Peacemakers Trust activities have focused on development of:
bibliographies and links to resources    |   educational workshops    |   papers    |   collaborative initiatives
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• Research on religious nationalism in North America
  • Catherine Morris, 2025 to present
• Research on the internationally protected freedom of religion or belief
  • Religion, Rights and Conflict in Canada (Catherine Morris and Rebekah Smith)
• Research on the role of truth-telling in reconciliation
  • Truth, Lies, Reconciliation, and the Church in North America (Catherine Morris, 2017-2018)
• Bibliography and Resources on religion, conflict resolution and peacebuilding:
  • Bibliography on religion, conflict resolution and peacebuilding
• Collaborative initiatives:
  • Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: Corrymeela (Ernie Fraser, 2013 and 2015)
  • Reconciliation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Rwanda (Catherine Morris, 2010)
• Educational workshops for faith-based organizations and churches:
  • Workshops on conflict resolution and reconciliation by arrangement
  • Peace Potentials in the World Religions, European Peace University, 2011-2013. Conducted by Peacemakers Trust Director Catherine Morris
  • The Challenges of Reconciliation: Basic Concepts, Christian Community College, Victoria, Canada, Fall, 2005, conducted by Peacemakers Trust Director Catherine Morris
  • The Challenges of Reconciliation: Basic Concepts, Victoria, Fall, 2003
• Publications, papers and presentations
  • "Band of Brigands: The Role of Religious Nationalism in North American Threats to the Rule of Law." Slaw: Canada's online legal magazine, 27 May 2025. Available online.
  • "The Erasure of Rights of Afghanistan’s Women and Girls: Taking the Taliban to Court." Slaw: Canada's Online Legal Magazine, 22 November 2024. Available online.
  • Morris, Catherine. "International Human Rights: Right to freedom of religion or belief": Powerpoint presentation on basic internatonal human rights instruments, July 2025 Available .pdf online
  • Morris, Catherine. "Media's Mediation and Other Matters: Faith-Based Dispute Resolution in Canada." Presentation to a meeting of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Subsection, BC Branch, Canadian Bar Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 25, 2006.
  • Morris, Catherine. "Case Studies in Religion and Peacebuilding: Cambodia." In Religion and Peacebuilding, edited by Harold Coward and Gordon Smith. Albany, New York: SUNY Press, 2004. details.
  • "Threads of Religion in the Weft and Warp of Conflict Resolution." Paper presented at Come Back to the Core, National Conference of the Conflict Resolution Network Canada, Waterloo, Canada, June 2, 2004. Available online (.pdf).
  • Morris, Catherine. "Religion and Peacebuilding in Cambodia." Presentation at the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 16, 2004.
  • Morris, Catherine. "The Power of Dialogue in the 'Ministry of Reconciliation'." Presentation by Catherine Morris for World Vision Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 15, 2004.
  • Morris, Catherine. "Dynamics of Religion in Conflict Resolution: The Helpful, The Harmful, and the Hopeful." 2004 Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series on Religion and Conflict." Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, February 1, 2004.

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