Category: International

Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2022

Winnipeggers gathered at the Manitoba Legislative Building on August 6, 2022, to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This year, Lanterns for Peace was sponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba, the Council…

Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2022

“I adored my mother; she raised me with such kindness and care.” The woman speaking was 16 when she left home carrying the lunch her mother had lovingly prepared. She never imagined it would be their final parting. Summer, 77…

Ukraine – The Preventable War

by Glenn Michalchuk Thank you to Canadian Foreign Policy Institute for organizing this webinar at such a critical time. I say this is a critical time because efforts to stop the war and secure a space for diplomacy and peace…

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…