Ernie Regehr Explained

Ernie Regehr, is a Canadian peace researcher and expert in security and disarmament.[1] He co-founded Project Ploughshares, a peace research organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, with Murray Thomson in 1976 [2] and served as its Executive Director for thirty years.[3] Project Ploughshares is an ecumenical project supported by the Canadian Council of Churches.[4] Regehr has been a Canadian NGO representative and expert advisor at numerous international disarmament forums including UN Conferences on Small Arms.[1]

Regehr is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, Ontario) and The Simons Foundation (Vancouver, BC).[5] He also serves on the board of directors of the Africa Peace Forum in Kenya.[1]

Project Ploughshares

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Waterloo in 1968, Regehr worked in journalism and for a member of Parliament, during which time he wrote his first book Making a Killing: Canada’s Arms Industry. Regehr and his wife Nancy then served with Mennonite Central Committee in South Africa, Zambia and Botswana from 1974-1976 before returning to Canada.[6]

Remarking on his experiences in southern Africa, Regehr noted:

In 1976, Regehr contacted Murray Thompson, who was the Executive Director of CUSO (then known as Canadian University Service Overseas). The two began a research project on militarism and underdevelopment, and co-founded Project Ploughshares as an organizational extension to this research on July 1, 1976.[6]

Awards

Regehr’s peace and security work has been honoured with a number of awards.[1] He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003,[7] and in January 2011 he became the 26th laureate of the Pearson Peace Medal.[8] Regehr was also a recipient of the University of Waterloo 50th Anniversary Alumni Award in 2007[9] and the Arthur Kroeger College Award for Ethics in Public Affairs in 2008.[10]

Works

Regehr has written a number of books and articles about peace and security issues. His publications include:

Regehr has also written numerous articles in newspapers, reports and scholarly journals.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ernie Regehr . Disarmingconflict.ca . Disarming Conflict . 2015-04-16.
  2. Web site: Project Ploughshares . Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) . Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online . 2015-04-16.
  3. Web site: Project Ploughshares founder honoured with prestigious peace medal . The Waterloo Region Record . January 21, 2011 . 2015-04-16.
  4. Web site: Peace and Disarmament . Councilofchurches.ca . The Canadian Council of Churches . 2015-04-16.
  5. Web site: Ernie Regehr, O.C. . Thesimonsfoundation.ca . The Simons Foundation . 2015-04-16.
  6. Web site: Q & A with Ernie Regehr . Ploughshares.ca . Project Ploughshares . 2015-04-16.
  7. Web site: Order of Canada: Ernie Regehr, O.C., B.A., LL.D. . GG.ca . The Governor General of Canada . 2015-04-16.
  8. Web site: Ernie Regehr Awarded Pearson Peace Medal . Councilofchurches.ca . January 25, 2011 . Canadian Council of Churches . 2015-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150416195141/http://www.councilofchurches.ca/ernie-regehr-awarded-pearson-peace-medal/ . April 16, 2015 . dead .
  9. Web site: UW 50th Anniversary Alumni Awards . Alumni.uwaterloo.ca . University of Waterloo . 2015-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120223203933/http://alumni.uwaterloo.ca/alumni/awards/50th/index.html . 2012-02-23 . dead .
  10. Web site: 2008 Awards . Carleton.ca . Arthur Kroeger College . 2015-04-16.
  11. Web site: Selected Publications by Ernie Regehr . Disarmingconflict.ca . Disarming Conflict . 2015-04-16.

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