The Projects

Since 1985, The Simons Foundation Canada has been actively working for beneficial change by initiating, partnering and funding projects in peace, disarmament, international law and human security.

The Foundation has worked in the forefront and behind the scenes on many of the major international peace initiatives of our day – convening international leaders in policy dialogue, driving academic research and providing critical financial support. Global Zero, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine, the United Nations Outer Space Security Conferences in Geneva, Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation negotiations, and Strengthening Genocide Prevention are just a few of the international initiatives that have benefited from The Simons Foundation's strategic philanthropic approach.

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Featured Projects

Nuclear Disarmament

Ottawa Declaration: Canada and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The Ottawa Declaration emerged out of the “Canada and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” conference of international experts initiated and convened by Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (CNWC) and The Simons Foundation Canada in Ottawa on November 29-30, 2021. 
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Nuclear Disarmament

Conference: "Canada and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons"

Initiated and convened by Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (CNWC)
and The Simons Foundation Canada
The Fairmont Château Laurier Hotel
Ottawa, Canada
November 29-30, 2021

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Arctic Security

Arctic Security Briefing Papers

Occasional briefing papers focussing on military policies and practices in the Arctic region by Ernie Regehr, O.C., Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence, The Simons Foundation. 
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Space and Cyber Security

Outer Space Security Conference Series at the United Nations in Geneva

In 2002, The Simons Foundation and Project Ploughshares, in partnership with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (now Global Affairs Canada), initiated what has become the Outer Space Security Conference Series organized by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The Simons Foundation continued to partner with UNIDIR and fund the Outer Space Security Conferences held to inform the UN Conference on Disarmament on the issue of space security, the peaceful uses of outer space and the prevention of an arms race in outer space until our Space and Cyber Security programme was closed in 2020.
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International Law and Human Security

The Responsibility to Protect: Re-Energizing the Key Players

The Simons Forum on the Responsibility to Protect: Re-Energizing the Key Players was convened by The Simons Foundation under the auspices of the Simons Visiting Chair in International Law and Human Security at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 22-24 March 2017.
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Disarmament Education

The Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC

In 2014, The Simons Foundation Canada combined endowments previously established to support the Simons Directorship in Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research, the Simons Professorship in Peace and Disarmament, and the Simons Professorship in Human Security to create the new Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at The University of British Columbia's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. 

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