Walk together. Stand together.
Share the message: Peace Matters.
Sunday, September 20 at 2:00 pm MTN
Peace Bridge, downtown Calgary
WHY a Peace Walk
Because peace matters.
In a world where chaos, anxiety, and fear can feel overwhelming, we have the opportunity to consciously create something different.
We walk together to cultivate peace, kindness, and compassion and send a positive ripple of peace into the world.
Every person who joins us adds their presence to that ripple.
Watch the Invitation
Everyone is Welcome
All faiths. All hearts. All people of peace are welcome.
What happens at the Peace Walk
- Begin with a Prayer/Meditation
We pause and connect with our own inner peace. - Walk across the Peace Bridge
We walk together along the Bow River. - Sing “Channel for Peace”
A simple song that brings us together in one intention. (click link to watch video to learn the tune and lyrics) - Share messages of Peace
Along the route, we’ll pause to share peace quotes and reflections. - Return to the Peace Bridge
We close the walk together.
Join us
Sunday, Sept 20, 2026
North end of the Peace Bridge (red pedestrian bridge on Memorial Drive at 8th Street West)
2:00 – 3:15 pm (arrive about 1:50 pm)
What to bring:
Comfortable shoes · Water · Your intention for peace · Optional Peace Rocks
Please invite your friends and family to join us. Share news of the Peace Walk on your social media platforms and use #peacewalk in your posts.
Can’t be in Calgary?
Wherever you are in the world on September 20, 2026, please participate by taking a peaceful walk in your neighborhood, singing the peace song (see below), or simply taking a few moments to focus on peace. The more people with this focus at the same time of 2:00 – 3:15 pm Mtn, the greater the impact we will make!
Why Participate?
Because sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is show up together for what we believe in.
When we walk together, we make peace visible.
You don’t need to belong to a particular faith or community. You don’t need to have the perfect words.
Just bring yourself—and your intention for peace.
Peace Song
This will be the seventh year we sing the song that was ‘channeled’ to one of the organizers as an Anthem for our peace walk. We invite you to watch the video to learn this song and sing it with us at the Peace Walk… or any time you’d like to bring more peace into your world!
Peace Rocks!
On previous walks, we shared songs about Peace and placed Peace Rocks – small rocks with the words Peace/Love/Joy written on them – in random places along the route to be found by pedestrians at some point.
We know this practice of leaving rocks downtown has a positive impact. After our 2015 walk, we received this photo of four-year-old Tristan, who found a peace rock while walking downtown with his father. His find ignited a beautiful conversation about what Peace means. Four years later, this peace rock still held a special place on a shelf in Tristan’s bedroom.
You are also invited to bring and share Peace Rocks with people we encounter along the walk route.
Stay connected; Spread the Word
Please invite your friends and family to join us. Share news of the Peace Walk on your social media platforms and use #peacewalk in your posts.
Visit us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PeaceWalkCalgary
Where we walk
We meet at the north end of the Peace Bridge at 1:50pm (red pedestrian bridge on Memorial Drive at 8th street west) and take a short stroll along the Bow River.
A Little History
The first two years the walk was hosted by the Joy of Life Centre for Spiritual Living. The following year, the Joy of Life Centre invited Spiritual Leaders from various communities to join forces and create the informal Calgary New Thought Alliance with the intent to raise consciousness and promote peace. They chose to collaboratively host two successful events in Calgary, The Peace Concert and The Walk for Peace, in celebration of The Gandhi King Season for Nonviolence (SNV). The annual 64 day SNV season (co-founded in 1998 by Dr. Arun Gandhi and The Association for Global New Thought) is an educational, media and grassroots awareness campaign that has seen participation in 67 countries around the world since its inception. Spanning the period of January 30th to April 4th (the memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) the campaign focuses educational and media attention on the philosophy of attaining peace through nonviolent action. 2024 marks the 26th Annual SNV.
In the fall of 2015, the Calgary Peace Walk became an event of its own, no longer affiliated with any particular group, expanding its scope beyond Spiritual leaders to include conscious Calgarians from all walks of life. The Calgary Peace Walk has evolved into a free, family-friendly event that gives people the opportunity to feel they are making a positive difference in the world.
Peace Walk Organizers and Volunteers
Organizer, Tina Thrussell, Shin Dao www.shindao.com
Organizer, Spiritual Leadership Team, Unity of Calgary www.unityofcalgary.org
Volunteers: Attendees of the Unity of Calgary Spiritual Community;
Attendees of the Calgary Centre for Spiritual Living;
