Gas Lit Nation – Media & Democracy for Peace
2025-05-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Winnipeg)
This event is a follow up to The Invisible Doctrine watch party and will focus on communications and messaging for the peace movement, and examine the ethical peace journalism framework for war coverage by Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, and the democracy and free speech needed for peace.
Friday, May 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HLDJMZQ
SPONSORS
Marianne Cerilli, Change Agent
Peace Alliance Winnipeg
Ethnorama

Moncada Day in Winnipeg 2025
2025-07-27 17:00 - 21:00 | St Vital Park, 190 River Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Please join the Manitoba Cuba Solidarity Committee on Sunday July 27th 5-9 PM for its Annual Moncada Day Picnic!
This year the celebration will be held at St. Vital Park at the double Aspen/Oak Shelter.
They will be hosting presentations, live musical performances, a raffle for amazing items from Cuba and of course a Potluck picnic so please, bring something to share. Bring family, friends or anyone interested. It’ll be fun for the whole family!
Hope you can make it, for further information or instructions on how to get there please reach out to Manitoba Cuba Solidarity Committee at
Email: manitobacubasolidarity@gmail.com
Phone: 204-894-9381
You can also find them on Facebook

Lanterns for Peace 2025
2025-08-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Memorial Park, 470 York Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, 470 York Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Memorial Park, Winnipeg (by the fountain)
Eighty 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. Even more alarming is the present conflict in Ukraine which pits a nuclear armed Russia against a nuclear-armed NATO.
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: 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.
Program
7:30 – 8:30 PM
Making Lanterns
8:30 – 9:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Candice Bodnaruk
Junko Bailey
Greetings
David Pankratz, on behalf of Premier Wab Kinew
Keynote Addresses by
Owen Schalk
Kristine-Claire Bolisay
Sarah Rohleder
Mayor of Hiroshima Peace Declaration
Rachel Reesor-Taylor
Reading from Black Rain
Candice Bodnaruk
The Story of Sadako
Momo Phillips
Concluding Remarks
Junko Bailey
Launch of Lanterns
Sponsors
Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Mennonite Central Committee

Draw the Line
2025-09-20 13:00 - 14:00
@cpam1948 @craftivistsunited and @wpgsouthcentre4justice have joined forces with environmental organizers and other groups mobilizing together in a coast-coast-coast day of action: DRAW THE LINE.
We are coming together to demand that our provincial and federal government take action to protect our planet, respect Indigenous sovereignty, support an end to genocide, and support migrant rights. We are DONE with our tax dollars spent on militarism. We are FED UP with anti-Indigenous, anti-migrant, anti-Palestine, and fossil fuel driven policy.
MARCH Logistics: The rally will start at 12 noon at Confusion Corner. There will be short speeches, new chants. We will then march at 12:30 pm to meet the rally crew at Wab Kinew’s Constituency Office on Osborne Avenue. We will have drums and chanters. We need you to bring your signs. Your voices. Your walking shoes. The fire in your belly! Please bring your friends, family, and neighbours. For those who cannot march, feel free to meet us at Wab’s office.

Walk for Peace
2025-09-27 19:00 - 21:00
Join us on our annual “Walk for Peace” through Nuit Blanche. A mobile, multimedia event designed to raise awareness of the growing danger of world war.
Date: September 27, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM.
Location: Meet at Winnipeg City Hall, 510 Main St. Our walk will begin at 7:30 through Nuit Blanche.
Walk for Peace and Justice will bring its message to Winnipeggers attending Nuit Blanche using music, posters and speeches. Walk for Peace and Justice is sponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg in partnership with various Winnipeg community organizations. We hope you will join us!

Rally - Hands off Venezuela!
2025-11-23 13:00 - 14:00 | River Avenue and Osborne Street, Winnipeg
The United States has been meddling in Venezuelan affairs since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1999. Despite American backed coup attempts, assassination plots, and economic sanctions, the people of Venezuela have stood firm and continued to elect Chávez, and following his death in 2013, Nicolás Maduro.
More recently, under the false pretext of combatting drug smugglers, the US military has been murdering unarmed fishers (more than 70 to date) and amassing a naval fleet off the coast of Venezuela. An invasion could come at any moment.
International solidarity in opposition to America’s plans for Venezuela is building. In coordination with the Canada Wide Peace and Justice Network call for a week of emergency protests November 15–23, we are holding an information picket.
Sunday, November 23, 2025
1:00 PM
River and Osborne
Winnipeg
Please join us.
Sponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee, United in Action, Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba, and Araucaria.

No War on Venezuela - Global Day of Action
2026-01-17 13:00 - 14:00 | United States Consulate, 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Please join us January 17 at 1:00 pm at the U.S Consulate, 201 Portage Ave., for a No War on Venezuela Global Day of Action rally.
World Beyond War is calling on individuals and organizations to call for an end to U.S hostility towards Venezuela, including sanctions, threats and war as well as abuse of International Law.
Our Prime Minister Carney has been silent on Trump’s abuse of power. Tell Carney: Demand Trump and the U.S follow International Law. End Canada’s support for war and all hostilities toward Venezuela. Bring your Venezuelan flags and signs in support!
Sponsors include:

Peace Alliance Winnipeg
Manitoba – Cuba Solidarity Committee
University of Manitoba Students for Cuba
Labour for Palestine
Communist Party of Canada

Understanding Gaza in the Light of History
2026-01-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Canadian Mennonite University, 610 Shaftsbury Blbd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Friday, January 23, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: MHC Gallery, 610 Shaftsbury Blvd., Winnipeg
Join us for a free public presentation by Dr. Rachad Antonius (Université du Québec à Montréal).
Dr. Antonius will speak about the century-long dispossession of Palestinians and how this history helps us understand Gaza today, along with strategies for meaningful advocacy.
Open to all. Light refreshments will be provided.
Register or learn more:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1980832471244
We hope to see you there. To make this more accessible, the gallery will remain open until 8 PM that evening, so you can visit the exhibition before or after the talk.
Sponsor: Manitoba Women for Palestine

Hands Off Greenland Rally in Winnipeg
2026-01-31 13:00 - 14:00
This action is organized by Manitobans for Greenland and endorsed by Peace Alliance Winnipeg.
For useful background on the Greenland situation, read Greenland is not a Prize.

