Peace Alliance Winnipeg News

#FundPeaceNotWar
2022-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Winnipeg) | River Avenue and Osborne Street, Winnipeg
In Winnipeg, we will hold an Information Picket at the corner of Osborne Street and River Avenue.
Date: Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022
Time: 12 Noon to 1:00 PM
Place: MAP
Join us as we say No to #Canada’s wars & weapons exports. Demand an End the endless wars in #Ukraine, Say No to conflict with #China.
Background
Across Canada, the U.S. and around the world, peace activists will be on the streets from October 15th to 23th, demanding an end to imperialist wars, occupations, sanctions and military interventions. This call to action was initiated by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) in the U.S. and has been taken up by the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network, a coalition of 45 peace groups across Canada. READ MORE HERE.

A Concert for Peace
2022-10-01 20:00 - 23:00 | Manitoba
Peace Alliancce Winnipeg presents
A Concert for Peace
On Saturday, Oct. 1st, enjoy an evening of great music with proceeds going to support the work of Peace Alliance Winnipeg.
Featuring

Black-eyed Suzie
Jared Adams
Roxy Raghoo
It’s All in the Mind
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Date: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022
Time: 8:00 PM
Place: X-Cues Cafe and Lounge, 551 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg
Admission: only $10. Get your ticket at the door, or online at Eventbrite.
NOTE: If you do not want to pay Eventbrite’s service fee, you can get tickets at the door. These in-person payments can be made by cheque or in cash — no credit cards.

Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2022
2022-08-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Manitoba
77 years ago, the world was introduced to the horrors of nuclear war. The death, destruction and suffering that resulted from the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on Aug 6 and 9, 1945 meant that the world had changed for the worse. Nothing would ever be the same. The mushroom clouds that arose over Japan cast a shadow that menaces every living creature, even today.
In 1945 the United States had a monopoly on nuclear power; today, nine countries have their own nuclear arsenals and many more, via NATO, are set up to use these weapons.
Therefore, we gather annually to remember people whose lives were lost in August 1945, to remember the survivors whose lives were unalterably damaged, and to reaffirm our commitment to the abolition all nuclear weapons.
Please join us for our annual Lanterns for Peace ceremony. Beginning at 7:30 pm we paint lanterns and make origami cranes. (We provide the art supplies; you contribute your imagination and creativity.) At 9: 15 pm, following a short program of speeches, we float our lanterns in the fountain as the sun sets. (Note: In the past, the Legislative building provided chairs for the program; this year this service is no longer provided. Therefore, if you wish to be seated during the speeches, please bring a lawn chair.)
It is a beautiful ceremony, rich with meaning and one which can be enjoyed by the whole family. If you have never been to one, here is a playlist of videos of Lantern Ceremonies over the years.
Date: Saturday, Aug 6, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: the south side of the Manitoba Legislative Building
Sponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba, Council of Canadians (Winnipeg Chapter), Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

Say "NO" to the Liberal military budget
2022-04-08 12:00 - 13:00 | 611 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, 611 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Deplore growing military spending? See no need for F35 warplanes to defend Canada? Remembering NATO’s crimes of aggression?
Join us for a Noon hour picket at Jim Carr, M.P.’s office to say “No” to the Liberal military budget:

No new fighter jets
No increase in military spending
Canada out of NATO

Date: Friday, April 8, 2022
Time: 12:00 Noon
Place:: 611 Corydon Avenue (map)
We will have placards.
Sponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg and the Manitoba Peace Council

Rally for Peace in Ukraine
2022-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 | The Forks, CN Stage, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Sunday, March 6, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: The Forks, by the CN Stage in front of the WINNIPEG sign. (Map)
The war in Ukraine has brought misery and destruction with many lives lost and many more injured on both sides. The killing must stop now, before more people suffer and the conflict develops into a world war.
Join us at the Forks as we join with people around the world in this global day of action to call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and to demand that the parties negotiate a peace agreement.
Sponsors:

