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Branch News (June 2017)

pdf available The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences took place from May 27 to June 2 in Toronto. WFMC Toronto Branch President Helmut Burkhardt led a workshop entitled...

Lloyd Axworthy meets Secretary-General Guterres (June 2017)

pdf available from left to right: David Milliband, Knut Vollebæk, Madeleine Albright, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and WFM International President Lloyd Axworthy In January, WFM International President Lloyd Axworthy, along...

Remembering Warren Allmand (June 2017)

pdf available WFM – Canada Past-President Warren Allmand, who passedx away December 7, 2016, was remembered by many Canadians for his contributions to parliament, the promotion of human rights, his...

Recent peacekeeping developments of interest

On June 19, CBC published an exclusive report titled “Internal documents detail UN peacekeeping requests for Mali, other hotspots: Canada has been offered a number of marquee command roles for...

Small update on Canada's National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security

The progress report covering the year ending in March 2016, of the now-expired National Action Plan, was released earlier in June. Although there were hopes that the new National Action...

Canada’s international policies

Several important announcements regarding Government of Canada international policies rolled out in quick succession earlier this month. On June 6 Foreign Minister Freeland set out Canada’s foreign policy priorities in...

Toronto – Meetings and more meetings

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences took place from May 27 to June 2 in Toronto. On June 1, WFMC Toronto Branch President Helmut Burkhardt led a workshop...

TakeAction: Where is Canada's peacekeeping plan?

On Tuesday June 6, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered an address in Parliament on Canada’s foreign policy priorities. And the following day, National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjin released the...

Canada’s support for UN peace operations: Unmet promises, delayed commitments

Canadian officials are once again hinting at renewed Government of Canada support for UN peace operations, without delivering firm commitments of personnel. Defence Minister Sajjan was in New York last...

TakeAction for May 2017: Building Canada’s commitment to UN Peacekeeping

Senegalese peacekeepers from the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Later this month, on May 29, the international community will celebrate the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers....

CCIC’s (non-)Progress Report

The Canadian Council for international Cooperation, a network of Canadian non-governmental organizations, has published a one-year progress report to the 2016 document on Moving Our Common Agenda Forward: International Development...

World Federalists active at academic conferences

On May 4 and 5, WFMC Board member Florencia Gor and Jacob Leon (international law student at Dalhousie University) will be introducing the Latin American and Caribbean Criminal Court Against...

Canada’s Peacekeping delays raise eyebrows at the UN

PassBlue, which reports from New York on a range of UN developments, noted in a recent article that the Canadian diplomatic mission at the UN cancelled an April 27 event...

Consultation on Women, Peace and Security

Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security expired at the end of March 2016. After a year full of other, but related consultations and reviews (international assistance, defence),...

Reminder! Ventotene 2017: Opportunity for young federalists

The World Federalist Movement is supporting the participation of young volunteers and activists at the Ventotene International Seminar on Federalism, which takes place from 3-8 September 2017. Sponsored by the...

TakeAction: Canada and the rule of law

When the United States launched cruise missiles to bomb a Syrian airport, there were legitimate questions raised whether the action was in conformity with international law. According to the United...

Greening the World Economy For A Sustainable Future

Themes in Seth Klein’s Presentation and Discussion with The Toronto Branch of the World Federalist Movement of Canada on April 12th, 2022. Based on his recent book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for...

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Global Climate Accountability

Summary of Elizabeth May’s Zoom Presentation to the World Federalist Movement Canada, Toronto Branch on May 18, 2021. Her presentation was about a tale of two treaties. The first was...

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