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A Path to Global Health

A Path to Global Health. Theresa Dunn, Canadian Department of Peace Initiative. Overview. Goals : To identify the war agenda in Canadian Culture and to motivate a commitment to rejecting those characteristics from our lives

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A Path to Global Health

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  1. A Path to Global Health Theresa Dunn, Canadian Department of Peace Initiative

  2. Overview Goals: • To identify the war agenda in Canadian Culture and to motivate a commitment to rejecting those characteristics from our lives • Define a culture of peace and how to recognize and support its integration into Canadian culture

  3. Overview Objectives: • To emphasize how a culture of war negatively affects the commitment to Global Health • To demonstrate how a culture of peace increases Global Health • To bring your attention to the growing consciousness and practices of a culture of peace

  4. Health • Quality of Life Measures use five constructs that determine health • WHO declared in 2002 that preventing violence is a public health priority

  5. Culture • The system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviours, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning

  6. Culture of War Affects: • Home • Work • Environment • Social network • Access to education • Language (intergenerational knowledge)

  7. Culture of Peace • As defined by the United Nations, the Culture of Peace is a set of values, attitudes, modes of behaviour and ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts by tackling their root causes to solve problems through dialogue and negotiation among individuals, groups and nations (UN Resolutions A/RES/52/13 : Culture of Peace and A/RES/53/243, Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace).

  8. Canada’s Culture How has Canada faired as a culture of peace? • To address sources of violence • Support for development • Public discussion • Research

  9. Where Canada Falls Short • Indigenous Peoples • Family • Economic Development • New Canadians • International

  10. Innovative Approaches • GNP enhanced by the GPI • Peace Education • Reclaiming of ancient knowledge • Civilian Peace Services • Restorative Justice • Department of Peace

  11. Our Measures of Success “The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, ……..intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. ….- Robert F. Kennedy (U.S. senator, 1925-1968)

  12. Genuine Progress Index GPI identifies and measures: • Constructive from regrettable expenditures • Values unpaid work • An accounting of Natural Resources • Pollution Inventories

  13. A Path to Global Health Almost by definition, a focus on health determinants in our core measure of progress will shift our attention from treatment to prevention… we might expect expanded measures in the health field to lead to a healthier population at less cost Robert Colman GPI Atlantic Rwanda from Path to Nonviolence

  14. Peace Education • Peace Education has the power to provide the connection between a history and future focused on peace …………Peace education will nurture the next generation of leaders and adherents of peaceful means. Canadian Centre for Peace Education

  15. Preservation of Intergenerational Knowledge • Recognition of ancient knowledge, tradition and practices – Indigenous peoples resided here since 8000 BC • Overcome biases based on fear or romantic ideas

  16. A New Agenda for Defence

  17. Peace Forces • Gandhi Army Shanti Sena (1922 – ongoing) • Pakthun Army Khudai Khidmitgar (1929-1948) • Peace Brigades (1964-ongoing) • Christian Peacemakers • Germany’s Civilian Peace Service • Philippines Soldiers for Peace (1996-present) • Nonviolent Peace Force (1999-present) • Civilian Peace Service Canada (2004-present) • Peace Cadets (?)

  18. Restorative Justice Examples of restorative justice programs include: • victim offender mediation • family group conferencing • sentencing circles • consensus-based decision-making on the sentence • victim offender reconciliation panels.

  19. Canadian Department of Peace Initiative • Civil society movement to establish a Department of Peace • Minister and Department would work proactively across parties and departments on all policy matters relating to conditions of peace (from Bill C-447, an Act to Establish a Department of Peace)

  20. Proposed Role of a Department of Peace • Compel use of collaborative approach • Review issues through viewpoint of political, civil and indigenous societies • Research existing and cutting edge options • Generate recommendations to leaders and public that promote prevention, good governance, evaluation and adjustment • Assist in coordinating the information and approach of various departments with a vested interest in the issues

  21. Closing In today’s world, the culture of peace should be seen as the essence of a new humanity Anwarul Chowdhury World Report on a Culture of Peace, 2010 Michael T.Ayton

  22. CDPI Proposed Structure PMO Department of Peace Department of Defence Assessment, Prevention Security and Defence All Party Committee Funding Minister of Peace Minister of Defence Programming

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