Nuclear Disarmament Highlights

We are pleased to share the following invitation on behalf of the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs at The University of British Columbia. This free exhibition is on at Vancouver's Roundhouse Arts & Recreation Centre from August 5-7, 2025. All are welcome to attend.

On October 23, 2025, the Canadian Leadership for Nuclear Disarmament (CLND) 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award will be presented to The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., an author and former Canadian Senator, parliamentarian and diplomat, and one of The Simons Foundation Canada's Peace Leaders.

The Simons Foundation Canada is pleased to share this commentary by Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director of SANE Policy Institute and Chair of Canadian Pugwash Group.

Visit Policy Magazine for this commentary by Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

Visit the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa at the link below for this commentary by Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

Visit Open Canada for this commentary by Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

The Simons Foundation Canada and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) co-convened the "Parliamentarians for the TPNW" Conference at the United Nations in New York during the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Parliamentarians from around the world gathered in New York alongside states parties, civil society representatives, and experts for a dedicated conference and reaffirmed the crucial role of legislators in advancing the treaty’s objectives and strengthening international efforts toward nuclear disarmament.

Please visit the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition at the link below for a copy of the letter to the Canadian Prime Minister from Setsuko Thurlow, C.M., a survivor of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, anti-nuclear activist and leading figure of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN), recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.

Visit The Heinrich Böll Foundation for this analysis by M.V. Ramana, Ph.D., the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, The University of British Columbia.

The Simons Foundation Canada is pleased to share an invitation to attend the launch of this new book by Prof. M.V. Ramana, Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, The University of British Columbia. All are welcome to attend.