Join us in the urgent call for peace as an alternative to war profiteering and war preparation. Let’s turn the focus of our collaborative resources towards healing, regenerative solutions for humanitarian and climate disasters. Together we can free ourselves from our dependence on war and militarism.
Wear a white poppy from September 21, the International Day of Peace, until December 10, International Human Rights Day, to commemorate all victims of war and to acknowledge the relentless human and environmental damage warfare inflicts. Wear a white poppy as an imperative call to solve conflict through peace-building, to promote a healthy culture of care.
Joignez-vous à nous pour lancer un appel urgent pour la paix, en lieu et place du mercantilisme et des préparatifs liés à la guerre. Réorientons nos ressources collectives vers des mesures réparatrices et régénératrices relatives aux catastrophes humanitaires et climatiques. Ensemble, nous pouvons nous libérer de notre dépendance à la guerre et au militarisme.
Arborez le coquelicot blanc, du 21 septembre, Journée internationale de la paix, au 10 décembre, Journée internationale des droits de la personne. Vous rendrez ainsi hommage à toutes les victimes de la guerre et témoignerez des ravages humains et environnementaux qu’elle inflige sans relâche. Le port du coquelicot blanc est un appel impératif à résoudre les conflits par la consolidation de la paix, et à favoriser une saine attitude d’entraide et de solidarité.
Organizations signed onto the 2023 White Poppy Campaign:
Conscience Canada
Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace
Montreal World BEYOND War
Regina Peace Council
Global Peace Alliance
Just Peace Committee
The ENRICH Project ( Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health Project)
Ecology Action Centre
HRM Chapter Council of Canadians
Burundi for World Beyond War
WILPF Canada (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom)
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Peace Quest Cape Breton
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
World Beyond War
Collectif Échec à la guerre
Peace Poppy Campaign
VOW supports the Peace Poppy Campaign and hopes to broaden the understanding of peace and conflict and extend remembrance to all victims of war in an effort promote peace. We are one of many peace organizations hoping to do the same.
Each year VOW members host Peace Poppy making parties/purchase them and distribute the poppies during the lead up to Remembrance Day trying to raise awareness of the horrors of war on all of humanity and the earth. The aim is to make war unimaginable and to invest in peaceful institutions, processes and diplomacy to abolish war, forever.
Here are some resources
Veterans for Peace events, info and resources
World BEYOND War: Armistice / Remembrance Day Is for Ending War
Peace Pledge Union Peace Poppy campaign in the United Kingdom
All info below is from www.peacepoppies.ca where you can order white poppies — for 2022, the appearance of the poppy available from peacepoppies.ca, and the suggested donation prices, have changed. This year’s poppies are paper-based, fully recyclable and plastic-free with a clever pin attachment.
White Poppies is an initiative for a more broadly focused Remembrance Day in Canada.
We want to encourage Canadians to broaden their Remembrance Day focus to include the civilians who now make up 90% of conflict victims; to challenge the beliefs, values and institutions that make war seem inevitable; and to urge our government to promote and fund effective non-military means of dispute resolution.
How to make a Peace Poppy
Make your own poppy by drawing the outline of a flower on a piece of card and sticking it to a used button. If you have a printer that can print photos on 4×6 inch glossy paper (or a 4×6 card), click here to download a picture of 3 white poppies (pdf). Hand-drawn poppies may be better, especially if the ink from your printer is not waterproof.
More economically, download and print the image of 6 flowers at home or at a photo shop. These are a bit smaller, closer to the red poppy size. Cut a piece of cloth adhesive tape (ex: duct tape) 1″x1/2″, fold a ridge, then stick to the back of the flower. You can then stick a pin (straight or safety) through the ridge in the tape. Or see picture of duct tape around safety pin.
Finally, download paper-poppies-8.5×11-20. This file contains 20 poppies for printing on letter-size cardstock (same size flowers as the 6-flower file above). Voir aussi version française. A variation that requires less dexterity to cut is paper-poppies-8.5×11-15.pdf
Many people have for years been making their own poppies out of fabric, cardboard, felt, plastic or other materials. If you have homemade poppies, we would love to get a closeup photo and/or instructions on how to make them, to put on this website.