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 …
Written by VOW Board Member and human rights lawyer, Oyeyinka Oyelowo Biodiversity law is inextricably linked to solving the climate crisis. It proposes that the legal system can facilitate transformative changes to restore and protect nature. Biodiversity conservation law and policy is based on a notion that nature’s equilibrium, while subject to change, is relatively stable. On May 22, 2021, the International Day …
The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute collaborated as part of the No New Fighter Jets Coalition to create a Parliamentary Petition sponsored by Green MP Paul Manly. We believe the second largest procurement in Canadian history deserves time in the House of Commons. Our petition was read in Parliament! Watch it here https://twitter.com/VOWPeace/status/1410404176295862272 …
A technological fix for energy woes is alluring. However, like the low-tarcigarette during the demise of the tobacco industry, so too are smallmodular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The global percentage of electricitycreated by nuclear power has been dwindling for years. Yet, currently, the SMR love affair is squandering time thus delayingtransitioning to renewable energies creating an ‘opportunity cost’. Also, therisks of …
VOW condemns the Government of Canada’s refusal to expressly denounce the State of Israel’s violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. The Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau issued on May 12 and his social media posts on May 15, failed to acknowledge the violent and illegal actions committed by the Israeli police, Israeli Defense …
Book launch “Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy” Author and activist Ray AchesonThursday, May 27, 20217:00 pm ET via Zoom To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdOuvrDooGdO3h4Lkx_kUzbOPYuuaWAK1 or here http://bit.ly/BanningTheBomb Please join us for the Canadian launch of Ray Acheson’s new book “Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy”. Ray is the Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for …
Mother’s Day is a very special day but it was not always about lavish dinners and flowers; it was a call to action by Julia Ward Howe in 1870 to “Disarm! Disarm!” calling for a Mother’s Peace Day to eradicate war. It was later taken up by Anna Jarvis to have it recognized in the United States nationally in 1914. …
Nuclear ban treaty an opportunity for Ottawa to re-engage in peace and diplomacy Signing the nuclear ban treaty is not merely a measure in arms control, it is a moral imperative for our planet Read Charlotte’s full article here: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/nuclear-ban-treaty-an-opportunity-for-ottawa-to-re-engage-in-peace-and-diplomacy
Commissioned by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day Coalition, The Simons Foundation Canada and Le Collectif Échec à la guerre these finding support what VOW has known for 60+ years; the majority of Canadians want a nuclear weapons free world. You can download the Nanos Report here or scroll down. Please share widely! Other organizations have also posted the results on …
