Moving Towards PeaceA Montreal Community Initiative

Bouger ensemble vers la paixUne initiative communautaire montréalaise

September 21, 2025
McGill University Centre, 3480 McTavish St.

Language Inclusive: French, English, and Spanish

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In the challenging times of 2025, on this global day of unity, we join the United Nations and Peace One Day movement to gather and remember that peace begins with oneself, and radiates outwards,
from one "island of coherence” to another.

The Stances of the Day

Focusing On:

Let’s co-create a powerful moment of presence, creativity, emergence and possibility.

You are warmly invited to join us!

Moving Together Toward a Peaceful World – From Within

Join us for a unique one-day gathering to mark the International Day of Peace through the Social Arts: writing, movement, art, music, stillness, and embodied presence. Together, we’ll create a generative space where each person’s presence matters, and where the social field is ripe for connection, openness and emergence.

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Why Montréal?

Because Montreal, with its rich diversity of language, culture and socio-economic perspectives, has always been a meeting place and remains today a place of dialogue, acceptance “of the other” and reconciliation.

What will we explore?

In a co-created safe-space, we will explore how we can move forward and/or discover new perspectives on the key questions that we each hold at this time around the very idea of personal, community and global Peace.

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Mark Hollingworth (Montréal)

A cornerstone of Montréal’s leadership community, Mark has spent three decades teaching Strategy, Leadership, and Innovation at McGill while advising organisations on five continents. His trademark is embodied decision-making, helping people tap the wisdom of the whole body before acting. From aerospace plants in Abu Dhabi to grassroots NGOs in Kenya, he has facilitated change in more than twenty countries, giving him a panoramic view of how peace-focused practices thrive across cultures.
Mark’s dual identity, local professor and global catalyst, means participants gain both a rooted Montréal perspective and insights distilled from worldwide peace-building projects.

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Patty Ramirez Pinckney (Mexico)

Flying in from Mexico, Patty brings the Toltec lineage of the Nagual, guides in spirit and knowledge, and invites Montréal to weave deep wellbeing into everyday life with the inherent wisdom of the Americas. She has taught alongside don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements, and other renowned teachers, while also building a career as an innovation strategist who helps Fortune-level brands grow through purpose and cultural insight. Driven to act as a catalyst for inclusive change, she served as Mexico’s ambassador to the global Unify Earth movement, working with artists and civic leaders to broadcast unity to millions. She also founded other Peace movements like the six-year Yoga for Peace Festival in Athens, Georgia, translating contemplative wisdom into community action. Patty’s presence blends ancestral insight, creative strategy, and an unwavering commitment to peace.

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