Peace Alliance Winnipeg
Association of United Ukrainian Canadians (Winnipeg)
United Jewish Peoples Order (Winnipeg)
Islamic Social Services Association
Manitoba Peace Council
Venezuela Peace Committee of Winnipeg
Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee
African Communities of Manitoba
Communist Party of Manitoba – Manitoba Committee
Immigration Matters in Canada Coalition

Information Picket: No War With Russia
2022-01-29 12:00 - 13:00 | River Avenue and Osborne Street, Winnipeg
No War With Russia
Peace Alliance Winnipeg is joining with organizations across Canada to demand that our government work for peace with Russia. Help us distribute literature urging our neighbours to speak out for peace.
Date: Saturday, Jan. 29, 2021
Place: River Avenue and Osborne Street, Winnipeg
Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm
Background
The world is on the brink of a war in Ukraine that could quickly become a world war that would kill millions and end civilization. This dangerous situation did not develop overnight. Rather, it is the predictable outcome of attempts led by the United States to encircle and dominate Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Successive Canadian governments have helped create this dangerous situation and it is time for Canadians to tell our government to work for peace.
Canada can lead by example by refusing to arm Ukraine’s government and withdrawing our troops from Ukraine and other eastern European states. Canada should be working diplomatically to help ease tensions within Ukraine and between Russia and NATO. More generally, our government should work for nuclear disarmament and sign the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Resources
The current situation in eastern Europe is too complex to describe in an email. Here are some helpful sources of information.

National call to Trudeau government to de-escalate conflict between Russia and NATO over Ukraine
UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
World Beyond War
Interview with Glenn Michalchuk, Tamara Lorincz and Ken Stone
Chris Cook of Gorilla Radio interviews Glenn (Peace Alliance Winnipeg), Tamara (Canadian Foreign Policy Institute) and Ken (Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War) on the crisis in eastern Europe and why it is necessary to make our government work for peaceful solutions. You can listen here.

No New Fighter Jets Information Picket
2022-01-15 12:00 - 13:00 | River Avenue and Osborne Street, Winnipeg
Date: Saturday, January 15, 2022
Time: 12:00 Noon
Place: River Avenue and Osborne Street
Help us get the word out!
The Canadian government is planning to purchase 88 new warplanes, for a sticker price of $19 billion and a total cost
of at least $77 billion.
This new generation of bomber jets will be designed to do the same thing the last batch did – carry bombs and missiles that kill civilians (disproportionately children), destroy critical infrastructure that leaves millions without safe drinking water or electricity, and to run environmentally costly training drills. This time they’ll have the capacity to carry nuclear weapons.
Canada’s current stock of fighter jets have spent the past few decades bombing Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq and Syria, prolonging violent conflict and contributing to massive humanitarian and refugee crises. These operations had a deadly toll on human life and have nothing to do with ensuring security for Canada.
Even former Deputy Minister of Defence Charles Nixon stated that Canada does not face any credible threats and “new Canadian fighters are not required to protect Canada’s populace or sovereignty.”
The clock is ticking. The procurement competition officially started July 2020, and we don’t have much time before the winning contract will be selected in early 2022.
Imagine how much better off we would all be if, instead of investing in death, Canada spent this $88 billion on such things as clean drinking water in First Nations communities, responding to the climate crisis and helping Canadian workers transition to a post carbon future.
We need to stand up and be heard, without delay.

