Author: Conscience Canada

   With authoritarianism on the rise & nature (including us) facing the unthinkable, it can be helpful to hear the insight & wisdom of Naomi Klein, such as in this…

With images of war so widely available, it’s important not to forget the people still working to build peace & understanding, to support their efforts. “Continue reading” to access a…

From this site you can send letters calling for the kind of systemic action we need for a healthy future.  https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/peaceforclimate/

Jan S: Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” speaks to me as I find myself reacting to information and opinions to justify whatever side people want to sympathize with. Information, especially that…

The board of Conscience Canada supports this call for an immediate ceasefire and allowing the necessities of life into Gaza: https://www.change.org/p/sign-and-share-this-urgent-petition-calling-for-a-ceasefirenow-in-gaza-and-israel In this time of heightened tensions, open dialogue that…

by Linda Thyer With just a hint of annoyance, I gently place the spider on a nearby white poppy after brushing the strands of her web from my face in…

First, a petition worth signing: https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/israel_palestine_save_the_kids_loc/. For insight into how to end the bloodshed in Israel and Palestine, one article worth reading and sharing is this one, by Charles Eisenstein:…

Thank you to Shakil Choudhury for permission to share this BEAUTIFUL story, in honour of the National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, from his useful book! This story is more…

Nonviolence News https://nonviolencenews.org/ editor Rivera Sun shares “success stories” including one from Truthout about this successful petition campaign https://truthout.org/articles/activists-now-have-104000-signatures-to-put-stop-cop-city-on-the-ballot/. Thanks to author Leonard Desroches for the lead to Nonviolence News.

We are told that the military protects our lives, our freedoms. If we needed proof that militarism undermines health and wellbeing, and rights and freedoms, not only overseas but at…