Briefs and Essays

Here is a list of archived conference papers, occasional papers and Bulletin articles, sorted by author.Adele BuckleyArctic Governance 2010-11-19Alan PhillipsEliminate Launch on Warning 2004-09-21No Launch on Warning 2003-05-15Science for Peace Discusses South Asian Nuclear Tests 1998-09-01The World Court Project 1993-03-21Y2K and Accidental Nuclear War? 1998-09-01Alan WeatherleyBook Review: The Art of War 1991-03-01Editorial Matters 1990-08-01Editorial Matters 1991-03-01Editorial Matters 1989-11-01From the Editor 1991-01-01The case of the Lost Virus 1986-10-01The Role of NATURE 1991-11-01Towards a Comprehensive Test Ban 1991-03-01Troop Cuts and Open Skies 1990-03-01Anatol RapoportA UN ‘Brain Trust”? 1987-10-01Editorial 1987-01-01Focus on Education 1987-02-01Focus on Education 1987-04-01Focus on Education 1987-05-01Focus: Education 1987-03-01John McMurtry’s ‘Understanding War’: Foreword 1990-03-01Peace: An Idea whose Time has Come 1992-12-01President’s Corner 1986-01-01President’s Corner 1986-02-01President’s corner 1986-03-01President’s Corner 1986-04-01President’s Corner 1985-05-01President’s Corner 1985-12-01Realpolitik as a Form of Madness 1991-03-01Remarks at a Citizens’ Inquiry into Peace and Security 1991-11-01The President’s Corner 1986-05-01The President’s Corner 1985-01-15The President’s Corner 1984-09-21Visit to Moscow 1988-01-01Andrea LevyDegrowth: A Snail’s Eye View of Social Transformation and Ecological Preservation 2015-05-22Andrew PakulaThe Truth About the Serbo-Croatian Conflict 1991-11-01Angela RegnierMapping a Freedom to Learn: Why Students Must Maintain Their Right to Organize on Canadian Campuses 2011-11-15Anna JaikaranObama and the NPT 2010-01-08Anne ColeEthics and Computer Ethics 1991-03-01Barbara BirkettIt’s A Matter of Vision 2003-05-15Bev DelongAcademic Call For Nuclear Abolition 1999-01-01The Nuclear Abolition Imperative 2009-04-14Bill BhanejaTowards a Federal Department of Peace in Canada 2006-09-20Blair KuntzA Report on the Librarians and Archivists to Palestine Delegation, June 23-July 4, 2013 2013-12-02Bob BaxterBook Review: Malicorne 1995-08-01Book Review: Rape of Canola 1995-04-01Chlorine and Good Manners 1993-06-21Extraterrestrials Have Problems Too 2000-12-21New Concerns Over Biological Weaponry 1992-12-01Bob RussellSecond International Scientists’ Congress “Ways out of the Arms Race” 1989-02-01Cameron HarringtonRoundtable on Freshwater 2008-12-20Carolyn LangdonHague Appeal for Peace – Canada 1999-01-01Chandler DavisAt the Edge 2010-10-28Chomsky and others look at the crisis 2003-05-15Science for Good or Ill 1990-03-01Christian Bay83.28. Science For Peace Research Proposal 1983-06-21Psychology Of Peacemaking Discussed In Amsterdam 1986-10-01David Lorge ParnasAnalyzing the INF Agreement 1987-11-01False Dichotomies: How the War is Sold 1991-03-01How to Free Kuwait 1991-03-01Images of War 1991-03-01The North American Free Trade Agreement 1993-03-21The SDI is Dead! Long Live the SDI! 1993-06-21David SuzukiScience Matters: Taking the planet for a spin 2005-09-21Derek Paul25 Years of Science for Peace 2006-02-1484.05 A New Security And Arms Control Centre For Canada 1984-01-1584.29 Book Review 1984-04-15Biochar-Enhanced Sequestration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 2010-10-28Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology 2008-06-20Chernobyl 1986-06-01Climate Change and Carbon Taxes 2008-03-20Culture of Peace-Culture of War 2007-12-20Definition of a Radical 1996-01-01Electrical Energy Consumption: The Human Side of the Problem 2004-09-21Guaranteeing Income 2012-09-21Pugwash Conference 2002-09-21Report of the Meeting on Issues 1998-09-01Roundtable on Food and Population 2010-01-08Science for Peace: What kind of future? 