Английская Википедия:Ernie Regehr
Ernie Regehr, Шаблон:Post-nominals 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]
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:
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Regehr has also written numerous articles in newspapers, reports and scholarly journals.[11]
See also
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