Canadian Peace Museum

05/26/2026

Rest in Peace, Eric.

Eric, a champion of youth mental health, was kind enough to meet with us to offer advice as we were forming the idea for a peace museum.

Eric Windeler, Founder and longtime Executive Director of Jack.org, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 23rd, 2026, surrounded by family. Our thoughts are with the Windeler family at this difficult time.

After the loss of his son Jack to su***de in 2010, Eric dedicated his life to youth mental health. He was a tireless advocate for change and firm believer that young people deserve a seat at the table. His work has changed the lives of countless young people across Canada, empowering them to understand mental health, seek support, be there for one another, and advocate for change.

His legacy lives on through the community of mental health advocates and champions he inspired to build a better world.

To hear more from our CEO and Board Chair on Eric’s enduring legacy, visit jack.org/legacyofhope.

05/25/2026

Today we will host this event, thanks to speakers from CMHA Hastings Prince Edward Addictions and Mental Health Services (RAAM clinic), Southeast Public Health, and supported by Rotary District 7010.

05/22/2026

Our friends and neighbours are very active in the community garden. The regular meet up schedule is 10am to 12:30pm every Friday (although folk are here most days). Tomatoes, garlic, kale, rhubarb, and asparagus are all being planted.

05/20/2026

Grab the latest "Bancroft this Week" to learn about our recent delegation to the Town of Bancroft.

05/20/2026

Our public events this week include two evening book clubs:

📕On Wednesday 20th - "Understanding Totalitarianism", which will also include a video screening of the 1997 BBC documentary "The N***s - A Warning from History"
📘Thursday 21st - Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers)'s co-hosted "Civil Resistance - What Everone Needs to Know"

All events are free, details here: https://canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

05/20/2026

Thank you, Karin, Judy and everyone at the Bancroft Field Naturalist Club for hosting our talk "Peace and the Environment" this evening. Thank you for the good work you do to promote care for our delicate ecology - this is a wonderful way to advance peace.

Thank you for the financial donation and for the Bluebird nesting box. We will use the donation to fund our ongoing renovations.

Everyone can read more about our work, our events and our renovations here: https://canadianpeacemuseum.ca/

05/14/2026

Spring is here and our friends have been planing asparagus in the peace garden. It should be ready to harvest in two years.

05/12/2026

A pleasure to see us make Kingston’s Whig Standard newspaper.

Earlier this year we were approached by Peace Quest to see if we could host their school-peace-education content. We were delighted to do so.

Here it is: https://canadianpeacemuseum.ca/web-archive

05/12/2026

Thanks to a donation from Peter Van den Dungen, our peace poster collection now includes posters from Tehran, Bradford and Vancouver.