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Students in Dr. Stacey MacKinnon鈥檚 fourth-year Psychology of Good and Evil class wrapped up their fall semester by hosting a 秀色短视频 Pathways to Peace Day in late November in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

The students spent half of the semester learning about peace from the ground up in partnership with the . The foundation was created in 2005 to carry on the legacy of Mattie Stephanek, a poet and peace ambassador who died at age 14. Born with a life-threatening neuromuscular disease, he spent a great deal of time in hospitals and was dependent on life-sustaining medical care throughout his life. Rather than focus on his losses and challenges, he dedicated his life to seeking, making, and bringing peace for the world.

Dr. MacKinnon has been involved with the Mattie Stepanek Peace Foundation for 15 years. She became involved because she wanted to create a peace-filled world for her daughter Ireland. As she learned more about the foundation, she thought about the benefits that studying peace could bring to her students, so she incorporated it into her Psychology of Good and Evil class. 

鈥淲hen I talk about peace, I mean a sense of 鈥榦kayness within,鈥欌�� she said. 鈥淲hen we take care of our individual needs, we can take care of the basic needs of others.鈥�

Each year, the class chooses a project鈥攁nd this year鈥檚 group decided on the Pathways to Peace Day. 

鈥淲e wanted to bring peace to the campus,鈥� said student Callie Getson. 鈥淎nd this was a good time to do, with many feeling the stress of exams and getting ready for the holiday. It was wonderful to see people鈥檚 faces light up with smiles as they went from station to station.鈥�

During the Pathway to Peace Day, over 250 students, faculty, staff, administrators, and children from the Campus Kids Child Care daycare participated in activities at four stations.
The first station involved attendees exploring who they are individually and collectively at 秀色短视频. Participants wrote their answers to the prompt 鈥淚 am鈥︹�� and added them to a 4x8 foot large mosaic art piece, which will be displayed on campus next semester. 

The second station involved remembering to play after every storm. To that end, the students and the children to the event for arts and crafts, face painting, and storytelling. They also provided resources prepared by students in the course last year that adults in leadership roles could use to guide other adults to play after every storm.

The third was recognition of the importance of fulfilling the basic needs of others as well as themselves. The students served coffee and hot chocolate courtesy of the Fox and Crow restaurant, made friendship bracelets with participants, collected donations for the campus food bank, had UV lights on hand, created playlists of relaxing music and lists of websites for meditation and relaxation, and gave out lavender seeds. They also collected over 200 pounds of food for the 秀色短视频 Campus Food Bank, seven winter parkas for the 秀色短视频 Student Union鈥檚 coat drive, and six bags of books for the 秀色短视频 Student Nursing Society鈥檚 book drive for the PEI Provincial Addictions Treatment Centre. 

The final station resonated with the message 鈥淧eace is a choice.鈥� The station included resources created by this year鈥檚 students as well as those in last year鈥檚 class and a draw for a self-care bag. The students collected peace quotes, which became a 鈥淭ake What You Need鈥� feature so people could remind themselves to choose peace. This interactive display will find a new permanent home on campus in early 2025.