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
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 …
Golden Dome is a massive mistake
TAMARA LORINCZ 26 May 2025 In a recent press conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Canada is evaluating its participation in the Trump administration’s Golden Dome program. U.S. President Donald Trump announced a nextgeneration missile defence shield for a cost of $175 billion and named a U.S. Space Force General …
Books and Film Recommendations – Spring 2025
WILPF Canada members share these BOOK recommendations: Feminism Against Progress
Mary Harrington
Swift Press, 2023 In Feminism Against Progress, Mary Harrington argues that the industrial-era faith in progress is turning against all but a tiny elite of women. Women’s liberation was less the result of human moral progress than an effect of …
Mary Harrington
Swift Press, 2023 In Feminism Against Progress, Mary Harrington argues that the industrial-era faith in progress is turning against all but a tiny elite of women. Women’s liberation was less the result of human moral progress than an effect of …
