Randy Janzen
Chair, Mir Centre for Peace and Instructor, Peace Studies in Mir Centre for Peace, School of University Arts and Sciences
Credentials:BA Sociology; BN University of Manitoba; MSc (Health Care and Epidemiology)UBC; Graduate Certificate (Peace Studies) Nova Southeastern, Fort Lauderdale Florida; PhD (Social Sciences) Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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Bio
I have worked at selkirk College since 1998 began in current position in November 2010. I like to work at Selkirk College because of our community. People here are genuinely interested in issues of peace and justice. Working with our community has been very rewarding.
Following a national search that resulted in applications from across North America, Randy Janzen has been appointed as the Chair of the Mir Centre for Peace.
Randy has worked at Selkirk College since 1998 as a nursing instructor in the School of Health and Human Services where he also served as School Chair from 2004 to 2007. His work with the Mir Centre includes service on the Mir Programming Council, a lecturer in the Mir Centre for Peace Winter lecture series and teaching in the second year of the Peace Studies program.
He is also a member of Amnesty International, NEON (Nelson End Occupation Now) and the Nelson Refugee Committee.
Randy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing both of which are from the University of Manitoba. He has a Master of Science degree in Health Care and Epidemiology from UBC, and is currently in the final months of completing a PhD in Social Sciences with a major in Peace Studies from Tilburg University. Randy has been published in the peer-reviewed Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies and has presented at peace conferences in Canada and internationally. He will be presenting at an international conference on Peace and Justice this October in Winnipeg.
Randy has a varied background in the practice of peace in the field. He has worked with Christian Peacemaker teams in Israel and Palestine, served as a human rights observer with Guatemalan refugees during post conflict resettlement and provided health policy advice in post-war Kosovo. He has worked as a nurse from remote First Nations communities in Canada’s North to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
We are very excited to have Randy provide leadership in the work of expanding programming and outreach of the Mir Centre for Peace, and as he puts it “… transforming a new generation into effective and empowered peacemakers.”
Randy will take up his new role in late fall.
Work Experience
- Street outreach, harm reduction, HIV prevention (Winnipeg and Vancouver)
- Northern outpost nursing (Manitoba, Nunavut)
- Post - conflict rebuilding (Kosovo)
- International Human Rights Observer (Guatemala)
Other Accomplishments
Recent/current publications and presentations have focussed on human rights in Guatemala, post conflict rebuilding in Guatemala, demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants in Guatemala, an examination of structural violence in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict. Projects include the establishment of the Mir Centre Community Mediation Program and working with Good Neighbour Program in Nelson as they have implemented a community mediation program there.
Community Involvement/Affiliations
Amnesty International (Nelson Chapter) NEON (Nelson End the Occupation Now), Nelson Refugee Committee, Nelson Good Neighbour Program (Community Mediation).