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Prime Minister names first Ambassador for women,Peace and Security
June 12, 2019 Ottawa, Ontario Gender equality plays a critical role in creating lasting solutions to the challenges we face around the world – from building economies that work for everyone to advancing peace and security. To build a more just, peaceful, and secure world, we must make sure women and girls can participate freely…
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A Letter to the Prime Minister
A letter from The Canadian Council of Churches to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the Canadian government to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and denouncing NATO’s nuclear deterrence policy.
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1st Annual Peace Village
Supporting social justice, fair trade and the environment, the 1st Annual Peace Village offers a number of excellent documentaries from some of the finest filmmakers, as well as unique items from vendors for peace, social justice and the environment. Admission is free! Location: River Park Church, 14A Street S.W., Calgary Time: November 16th-18th Friday, November…
Movie Night: Command and Control
Join Ploughshares for a screening of the documentary Command and Control Wednesday, October 10 at 7 pm at Parkdale United Church. About a 1980 nuclear disaster that took place just outside Little Rock, Arkansas, Variety magazine called it “riveting and dismaying.”
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Learn about this summer’s Floating Lantern event, read a special message from our board chair and find out about the upcoming Peace Fair. Read our September 2018 newsletter here!
NEWS RELEASE: Former senator and MP Douglas Roche urges Canada to press Trump, Putin to hold summit on nuclear weapons negotiations
CALGARY, August 7, 2018 – The Canadian government should press U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin to hold a summit on nuclear weapons reductions, former senator Douglas Roche told a Calgary rally commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “Nuclear disarmament is in a state of severe…