Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Canada

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Canada’s goal is  to bring together women and diverse people to unite in their determination to advocatefor peace.

 Our goals include total and universal disarmament;  the strengthening of the United Nations and international law; political and social equality and economic equity; co-operation among all people, decolonization and an environmentally sustainable development. 

Learn more About WILPF Canada’s goals and mission


Help us reach 1000 signatures on our letter & join us in Ottawa!

Add your name to our open letter for Care Not Warfare and come to Ottawa this month. Please join journalist Linda McQuaig, poet Dr. El Jones, former journalist Michele Landsberg, feminist leader Judy Rebick, activist Bianca Mugyenyi, & over 800 Canadian women to sign our open letter to Prime Minister …
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WILPF-Canada and VOW sent a joint letter to the Carney government to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and to plan to send a delegation to the first TPNW review conference.

On the eve of the 81st anniversary of the United States’ atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, WILPF-Canada and VOW have sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Carney and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anand to appeal to them to have Canada join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear …
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We oppose Carney’s NATO war bank and militarized corporatism

Prime Minister Carney plans to hold an “Investment Summit” in Toronto to privatize and militarize Canada. We want a green, peace care economy not more militarized corporatism. Check out the counter-summit “The Many vs the Money”. Convened by the Council of Canadians, 8th Fire Rising and World BEYOND War, the …
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We sent a joint letter with VOW to call on Canada to send aid to Cuba and support it at the UN

WILPF-Canada and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) wrote to Prime Minister Carney and to Minister of Foreign Affairs Anand to express our disappointment that Canada abstained on the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) vote to decide whether to proceed with a debate on “the necessity of ending …
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WILPF-Canada joined VOW on an open letter to the Canadian government to stand up for Palestinian detainees

VOW and WILPF-Canada have sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Carney and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anand urging them to stand up for Palestinians illegally detained and tortured by Israeli forces and speak out against illegal Israeli settlements and violence in the West Bank. Read our letter here. Our …
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We Oppose Carney’s Submarine Contract

WILPF-Canada is endorsing the campaign to cancel the Carney government’s plan to spend $100 billion on a new fleet of submarines. SIGN & SHARE! Please sign the open letter to NDP leader Avi Lewis and Green leader Elizabeth May – with a cc: to the Prime Minister – to ask …
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