Peace Studies (Certificate)
Dawson College
Date Posted: Oct. 9, 2025
Submitted by: Robin Frederick
Sustainability Topic:
Curriculum
Content Type:
Academic Programs
Tags:
peace studies
Program Type: Undergraduate Certificate/Diploma
Description
The certificate is an interdisciplinary, values-based, engaged field of study that integrates scholarship and application, theory and practice. The Peace Studies Certificate at Dawson College encourages participants to reflect critically and creatively on the complex roots of violence, nonviolence and peace. Like the broader disciplinary field of Peace Studies, our Certificate focuses on matching academics with practice.The program challenges students to organize and implement projects that practically apply peace (though social justice, restorative justice, violence prevention, peace-building, environmental sustainability, peace and reconciliation, and bridge building between communities, amongst other sustainability themes.