Nuclear Disarmament Highlights

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.

Visit The Hill Times at the link below for this commentary by The Hon. Douglas Roche, a Peace Leader at The Simons Foundation Canada.

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs held the Simons Panel on Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament in cooperation with the Vienna School of International Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna on September 13, 2024. See the link below for video of the full event.

We are pleased to share the announcement that The Simons Foundation Canada's Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence, Ernie Regehr, O.C., will receive the Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (CNWC) 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award.

Visit The Globe and Mail at the link below for this op-ed by Ernie Regehr, O.C., our Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence, and The Hon. Douglas Roche, a Peace Leader at The Simons Foundation Canada.

Monday, July 8, 2024, 3:30 - 5:00pm. We are pleased to share an invitation to this free, public event on behalf of the School for International Studies and the David Lam Centre at Simon Fraser University (SFU). All are welcome to attend.

The Simons Foundation Canada is pleased to share this paper jointly issued by Canadian Pugwash Group, Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention and Project Ploughshares, authored by Douglas Roche, O.C., one of The Simons Foundation Canada's Peace Leaders, and Tariq Rauf.