Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Canada
DEMILITARIZE, DECARBONIZE, DECOLONIZE
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
WILPF Canada joined Homes for All – Draw the Line, Vancouver!
WILPF Canada members at the Homes for All – Draw the Line, Vancouver! demonstration, Sept 20, 2025 Homes for All – Draw the Line, Vancouver!
Saturday, 20 September 2025 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM PDT
630 Hamilton St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5N6, Canada “The housing crisis is hitting people in Canada …
Saturday, 20 September 2025 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM PDT
630 Hamilton St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5N6, Canada “The housing crisis is hitting people in Canada …
WILPF Canada joins 64 civil society organizations call on Canada to respond to crisis in Sudan
Dear Prime Minister, We write to you out of deep concern over the surging crisis in Sudan, to urge the Canadian government to take strong measures to address what is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis by numbers. October 2024 was one of the deadliest months so far, with hundreds killed in …
Nanaimo’s 24th annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony
Nanaimo’s 24th annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony was held on the evening of Wednesday, August 6th at Swy-a-Lana Lagoon at Maffeo Sutton Park. The ceremony is to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the first use of the atomic bomb when the City of Hiroshima was reduced to ashes. The City of Nanaimo …
Arms Embargo Now mandate letter delivered
On Friday, August 1st, 2025 WILPF Canada members Noga and Marlene delivered a “mandate letter” on behalf of Arms Embargo Now to our newly-elected MP Wade Grant (Quadra Riding, Vancouver). The letter called for an immediate halt to arms shipments from Canada to Israel, to Israel though the United States, …
Withdraw Bill C-2
WILPF Canada has added our name to Migrant Rights Network call for the federal government to withdraw Bill C-2. From their website: We, the undersigned 174 organizations, urgently call on the federal government to withdraw Bill C-2. We are deeply concerned that Bill C-2:
- Gives the government broad discretion …
