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Arctic Security

Good Governance and Arctic Security

See The Simons Foundation Canada's Arctic Security Briefing Papers for information on military policies and practices in the Arctic region by Ernie Regehr O.C., Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence at The Simons Foundation Canada.
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Nuclear Disarmament

Bruce Blair Memorial Lecture 2023 - Remarks by Prof. Frank N. von Hippel

Click here for remarks by Prof. Frank N. von Hippel at the Bruce Blair Memorial Lecture in Washington, DC. Dr. Bruce G. Blair was Co-Founder of Global Zero, Research Scholar with the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University, and a Peace Shaper with The Simons Foundation Canada as the 2018 recipient of The Simons Foundation Award for Distinguished Global Leadership in the Service of Peace and Disarmament.
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Nuclear Disarmament

"Parliamentarians for the TPNW" Conference

The Simons Foundation Canada and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) co-convened this International Parliamentary Conference at the United Nations in New York during the Second Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
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Disarmament Education

First Youth-Parliament Nuclear Summit

Parliament Hill
Ottawa, ON
November 20-21, 2023

Convened by The Simons Foundation Canada
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Reverse The Trend: Save Our People, Save Our Planet - Canada Chapter
ICAN - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Project Ploughshares
Mines Action Canada
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention
IPPNW - International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War - Canada
Senators Marilou McPhedran, Mary Jane McCallum, Kim Pate
MPs Elizabeth May, Heather McPherson, Lindsay Mathyssen

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Disarmament Education

The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: a conversation with Setsuko Thurlow

The Simons Foundation Canada is pleased to share an invitation to this UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs event at 12:30pm on November 24, 2023. See the following for more information and to RSVP.
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Nuclear Disarmament

"Inevitable or Inadmissible? Threatening Nuclear Weapons Use"

Visit the CIPS Blog at the link below for this commentary by Ernie Regehr, O.C., The Simons Foundation Canada's Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence.
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Nuclear Disarmament

"We cannot give up on the dream of nuclear disarmament"

Visit the Globe and Mail at the link below for this important commentary by our colleague John C. Polanyi, University of Toronto Professor Emeritus, Founder and former Chair of Canadian Pugwash Group, world-renowned scientist and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry.
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Nuclear Disarmament

"Australia must lobby US for ‘no first use’ of nuclear weapons, says ex-minister Gareth Evans"

Please visit The Guardian at the link below for this article featuring Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans who is one of The Simons Foundation Canada's Peace Shapers.
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Disarmament Education

Report on the 2022-2023 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

The winners of the 2022-2023 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation competition presented their papers at a special seminar and Award Ceremony hosted by Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa on June 29, 2023.
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Nuclear Disarmament

"On Becoming Death"

Given the relevance of the motion picture "Oppenheimer", The Simons Foundation Canada wishes to share this important poem written in 1995 by our colleague David Krieger, Ph.D., Founder and President Emeritus of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
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