No New Fighter Jets Information Picket
2021-11-28 12:00 - 14:00 | River Avenue and Osborne Street, Winnipeg
Date: Sunday, November 28, 2021
Time: 12:00 Noon
Place: River Avenue and Osborne Street
Help us get the word out!
The Canadian government is planning to purchase 88 new warplanes, for a sticker price of $19 billion and a total cost
of at least $77 billion.
This new generation of bomber jets will be designed to do the same thing the last batch did – carry bombs and missiles that kill civilians (disproportionately children), destroy critical infrastructure that leaves millions without safe drinking water or electricity, and to run environmentally costly training drills. This time they’ll have the capacity to carry nuclear weapons.
Canada’s current stock of fighter jets have spent the past few decades bombing Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq and Syria, prolonging violent conflict and contributing to massive humanitarian and refugee crises. These operations had a deadly toll on human life and have nothing to do with ensuring security for Canada.
Even former Deputy Minister of Defence Charles Nixon stated that Canada does not face any credible threats and “new Canadian fighters are not required to protect Canada’s populace or sovereignty.”
The clock is ticking. The procurement competition officially started July 2020, and we don’t have much time before the winning contract will be selected in early 2022.
Imagine how much better off we would all be if, instead of investing in death, Canada spent this $88 billion on such things as clean drinking water in First Nations communities, responding to the climate crisis and helping Canadian workers transition to a post carbon future.
We need to stand up and be heard, without delay. Here are some things you can do.

Join the #NoNewFighterJets campaign!
Write your Member of Parliament today. You can find you MP’s contact information here.
Join Peace Alliance Winnipeg.

Canada and Haiti: A Peace Alliance Winnipeg Webinar
2021-11-13 12:00 - 13:30 | Manitoba
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2021
Time: 12:00 Noon Central Time
Place: Online.
Register: Go to Eventbrite by clicking here.
In 2004, Canada collaborated with the U.S. and France to overthrow Haiti’s elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide, who enjoyed widespread support among the poorest Haitians. Since then, with Canada’s support, a series of right-wing governments have overturned Aristide’s reforms and violently repressed his supporters.
Released in 2019, Elaine Brière’s documentary, Haiti Betrayed, exposes the role Canada played in the 2004 coup. Beginning November 6th, webinar registrants can watch the film on Vimeo for free. Get the link and viewer code when you register for the webinar.
The webinar will be a venue for viewers to ask the director, Elaine Brière, questions about making the film and to ask Haitian activist Jennie Laure-Sully questions about the current situation in Haiti.

Biographies

Elaine Brière is a Canadian filmmaker and photojournalist. Her first documentary, Bitter Paradise: The Sell-out of East Timor, won Best Political Documentary at the l997 HOT DOCS! festival and Production Excellence award at Seattle Women in Film in l998. Bitter Paradise aired on TVO, CBC Radio-Canada, CFCF-12 Montreal, BC Knowledge Network, SCN, WTN, PBS and Swedish National Television.
The Story of Canadian Merchant Seamen, released in 2006, aired on SCN and Knowledge Network and toured extensively in New Zealand, the UK and Australia.
Elaine’s photographs have been collected by the visual arts section of the National Archives of Canada. Her work has appeared in The Globe & Mail, the New York Review, Canadian Geographic, Carte-Blanche, and the Family of Women. East Timor, Testimony, was published in 2004. She is the founder of the East Timor Alert Network and received the Order of Timor-Leste in 2016 for her contribution towards the liberation of East Timor from Indonesian occupation.
Her current feature documentary, Haiti Betrayed, on the role of Canada in the 2004 coup d’état in Haiti, was released in late 2019. It was translated into French in the summer of 2020 and aired on TV5 in Québec and France.
Jennie-Laure Sully is a researcher at the Socioeconomic Research Institute (IRIS) and a community organizer at CLES, a center for sexually exploited women. She studied anthropology and public health and has a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from the University of Montreal. She has worked as a research coordinator in hospitals and as a psychosocial caseworker in rape crisis centers. She is very active in the women’s movement and in the movement for the human rights of migrants. She was born in Haiti and moved to Quèbec with her family when she was 2 years old. Among the many causes she cares about, the fight against imperialism and for the sovereignty of Haiti is among her top priorities.

