Peace Directory: Listing of Groups in Canada
Répertoire des organismes canadiens pour la paix
Alberni Valley Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament
3715, Morgan South Crescent Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 6B9 Contact:S. Frazer, (250) 723-7258EL Stevens, (250) 723-9373, eileen@cedar.alberni.net° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose:
Scope of activities: Local
Year founded: 1982
Membership: 9 (supporting); 10 (institutional)
Staff: 0
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Activities:
- Go to the Submarine Base at Nanoose every November 11 to promote conversion
- Attend Vancouver Island Network for Disarmament regular meetings
- Participate in January 1 Peace for 2001 by whole community
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l'Alliance canadienne pour la paix / Canadian Peace Alliance
427, rue Bloor ouest, CP 13 Toronto, ON, M5S 1X7 tél : 416-588-5555 télécopieur : 416-588-5556 courrier électronique : cpa@web.ca site-web : www.acp-cpa.ca° ° ° ° °
Langue de correspondance : le français et l'anglais
Objectifs / buts de l'organisme : L'Alliance canadienne pour la paix (ACP) est la plus grande coalition de groupes de paix au Canada. L'ACP a pour but:
- la réorientation des dépenses militaires vers des questions d'ordre humanitaire
- le désarmament nucléaire à travers le monde
- de faire du Canada un acteur de la paix internationale
- de renforcer le rôle des institutions mondailes pour résoundre les conflits pacifiquement
- la protection les droits de tous à travailler pour la paix et la justice
Étendue des activités de l'organisme : pan-canadienne
Année de la fondation de l'organisme : 1985
Nombre de membre (groupes-membre ou institutions) : 150
Nombre d'employés : 1
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Les activités principales de l'organisme :
- organise des campagnes et des actions pan-canadienne our la paix
- organise des sessions entre des groupes-membres et les leaders politiques sur la colline parlementaire
- rend possible des réunions régulières et le développement de réseux de communications créant des forums pour le développement de stratégies et tactiques pour la paix au Canada
- produit du matériel éducatif ainsi que des documents sur les activités de l'Alliance canadienne pour la paix. La plupart de ces documents sont disponible par voie électronique
- reste en contact avec les groupes-membres tout au long de l'année par des envois régulier de documents pourtant sur la paix. Un "list-serve" est aussi maintenu pour les groupes-membres.
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Les sujets dont l'organisme se préoccupele plus souvent :
l'exportation/le commerce d'armes
la politique canadienne de la defense
le droit international et la paix/la sécurité
Canadian Peace Alliance / l'Alliance canadienne pour la paix
427 Bloor St W #13 Toront, ON, M5S 1X7 phone: 416-588-5555 fax: 416-588-5556 e-mail: cpa@web.ca web site: www.acp-cpa.ca° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English and French
Purpose: The Canadian Peace Alliance is Canada's largest umbrella peace organization. The alliance seeks to:
- redirect funds from military spending to human needs
- work towards a global ban on nuclear weapons
- make Canada a consistent leader for world peace
- strengthen world institutions for peaceful resolution of conflict
- protect the rights of all peple to work for peace, social and economic justice
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1985
Staff: 1
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Activities:
- facilitates cross-Canada peace campaigns and actions
- arranges political lobbying sessions between member groups and key politicians on Parliament Hill
- organizes regular meetings and communications networks that are important forums for developing strategies for the peace movement in Canada
- produces a variety of education and action materials related to the ongoing activities of the Canadian Peace Alliance. Most of these materials are available electronically as well.
- sends clearing house mailings of peace related materials to member groups throughout the year. Maintains a listserve for member groups to use and a web site.
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Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
#203 - 761 Queen St W Toronto, ON, M6J 1G1 ph: 416-603-7915 fax: 416-603-7916 e-mail: vow@interlog.com web site: www.interlog.com/~vow° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English and French
Purpose: To provide a means for Canadian women to unite to promote peace and disarmament internationally.
Scope of activities: International
Year founded: 1960
Number of members:
Number of staff: 1
Publishing: print newsletter 2-3 times per year, $35 (membership).
