Ernie Regehr

Ernie Regehr, OC 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]

  1. ^ a b c "Ernie Regehr". Disarmingconflict.ca. Disarming Conflict. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  2. ^ "Project Ploughshares". Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  3. ^ "Project Ploughshares founder honoured with prestigious peace medal". The Waterloo Region Record. January 21, 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  4. ^ "Peace and Disarmament". Councilofchurches.ca. The Canadian Council of Churches. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  5. ^ "Ernie Regehr, O.C." Thesimonsfoundation.ca. The Simons Foundation. Retrieved 2015-04-16.