Category: Promote Peace
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Let Peace Be Their Memorial
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Dr. Linda Thyer (Conscience Canada board member) spoke at this year’s Let Peace Be Their Memorial Remembrance Day ceremony. To watch this moving, inspiring event, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDHsDn0FyrQ You can read…
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White Poppies Sept. 21 – Dec. 10
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We invite you to join us in wearing white poppies, blue scarves and other symbols of our commitment to work for peace with justice. You can order wallet cards (as…
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World Beyond War (WBW) conf. Sept. 20 -22
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This conference is a great opportunity to “meet” people all around the world who are working for peace with justice. Sign the WBW peace declaration here: https://worldbeyondwar.org/individual/ & register for the…
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NATO (& other) targets
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Members of the Airfield Activation Team, Bagotville, QCPhoto courtesy the Canadian Department of National Defence/Flickr If you find the brouhaha about meeting NATO spending targets (while we more or less…
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Hiroshima Day events
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What US Gen. Omar Bradley said (10 Nov. 1948) is relevant, in remembering Hiroshima & Nagaski: “We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the…
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Neurosurgeon Dr. David Hasan’s testimony, vision
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An article originally published in Haaretz by award-wining journalist Netta Ahituv, resonates deeply with members of the board of Conscience Canada & friends. A couple of us even subscribed to…
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Powerful Letter
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A Montreal professor wrote the letter below, which we want to share as a great example of how to reach out to MPs about respecting the right to conscientious objection.…
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Increasing numbers of Israeli COs – Let’s Support Them!
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Mattan Helman, executive director of Refuser Solidarity Network, has a petition we hope you’ll sign, and share. Find it here: https://support.refuser.org/ . Addressed to Israeli COs, it reads: We, citizens of…
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Missing amid the numbers
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SIPRI has just released their annual analysis of world military expenditure. They report that military spending worldwide increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2023, reaching a total of $2.43…
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On to Ottawa Peace Caravan
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If you are feeling overwhelmed or helpless by wars killing hundreds of thousands of innocents and tearing our world apart, the military’s disastrous impact on the climate and if you…