WILPF Canada and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) recently sent a joint letter to Member of Parliament Hedy Fry who is also the Special Representative on Gender Issues, Parliamentary Representative at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and a member of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND). […]
Read 3-part series published in the Georgia Straight on how Canada is joining the U.S. in militarizing the Asia Pacific region and directly threatening China. Part 1: Canadian Armed Forces exacerbate Pacific tensions Part 2: Canadian Armed Forces impinge on Okinawa Part 3: John Price and Satoko Oka Norimatsu: Pacific Peace Network challenges RIMPAC
Attend our fantastic international online congress “Making Connections: Environment, Social Justice and Demilitarisation for Feminist Peace” from July 16-24. Great line up of speakers and events. Interact with WILPF members all over the world. Activism is hope. Register .
Join the Days of Action Stop the Weapons, Stop the War, Stop NATO from June 24-30 to coincide with the protests against the NATO Summit in Spain. NATO is a dangerous US-led nuclear-armed military alliance that is provoking conflict and pushing militarism. WILPF members will be participating in rallies across Canada. WILPF Nanaimo is organizing […]
Because of Canada’s membership in NATO, a nuclear-armed military alliance, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not send any diplomats to attend and observe the first meeting of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in Vienna in June and is also refusing to sign and ratify the TPNW. Canada is on the wrong […]
WILPF Canada sent a package to every member of the Standing Committee on National Defence and the Senate Committee on Security and National Defence to conduct a public inquiry into the planned purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets. Canada’s plan to buy 88 new F-35s for $19 billion is the second most expensive federal […]
WILPF members protested the CANSEC, the largest arms fair in North America, that takes place in Ottawa every spring. Canada needs to invest in a green care economy not the military-industrial complex. Read the report and see photos below. WILPF Canada members participated in the “Cancel CANSEC” protests in Ottawa from June 1-2. CANSEC is […]
This submission to the Secretariat of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights examines some of the past and present militarization of Indigenous land by fighter jets and air forces bases and the resulting contamination that has been caused. Read the full submission here: Fighter […]
The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), is kicking off today and ends on 25 March. This year’s priority theme “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes” will provide an opportunity to […]
A WILPF Canada discussion of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy by Ray Acheson. Ray writes with immediacy and energy. We get front seat in this David and Goliath performance that concludes with the United Nations (UN) Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Nobel Peace Prize for the Coalition that made this […]
