Carole has presented numerous workshops on ways ICTs can enhance peace, particularly through the power of personal stories. As she travels, she asks people what peace means to them, and if they are experiencing it. She posts people's inspiring answers, from the jungles of Panama, Israel and Palestine, Uganda, Canada, and beyond, on CryPeace.
The arts are another lens through which Carole views peace. She was honoured to have her video poem, Cry, screened at a Rwandan genocide commemoration ceremony, and finds poetry a potent way to process the harsh realities of conflict, like her poem about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Let's be Soldiers in the Army of Love. When deep wounds make truly hearing one's enemies challenging, poetry enters the heart through the back door.
Awards
Carole's work was has been recognized with several awards:
Wilbur Award for best faith-based blog for Motorcycle Diaries: Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally.
Catholic Press Award for Best Coverage – Ecumenical/Interfaith Issues, 2019, for her stories, Lighting the Way to Interfaith Peace and Stories From the Field: Persevering for Peace, published in Liguorian magazine.
Shirley Farlinger Award for Peace Writings from Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, 2026. Carole is proud to be a contributor to the winning anthology, Global Voices for Peace, edited by Susan Hartley.
Professional Contributions
Professionally, Carole is an award-winning information and communication technology (ICT) specialist, with over twenty years' experience implementing ICT projects in North America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East through her consulting firm, fluidIT solutions. She worked for the international NGO, World Vision, for fifteen years.
Volunteer Service
Beyond her work at CryPeace, Carole:
- Served on the board of Isis-WICCE, a Ugandan peacebuilding organisation, for 6 years
- Served as Acting President of the World Association for Christian Communication North American Executive Committee, and a board member for several years
- Facilitated international workshops and roundtables on ICTs for peace
Education
Carole holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Peace and Conflist Studies from Makerere University, Uganda, a Master’s in ICTs for Development from York University, a BSc in Computer Science from Western University, and a Certificate in Ministry from Tyndale Seminary.
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