What can the history of democratic progress teach us about the challenges we face today? Join the World Federalist Movement – Canada for a virtual screening and discussion of Global...
As climate change accelerates, the international community is increasingly confronting a difficult question: what happens when states fail to meet their responsibilities to protect people and the planet? On May...
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...
After months of escalating violence and humanitarian catastrophe, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced this week. The agreement was brokered by U.S President Donald Trump. While the...
For WFM-Canada, this moment highlights the urgency of our core pillar: Peace and Security. A war that began with aggression against Ukraine is now threatening NATO’s eastern flank, raising the...
Twenty years ago, Canada gave the world a new principle. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P), crafted through a Canadian-led international commission and endorsed unanimously at the United Nations in 2005,...
By: John Cowan On September 18, 2025 the USA vetoed a Security Council resolution regarding Gaza demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, release of all hostages held by Hamas...
This is a first for an electoral democracy: young citizens essentially using a digital platform to guide political transition. It shows democracy is not static or rigid...it adapts. Especially under...
By: Karen Velazquez The shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk is yet another reminder of the fragility of our shared world. Regardless of political affiliation or ideology, violence against public figures...
By: Karen Velazquez On August 22, 2025, Iryna Zarutska, a 23 year-old Ukrainian refugee who fled the war brought by Russia’s invasion, was fatally stabbed while riding a light rail train...
A participatory dialogue on three proposals to limit the use of the veto by UN Security Council P5 members. An International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on existing legal limits...
Article by: John Cowan Remember Russia’s flagrant veto in the UN Security Council after its invasions of Ukraine, or the USA’s vetoes regarding Israel’s treatment of Palestinians? Those vetoes frustrated...
WFM-Canada is proud to join civil society organizations and individuals worldwide in endorsing the Joint Statement in Support of Progress toward a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty. This critical initiative comes at...
Hon. Douglas Roche’s latest book, Keep Hope Alive is a call to action in a turbulent world. As a former diplomat, senator, and a tireless advocate for peace and disarmament,...
Wendell Willkie – successful lawyer and businessman, as well as a defeated candidate for U.S. President on the Republican Party ticket in 1940 – is a largely forgotten figure today....
Grand corruption – the abuse of public office for private gain by a nation’s leaders (kleptocrats) – is not a victimless crime. It is a major barrier to meeting the...
The veto power of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is arguably among the most contentious aspects of the UN system, reflecting a power dynamic in place at the Charter’s...
The international legal order is awash with treaty mechanisms – for terrorism, corruption, and even cutting submarine cables – that offer “horizontal systems” for addressing crime. Shockingly, no equivalent system...
One-hundred and twenty-five years ago, the 1899 Hague Peace Conference gave the world the first formal statement of the laws of war and war crimes, in the modern sense. This...
The UN Secretary-General’s (SG’s) proposal to establish a Special Envoy for Future Generations is gaining traction, including in preparations for the UN Summit of the Future (SOTF). The proposal is...
Can the United Nations (UN) adapt to the challenges of the 21st century? On September 22-23, 2024, the UN will convene the Summit of the Future in New York to...
Homo sapiens is a fact of naturebut humanity is an idea borne by our nature.If one says “I am a human,”one speaks of a natural coincidence.If one says “I am...
Dear reader, The future is upon us. As the days of summer wax, the horizon-line seems to elongate and it is tempting to see the arc of history – especially...
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...
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