1994-01-01The Need for General and Complete Disarmament 2010-11-19The Roundtable on Forests 2006-09-23The Work of the Global Issues Project and the Wasan Action Framework 2007-12-21Toward Security and a World Without War: Steps to facilitate disarmament in a reluctant social order 2010-11-24Writing a Letter to the Prime Minister 2005-02-14Dominick JenkinsPlaying On Our Hopes And Fears: Technological Unemployment After the End of the Cold War 1997-03-01Ed BarbeauEditorial 1984-09-21Edwin DanielClimate Change and Industrial Agriculture 2010-10-28Working Group on Genetics and Biotechnology 2003-05-15Ellen LarsenCanada and Biological and Chemical Weapons Research 1992-12-01Canada and Chemical Weapons: Science for Peace Testifies to the Biological and Chemical Defence Review Committee 1995-08-01Continued Discussions Between SfP and the BCDRC 1993-06-21Eric Fawcett82.52. Japanese Peace Movement 1982-10-0784.03 The Peace Initiative 1984-01-15A Moscow Letter From Eric Fawcett 1990-08-01Canada And Renewal Of The Non-Proliferation Treaty 1995-04-01Fourth Annual DFAIT Peacebuilding Consultations Ottawa, March 1 and 2 2000-05-01How The OAS Charter Was Violated 1990-08-01Science for Peace and INES 1992-12-01Science for Peace and Justice: SPJ-Brazil 1989-11-01The Evolution of World Order: Building a Foundation for Peace in the Third Millennium 1997-07-01United Nations Reform 1994-01-01Floyd RudminCross-Cultural Correlates of War 1990-08-01Round-Table Conferences: An Application of Small-Wins Theory 2003-05-15Social Science Commentary on Abu Ghraib 2005-02-14Gaston FischerThe Summit — Seen from Europe 1986-01-01George IgnatieffFree Trade 1987-11-01Letter from the President 1988-05-01Letter from the President: The Powder Keg Of Europe: a New Perspective 1988-04-01President Ignatieff’s Report To The Annual Meeting Of May 7 1988-06-01President’s Corner 1988-01-01President’s Corner 1988-02-01President’s corner 1987-01-01President’s Corner 1987-02-01President’s Corner 1987-03-01President’s Corner 1987-05-01President’s Corner 1987-06-01President’s Corner 1987-09-01President’s Corner 1987-10-01President’s Corner 1987-11-01President’s Corner 1987-12-01President’s Corner 1986-06-01President’s Corner 1986-09-01President’s Corner 1986-11-01Review: End the Arms Race 1987-05-01George LakoffMetaphor and War 1991-03-01George SpiegelmanThe Problem Of Military Funding Of Non Military Research 1988-10-01Gussai SheikheldinSudan’s Secession Referendum: A Historical Punctuation Mark in the Making 2011-04-05H. Patricia HynesThe Silent Casualty of War: The Global Environment 2011-04-05The US Military Assault on Global Climate 2011-11-15Hani KimMilitary Research and Canadian Universities 2002-09-21Two Koreas: One Hope for Peace 2005-09-21Hanna NewcombeRational Scheme for a Reformed UN Security Council 2005-02-14Report From The DFAIT — NGO Peace Building Consultation 1997-03-01Hans Blumenfeld83.29. Letter From Hans Blumenfeld 1983-06-21Helmut BurkhardtFrom the President 2000-12-21New Concepts of Security 2002-03-21Reflections on the Public Forum on Food and Population – How Many Can We Feed? 2010-04-15Step One: Reducing the Ecological Footprint by Changing Technology 2008-03-20The Role of Media For Sustainability 2002-03-21The Sustainability Nexus 2010-11-26Third Interdisciplinary Conference on the Evolution of World Order: From Knowledge to Sound Policy and Action 2002-06-21Irwin GuttmanNAFTA and the Militarization of Canada 1993-03-21Jacqueline MedalyeClimate Politics at the Crossroads 2011-11-15Janis AltonInternational Peace Bureau in Alexandria, Egypt 2008-03-20Peace Studies at the European Peace University 1994-01-01Jean SmithGovernments Lie 2008-03-20In Response 2002-09-21Jean-Guy VaillancourtReview 1987-04-01Jim DeutschAnother Bank is Possible 2012-04-21Deep-sixing the Deep Geological Nuclear Waste Repository 2013-12-02Joe CumminsTerminators Galore! 2005-05-14Joe ViseFor Peace and Reconciliation in Israel and Palestine 2002-03-21John BacherPetrotyranny: 9/11 Causes and Responses 2003-05-15John DoveNuclear Winter Threat 1986-06-01John FosterPetroleum, Power and Fear: Challenges for Canada 2008-09-20John McMurtryAction and Understanding 2008-10-04Corporate Globalization and Society Destruction: Joining the Dots of War and Peace in Ukraine 2014-10-27Excerpt from ‘Understanding 9-11 and the 9-11 Wars’ 2004-09-21The Historic Moment 1990-08-01The Science for Peace Vocation 2008-06-20John PolanyiGetting Over Our Nuclear Denial 2010-04-15John Valleau82.10. Science For War? 1982-02-18Globalization, the WTO and You 1999-12-01Organising A Campaign Against Space Weapons: A Draft Treaty And A Planning Conference 2002-06-21Rebuttal to Globe & Mail “Star Wars” Editorial 