In 2001, The Simons Foundation partnered with The University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, to create the Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC. The Simons Centre was an academically based research centre focused primarily on nuclear disarmament with a mission to achieve progress toward global nuclear disarmament through nuclear non-proliferation and arms control, supported by disarmament of other forms of mass violence and expansion of genuine human security under law-based global governance. Since the restructuring of the Liu Institute for Global Issues in 2009, the activities of the Simons Centre have continued through the Liu Institute’s focus on security, sustainability and social justice.
