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Our Team

Our team of volunteers, though diverse in occupation and age, share a commitment to thinking through solutions to the existential threats of our age. As commitment rather than ideological conformity characterize our board members, discussions are sometimes contentious but always respectful and fruitful.

Executive and Board

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John Duncan,
President

Professor and Director of Ethics, Society and Law Program at Trinity College, University of Toronto

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Richard Sandbrook,
Vice-President

Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Toronto, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

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Arnd Jurgensen,
Member at Large

Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

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Ellie Kirzner,
Secretary

Former Chair, Nonviolence & Civil Society

Working Group, Science for Peace

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Jorge Filmus
Member at Large

​Professor of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto

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Gilles Fecteau,
Treasurer

Senior Scientist (Ret.),IBM Toronto Software Lab, Manager of Our Right to Know Information

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Tom Deligiannis,
Board Member

Instructor in the Global Studies Program, Wilfred Laurier University

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Vladimir Zhagora,
Board Member

Former Political Science professor, Belarus, and United Nations Peace Mediator

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Danny Harvey,
Board Member

Professor of Geography and Climate Scientist, University of Toronto

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Margot Mandy,
Board Member

Professor of Chemistry, University of Northern British Columbia

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Bill Browett,
Board Member

Board member

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Lyn Adamson,
Board Member

Co-chair, Canadian VOW for Peace and Co-Chair, ClimateFast

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Serene Elmusharaf, Board member

Serene Elmusharaf is the president of the Science for Peace Student Chapter. Her work focuses on creating inclusive platforms for youth engagement and ensuring that underrepresented perspectives are heard in international decision-making processes.

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Linda Kalafatides,
Board member

Linda Kalafatides is a secondary school teacher dedicated to anti-violence education. She currently teaches the grade 12 Equity and Social Justice course for the Toronto District School Board and has been a member of SfP for several years.

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Fariha Khan
Member at Large

​Fariha is a recent graduate of the dual-degree Global Executive MBA program from Rotman at University of Toronto and SDA Bocconi School of Management. Her research interests include conflict and peacebuilding, international
relations and world history,
advanced technology, and nuclear deterrence.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it  — Eleanor Roosevelt

Please Support Us Today!

E-7705 

An important e-petition about Canada peacekeepers headcount

Science for Peace believes the UN peacekeeping mission program is an important tool for minimizing conflicts around the world. Guided by impartiality and undertaken only with the consent of warring parties, missions under this program are critical in the efforts to transition violent societies to peace.

 

We know that Canada has a long history of supporting these missions and has earned a significant reputation for its expertise in this area. Thus we have been dismayed by the fact that the actual number of Canadian peacekeepers has been drastically reduced over the last decade. Despite the paucity of our country’s contribution, we know that Canada is nonetheless recognized for its leadership and know-how.

 

We want to dramatically enlarge the contingent of Canadian Peacekeepers and play our part in the worthy project of reducing violence in this turbulent world. As well, in light of ongoing changes in Peacekeeping technology, we believe Canada should invest majorly in tech training and support for our Peacekeepers, and at the same time furnish such skill development to countries less able to provide this for their own contingents.

 

To focus public attention on this critical issue, we have created an e-petition to the government and are seeking your support.

Please have a look and sign e-7705 if you agree.

 

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7705

 

 

Gilles Fecteau

Treasurer, Science for Peace

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Science for Peace

A Peace Education NGO

Based in Toronto

 

​355-15 King’s College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7 Canada

Follow Us:

Email: info@scienceforpeace.org

Registered Charity: 893240861 RR 0001

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