Professor Toh Swee-Hin (S.H.Toh)
Professor Toh Swee-Hin (S.H.Toh) is the founding Director of the Griffith University Multi-Faith Centre in Brisbane, Australia, which seeks to promote inter-faith dialogue towards a culture of peace at local, national and international levels. Born in Malaysia, he has taught in UNE and the University of Alberta (Canada) and serves as a Senior Fellow of the U.N. University for Peace in Costa Rica. Prof. Toh has been extensively involved since the 70s in education, research and action for a culture of peace, human rights, justice, multiculturalism, sustainability and interfaith dialogue in North and South contexts, including Australia, Canada, South Africa, Jamaica, Japan, Costa Rica, South Korea, Uganda, Thailand, Indonesia, and especially the Philippines. He has contributed to several international networks and organizations including UNESCO, the International Institute on Peace Education, World Council for Curriculum & Instruction, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding, Parliament of the World’s Religions and Religions for Peace. In 2000, he was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.