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Activities:
- participate in UN-sponsored NGO activities
- promote a Culture of Peace and peace education
- advocate for Canadian national policies consistent with a vision for peace and disarmament
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Centre de ressources sur la non-violence
1945, Mullins, bureau 160 Montréal (Québec) H3K 1N9 tél: 514-272-5012 télécopieur: 514-272-5163 courrier électronique: crnv@cam.org site-web: www.cam.org/~crnv° ° ° ° °
Langue de correspondance : le français
Objectifs / buts de l'organisme : Promotion de la non-violence active.
Étendue des activités de l'organisme : pan-canadienne
Année de la fondation de l'organisme : 1988
Nombre de membres individuels : 15 actifs, 20 de soutien
Nombre d'employés : 2
Publications : Bulletin d'information du centre de ressources sur la non-violence, 3/an
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Les activités principales de l'organisme : Participation à la mise sur pied d'une force de paix non-violente internationale.
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Les sujets dont l'organisme se préoccupele plus souvent :
une défense alternative ou une sécurité alternative
la politique canadienne de la défense
les conflits et la résolution des conflits
Droits et Démocratie / Rights and Democracy
1001 boul. de Masonneuve Est, bureau 1100 Montreal (Québec) H2L 4P9 téléphone: 514-283-6073 télécopieur: 514-283-3792 address électronique: ichrdd@ichrdd.ca adresse du site-web: www.ichrdd.ca° ° ° ° °
Langue de correspondance: français et anglais
Objectifs:Créé par le Parlement du Canada en 1988, le Centre international des droits de la personne et du développement démocratique, maintenant connu sous le nom Droits et Die, est une organizsation non partisane investie d'un mandat international. Il a officiellement ouvert ses portes en octobre 1990 et travaille avec des invidus, des organisations et des gouvernements au Canada et à l'étranger à la défense et à la promotion des droits humains tels que dé définis dans la Charte internationale des droits de l'homme.
Étendue des acrtivités: Internationale
Année de la fondation: 1985
Nombre d'employés: 30
Publication: Libertas, journal d'information et bulletin électronique
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Droits et Démocratie est une institution unique en son genre qui fait le lien entre les organisations non gouvernementales et les gouvernements en favorisant le dialogue entre la société civile et l'État. De plus, Droits et Démocratie amorce et appuie des projets spécifiques qui visent à défendre et à promouvoir les droits humains par un travail de sensibilisation et en reforçant les capacités de ses partenaires pour qu'ils puissent faire la même chose.
Bien que son mandat soit très large, Droits et Démocratie articule son travail autour de quatre thématiques: développement démocratique, droits des femmes, mondialisation et droits humains, et droits des peuples autochtones. Subventionné par le gouvernement du Canada et d'autres donateurs, Droits et Démocratie fournit un soutien financier, politique et technique à ses partenaires, dont des groupes de défense des droits des femmes et des mouvements démocratiques.
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les conflits et la résolution des conflits
le droit international et la paix / la sécurité
droits humains et development démocratique
Educating for Peace
PO Box 4791, Stn E Ottawa, ON, K1S 5H9 Contact:Blodwen Piercy, ph: 613-749-8929, e-mail: jepiercy@cyberus.ca Penny Sanger, ph: 613-233-7133, e-mail: pennysanger@cyberus.ca° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: To establish peace/global education in the schools.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1984
Number of members: active 3 (individual); 3 (group or institutional)
Number of staff: 0
Publishing: publish "A Resource Guide to Schools," a resource guide to school materials, available in hard copy or electronically at www.global-ed.org/e4p
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Activities:
- to support and promote peace and global education in the school system
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Greenpeace Canada
250 Dundas St West Toronto, ON, M5T 2Z5 ph: 416-597-8408 fax: 416-597-8422 e-mail: greenpeacetoronto@dialb.greenpeace.org web site: www.greenpeace.ca Contact: Angela Woodcock, ext 3048, e-mail: angela.woodcock@dialb.greenpeace.ca° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: To protest peacefully against environmental degradation and injustice.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1971
Publishing:
Greenpeace Magazine, print, $60/year.
Réseau vert, print.
campaign updates and information available on-line.
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Lethbridge Network for Peace
1002 - 15 St South Lethbridge, AB, T1K 1V3 ph: 403-328-1066 Contact:Anne Williams, 403-328-1066, willae@uleth.ca Diana Williams, 403-328-0036° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: To educate and promote citizen action for nuclear disarmament and peace.
