Who We Are
PSI is a charitable organization run by volunteers. We support schools around the world that have made a commitment to creating and maintaining a culture of peace.
Working with school communities – educators, students and parents – Peaceful Schools International provides resources, promotes peer mediation, and encourages schools to develop their own peace plans and activities.
Currently, we have more than 350 member schools. Approximately two thirds of our members are in North America, with the rest in countries including Finland, Cameroon, Jamaica, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
PSI relies on a network of volunteer Regional Coordinators who provide support to schools in their local geographic areas. PSI is governed by a Board of Directors and an International Advisory Board. PSI’s founder, Hetty van Gurp, serves as the President of the Board of Directors.
International Advisory Board
The Honourable Myra A. Freeman (Founding Patron)
General (ret) John de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH
Chairman of the Independent Commission on Decommissioning
The Irish Peace Process
Rick Lewis
Safe Schools Consultant, Palm Beach County, Florida
Seiyu Fujisaki
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
PSI’s Board of Directors
Heather Harris – President
Principal, Kingston and District School, Annapolis Valley Regional School Board
Joe Morrison –
Principal, Oxford School
Greg Albers – Treasurer
Teacher, Halifax Regional School Board
Emily Anderson – Secretary
Alexis Allen
President, Nova Scotia Teachers Union
Bridget Brownlow
Conflict Resolution Advisor, Saint Mary’s University
Terry Kelly
Singer, songwriter, motivational speaker
Clare Levin
Research Consultant, Research Power Inc.
Peter Twohig
Executive Director, Gorsebrook Research Institute
Hetty van Gurp
Lynn Winter
Principal, Champlain Elementary School
Regional Coordinators:
Without this network of dedicated volunteers, PSI would not be a position to provide such widespread support to its member schools. Regional Coordinators support schools in their geographic regions. Most PSI Regional Coordinators have attended an intensive four-day training session at PSI Head Office.
Paula George
Learys Brook Junior High
15 Larkhall Street
St. Johns, NL, Canada A1B 2C4
pgeorge@peacefulschoolsinternational.org
Muhammed Nadeem Ghazi
Founder/Director
World Learning Grammar School
Kharadar Campus
Paria Street, Near Ali Dina Hospital
Kharadar Karachi Pakistan
092-21-23113805
nghazi@peacefulschoolsinternational.org
Judy Grant
Lester B. Pearson School Board
1925 Brookdale Ave.
Dorval, Quebec, Canada
Tel: 514 – 422-3000
jgrant@peacefulschoolsinternational.org
http:/www.lbpsb.qc.ca
Carolyn van Gurp
6277 Yukon Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Tel: 902-425-5200
cvangurp@gmail.com
Heather Harris
Principal, Kingston and District School
Annapolis Valley Regional School Board
Kingston, Nova Scotia
Tel: (902) 765-7530
heather.harris@avrsb.ednet.ns.ca
Rick Lewis
Safe School Centre
Plam Beach County
314 S.E. 34th Avenue
Boynton Beach, Florida, USA 33435
Tel: 561 – 752-1531
rlewis@peacefulschoolsinternational.org
Rajka Sandic
Svetosavska 2v/10
22303 Novi Banovci
Vojvodina, Serbia
tel: + 381 22 349 573
rsandic@peacefulschoolsinternational.org
Kathryn Sharpe
10008 Oxbow Drive
Komoka, Ontario
Canada N0L 1R0
Tel : 519-657-3868
shakat@aol.com