Globalization, information technologies and the need for improvements to global governance across a range of issues have made the system of international organizations based on sovereign nation-states outdated. How can...
On Tuesday, September 20th, the Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada (WPSN-C) hosted a brown-bag lunch discussion with Dr. Thania Paffenholz, director of the Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative...
This week, the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence continued their study of issues related to the government’s Defence Policy Review that they began in the spring. On...
On September 13th, a roundtable on the lessons learned from National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security by the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden was held at the residence of...
WFM – Canada had engaged officials ahead of the September 5-7 meeting of the states parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in order to encourage the government to...
This Sunday, September 25th, there will be a meeting in Toronto. At 2pm, there will be a public talk on “Global Governance: Nukes, Wars, and Climate Change” by Dr. Walter...
Canada’s participation at the opening of a new session of the UN General Assembly was noticeably different this year than under the previous government. Prime Minister Trudeau was accompanied by...
On August 11th, the WFMC 2016 World Peace Award was presented to Senator Murray Sinclair, former chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada as part of a program...
At the World Social Forum, WFM-Canada and Democracia Global Argentina introduced the Campaign for the establishment of a Latin American and Caribbean Criminal Court Against Transnational Organized Crime. The campaign...
The Sixth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 5 to 7 September 2016. Will Canada’s new government take...
At the 2016 Annual Meeting of the World Federalist Movement – Canada, Prof. Walter Dorn was elected President of the organization. He succeeds Hon. Warren Allmand, who had served as...
August 9th was National Peacekeepers Day in Canada and WFMC marked the day with a press release and the update of our annual Canada and UN Peacekeeping Fact Sheet. The...
The 2016 World Social Forum (WSF) took place August 9 – 14 in Montreal. The Forum was spread out among four universities in downtown Montreal. Over 35 000 activists from...
Canada’s rank among contributors to UN peace operations remains low. As of June 30, 2016, Canada is 67th with only 31 military personnel and 75 police officers in the field....
The World Social Forum is happening this week, from August 9th to 14th, in Montreal. WFMC will be there on August 11th and 12th. August 11th WFMC’s Annual General Meeting...
Co-ordinated by the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti and AIDS-Free World, thirty-seven civil society organizations have signed a letter calling on the candidates for the next UN Secretary-General...
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...
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...
Presented by Rose Dyson Ed.D. Digital devices have saturated the globe and revolutionized how we relate to each other. Now the promise and perils of AI have further unsettled the...
Join us as Professor Cohen explores the critical intersection between human rights and climate change, examining how environmental degradation increasingly threatens the realization of fundamental rights and freedoms. This conversation...
Authors from the Winter 2023 Edition of Mondial lead the discussion! WFM-Canada will again join CGS in hosting the third book club session this month on Saturday, May 25 at...
WFM-Canada teamed up with Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) to co-hosted a compelling book club session, exploring the second half of the honourable Douglas Roche's "Keep Hope Alive: Essays for...
Join us for a thought-provoking session as we delve into the impacts and future of globalization! At our last meeting, we discussed the challenges posed by global corporations and trade. At this...
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