Webinar: Canada's Cold War
2021-10-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Manitoba
Date: Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021
Time: 12 Noon CDT
Admission: Free. Register at Eventbrite.
Richard Sanders, founder of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade, explains why the Canadian government needs to stop financing ethno-nationalist East European lobby groups that still exalt the memory of their Nazi-collaborating founders, leaders, activists and war heroes. Sanders discusses the history of Ottawa’s support for these groups and argues that taxpayers must call the government to account for continuing to fund organizations that whitewash their communities’ historic complicity in the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity. Nor should Canadians be funding monuments, publications, events and meeting centres used by these groups to memorialize their fascist forebears as if they were noble “freedom fighters.”
This talk is based on this research by Richard Sanders: “Defunding the Myths and Cults of Cold War Canada.”
Please sign his online petition to “Stop Canadian government funding of groups that glorify Nazi collaborators.”
Bio
Richard Sanders has engaged full-time in the antiwar movement since 1984 when he escaped academia with an MA in cultural anthropology. In 1989, in an effort to expose Canadian complicity in warmongering, he founded the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) and its magazine, Press for Conversion! Over the decades, COAT organized many public campaigns including peace rallies, marches, vigils and conferences. The magazine, while initially focusing on the conversion of military industries, has broadened since 1999 to include other themes that challenge the official national mythology that Canada is a global force for peace, human rights and democracy.

Webinar - Partners in Crime: the US-Canada Hybrid War Against Venezuela
2021-09-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Manitoba
Date: Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021
Time: 12:00 Noon CDT
Place: Online. Register at Eventbrite.
Admission: Free
The United States and its allies, Canada and the EU, have carried out a 20 year assault on the legitimate government of Venezuela. Because China and Russia have promised to defend Venezuela from a US military invasion, the US has conducted a hybrid war against the country. The Obama decree that designated Venezuela an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the security of the USA” allowed Obama, followed by Trump and then Biden to by-pass regulations of war and any Congress oversight to try to overthrow the legitimate government of Nicolas Maduro with a series of economic measures and covert operations. In this webinar, Mariá Páez Victor details this hybrid war and the implications it has had for Venezuela, for the US and its allies and for the region.
Mariá Páez Victor, PhD is a sociologist, born in Venezuela, now retired from university teaching who is dedicated to writing. As well, she is a frequent commentator on issues related to Latin American history and politics and she has participated in numerous events on TV, radio and in public meetings. In addition she has her own weekly radio program about Venezuela in the Spanish language community radio of Toronto.
Mariá’s Recommended reading:

Orinoco Tribune
Book by Justin Podur and Joe Emersberger: “Extraordinary Threat , the US Empire, the Media and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela” Published by Monthly Review
Webinar by Yves Engler, “Canada in Venezuela“

Webinar: Canada, Settler Colonialism and Palestine
2021-08-14 14:30 - 16:00 | Manitoba
Hanna Kawas discusses Canada’s complicity in Palestinian dispossession and how it enables settler colonialism at home and abroad.
Hanna Kawas is a Palestinian activist, writer, and journalist who was born in Bethlehem, Palestine. He is the chairperson of the Canada Palestine Association (cpavancouver.org) and was cohost of Voice of Palestine (voiceofpalestine.ca); he has been active in anti-war struggles and support work for liberation movements. He has presented to conferences and workshops at UBC, SFU and Kwantlen and has also been invited to speak in classrooms across Greater Vancouver.

