Club Meeting

Rotary’s Theme for February is Peacebuilding!

Eric Lepp from Conrad Grebel University College will be our featured speaker on February 24 presenting Building Peace in Landscapes of Violence. This talk explores how peace is built and situated within landscapes shaped by violence, using contemporary Northern Ireland as a central case study. Drawing on examples from Belfast, Eric will talk about how physical spaces, institutions, and everyday practices enable people to live side-by-side with difference.

Eric Lepp is an Assistant Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo. His work focuses on how people build peace in places shaped by long histories of violence. He is especially interested in everyday life after conflict - how communities remember the past, share space, and find ways to live together despite deep divisions. Eric explores how peace is not just made through agreements and institutions, but through daily actions, local initiatives, and ongoing conversations (even those conversations graffitied on