WILPF sections around the world have taken action to stop the militarization of the seas. WILPF Canada has protested the Royal Canadian Navy’s participation in RIMPAC and called for its cancellation. We produced and shared on social media a graphic “Cancel RIMPAC. Stop Military Sonar and Bombing” and lobbied the federal government. WILPF Australia has […]
At the end of June, Alley and Tamara travelled to Ottawa to attend Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC) full-day civil society consultations on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. It is the first time in five years that the federal government has had an extensive consultation with peace groups. Tamara urged GAC to stop sending weapons to […]
With financial support from generous funders including the family of Ann Gertler, WILPF Canada and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace member, Tamara Lorincz, represented VOW and WILPF Canada at the “International Summit for Peace in Ukraine” in Vienna from June 9-12. The day before the summit, Tamara participated in the 3-hour meeting of WILPF members […]
WILPF Canada and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace member, Tamara Lorincz, went on a week-long trip to British Columbia in June. She spoke on “The Climate Impacts of War and Militarism” at the annual peace conference organized by the Boundary Peace Initiative in Grand Forks. She also gave presentations entitled “Making Space for Peace […]
Here’s a list of upcoming peace events from other global organizations. Peace Wave 2023 International Peace Bureau and World BEYOND War are planning a second-annual 24-hour peacewave on July 8-9, 2023. This is a 24-hour-long Zoom featuring live peace actions in the streets and squares of the world, moving around the globe with the sun. Starts: July 8 at […]