Admission is free. Register here.
Recommended Reading
http://cpavancouver.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/birthright_denied.pdf
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/06/why-we-oppose-canadas-bid-for-the-un-security-council
Sponsors:
Peace Alliance Winnipeg
Geopolitical Economy Research Group

Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2021
2021-08-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Manitoba Legislative Building – South Plaza, Manitoba, Canada
76 years ago, the world was introduced to the horrors of nuclear war. The death, destruction and suffering that resulted from the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on Aug 6 and 9, 1945 meant that the world had changed for the worse. Nothing would ever be the same. The mushroom clouds that arose over Japan cast a shadow that menaces every living creature, even today.
In 1945 the United States had a monopoly on nuclear power; today, nine countries have their own nuclear arsenals and many more, via NATO, are set up to use these weapons.
Therefore, we gather annually to remember people whose lives were lost in August 1945, to remember the survivors whose lives were unalterably damaged, and to reaffirm our commitment to the abolition all nuclear weapons.
Please join us for our annual Lanterns for Peace ceremony. Beginning at 7:30 pm we paint lanterns and make origami cranes. (We provide the art supplies; you contribute your imagination and creativity.) At 9: 15 pm, following a short program of speeches, we float our lanterns in the fountain as the sun sets.
It is a beautiful ceremony, rich with meaning and one which can be enjoyed by the whole family. If you have never been to one, here is a playlist of videos of Lantern Ceremonies over the years. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjun-krHoPPL4Q1IW7dGVU462XV81fj23
Date: Friday, Aug 6, 2021
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: the south side of the Manitoba Legislative Building
Public health directives will be followed. Masks will be available for those who need one, but you may prefer to bring your own.
Sponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba, Council of Canadians (Winnipeg Chapter)

Webinar: Canada's Warfare with Yves Engler
2021-07-10 12:00 - 14:00 | Manitoba
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 of them has been morally justifiable. There are significant numbers of Canadian troops in Latvia, Ukraine and Iraq as well as Canadian naval vessels patrolling across the world’s seas. Please join Yves Engler in discussing Canada’s military deployments, past and present, and how they make the world less safe.
Yves Engler is the author of 12 books, including the forthcoming Stand on Guard for Whom?: A People’s History of the Canadian Military.
Sponsor: Peace Alliance Winnipeg
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2021
Time: 12 Noon, CDT
Admission: Free. Register at Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadas-warfare-tickets-160039078191

Webinar: Making Canadian Mining Companies Accountable
2021-06-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Manitoba
Date: June 12, 2021
Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM CDT
Admission: Free
Location: Online, via Zoom. Register at Eventbrite:
Presenter: Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada
Sponsor: Peace Alliance Winnipeg
Canadian mining companies dominate the sector in many parts of the world, but they are largely unregulated and able to profit from weak protection for the environment, workers, indigenous peoples and human rights in many countries. Catherine Coumans, of MiningWatch Canada, will talk about the struggle to make Canadian mining companies accountable. She will also talk about the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountabilty (of which MiningWatch is a part) that is launching on Monday, May 31.
Catherine Coumans has co-managed MiningWatch Canada and coordinated the Asia-Pacific program for 20 years. Departing from a rights-based perspective, Catherine has worked in solidarity with communities and Indigenous peoples affected by Canadian mining companies in more than ten Asia-Pacific countries and in Tanzania. The Canadian government appointed Catherine as an advisor in National Roundtables on the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries in 2006-07. She has provided expert testimony on mining in congressional inquiries in the Philippines, before the Constitutional Court in Indonesia, and for Canadian Parliamentary and Senate committees, as well as in an Amici Brief for the Supreme Court of the United States. MiningWatch is a founding organization of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability where Catherine provides strategic leadership on the steering committee. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology and has published on mining in more than 15 peer reviewed publications since 2008, including in the Canadian Journal of Development Studies; UBC Law Review; Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment; Current Anthropology; and The Extractive Industries and Society.
Recommended Reading
The ‘Canada Brand’: Violence and Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America, Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17/2017. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2886584
CANADIAN OMBUDSPERSON FOR RESPONSIBLE ENTERPRISE [CORE] APPROACH WITH CAUTION – http://cnca-rcrce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/core-caution-E-1.pdf
NEWS RELEASE: Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada, May 31st, 2021|Business and Human Rights Legislation, Press Releases. https://cnca-rcrce.ca/2021/05/31/news-release-human-rights-advocates-and-legal-experts-deliver-blueprint-for-new-international-corporate-accountability-law-in-canada/
This is the first in a series of webinars PAW is organizing to explore the roles Canada plays on the world stage.

