Please sign & share our open letter #1000Women+ to Prime Minister Carney and the Minister of Women & Gender Equality Valdez, to cut military spending and invest in a green, peace care economy. The federal government is boosting the defence budget but reducing funding to essential federal service and programs for women, Indigenous and 2SLGBTQIA+people. […]
Tuesday, April 2812:00-1:30 p.m. ETRegister in advance for this meeting. Join us to discuss Canada’s progress on implementing the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the federal government’s current public consultations on the draft strategy for Sustainable Development 2026-2029. Learn more about the goals and the gaps and how you can engage in […]
TORONTO Rally “Cut Military Spending for a Green, Peace Care Economy”Tuesday, April 21 from 4:00-5:00 p.m.,Outside the office of Liberal MP & Minister of the Environment Julie Dabrusin1028 Queen Street East, TorontoOrganized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace & the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada Join us for a rally to […]
Join our members on this online panel, “NATO and WPS,” to discuss the critical feminist connections and contradictions between Women, Peace & Security (WPS) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Date: April 24, 2026Time: 12:00-2:00 PM Eastern. The event will be moderated by Dr. Sandra Biskupski-Mujanovic. The other speakers are: Margaret Kimberley (Black Agenda […]
Our member and co-chair Patsy George has been touring Australia and New Zealand. Along the way, she has stood and marched in solidarity for world peace and for a Free Palestine with activists in those two countries. Here are some photos from her solidarity actions on her trip.
We support WILPF International’s condemnation of the U.S. Government’s threat of genocide against Iran. Reaching Critical Will (RCW), WILPF’s disarmament programme, has prepared this important statement. It responds to alarming recent rhetoric and escalating tensions, highlighting the grave risks posed by threats of war crimes, genocide, and the potential use of nuclear weapons. Grounded in […]
WILPF Canada members joined the Draw the Line rally in Waterloo: WILPF members also participated in “Peace of the Pie: People’s Hearing on Military Spending” in Toronto:
Homes for All – Draw the Line, Vancouver!Saturday, 20 September 2025 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM PDT630 Hamilton St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5N6, Canada “The housing crisis is hitting people in Canada hard. On the campaign trail, Carney promised to tackle housing unaffordability by creating an entity called Build Canada Homes (BCH) — a new Crown […]
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 has declared August 6th Hiroshima […]
We the members of Nanaimo chapter of WILPF call for lasting peace and the adherence of UN resolutions. We encourage peaceful resistance to promote justice for Palestine. The genocide must end. Together we Rise!
