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"The Arctic and World Order" is a Johns Hopkins University project which editors Kristina Spohr and Daniel S. Hamilton describe as an exploration of the “…political, legal, social, economic, geostrategic and environmental challenges confronting the Arctic in the face of global warming and a shifting world order….” See the following link to view this contribution to "The Arctic and World Order" by Ernie Regehr, Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence at The Simons Foundation Canada, and to access the complete publication.

Five UBC students have been selected by the Liu Institute for Global Issues in the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs to receive the Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security for 2020. The award is funded by an endowment provided by The Simons Foundation Canada.

See The Simons Foundation Canada's page on Canadian Defence Policy for briefing papers by Ernie Regehr, O.C., Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence at The Simons Foundation Canada.

We are pleased to share the following two commentaries by Paul Meyer on how the "nuclear umbrella" allies are responding to the challenge to their policies represented by the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), including a possible route Canada might take to permit eventual accession to the ban treaty.

The Simons Foundation Canada is pleased to share the following invitation to join Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (CNWC) for their "Nuclear Disarmament in a World Emergency: Canada’s Responsibilities" online seminar series.  See the following for more information and to register. 

We are pleased to congratulate the following 2019-2020 Graduate Research Award recipients who each received a cash award of CAD$5,000.00 from The Simons Foundation Canada and travel support to participate in a special seminar for the award winners hosted by Global Affairs Canada at GAC headquarters in Ottawa.  Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the GRA Award Winners Seminar has been postponed and the winning papers have been published at the link below.

Visit Inter Press Service News Agency at the link below for this commentary on the recent Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) by The Simons Foundation's Fellow, Dr. John Burroughs.

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

The Simons Foundation Canada congratulates participating States, the United Nations, ICAN, the International Red Cross and all fellow nuclear abolitionists for their success in achieving the Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Entry into Force will occur in 90 days following the recent 50th ratification of the Treaty and be legally binding on all states that join the Treaty. This is an essential and long overdue first step to the total elimination of nuclear weapons.

The Simons Foundation Canada has supported the creation of The Bruce Blair Memorial Fund at Princeton University to support work at the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation, and disarmament. The Fund will support SGS efforts that in particular advance the work of Bruce Blair, who joined SGS in 2013 as a research scholar and passed away in July 2020.