February 24, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) strongly condemns all acts of war and military aggression in Ukraine and denounces any threats to use nuclear weapons. VOW urgently calls for a comprehensive ceasefire in the region, for the Government of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to immediately …
We’re Hiring! Position: National Coordinator
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace is looking for a new National Coordinator! Position: National Coordinator Preferred start date: March 14, 2022 but reasonably flexible. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Hours: 20 hours/week with flexible hours for candidates in Toronto (hybrid). 16 hours/week with flexible hours for candidates outside of Toronto …
Canada’s Membership with NATO, and the Problematic Consequences of the Country’s Growing Militarism
In the past year, Canada has faced numerous challenges, a deadly pandemic with mutating variants, vaccinations, an unnecessary federal election, various natural disasters, and protests in defence of Indigenous land. However, considering the militarization of the RCMP in British Colombia, the recent events in Afghanistan—of which the Canadian Armed Forces played a heavy hand—and the federal government’s plan to purchase …
#StandForPeace with Russia and Ukraine: Find an Action, Sign Petition and Read Statement
Sign and share the Canadian coalition statement and petition to call for peace in Ukraine not war. VOW helped to bring together activists to draft a statement and petition for Canada to de-militarize the crisis between NATO and Russia over Ukraine. The statement urges the Trudeau government to reduce tensions by ending arms sales and military training in Ukraine, opposing …
Mother Earth: a Well-known Time Bomb (a Canadian Womens Perspective)
By Aleksandra Statkiewicz VOW Intern Climate change and the earth heating have always been a hot topic (no pun intended). We have lived and seen the last 6 years being our hottest since the Paris Agreement which was ironically agreed upon 6 years ago. The Paris Agreement is a legal binding international treaty that was made to tackle climate change …
Letter to PM RE:Ongoing Weapons Exports to Saudi Arabia
The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace along with over 50 other organizations endorsed this letter to the Prime Minister regarding ongoing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.
Students Against Nuclear Weapons Symposium- Register Now!
This forum is a student-led initiative advised by activists working on nuclear weapons issues at Science for Peace and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. The forum’s major themes are the humanitarian implications of the renewed nuclear-arms race and the potential of the United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to build a world free of the menaced …
Annual General Meeting
Please join us at our Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Annual General Meeting Use this link to register Please join us to hear extraordinary peace advocates and their work to make the world a better place which will be followed by our Annual General meeting including the annual report, financial report and progress on VOW’s priority peace themes and …
WHITE POPPIES FOR PEACE Activists call on Canada to prepare for peace, not war
NOV 11 – THREE ACTIONS ACROSS CANADA: Kjipuktuk/Halifax at 3 pm Maritime Time, Toronto 12 noon, Salt Spring Island and at COP 26 in Glasgow 1). Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace in collaboration with over 50 women from across the country, have created a banner to commemorate the 38 Yemeni children who were killed in August 2018 by …
Military emissions and Climate Crisis- A Call for Demilitarization & Gender Responsive Climate Action to new Minister Hon. Steven Guilbeault, MP
Hon. Steven Guilbeault, MP House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0A6 Re: Our concerns about rising military emissions and expenditures in the midst of catastrophic climate change and our call for demilitarization for decarbonization and gender-responsive climate action Dear Minister Guilbeault, The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) congratulates you on your appointment as Minister of Environment and …