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Water Crisis
Canada stands at a watershed concerning freshwater management and governance. Despite being one of the few relatively water-rich nations...
Science for Peace
Sep 20, 20081 min read
Note from the New President of Science for Peace
It is an honour, and a daunting responsibility, to be president of Science for Peace. It is also somewhat ironic since I work in a field...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20083 min read
Book Release: Sustainable Life on Earth
A 2008 book entitled Sustaining Life on Earth: Environmental and Human Health through Global Governance has been published and co-edited...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20082 min read
The Science for Peace Vocation
In a recent Note from the Science for Peace President (December 07), it is wisely stated that “we need to identify the social, political...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20082 min read
Nuclear Weapons: Just Say "No"!
Speech to the DPI Conference, April 8, 2008 Last October I wrote to our Foreign Minister to ask for Canada to vote at the UN General...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20086 min read
Report from the Science for Peace Annual General Meeting
The AGM was held on Saturday, May 17, at OISE and was chaired by Paul Hamel. The Executive members were approved: President – Judith...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20082 min read
In Memory of Lynn Trainor
The following has been adapted from some of the remarks prepared by John Valleau for Lynn Trainor’s memorial. It is a rare privilege if...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20087 min read
Militarism in Canada Today: What do we do about it?
A Talk to Veterans Against Nuclear Arms (VANA), Toronto, 22 April/08 Raymond Zoller from Bar, Montenegro, CC BY-SA 2.0...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 200811 min read
Book Nook
Engelman, Robert. 2008. More: Population, Nature and What Women Want. Island Press. Estulin, Daniel. 2007. The True Story of the...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20081 min read
Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology
On 6 June, Walter Dorn (Chairman of the Canadian Pugwash Group) and I presented a joint Brief to the above Standing Committee.1 The Brief...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20083 min read
Announcements
Good News An apology has been given to Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples for the suffering they endured over the past centuries especially in...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20081 min read
Remembering John Buttrick
The last Bulletin had a brief mention of the death of John Buttrick in a car accident on Gabriola Is., B.C. He was 88 and a long-time...
Science for Peace
Jun 20, 20081 min read
The Science for Peace Carbon Tax Committee
Since October, a Science for Peace committee has been conducting monthly meetings in a Chinese restaurant to study the pros and cons of a...
Science for Peace
Mar 20, 20082 min read
International Peace Bureau in Alexandria, Egypt
Once more, fabled ancient Alexandria has a magnificent library. It’s more than a library – it is home to six (!) institutes, permanent...
Science for Peace
Mar 20, 20082 min read
Science for Peace Forum: Can I Have a Say in Our Future?
On Friday, February 29, at OISE, an enthusiastic audience heard from six speakers: Tony Clarke spoke on Changing Paradigms: why we must...
Science for Peace
Mar 20, 20081 min read
Governments Lie
At the end of a lecture to journalism students I.F.Stone always left them with two words of advice that they should never forget:...
Science for Peace
Mar 20, 20082 min read
Announcements
News in brief Ottawa City Council has asked the Ontario government to put a moratorium on further uranium prospecting and mining in...
Science for Peace
Mar 20, 20081 min read
Step One: Reducing the Ecological Footprint by Changing Technology
Is homo sapiens in trouble? The Global Footprint Network1,2 tells us that our ecological footprint is 1.4 times bigger than the...
Science for Peace
Mar 20, 20084 min read
Gaza — Humanitarian Emergency and the Threat of Nuclear War
Bruce Cox, national director of Greenpeace, recently spoke at an Amnesty International conference in Toronto about the reversal in the...
Science for Peace
Mar 20, 20083 min read
Climate Change and Carbon Taxes
Climate change is now becoming widely recogClimate change is now becoming widely recognized as a world emergency. It is not surprising,...
Science for Peace
Mar 20, 20085 min read
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