Thursday January 22, 20265:00 PM – 6:30 PM PTLocation: Jack Bell Building, 2080 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Y2, CanadaJoin us as we mark the 25th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security with four leading voices shaping global peace efforts. This lecture centers women’s perspectives on conflict, resilience, and human security. […]
WILPF-Canada condemns the illegal U.S. air strikes against Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. In the press conference on Saturday, President Trump admitted that the U.S. wants to “run Venezuela” and “take over” its vast oil reserves. We stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people and we are participating […]
Co-chair Ellen Woodsworth and member Tamara Lorincz co-authored the chapter “Canada’s Rising Military Spending Undermines Women, Peace and Security” in the latest annual publication “WPS at 25 and Canada’s CNAP3: Feminist Reflections on Progress and Gaps.” Tamara also wrote the chapter “Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy militarizes Asia and undermines Women, Peace and Security.” The publication was […]
In September 2025, the UN Secretary General António Guterres released an important report to mark the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace & Security. The last paragraph of the “Women and peace and security” report affirms that women peacebuilders’ “universal message to governments and armed actors is unequivocal: end the […]
We write to you as a Coalition of organizations working towards Gaza Family Reunification: Amnesty International Canada, Canadians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council, Sustainable Human Empowerment (SHE) Associates, Rural Refugee Rights Network, Righting Relations Canada, and The United Church of Canada. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian Canadian community, who have endured unbearable loss while waiting for Canada to live up to its promise of safety and family reunification for loved ones trapped under siege in Gaza.
Dear Prime Minister Carney and Finance Minister Champagne,
We, concerned citizens and members of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Canada, are calling on you to cut military spending, re-allocate it to social and environmental priorities, and cancel the plan to increase military spending to 5% of GDP by 2035.
Dear Prime Minister, We write to you out of deep concern over the surging crisis in Sudan, to urge the Canadian government to take strong measures to address what is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis by numbers. October 2024 was one of the deadliest months so far, with hundreds killed in Al-Jazeera, Darfur and Khartoum states. […]
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 […]
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, and to weapons imports from […]
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!
