Join us for our third action against fighter jets: a Canada-wide week of peace advocacy. With nearly 50 actions completed we want to show our newly elected and re-elected Members of Parliament that we want them to scrap the procurement deal of 88 fighter jets with an initial price tag of 19 billion dollars and a lifecycle cost of around …
Join us on Sunday, October 24th as we discuss Yves Engler’s new book Stand on Guard for Whom? A People’s History of the Canadian Military. Sponsored by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute we will dive into militarism and anti-war resistance in Canadian history. Here is the link to register bit.ly/3ApyGQW Here is …
On the 76th anniversary of the devastating atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) wrote to Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau to urge the federal government to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), to show leadership for nuclear disarmament and to release the promised feminist …
We call on the Canadian government to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). On August 6th, Little Boy—a single atomic bomb—demolished the city of Hiroshima, killing 70,000 people, and causing the deaths of 70,000 more by the end of 1945. On August 9th, 1945, Fat Man, a plutonium bomb, devastated Nagasaki, exploding near …
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace members, from sea to sea to sea, share in the profoundly deep ripples of sorrow across Turtle Island as we offer our deepest sympathy to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Residential School survivors, the Cowessess First Nation Marieval Indian School survivors, their families and community. We stand in solidarity with all First Nations, Inuit, and …
As part of the No New Fighter Jet Coalition, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Science for Peace, and World Beyond War Canada have organized a webinar with peace activists from Canada, Israel, Wisconsin and Vermont about how they are resisting the procurement, use and basing of fighter jets. The webinar will take place on July 7th from 12:00pm to 1:30pm Eastern …
On Monday June 14, 2021 The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosted a Pan-Canadian Anti-NATO Summit and held a discussion for what we can do to raise opposition to this dangerous military alliance. Speakers included Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) – Vanessa Lanteigne, Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, About VOW & Logistics Canadian …
Please register for our upcoming Civil Society Meeting, here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqdu2vqzksGdDFg8qySI6sZJP2bgZG3gAQ The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) is hosting a civil society meeting to build a grassroots national campaign to get the federal government to create an Agenda for Disarmament for Canada and to get all the political parties to make disarmament a priority. Help us stop the procurement …
Monday, June 14, 20217:00-8:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register: https://bit.ly/356wMHU All welcome to this webinar to hear brief presentations from activists across the country about why Canada should withdraw from NATO, a US-dominated, nuclear-armed alliance, and why NATO should be abolished for genuine peace and security in the world. We will share ideas and plan next steps to delegitimize the …
