PK 75 || an Anthology of Personal Peacekeeping Experiences
1 PK 75 || An Anthology of Personal Peacekeeping Experiences Background the environment for peacekeeping success, without ever The year 2023 will mark two peacekeeping milestones — the completing a mission themselves, whether it be working within 75th anniversary of the first United Nations (UN) peacekeeping Foreign Affairs or at NDHQ, or on theatre activation teams, operation (UNTSO), and the 35th anniversary of the Nobel Peace or in supporting roles but outside the UN, MFO, NATO, or AU Prize for UN Peacekeepers. Both anniversaries offer an ideal construct. Many of their contributions had a huge impact on opportunity to recognize and celebrate Canada’s amazing peacekeeping, and their stories deserve to be recognized. contributions to world peace, and especially the personal To be completed in early 2023, the anthology will be contributions of the thousands of Canadians who participated distributed freely with the intent to educate young people as in peacekeeping operations around the globe. well as to enhance public awareness of Canada’s longstanding contribution to peacekeeping. As such, schools and universities will be key target audiences and recipients of the anthology, as will institutions, media outlets, government Departments, military and police organizations, relevant humanitarian organizations, public figures of influence, and industries with a connection to peacekeeping. Your Contribution It will be your individual stories that will help form the essential heart of the project and your writings and photographs that will bring the Anthology to life. Should you be interested in being one of those featured in the Anthology, we will need you to do some writing about yourself. Specifically, we will be devoting a two-page spread to you and your story, beginning with a personal narrative telling something interesting, educational, and fascinating about your The Project To that end, the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association (CPVA) is developing an Anthology of the personal experiences of representative Canadian peacekeepers.
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