Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, Unitarian Church at 49th and Oak Come and watch this inspiring film about a country that abolished its army 70 years ago. Costa Rica demilitarized in 1948 and it announced this year it will be the first country to completely decarbonize – find out why […]
This letter was sent on behalf of WILPF Canada on March 27 to Prime Minister Trudeau, Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality Maryam Monsef, Minister of National Defence Harjit Singh Sajjan, and MP Joyce Murray. Re: Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policies & Practices On behalf […]
TAKE OUR SURVEY: Join the conversation and add your voice! Please participate before October 1st, in view of the pending federal election. Thank you! Every year in Canada, vast resources are expended in the name of military security while social programs like an affordable housing strategy and affordable daycare are either under-funded or not funded […]
Join us to explore global activism and nuclear disarmament with Ray Acheson from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. This event is hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). Friday, Feb. 2nd, 2018 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm *New Venue: C.K. Choi Building – Room 120. *Please note that due to […]
On Monday, January 15th at 5 pm, there will be a candle light vigil to support the peace-building process in Korea. This will be at the Diana Krall Plaza in downtown Nanaimo hosted by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Nanaimo chapter. The vigil is in solidarity with activities organized by The Vancouver Women’s […]
Canada plans to create an overseas mining watchdog early next year, a move welcomed by environmental and human rights activists. Ottawa says it will create an independent office that will specifically look at Canadian oil, mining, and gas companies’ activities abroad. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-resources-ombudsman/canada-to-create-overseas-mining-watchdog-early-in-2018-idUSKBN1E700N
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR PEACE JAN 15 – MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY! 6:30 pm Art Gallery, 7 pm Convention Centre https://www.facebook.com/events/198500577370254/permalink/198557274031251/ WITNESS FOR PEACE – JAN 16TH – 8 AM – EAST SIDE OF WEST CONVENTION CENTRE https://www.facebook.com/events/167767017328226/permalink/167903273981267/ VANCOUVER WOMEN’S FORUM ON PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA “FROM CRISIS TO OPPORTUNITY” JANUARY 16, 2018 2:00-5:00 PM Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue Simon Fraser University […]
Sat. Nov. 11th – Seaforth Peace Park, Vancouver We hope you will join us for: Let Peace be Their Memorial – Mourning Less-Recognized Victims of War a wreath laying ceremony commemorating civilian victims of war and conflict This free, public, city sanctioned event is again co-hosted by Vancouver Peace Poppies and the BC Humanist Association at the south plaza of Seaforth Peace Park (Burrard @ 1st Ave) […]