Webinar: A Foreign Policy for Canada
2021-03-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Manitoba
Join us for a conversation about Canadian foreign policy and the possibilities for peace and global justice.

Admission: Free. Register Via Eventbrite
Date: Tue, March 23, 2021
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CDT

This event will feature national experts in a lively and timely conversation about Canadian foreign policy and the possibilities for peace, past, present and future. As the pandemic continues to illuminate global disparities, this is a chance to re-imagine a future with equality, diversity, inclusion, peace and justice the world over.

Speakers
Tamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs (Wilfrid Laurier University). She is on the Board of Directors of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and on the international advisory committee of the No to NATO Network. She is a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Tamara helped found the No Fighter Jets Coalition.
Dave Gehl is a retired federal civil servant and a retired manager for Agriculture Canada. A lifelong peace and justice activist, he is active with the Regina Peace Council and writes for its publication Saskatchewan Peace News. He is also active with many community service boards in Indian Head where he lives.
Ed Lehman is a retired Northern and International educator, a former member of Hamlet Council in Kugaaruk, Nunavut and former member of Council of Cupar, Saskatchewan. Ed is a lifelong peace and justice activist – he is the President of the Regina Peace Council, he is on the board of the Canadian Peace Congress, and is a member of PeaceQuest Regina. Ed Lehman serves on the steering committee of the No Fighter Jets Coalition, and the Campaign to Free Meng Wanzhou. He is also a member of the Canadian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Coalition and supports the work of the Canada-Wide Network for Peace and Justice and represents the Regina Peace Council in its Prairie Peace Partnership with Peace Alliance Winnipeg. He is also the editor of Saskatchewan Peace News. His areas of interest include international cooperation, world disarmament, economic conversion from military spending, green energy and green jobs, municipal governance, and social justice.
Florence Stratton is a community peace and justice activist. She lives in Regina, on Treaty 4 territory, the original lands of the Nehiyawak, Anishanaabe, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota and the homelands of the Métis Nation
Chris Black is an international criminal lawyer and writer, and has defended accused in war crimes cases in Europe and Africa. A long-time activist since his student days and has been a member of the Toronto Unemployed Workers’ Council, the Black Action Defense Committee, and other action groups in Toronto He is a member of the Ontario and International Criminal Court bars and the National Lawyers Guild in the USA.
Sponsor: Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation

The New Cold War, Canadian Foreign Policy and Canada's Peace Movement
2021-02-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Manitoba
A new cold war has emerged that pits China and Russia against the United States and other NATO members, including Canada.

What do we mean when we say a “new cold war” has broken out and what does this mean for world peace? How will Biden wage this war? How does official Canadian government foreign policy contribute to global instability and the threat of a hot war? What is Canada’s peace movement doing in response, and what might it it do in the future?
Please join us for an interesting discussion of these important issues. It will feature presentations by
Radhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She is the author of Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire and numerous other books and articles on political and geopolitical economy and world affairs.
Yves Engler is a Montréal-based activist and author who has published 11 books on various aspects of Canadian foreign policy. His latest book is titled House of Mirrors — Justin Trudeau’s Foreign Policy.
Tamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs (Wilfrid Laurier University). She is on the board of directors of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and on the international advisory committee of the No to NATO Network. She is a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
The webinar will me moderated by Glenn Michalchuk, chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg.
This free event will stream via Zoom. To register, visit the link below.

Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2020
2020-08-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Manitoba
Please join us for the annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony, held each year to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945. Our aim is to help keep the memory of these attacks alive so that current generations understand we must never allow nuclear weapons to be used again.
Location: south side (the back) of the Legislative Building.
Schedule
7:30 to 8:45 – participants paint and assemble lanterns and origami cranes (we will provide the art supplies)
8:45 to 9:15 – short speeches
9:15: lanterns are lit and launched in the fountain as the sun begins to set
This is a beautiful ceremony. If you have never been to one, here are some videos that will give you a good idea of what to expect.
This is a family-friendly event. All are welcome.
COVID-19 Safety Precautions
1. In line with provincial public health requirements, attendance is limited to 100 people.
2. We encourage people to wear their own masks; we will provide masks to those who attend without them.
3. Hand sanitizer will be provided at the art tables.
4. We encourage you to practice social distancing with people outside of your immediate household. This means maintaining a 2 metre distance. Seating will take this into account and no more than three people will be able to work at an art table at the same time.
Sponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba, National Association of Japanese Canadians, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Council of Canadians-Winnipeg

Peace Alliance Winnipeg Monthly Meeting
2019-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | 432B Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
Peace Alliance Winnipeg usually meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Please join us.

Peace Alliance Winnipeg monthly meeting
2018-12-11 18:30 - 20:00 | 432B Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
We meet the second Tuesday of the month. All are welcome.
NOTE: This month, we are meeting at 7:30 pm which is 30 minutes later than usual.

Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2018
2018-08-06 19:00 - 22:00 | Memorial Park, 470 York Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, 470 York Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada
Every August, we commemorate the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9) with a Lantern Ceremony in Memorial Park. We believe it is important to keep the memory of those horrible events alive so that current generations understand we must never allow nuclear weapons to be used again.
It’s something the whole family can enjoy. Using art supplies provided by the organizers, you make lanterns and float them in the fountain. If you have never been to a Lantern Ceremony in Winnipeg, these videos will give you a good idea of what to expect.
We hope you can join us this year.
Sponsors
– Peace Alliance Winnipeg
– Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba
– Council of Canadians-Winnipeg Chapter
– Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Monthly Meeting of Peace Alliance Winnipeg
2018-07-11 18:00 - 20:00 | 432B Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
Our agenda includes:

planning for the Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace ceremony (see below).
recent discussions about rebuilding the peace movement in Canada
plans to mark the 100th anniversary of the first world war.

Please join us.
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018*
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Place: 432B Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg (map)
* While normally we meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month, we’ve had to make an exception this month due to meeting room availability.

37th Annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace
2018-06-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Manitoba
Please join us for the 37th Annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace. We assemble at noon on the west side of the Legislative Building. The walk begins at 12:30 pm.
Here is the route. Help us promote the Walk.

Share the event with your friends on Facebook.
Download, print and display this poster.
Email the poster in jpeg format or repost it on your own web site.

Watch this space for more details.
Sponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg and Council of Canadians Winnipeg
Background: Winnipeggers have held an annual Walk for Peace since 1981. The purpose then was to draw attention to threat of nuclear war and to urge our political leaders to pursue peaceful options and to support nuclear disarmament. In many ways the world situation is more dangerous than it was in 1981 and our need to remind our politicians of their responsibilities remains.
Canadians overwhelmingly support peace and disarmament. Polling conducted by Environics in 2008 indicated that almost 90 percent of Canadians support the abolition of nuclear weapons. Research reported by Environics in 2018 shows that Canadian opposition to nuclear weapons remains high. Despite this, the federal government has refused to support the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, approved by 122 countries at the United Nations on July 7, 2017.
Equally disturbing has been Canada’s increasingly belligerent relationship with Russia, participation in Middle Eastern wars, and sales of arms to notorious human rights violators, such as Saudi Arabia.
For these and many other reasons, the Walk for Peace remains relevant and we hope you can help make it a success.

Peace Alliance Winnipeg Monthly Meeting
2018-06-12 18:00 - 20:00 | 432B Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
Normally, we meet on the second Tuesday of the month. All are welcome.

