepers in blue helmets, or diplomats negotiating treaties in grand halls.
For Bjorn, poetry transcends mere self-expression to become a peace-building practice. Read what he had to say to us about the significance of bears in his life and his peacebuilding mission.
Sawa Iftar brought together over 100 Winnipeggers for an evening of food, stories, and interfaith connection. Hosted by Kahanee and partners, the event celebrated Ramadan through shared meals, community storytelling, and a powerful spirit of togetherness.
Peace Intern, Zarreen Barlas, weaves stories of how a mother's cooking embodies love, connection, culture, and the power of food.
Explore how maps influence power, conflict, and peace, shaping borders and identities.
Land shapes cultures, economies, power dynamics, and justice throughout history—who truly owns it?
Joseph Cope, the Empathy Guy, discusses how empathy transforms conflict.
Kahanee Founder, Somia Sadiq, emphasizes that cultural competence comes from relational learning and shared experiences.
This Saturday marked the launch of Kahanee. What is Kahanee? Read on!
We've all heard about legendary storytellers when bringing people together. But who is a story listener... Are you one?
Explore the transformative power of laughter in peacebuilding efforts and conflict transformation with Kahanee Founder, Somia Sadiq.