Scope of activities: Local
Membership: 40 (active), 15 (supporting)
Staff: 0
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Activities:
- Providing peace education literature to public library and high schools in the area
- Sponsoring educational programs
- Lobbying government representatives at the federal and municipal level
- Producing/distributing a newsletter on an ad hoc basis
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The Markland Group
203-150 Wilson Street West Ancaster, ON, L9G 4B7 phone: 1-905-648-3306 fax: 1-905-648-2563 e-mail: marklandgroup@hwcn.org web site: www.hwcn.org/link/mkg Contact:Douglas Scott, President, as above.Cornel König, Researcher, 905-528-8279; konig@hwcn.org° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: The Markland Group focuses on the problem of ensuring compliance with disarmament treaties. Inter alia, it looks for ways of improving treaty provisions dealing with verification and compliance. Also, it attempts to monitor the behavior of treaty parties in relation to compliance.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1985
Number of members: 13 (active), 11 (supporting).
Staff: 3
Publishing: Compliance Matters, print and electronic newsletter, 3/year. Sign up for electronic version at www.hwcn.org/link/mkg.
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Activities:
- promoting the study of compliance methodology as it applies to disarmament treaties and other multilateral treaties
- promoting the enforcement of multilateral treaties - primarily treaties dealing with disarmament or security matters - through the use of non-military methods, including sanctions
- promoting methods for strengthening these treaties through the adoption within each treaty of an effective compliance regime
- addressing specific compliance problems that have arisen under existing treaties by reviewing the available information and, where appropriate, publicizing violations and promoting measures to rectify them
- supporting activities undertaken with the UN Security Council or elsewhere for the purpose of enforcing disarmament resolutions and treaties
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Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Carleton (OPIRG)
326 UC, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6 ph: 613-520-2757 fax: 613-520-3989 e-mail: opirg@carleton.ca web site: www.carleton.ca/opirg Contact:Karen Hawley, Mike Bushthought (ag270@ncf.ca)° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: Provide an office and resource centre where students can create programming (educational and research-oriented) on environment and social justice issues.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1981
Membership: 35 (active), 13,000 (supporting)
Staff: 2
Listserve: opirg-events-request@ox.org; subscribe in body of message.
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Activities: Our Caribbean/Latin American Solidarity (CLAS) working group is engaged in promoting and educating about the alternative, grassroots peace process in Colombia.
Our Economic Justice Working Group works with "Homes not Bombs" and corporate issues.
Our Radioactivist Working Group works on nuclear phaseout.
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Peace Alliance Winnipeg
745 Westminster Ave Winnipeg, MB, R3G 1A5 ph: 204-775-8178 fax: 204-586-7824 e-mail: rnknfile@mb.sympatico.ca Contact: Darrell Rankin° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: To mobilize public opinion in Winnipeg in support of peace, disarmament and social justice, most importantly international friendship and equality. Keeping in mind these aims, to support the initiatives of member and nonmember organizations and to work with link-minded organizations.
Scope of activities: regional
Year founded: 1998
Number of members: 10 active, 200 supporting
Number of staff: 0
Publishing: electronic newsletter (weekly), contact rnknfile@mb.sympatico.ca
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Activities:
- Annual Peace Walk (mid-June) and commemoration of Hiroshima Day (August 6)
- Recent work: opposing economic sanctions against Iraq, actively opposed the bombing of Yugoslavia and promoted a just peace for the Balkans, conference on missile defence (June 2001), hearings for the People's Commission on Global Security
- Petitioning the Government of Canada to oppose missile defence
- Maintaining a phone and e-mail list of supporters, passing on all relevant information
- Participating in Canadian Peace Alliance campaigns and activities
- Submitting views to Government bodies on peace and disarmament
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Peace Brigades International - Canada
427 Bloor St W, Suite 202 Toronto, ON, M5S 1X7 ph: 416-324-9737 fax: 416-324-9757 e-mail: pbican@web.ca web site: www.web.net/~pbican/ Contact: Rob Thompson, Ruben Vicente° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: PBI's mandate is to: offer support and protective accompaniment to human rights defenders threatened with violence, use of direct observation to understand the situation in a country, report to the outside world a non-partisan analysis of the situation and encourage actions to reduce violence.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1981
Publishing:
Peace Brigades International, print newsletter, 3/year.
