District 5360 Peace Fellow in Thailand

Ms. Meaghan Farquharson, District 5360’s 2017 Peace Fellow, has just begun her certificate program a Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. She joins a class of about 20 Peace Fellows supported by Rotary Clubs and Districts from around the world. This year’s Fellows prepared the following video for World Refugee Day (June 20) (Meaghan first appears at 0:37): Rotary Peace Fellows We Welcome Refugees.

Meaghan will have more to tell about her experience as a Peace Fellow over the next months and will be back in Calgary this fall when she looks forward to sharing her experience with Rotarians in District 5360.

Meaghan is a native Calgarian and a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. Her recent community projects include facilitating recovery circles for families affected by the Southern Alberta floods, and partnering with an African NGO – Peace and Conflict Resolution – to provide trauma counseling training for women who have been affected by poverty and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has a private practice as a therapist, and her background includes work in hospital psychiatric wards, prisons, addictions treatment centers, homeless shelters, palliative care facilities, and the Victim Services Unit of the RCMP. Meaghan loves adventure and has also spent many nights out under the stars leading wilderness expeditions. She hopes that being a peace fellow will deepen her advocacy skills, strengthen her capacity to contribute to healing intergenerational trauma in our global community, and provide an opportunity to collaborate with other inspired change makers who are committed to creating a brighter future.