Saturday, September 21, 2024 Full Details: www.Walk4Peace.ca/PeaceDay Press Release: Mi’kmaq Grandmothers Lead Peace Activists on a 200km #Walk4Peace Ahead of UN Summit of the Future#Walking Together for Peace Initiative Summary We are pleased to provide you with the latest updates on the Walking Together for Peace initiative in Mi’kma’ki/Nova Scotia, Kanata/Canada. Your support is invaluable in amplifying our advocacy efforts, and …
In 1995 Pugwash Canada and Joseph Rotblat were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Nearly 30 years later we are walking for peace from Pugwash to Halifax to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. This peace walk aims to re-awaken courage and inspiration for nonviolent conflict resolution, advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, promote reallocation of defence spending …
VOW and WILPF have written and sent letters to Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to express our opposition to Israel’s horrific genocide in Gaza and our grave concern about the immense suffering of the Palestinian people. We also appealed to them to reduce the risk of nuclear escalation through disarmament and dialogue and cancelling the F-35 …
Join the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition for a series of events from August 2nd to 8th at Toronto City Hall, including a photographic exhibition and the 79th Anniversary Commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings on August 6th. The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition invites you to a week of commemorative, reflective, and engaging events at Toronto City Hall, beginning with …
Read our letter below to learn more about the Walking Together for Peace initiative, the history, the people involved, and how you can be involved with the movement! Scroll down to find our interest forms for individuals and organizations to engage with our initiative! Join the movement and support creating a culture of peace! Click here to visit our invitation …
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace is currently seeking an experienced bookkeeper to volunteer with our organization and assist our Treasurer, a professional accountant, in keeping the day to day books up to date. Experience with QuickBooks required. The anticipated time commitment is less than 3 hours a month. Share your skills to support VOW’s mission for peace! Please consider …
Join the movement for peace! Click here to learn more & fill out our interest form to get involved with Walking Together for Peace. September 8th – 21st, 2024 Dear Friends, You are invited to join Voice of Women for Peace, Science for Peace and Jai Jagat in a grassroots initiative. From September 9 to September 21, 2024 a core …
“Voice of Women, like Janis Alton, guide peace movement, says John Stewart Peacemaker Alton continues long Mississauga tradition In recognition of Alton’s stalwart work, she was recently awarded the Ursula Franklin Award. By: John Stewart of The Mississauga News If Helen Tucker was Mississauga’s dynamo of peace, then Janis Alton is its soft-spoken sentinel. Alton, 86, was first mesmerized by …
The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada (WILPF-Canada) have sent a joint letter to Governor General Mary Simon calling on her to oppose the federal government’s $38.6 billion plan to militarize the north through the new defence policy update entitled, Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada’s Defence. …
Written by Hannah Hadikin-VOW’s Co-Chair May 2024 Mothers’ Day will be remembered as a very special day. The day the ‘On to Ottawa Peace Caravan’ set out to travel across the country. Two women’s peace groups, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, (WILPF), calling for peace enroute to Ottawa and CANSEC. Canadians from coast to coast …
