Graeme macqueen biography of michael

Paul Dekar

Graeme MacQueen, a scholar, peace activist, and compassionate friend, passed away peacefully at his home in Dundas, Ontario on April 25, 2023, surrounded by his family.

After earning his Ph.D.

from Harvard University, Graeme
embarked on a journey in academia, joining the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University. He specialized in Asian religion and, in the early 1980s, was instrumental in establishing the Centre for Peace Studies (CPS).

The creation of CPS was inspired partly by the work of the Peace Research Institute, co-founded by Alan and Hannah Newcombe, and by involvement in the peace movement.

In 1981, in collaboration with the university’s ad-hoc Committee for Canada-Latin American Friendship, Graeme played a key role in inviting Adolpho Pérez Esquivel, the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, to the campus.

During the 1984-1985 academic year, he, Joanna Santa Barbara, and I introduced the ‘Introduction