In this session, Myuri will share her experiences in International Development and Education in Emergencies, and how notions of Peace Education were largely absent from the discussions. She will share some of her journey thus far, as someone who is still identifying how and where Peace Education fits into her work. This session will be an informal and interactive conversation, and an opportunity for collective reflection.

Myuri Komaragiri (she/her) is an Education Policy Analyst at Global Affairs Canada on the Violence Prevention, Education and Youth-at-Risk team. She is a PhD student at OISE University of Toronto (UofT), where she founded and leads the Education, Conflict and Peacebuilding (ECP) interest group. Her research focuses on the provision of quality and inclusive education in conflict-settings and scenarios of forced displacement. She is also a lecturer at UofT, where she teaches an International Development Studies course that focuses on the role of education in reproducing and transforming inequities. Myuri has worked on education projects in Guatemala, Morocco, and Jordan, and her MA was in Education and International Development from University College London (IOE).