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
Let Cuba Live! Our Letter to the Prime Minister on Aid to Cuba
In solidarity with the Canada Network on Cuba and the National Day of Action for Cuba on February 21, 2026, WILPF-Canada has partnered with the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace in sending a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand to call on …
WILPF-Canada and VOW sent letter to the Prime Minister on Nuclear Disarmament and Published Article in Ricochet Media
As the nuclear arms control treaty, New START, between the U.S. and Russia has expired this month and the danger of nuclear weapons use is increasing, WILPF-Canada and VOW have sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand to urge them to show …
Members Participate in 35th Annual Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver
On February 14, 2026, WILPF Canada members participated in the 35th Annual Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to remember and honour the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls two-spirit, and gender-diverse people (MMIWG2S+) who have tragically lost their lives. We walked in solidarity with women and allies to …
Member’s article “Rising nuclear dangers move Doomsday clock closer to midnight” published in Rabble.ca
Our member, Tamara Lorincz, published an article “Rising nuclear dangers move Doomsday clock closer to midnight” in Rabble.ca. On January 27, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday clock closer to midnight. The clock is a metaphor for the existential dangers posed to humanity and midnight …
National Day of Action “No More Loopholes” Feb. 17
WILPF Canada supports the National Day of Action “No More Loopholes” on February 17. The No More Loopholes Act will go to a vote in Parliament at the end of February. The critical window to act to pressure MPs to vote for it is right now. Find out more at Arms …
Doomsday Clock set to 85 seconds to midnight
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of the Doomsday clock to 85 seconds to midnight. It’s the closest the clock, a representation of the nuclear and climate risks to humanity, has ever been to global catastrophe. To move the clock back, WILPF-Canada calls on the Canadian government …
