February 10 from 7:30-9:00 pm ET (Toronto time)Featuring Capt. Dan Grazier (ret.), Defense Expert with Project on Government Oversight& Tamara Lorincz, WILPF Canada, author of new report “Soaring: Harms and Risks of Fighter Jets and Why Canada Shouldn’t Buy a New Fleet” Dan is a defense expert and a leading critic of the F-35 program […]

February 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PT (Vancouver time)WILPF Canada’s Ellen Woodsworth will be on the panel!Join BCCIC in kickstarting International Development Week 2022 on Monday, February 7 through our interactive roundtable discussion.This virtual event will feature experts working around the world to uplift and advance women’s voices, leadership and priorities in moments […]

WILPF Canada and WILPF Nanaimo were signatories to a recent Canadian coalition statement calling on Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to de-escalate and demilitarize conflict between NATO and Russia over Ukraine. The coalition also include the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians Winnipeg Council, Artistes pour la […]

To mark November 25 and the start of the 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women, WILPF Canada has launched this graphic: Fighter jets aren’t feminist. Warplanes are vehicles of violence. Orange the world and help end violence and war. Post it on your social media and share it. You can follow us […]

WILPF Canada has partnered with the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) and sent a joint letter to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Minister of National Defence Anita Anand and Minister of Women and Gender Equality Marci Ien to let them know that we are opposed to the federal government’s plan to spend $77 […]

Monday, November 22 to Friday, November 26. WILPF Canada is joining the Nation Wide protest against New Fighter Jets. In Vancouver , it will be held on Monday the 22nd 2021 at 4:30 pm at the CBC Plaza 700 Hamilton Street downtown. There will also be actions across the country and WILPF members will be […]

Sunday, November 2110-12 AM PST (Vancouver) / 1-3 PM ET (New York) / 7-9 PM CET (Berlin) Organized by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom with CODEPINKModerated by Bianca Mugyenyi, Canadian Foreign Policy Institute Speakers: Ida Arneson (Sweden), Roslyn Cook (WILPF UK), Tamara Lorincz (WILPF Canada), Michelle Benzing (WILPF Germany), Nancy Mancias (CODEPINK), […]

WILPF Canada member Tamara Lorincz is heading to COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow this week. She is joining WILPF International’s delegation to the summit. Tamara will be bringing WILPF Canada’s message to “Demilitarize Decarbonize Decolonize.” She will have our new pins, leaflets and banners. Tamara will be participating in the peace and climate events. […]

Rapidly reducing carbon emissions is impossible with NATO’s rising militarism and military spending.NATO is recklessly diverting our attention and resources to war and away from the grave threat of global warming.NATO members spend over $1 trillion annually on their militaries, which is almost 60% of global military spending. At the NATO Summit in Wales in […]

Check out WILPF Canada’s new Fact Sheet [PDF] Canada’s Carbon Bootprint: The Problem of Military Emissions and Expenditures. Lire la fiche d’information en Français L’empreinte carbone du Canada [PDF]In Canada, among all federal departments and agencies, it is the military that has the biggest carbon bootprint. DND including the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) consumes the […]