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 …
Restore International Law and Invest in Peace
By: Lyn Adamson, Co-Chair, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace It is horrifying to watch the images coming out of Gaza: starving babies, the killing of civilians waiting in lines for food, and the forcing into a small enclosure, with 88% of Gaza now off limits to Palestinians. The fact that all the powers in this world have not intervened …
Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition presents 80 Years of the Nuclear Age: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
TORONTO CITY HALL: The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition (HNDC) will mark the 80th Anniversary Commemoration of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6, 2025. I urge everyone around the world to create opportunities in your own countries to listen to the testimonies of A-bomb survivors, and to feel, with deep sensitivity, the true inhumanity of nuclear weapons. …
Sparking Change: Imagining a Different Future
29th August to 1st September, 2025 In these challenging times we need to build strong social movements in Canada. In response to new levels of repression of civil society globally, we are compelled to become vigilant and resistant to the abuse of power. New creative means for outreach and engagement are needed to strengthen social movements. Sparking Change: Imagining a Different …
VOW Fundraiser- Steeped in Peace: A Feminist Gathering for Disarmament & Connection
A fundraiser for Canadian Voice of Women for Peace’s Disarmament Education Program.The Disarmament Education Program is an initiative of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace in partnership with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War – Canada 📅 Saturday, July 19th, 2025🕐 1:00–3:00 PM ET / 2:00–4:00 PM AT / 10:00 AM–12:00 PM PT📍 Virtual 🎟️ Register Now! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LW1kPTIfSk6dJwpPb58VmQ …