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Learn Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Strategies
Protective accompaniment, creation of safe spaces, monitoring and reporting and relationship building.
Learn Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Strategies
Protective accompaniment, creation of safe spaces, monitoring and reporting and relationship building.
Learn Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Strategies
Protective accompaniment, creation of safe spaces, monitoring and reporting and relationship building.
Learn Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Strategies
Protective accompaniment, creation of safe spaces, monitoring and reporting and relationship building.
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Locally and around the world, new strategies to protect human rights and promote peaceful conflict transformation are in action.
Nonviolent peacekeepers have developed skills needed to build relationships that can support conflict resolution and protect human rights defenders, both in Canada and abroad.
International Day of Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping
The Metta Center for Nonviolence is leading a campaign to establish an official annual day of recognition for Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping beginning in 2022.
The date April 17 was selected as the ideal date to commemorate the success of the Nonviolent Peaceforce. On that date, in a South Sudan mission, a United Nations refugee camp was attacked by armed militias. Two peacekeepers, because they were unarmed and trained in UCP techniques and skills, were able to protect the lives of over nine women and children in addition to their own lives. These peacekeepers have reported that if they were armed on that day, they have no doubt that they would have been killed. The Metta Centre for Nonviolence has more info...
Selkirk College - Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping - Program Overview
UCP involves the use of trained peace professionals who use the principles of nonviolence to provide direct physical protection to civilians in a variety of contexts. Some of the strategies used include protective accompaniment, creation of safe spaces, proactive presencing, interpositioning, monitoring and reporting, and relationship building.
Since 2017, Selkirk College has offered UCP training in collaboration with Nonviolent Peaceforce, a major global organization that employs UCP strategies in several areas, including the Philippines, South Sudan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Iraq.
In 2019, Selkirk's UCP course was offered concurrently in Nelson and in Burundi (Central Africa).
Parfaite Ntahuba, Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Grad
A project coordinator in Burundi, Parfaite Ntahuba shares her narrative report on bringing unarmed civilian peacekeeping to her community of Bujumbura, Burundi. There, she works with the Quaker Peace Network. Read this for a deeper understanding...
At this time, due to the COVID outbreak, it is not known when this course will be offered next. Those potentially interested in future trainings are invited to contact Mir Centre for Peace Chair and Peace and Justice Studies Instructor Jennie Barron.
The program will be delivered in English, making proficiency in English a requirement. One year of post-secondary studies, or a minimum age of 21 years is recommended.
What will I do once I graduate?
This citation in UCP will enable you to apply for volunteer and paid positions with organizations that specifically hire unarmed civilian peacekeeping personnel.
Additionally, this course is helpful for anyone seeking employment in international humanitarian work, as it prepares students with the skills of cultural awareness, communication and violence de-escalation.
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What People are Saying
"The biggest things I will take away from this are team building and empowerment skills. I can help people build on the strengths they have. Taking this back to my community to build relationships will be helpful." Sabrina Jeff is from Williams Lake. Because of the severe gang violence issue in her community she attended the Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Program.
Sabrina Jeff, 2017 UCP alumna
An instructor's comment: "I first learned about Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping working with Nonviolence Peaceforce in South Sudan. Having studied conflict and seen the impact of post-conflict zones years after civil war ended, I found it extremely eyeopening to not only learn the theory behind UCP methods, but using those methods on the ground and seeing it work on the ground during violent conflict proved to me that it works. For me, its value lies within the flexibility of the methods, and the ability to adapt those methods when the situation changes."
- Ashlyn Schwaiger 2015, Team Leader working with Nonviolence Peaceforce in South Sudan
"I was looking for something that would help me in nursing. This knowledge comes in handy because there are a lot of intense situations that can happen in a hospital environment. Being able to be a calming force there is helpful."
Teeka Ferguson, 2017 UCP alumna
"I strongly believe we need a new approach to conflict and I believe in non-violence. Ths course has deepened my understanding and helped know of ways to do this." Jan Schulz-Weiling works with refugees providing humanitarian aid. From Freiburg, Germany, he found the course intensive and rich in learning.