The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism As a Map.The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism As a Map, by Ursula Franklin, Introduction by Michelle Swenarchuk, Toronto, Between the Lines Between the lines can refer to:
The Ursula Franklin Reader is a comprehensive collection of the work of one of Canada's foremost advocates and practitioners of pacifism. It brings together papers, talks, and articles drawn from more than four decades of research and teaching. The following excerpt was adapted from a talk given at a conference called Beyond the Arms Race, held in Halifax in 1984: Winning is the least useful thing that can happen in any conflict.... Conflicts must be transcended in order to be resolved. Real conflicts are resolved only by transforming them into non-conflicts, but in order to transcend a conflict, to find ways of permanent resolution, one must walk around a problem, look at it from all sides, get everyone's co-operation, and begin to discover the roots of the situation. Ursula Franklin is an experimental physicist, University Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, , the recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace The Pearson Medal of Peace is an award given out annually by the United Nations Association in Canada to recognize an individual Canadian's "contribution to international service". Nominations are made by any Canadian for any Canadian, excluding one's self. , and a companion of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Order's Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means "(those) desiring a better country" (Hebrews 11:16). . Michelle Swenarchuk is a lawyer and writer, and the Executive Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is a non-profit, public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms. . |
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