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Activities:
- Accompanying those whose lives are threatened
- Providing international, non-partisan observers in situations of conflict and crisis
- Learning from the people we work with
- Reporting on our work to the international community
- Fostering reconciliation and dialogue among conflicting parties
- Offering education and training in non-violence
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Peace Magazine
PO Box 248, Stn P Toronto, ON, M5S 2S7 ph: 416-588-8748 e-mail: office@peacemagazine.org Contact:Metta Spencer, editor@peacemagazine.org Ken Simons, office@peacemagazine.org° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose:
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1985
Staff: 3
Publishing: Peace Magazine, print journal, 4 times/year, $17.50/year
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Conventional war/conventional disarmament/regional conflict
Peace Research Institute - Dundas
25 Dundana Ave Dundas, ON, L9H 4E5 ph: 905-628-2356 e-mail: info@prid.on.ca web site: www.prid.on.ca Contact:Hanna Newcombe, ph: 905-628-2356, info@prid.on.ca Linda Carroll° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: To support peace in a scholarly research way.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1976
Number of staff: 4
Publishing:
Peace Research Reviews, print journal, 2-3 times/year, $72/year
Peace Research Abstracts, print journal, 6 times/year
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Activities:
- Publish 2 journals
- Library on premises
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Physicians for Global Survival (Canada)
phone: 613-233-1182 fax: 613-233-9028 e-mail: pgs@web.ca web site: www.pgs.ca Contact: Debbie Grisdale, 613-233-1982, pgs@web.ca° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English and French
Purpose: Because of our concern for global health, we are committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons, the prevention of war, the promotion of non-violent means of conflict resolution and social justice in a sustainable world.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1980
Number of members: 100 (active) 6000 (supporting)
Staff: 4
Publishing: Turning Point, print journal, 2 times per year. Included with membership to PGS ($50).
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Project Peacemakers
745 Westminster Winnipeg, MB, R3G 1A5 ph: 204-775-8178 fax: 204-784-1339 e-mail: projectp@escape.ca web site: www.escape.ca/~projectp Contact: Jennifer Wushke, Bev Ridd° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: Project Peacemakers, an affiliate of Project Ploughshares, is a body of people that is working for peace from a faith perspective. Our job is to motivate ourselves and our community.
Scope of activities: Local (Winnipeg)
Year founded: 1986
Number of members: 60 active, 150 supporting, 40 groups/institutional
Number of staff: 2
Publishing:
Peace Projections, print journal, 4 times/year, $20 individual, $30 family/institution
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Activities:
Developing resources for schools, government lobbying, organizing protests, general public information
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Project Ploughshares - Calgary
2919 8 Ave NW Calgary, AB, T2N 1C8 ph: 403-270-7366 fax: 403-283-6480 e-mail: projectp@cadvision.com web site: www.cadvision.com/projectp Contact: Project Coordinator° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose:
- local affiliate of Project Ploughshares
- seeks to bring PP goals to Calgary schools, churches, public groups and politicians
- classroom programming peace and social justice issues and conflict resolution training
Scope of activities: Local
Year founded: 1982
Membership: 50 (active), 185 (supporting) 10 (group or institutional)
Staff: 4
Publishing: Project Ploughshares Calgary newsletter, monthly, $10/year for paper, free for electronic, sign up for electronic at projectp@cadvision.com.
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Activities:
- classroom presentations on peace and social justice issues and conflict resolution training
- adult public education through monthly lectures; meetings with politicians and public groups, lay pulpit supply, workshops
- school programs on non-violence and bully-proofing: Div 1 Puppets for peace; Div 2 Forum Theatre; Sr High Social Studies Curriculum
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Project Ploughshares - Fredericton
50 Lowlands Rd Hoyt, NB, E5L 2J6 ph: 506-687-4248 fax: 516-687-4227 Contact: Gloria Paul° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: Project Ploughshares - Fredericton is an affiliate of Project Ploughshares, working for peace from a faith perspective.
Scope of activities: Local, Provincial and National when relevant to Ploughshares
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Activities:
- Letters to the editor
- Attend roundtables
- Meet with local and federal government officials with regard to peace issues
- Organize and participate in peace day activities with other peace, justice and disarmament groups
- Peace education in schools
- Distribute peace literature (Project Ploughshares) to various organizations
- UN flag raising ceremony
- Make and distribute White Peace Poppies
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Rights and Democracy / Droits et Démocratie
1001 de Masonneuve East, Suite 1100 Montreal, Québec H2L 4P9 phone: 514-283-6073 fax: 514-283-3792 e-mail: ichrdd@ichrdd.ca web site address: www.icrdd.ca° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English and French
Purpose: Created by Canada's Parliament in 1988, the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, now known as Rights and Democracy, is a non-partisan organization with an international mandate. It officially opened its doors in October 1990 and works with individuals, organizations and governments in Canada and abroad to defend and promote human rights as defined in the International Bill of Human Rights.
