This is a free event and will be held at the Unitarian Hall 595 Townsite Rd, Nanaimo, BC on Thursday June 22nd, 2023 – Doors open at 6:30pm Event from 7pm to 8:30pm Our panel will consist of our guest presenter Tamara Lorincz, local peace activist Kaeli Wood and a representative from the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians […]
By WILPF International Secretariat On International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament 2023, WILPF shares five key reasons why feminists should care about disarmament and demilitarization. What are the key links between disarmament and working towards gender equality, economic justice, addressing the ecological crisis, promoting peace and security, and the transformative power of feminist activism […]
Written in collaboration by Canadian Voice of Women for Peace & Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Canada “From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says, “Disarm, disarm! The sword is not the balance of justice.” -Julia Ward Howe, American author and peace activist, 1819-1910 In […]
Thursday, Feb. 16 from 7:30-9:00 pm ETRegister: Join us for a free online panel discussion with Elaine Briére, filmmaker of “Haiti Betrayed,” special guest Georges Gabrielle Paul from Jérémie, Haiti and Haitian-Canadian activists Jafrikayiti Jean Saint-Vil and Garry Auguste, who will discuss the current crisis in Haiti and Canada’s role past and present. The event is […]
One of our members, Dr. Josephine Rekart, passed away on February 1, 2023. She was also a former member of the University Women’s Club (Vancouver). Jo worked as a policy advisor at Worksafe BC for several years up to the time of her death. She enjoyed her job and formed many friendships there. Jo was […]
WILPF Canada is participating in the No Fighter Jets Coalition’s #DropTheF35Deal Weekend of Action from Friday, January 6 to Sunday, January 8. We are calling on the Trudeau government to cancel its plans to buy 16 Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighters for $7 billion. We believe that the Trudeau government should not buy costly […]
WILPF Canada marks the 16 Days of Action against Gender-based Violence against Women and Girls have been celebrated every year since 1991 between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November to Human Rights Day on 10 December. This year, the Campaign is continuing the 30th anniversary theme of Ending […]
Webinar this Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30 pm ET, Tamara will be speaking about her work on the WILPF delegation at the COP 27 climate summit in Egypt and then her tour of Russia, Finland, Latvia, Poland and Romania. Co-organized by World Beyond War Canada, Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace […]
WILPF is part of the COP 27 Civil Society Coalition and the Climate Action Network. Please read the collective demands that we will be bringing to Egypt here. Our member Tamara Lorincz will be part of the official WILPF delegation at the climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh with 9 other members and she will be […]
Join the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) Canada to work with us for a peace that links nonviolence, disarmament and demilitarization and is intersectional with gender equity and social and climate justice. Be part of an exciting international movement that is making a difference. We meet the 4th Sunday of the month. […]