Rally - Winnipeg Stands with Minnesota
2026-02-15 13:00 - 14:00 | United States Consulate, 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Rally: Let Cuba Live
2026-02-21 13:00 - 14:00 | United States Consulate, 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
The Winnipeg part of this national day of action is organized by Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee.
Date: Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Where: outside the US Consulate at 201 Portage Avenue
See also . . .
PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL – SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22ND AT 1:30PM
Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee & friends will be gathering at WestEnd Commons, 365 McGee St., to watch the livestream of the CNC’s People’s Tribunal on Sunday afternoon at 1:30pm. It can also be watched at home through the Canadian Network on Cuba’s social media, Facebook or YouTube.

https://www.facebook.com/CanadianNetworkOnCuba

https://youtube.com/canadiannetworkoncuba

Winnipeg Rally: Hands off Iran!
2026-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 | United States Consulate, 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Hands off Iran
No to U.S./Israeli War on Iran
Condemn Carney’s Support for U.S./Israeli Attacks
Peace Alliance Winnipeg has organized an action for tomorrow, Sunday, March 1, at noon at the U.S. Consulate, Portage and Main. Please share this message and join us.

Justice for Hassan Diab
2026-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Ukrainian Labour Temple, 591 Pritchard Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Join us Friday, March 20 for Justice for Professor Hassan Diab, a webinar and information evening, hosted by Peace Alliance Winnipeg and other social justice organizations. Guests are welcome to join us online or in-person.

Hear from Professor Diab himself as well as his lawyer Donald Bayne about how this case is an especially egregious example of the failures of the Canadian justice system and our biased extradition laws. The injustice began in 2008 when the then University of Ottawa Professor was arrested by the RCMP for a 1980 Paris synagogue bombing. He has always maintained his innocence. Canada then extradited Professor Diab to France in 2011, where he would spend more than three years in prison, most of it in solitary confinement, despite never being charged with a crime. Today Diab has is still being relentlessly pursued by the French legal system. Although in 2018 he was finally permitted to return home to Canada, as recently as April 2023 Professor Diab was convicted in absentia in France after an unfair trial.

This case is an especially egregious example of the failures of the Canadian justice system and our biased extradition laws. Join us for this important meeting to hear from social justice groups on the case and find out how you can become involved to support Professor Diab.

The event is free but donations are welcome.
Ukrainian Labour Temple
591 Pritchard Avenue
7:00 PM
March 20, 2026
Register for zoom webinar. More information: https://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/

Book Launch: Canada & NATO: Myth of a Global Peacekeeper
2026-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | McNally Robinson Books, 1120 Grant Avenue, Unit 4000, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Join author Owen Schalk at the launch of his new book, Canada & NATO: Myth of a Global Peacekeeper. His book disrupts the popular perception of NATO in the West—that it is a defensive, collective security organization—and explains that this is a myth. The book aims to prove five central points: 1) NATO has always been an offensive alliance, 2) the wars it wages are not just, 3) its existence and expansion stirs global tensions and raises the risk of global war, 4) it undermines Canadian sovereignty, and 5) it diverts resources that can serve the social needs of Canadians into a largely US-owned arms industry. Schalk thus makes a compelling argument that Canadians should oppose NATO and support their government’s withdrawal from the alliance.
Date: Friday, April 10, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park Shopping Mall, 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg
More information and pre-order the book: https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781997544074/owen-schalk/canada-and-nato-myth-of-a-global-peacekeeper.
YouTube Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLMfVuzIHso

Peace Alliance Winnipeg Annual Meeting
2026-04-18 13:00 - 16:00 | West End Commons, 641 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Saturday April 18, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: West End Commons, 641 St Matthews Ave, entrance on McGee Street
Please attend our Annual General Meeting and help build the peace movement that is needed now more than ever.
While anyone may attend a PAW AGM, only paid-up members may vote. To be eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting membership must be confirmed at least ten days prior to the meeting.
Even if you have not updated your membership, you are more than welcome to attend and participate.

Day of Action for Cuba
2026-04-19 13:00 - 14:00 | United States Consulate, 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Demonstration: Stop Endless Wars
2026-04-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Manitoba Legislature, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 0V8, Canada

Film: Earth's Greatest Enemy
2026-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Dave Barber Cinematheque, 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Friday May 22nd,
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Dave Barber Cinematheque (Main Floor, 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg)
Tickets: at https://davebarbercinematheque.com/screenings/
A documentary exposé of world’s biggest-and unaccountable polluter: the US military. Learn the environmental cost of having a military empire. Includes a live post-screening conversation with
filmmaker Abby Martin.
Co-presented by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, the Dave Barber Cinematheque, Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition, and the Manitoba Eco Network.

Symposium: China in the World Today
2026-06-06 09:00 - 21:00 | Université de Saint-Boniface, 200, avenue de la Cathédrale, Winnipeg
