YMCA Peace Week

Each year, YMCA of Southwestern Ontario honours local Peacemakers across the region with a YMCA Peace Medal.

YMCA Peace Medals are presented to individuals or groups who, without any special resources, status, wealth or position, demonstrate a commitment to the values of PEACE through contributions made within their local, national, or global community.

Since 1987, more than 1,900 individuals and groups across Canada have been recognized for their peacebuilding work with YMCA Peace Medals. When we award YMCA Peace Medals, we celebrate others' contributions to peace.

Recipients will receive a YMCA Peace Medal and have a chance to tell their story and bring awareness to their work or cause in individual profiles that will be shared online.

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