Special Meeting - Peace Alliance Winnipeg
2018-05-22 18:00 - 20:00 | 432B Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
We’re having a special meeting to plan our 37th annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace which takes place on June 16, 2018. Please join us.

Peace Alliance Winnipeg Monthly Meeting
2018-05-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Manitoba

Peace Alliance Winnipeg Annual General Meeting
2018-04-29 11:00 - 15:00 | 432B Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
Please join us for our annual general meeting. We will be holding elections for the Executive Committee and discussing Canadian foreign policy positions that we might wish to promote in the future.
All are welcome to attend and participate. However, if you wish to vote you must be a member in good standing at least ten days prior to the meeting. If you wish to be nominated or elected to the Executive you must have attended at least 50% of the regular meetings in the preceding 12 months. More information is available in the Peace Alliance Winnipeg Bylaws.
Membership in Peace Alliance Winnipeg is $12 per year. You can sign up and pay your dues online..
We hope to see you at the AGM.

Cuban Parliamentarian Visit
2018-03-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Multipurpose Room, South Osborne Place, 360 Osborne Street, 360 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
A parliamentarian from Cuba – a member of the National Assembly of People’s Power – will be on a cross-Canada tour from March 21st – April 5th. Juan Carlos Rodriguez Diaz is also a Professor of History and the Historian of the City of Pinar del Rio, the capital of Pinar del Rio state in western Cuba.
He will be speaking in Winnipeg on Saturday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m in the Multi-Purpose Room of South Osborne Place, 360 Osborne Street.
Juan Carlos will be accompanied by Yamil Martinez Marrero, the Senior Official of the Canada Desk of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples(ICAP). This is Yamil’s second visit to Winnipeg – he was here last June and spoke at the Ukrainian Labour Temple.
Juan Carlos will speak about elections and democracy in Cuba, as well as life in general under the U.S. blockade now approaching its 60th year. Yamil will speak about the upcoming 26th Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade from Canada to Cuba, taking place April 22 – May 6 this spring.
Sponsors: Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee, Venezuela Peace Committee of Winnipeg, Peace Alliance Winnipeg

Peace Alliance Winnipeg Monthly Meeting
2018-03-13 19:00 - 21:00 | 432B Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
Peace Alliance Winnipeg meets regularly on the second Tuesday of the month. Please join us.

My Jerusalem: Responding to the U.S. Embassy Announcement
2018-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 | University of Winnipeg, Eckhardt Grammate Hall, Room 3C00
The United Nations partition plan of 1947, which drew the boundaries for the two States of Palestine and Israel, recognized the international nature of the City of Jerusalem, and called for it to be administered by the United Nations Trusteeship Council. For the next 70 years the international community recognized and supported the unique nature of Jerusalem. All of that changed on December 6th, 2017, when the U.S.A. announced that it would move its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem holds significant religious and spiritual importance to the three Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Please join us on Wednesday February 28th, 7:00 P.M. in Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall, University of Winnipeg, to hear from followers of these three religious traditions.
The panelists are:
Rabbi David Mivasair – is motivated by the Biblical command to “seek peace and pursue it” and lived in Jerusalem for four years.
Fadi Ennab – is a lecturer and educator on migration and anti-oppression and is a Palestinian-Canadian from an Arab-Christian background born and raised in the Middle East.
Dr. Idris Elbakri – was born in the city of Jerusalem and spent his formative years there, he has lived in Winnipeg for nearly 13 years and been active in a number of community initiatives including grassroots efforts to welcome Syrian refugees.
The panelists will share their personal reflections on what Jerusalem means to them and their religious tradition. The event is free and open to all.
The event is sponsored by: Canadian Arab Association of Manitoba, Global College – University of Winnipeg, Independent Jewish Voices – Winnipeg, Mennonite Central Committee – Manitoba, Peace Alliance Winnipeg, United Church Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, United Jewish Peoples Order – Winnipeg, and United Network for Justice & Peace in Palestine & Israel.
