Over the past century Canada has been among the most warlike nations. From Sudan and South Africa in the late 1800s to Korea in the 1950s and Libya and Afghanistan more recently, Canada has fought in 10 wars. Only one…
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Book Launch: Yves Engler’s “A propaganda system”
Location: The Hive, University of Winnipeg Admission: Free. We will pass the hat for donations to help offset Yves’ travel costs. Please join us for the Winnipeg part of Yves Engler’s cross Canada book tour to introduce “A Propaganda System:…
Yves Engler on Lester B. Pearson
Location: Mondragon Bookstore and Coffee House, 91 Albert Street, Winnipeg Sponsor: Peace Alliance Winnipeg Admission: free, but the hat will be passed to help defray expenses Lester Pearson is one of Canada’s most important political figures. A Nobel Peace laureate,…
Yves Engler: How Canada lost its bid for a UN Security Council Seat
Where: Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street, Winnipeg (in the Carol Shields Room) Admission: $5.00 donation requested Sponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg and Project Peacemakers Yves Engler is a Montréal activist and author. He has four published books: The Black Book of…
Yves Engler: A Canadian foreign policy for peace
Yves Engler is the author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy. He spoke in Winnipeg, June 13, 2009, at the conclusion of the 28th annual Walk for Peace, on the need to reorient Canadian foreign policy. Engler’s proposals…
Webinar Video: Manufacturing Consent for War in Canada and the United States
Wars rarely begin on the battlefield. Long before the first shots are fired, governments prepare their citizens to accept the death and destruction that would otherwise be unacceptable. In this webinar, two extremely knowledgeable researchers, Yves Engler and Colleen Bell, explained how…
Webinar: Manufacturing Consent for War in Canada and the United States
Wars rarely begin on the battlefield. Long before the first shots are fired, governments prepare their citizens to accept the death and destruction that would otherwise be unacceptable. In this webinar, two extremely knowledgeable researchers, Yves Engler and Colleen Bell, will help…
Canada’s odious history of blocking anti-war voice lives again
by Yves Engler A campaign to cancel an anti-war speaking tour represents a troubling return to a more repressive Canadian era. People who care about democracy and free speech should be appalled. On June 19 Dimitri Lascaris began on “Making…
Behind the war in Ukraine
By Peace Alliance Winnipeg As the world watches the violence in Ukraine, it can be hard to see how we can restore peace. It can be even harder to understand how it came to this. Facts and understanding of the…
Webinar: Canada’s Warfare
On July 10, 2021, in the second of a series of Peace Alliance Winnipeg webinars dealing with Canada’s actions on the world stage, author and activist Yves Engler discussed Canada’s military, past and present. Yves Engler is the author of…