Analyze the Catholic understanding of dialogue as a relationship in which the dignity of the person is respected and rooted in Scripture and Tradition.

Examine the Catholic interpretation of 'peace' as being more than the absence of war.

Discuss the concept of 'unity in the world' from diverse viewpoints including:

• the holistic nature of First Nations' worldviews, medicine wheels, tipi teachings
• the call for Christian unity in Scripture by St. Paul (e.g., Eph. 4:1-6) and others (e.g., John 17:20-21
• the Dalai Lama's teachings of compassion as the pillar of world peace.

Evaluate the morality and effectiveness of using physical and psychological violence to achieve peace or unity using examples such as:

• religious extremists
• misuse of religion through proselytizing, religious wars, residential schools and other assimilation practices
• cults
• war and genocide
• imperialism
• force used by democratic and non-democratic nations.

Distinguish between freedom fighters and terrorists, research examples and evaluate diverse perspectives.

Research and evaluate the effectiveness of ecumenical, interfaith and non-religious dialogue as a means for peace and unity through historic examples such as:

• Lester Pearson's unity and peace initiatives (e.g., mobilizing United Nations Emergency Forces leading to Nobel Peace Prize, universal health care, abolishing capital punishment)
• Brian Mulroney's role in South African anti-apartheid initiatives leading to 2015 Order of the Companions of OR Tambo.
• South African and Canadian Truth and Reconciliation processes
• Father Albert Lacombe's mediation with First Nations (e.g., peace between Cree and Blackfoot, Canadian Pacific Railway through Blackfoot territory)
• St. Pope John Paul II's multiple statements and meetings to promote unity and peace through dialogue
• Pope Francis' meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
• scientific and religious collaboration (e.g., Father Georges Lemaître's Big Bang Theory, papal support of evolutionary theory, papal statements on the mission of the Vatican Observatory).