Add your name to our open letter for Care Not Warfare and come to Ottawa this month. Please join journalist Linda McQuaig, poet Dr. El Jones, former journalist Michele Landsberg, feminist leader Judy Rebick, activist Bianca Mugyenyi, & over 800 Canadian women to sign our open letter to Prime Minister Carney & Minister of Women & Gender Equality Rechie Valdez to cut military spending and invest in a green, peace care economy. The deadline is Sept. 20; we are presenting the letter to the Prime Minister on International Peace Day, Sept. 21, in Ottawa.
LIST OF EVENTS IN OTTAWA IN SEPTEMBER:
Events are held in solidarity with the Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice.
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Ottawa-Gatineau Climate March 2026
On Saturday, September 19, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 pm. Rain on shine.
Please see the route, you can join at 9:30 am in Gatineau and 10:30 am in Ottawa:
Organized by Fridays for Future
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Film Screening “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” in Ottawa
Sunday, September 20, 2026 from 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank St, Ottawa.
*Doors open at 6:00 p.m. /Film starts at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets $10 regular | $5 for students/low-income
To buy tickets in advance and reserve your seat, go to Eventbrite.
Come to watch this powerful new documentary “Earth’s Greatest Enemy”! It’s an important film by U.S. journalist and host of the Empire Files Abby Martin about the climate and environmental destruction of the American war machine. Film screening is being held to mark International Day of Peace and for the #1000women campaign for #CareNotWarfare. Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom-Canada (WILPF), the Raging Grannies Ottawa and OPIRG Carleton. More information: https://earthsgreatestenemy.com/
The poster for the Ottawa film screening is here.
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VOW & WILPF Press Conference for ‘Care not Warfare’ in Ottawa
Monday, September 21
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Room 135-B, West Block, 111 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Speakers: Tamara Lorincz, Lyn Adamson, Mariam Furre, Ellen Woodsworth
They will speak about the open letter and campaign “Care Not Warfare”
The press conference may be livestreamed on CPAC.
People can listen in through the Press Gallery teleconference line:
Dial-in number : 613-209-3054
Webinar ID: 620 2186 3324
Passcode: 524483
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Join us for a peaceful rally #1000Women for “Care Not Warfare: Cut Military Spending” at the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa
September 21, 2026 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. at 80 Wellington St., Ottawa.
To mark the United Nation’s International Day of Peace.
(Meet at 3:30 pm the Centennial Flame in front of Parliament to march to the Prime Minister’s office)
Help us oppose the Carney government’s plan to increase military spending from $65 billion in 2025 to $150 billion by 2035 while cutting funding to other programs for women, environment & climate change, fisheries & oceans, agriculture etc. Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom-Canada (WILPF) and the Raging Grannies Ottawa. Part of our campaign #1000women+ for #CareNotWarfare.
The poster for the Ottawa film screening is here.
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Seniors Climate Witness are also doing many important nonviolent actions from September 19-September 22 in Ottawa, please follow on Facebook.
There is a caravan of seniors coming from BC and NS to Ottawa for these events. See list of events in Ottawa here.
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PANEL EVENT: “The Arctic at the Crossroads: A Zone of Peace or NATO 3.0”
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Carleton University, Dunton 1111A, Dunton Tower, Ottawa.
Speakers: Beth Kotierk, Inuk lawyer; Dr. Charles Brunette, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Ottawa; Dr. Tamara Lorincz, Senior Researcher Canadian Voice of Women for Peace; and Yves Enger, Canadian foreign policy analyst and author.
Hear from the panelists and then join in the discussion to talk about the Arctic, a crucially important polar region that comprises 40% of our Canada’s territory and 70% of our coastline and is the homeland of the Inuit, but it is an area that is increasingly threatened by climate change and conflict. All welcome. Light refreshments will be provided.
The panel will be taking place for RAD FROSH for People, Planet & Peace at Carleton University and in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the Arctic Council and the Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice. Organized by Carleton PIRG and endorsed by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom-Canada, and the Ottawa Peace Council. For more information: https://www.carletonpirg.org/
The poster for the Ottawa film screening is here.
