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Honouring Women of Peace: 2026 VOW Peace Awards Nominations & Registration Now Open!
Nomination Deadline: January 10, 2026 We’re delighted to welcome you to Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Annual 2026 Peace Awards Ceremony—a special evening dedicated to celebrating the remarkable women who are leading the way in peacebuilding across Canada. This cherished event honours their extraordinary contributions, and supports VOW’s 66 year legacy of women’s peace work. VOW’s Peace Awards Ceremony honours the …
VOW’s Matching Campaign-Donate NOW & Support a Peaceful Future!
This season of giving is your chance to be part of a legacy. For 65 years, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) has been a critical organization dedicated to building cultures of peace through education, advocacy, and amplifying the voices of women. We’ve been, and continue to be, dedicated, passionate and committed in our advocacy for peace, disarmament, and non-violence, working to …
VOW’s Report Back-5th Youth Nuclear Peace Summit in Winnipeg
VOW Board Director Linda Kalafatides and VOW National Coordinator Alley McDonald were exceptionally grateful for, and invigorated by, the opportunity to attend the 5th Youth Nuclear Peace Summit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. We extend our deep appreciation to Science for Peace for providing funds towards our disarmament education workshop facilitators to travel to Winnipeg, and …
VOW’s 2025 Annual General Meeting
We are so grateful to everyone who joined us—both in person and online—for the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Annual General Meeting (AGM). Your presence, energy, and support continue to strengthen our shared commitment to building a culture of peace. Welcoming Our New Board of Directors During the AGM, members voted in our new Board of Directors. We are …
Register Now! VOW’s 2025 Annual General Meeting
VOW’s 2025 Annual General meeting is hybrid, and will take place online nationwide and in-person in Toronto on Saturday, October 25th. AGM Participation:The VOW AGM is open to anyone to attend. For those who attend in-person, refreshments will be served. REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/w44v3p47 If you are joining us in-person, please arrive for 2:15pm-5pm ET at Friends House 60 Lowther Ave, Toronto, …
PEACE WALK 2025: Remembering Hiroshima 80km for 80 Years
The 80 km Peace Walk from Pugwash to Truro, Nova Scotia commemorated the80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in every step by sharing the urgent callfor nuclear disarmament. War has not, nor will it ever be, an answer to conflict and weapons of massdestruction and militarization limit what we can do together to heal the land and carefor one another. …
Draw the Line with VOW for People, Peace & the Planet- Day of Action September 20th
Cross-Canada Day of Action to call on the Carney government: Put people over profit. Build a green, sustainable future, not more pipelines. Fund our communities, not the war machine. Cut military spending. Uphold Indigenous sovereignty. Stop sending weapons to Ukraine. Stop sending weapons to Israel. End the genocide in Gaza. The world needs peace, disarmament & cooperation. #DrawTheLine #climateaction #peace …
REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI: PEACE WALK September 27, 2025, Toronto
Continuing “Walking Together for Peace” begun in September 2024 in Nova Scotia Supporting the UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons A core group of planners and walkers are seeking more people ready to join a 20 km walk from Scarborough to the Peace Garden at Toronto City Hall. The goal is to bring awareness …
Commemoration Ceremony on the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
VOW participated in the Hiroshima Day commemoration in Toronto at the Peace Garden on August 6th to call for nuclear disarmament. We collected signatures on an open letter to the Prime Minister to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and an open letter to end the genocide in Gaza, passed out buttons and handouts, and took lots …