Scope of activities: International
Year founded: 1985
Staff: 30
Publication: Libertas, regular and electronic newsletter
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Rights and Democracy is a unique instititon, bridging the gap between non-governmental organizations and governments, fostering dialouge between civil society and the State. It also initiates and supports projects that advocate human rights and democratic development and strengthen the capacity of its partners to do the same.
While its mandate is wide-ranging, Rights and Democracy currently focuses on four themes: democratic development, women's rights, the rights of indigenous peoples, and the globalization and human rights. Funded by government of Canada and other donors, Rights and Democracy provides financial, political, and technical support to its partners, which include human rights groups, indigenous peoples' organization, women's right groups, and democratics movements.
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Main issues:
conflict and conflict resolution
international law and peace/security
human rights and democratic development
Vancouver Island Network for Disarmament (VIND)
c/o Box 429 Coombs, BC, V0R 1M0 ph: 250-248-8809 fax: 250-954-3712 e-mail: sunshine@macn.bc.ca Contact: Sunshine Goldstream° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: Coalition of small island paece groups for mutual support, information, sharing of purpose.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1980
Number of members: 5(group or institutional)
Number of staff: 0
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Varies over time, but often combination of local focus (mainly Nanoose and Esquimalt nuclear, foreign subs and ships issues) and national defence postures (which we often object to). VIND is always a network of support for the small local peace groups.
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Victoria Peace Centre
Box 8307 Victoria, BC, V8W 3R9 ph: 250-592-8307 fax: 250-592-8307 e-mail: peace@islandnet.com web site: www.islandnet.com/sunshine/peace.htm Contact:Al Rycroft, 250-592-8307, rycroft@sunshinecommunications.ca Freda Knott, 250-642-5120, freda@pacificcoast.net° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose:
Scope of activities: Regional
Year founded: 1970s
Membership: 10 (active), 150 (supporting)
Staff: 0
Publishing: Peace Lists, listserve, daily, sign up at peace@islandnet.com or www.islandnet.com/sunshine.pejlists.htm
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La Voix des femmes canadiennes pour la paix :: Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
761, rue Queen ouest, bureau 203 Toronto, ON, M6J 1G1 tél: 416-603-7915 télécopieur: 416-603-7916 courrier électronique: vow@interlog.com site-web: www.interlog.com/~vow° ° ° ° °
Langue de correspondance : le français et l'anglais
Objectifs / buts de l'organisme : Faciliter le travail des femmes au Canada pour promouvoir la paix et la désarmament à travers le monde.
Étendue des activités de l'organisme : pan-canadienne
Année de la fondation de l'organisme : 1960
Nombre d'employés : 1
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Les activités principales de l'organisme :
- participer, à titre de ONG, aux evenements de l'ONU
- promouvoir la culture de la paix ainsi que l'éducatioin en matière de paix
- promouvoir auprès du Gouvernement du Canada les politique de paix et du disarmament
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) - BC
916 W Broadway #325 Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1K7 Contact:Elsie Dean, 604-294-5834, sbdean@sfu.ca Joyce Lydiard, 604-980-8306, jlydiard@sfu.ca° ° ° ° °
Language of correspondence: English
Purpose: WILPF brings together women of different political and philosophical views who are united in the determination to study, make known and help abolish the political, social, economic and psychological causes of war.
Scope of activities: Canada-wide
Year founded: 1915
Staff: 0
Publishing: Peace Lines, print journal, 4 times/year, $12.00/year
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Activities: WILPF works on the international, national and local levels to educate, inform and empower women. It organizes meetings, seminars and conferences. It initiates campaigns to promote disarmament and human rights. It sends missions into areas of conflict. WILPF reports its findings to the United Nations, members of WILPF and interested organizations. WILPF has branches in 42 countries and its work is coordinated by the International Office in Geneva. It also has an office at the United Nations in New York.
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