2004-01-15Statement to the Minister’s Defence Review Consultations 1994-12-01The Ballistic Missile Defence Issue: SfP and NOOS 2002-03-21Judith DeutschClimate Justice, Contraction and Convergence, and Eliminating GHG Emissions 2012-04-21Comments on Some Books and Articles on Food and Population 2010-04-15Findings on Extreme Violence 2007-12-20Gaza — Humanitarian Emergency and the Threat of Nuclear War 2008-03-20Gaza and Israel 2009-04-14Iran Letter 2020-01-18Message from the President of Science for Peace 2009-09-21Message from the President of Science for Peace 2010-01-08Message from the President of Science for Peace 2010-04-15Message from the President of Science for Peace 2010-10-28Munk School of Global Affairs and the Harper Government collaborate on “Direct Diplomacy” in Iran 2015-05-22Panglossing the Climate Emergency Connecting the Crises of Climate Change, Militarization, Extreme Poverty 2016-05-07Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose: a 30-Year Retrospective of Science for Peace 2011-11-15President’s Letter: Science and Reason 2011-11-15The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza 2006-09-20Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the Threat of Nuclear War 2015-05-22Julia Morton-MarrCanadian Peace Education Conference Report 2004-01-15Global Sustainability Education Video Conference 2005-02-14Kabir Joshi-VijayanThe Myth of Peacekeeping: 2007-06-20Kate DewesDavid Lange’s Peace Legacy Lives On 2005-09-21Lee LorchReview: Perestroika 1988-01-01Working Group on Cooperation with Cuban Science 1994-04-01Leonard JohnsonVeterans In Moscow 1988-02-01Leslie JermynThe State of Global Food Production and Recommendations for the Future 2009-09-21Lynn Trainor82.26. Report On Educational Activities 1982-05-07Margaret BackThe Mines Action Coalition 1996-01-01Margrit EichlerThe Muzzling of Science in Canada 2012-09-21Mary FosterLandmine Detection & Removal Technology Research Competition 1999-01-01Mel WatkinsLetter from the President of Science for Peace to Douglas Roche 1999-01-01President’s Message 1998-09-01President’s Message 1999-01-01President’s Message 1999-06-01President’s Message 1999-12-01Metta SpencerCanadian Foreign and Defence Policy and Global Security (report) 2006-10-27How to Democratize the Planet 2010-11-19How to Save the World in a Hurry 2014-05-31Peace and Democracy in Russia 2011-04-05President’s Corner: Can Anyone Help Syria? 2012-09-21President’s Corner: Constraints on Freedom of Scholarship and Science 2013-05-14President’s Corner: Controversy and Conversation 2016-05-07President’s Corner: Making Knowledge Scarce 2013-12-02President’s Corner: When Saving Others Doesn’t Work 2015-05-22The President’s Corner: Science for Peace as a Foreign Language 2017-02-13Toronto Wants Zero Nuclear Weapons 2010-01-08Wanted: Writers Who Will Work for Change 2007-12-20What the Presidential Candidates Say – and Don’t Say 2008-03-20Michael MandelThis war is illegal and immoral, and it won’t prevent terrorism 2001-12-09Michael WallaceNuclear Attack Submarines For Canada? 1989-02-01Mike PearsonThe Non-Offensive Defense of Europe 1989-02-01Murray ThomsonMilitarism in Canada Today: What do we do about it? 2008-06-20Nancy OlivieriFrom the President’s Desk 2005-09-21Nick Dyer-WithefordMilitary Related Research at the University of Western Ontario 2007-06-20Oliver BrandesWater Crisis 2008-09-20Paul HamelAiding & Abetting War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity 2004-01-15Environment and War 2004-01-15From the President 2002-06-21From the President 2003-05-15Genetically Modified Food: A Field of Dreams? 2000-05-01Justifications and Racism: Hiroshima Day – August 2, 2004 2004-09-21Science for Peace Speaks to the Standing Committee on National Defense and Veterans Affairs 2000-05-01September 11: Then and Now Conference and Workshops 2002-09-21Structural Violence 2006-02-14The Reciprocal Signalling Cascade Between State and Non-State Terrorists 2005-02-14War as an Institution 2004-09-21Paul YorkThe Environmental Impacts of Intensive Livestock Operations in Canada 2013-05-14Pet CletoTorture and Other Gender Issues 1993-11-01Peter BrogdenUnderground Nuclear Testing: The Old Arrogance Remains 1991-11-01Peter NichollsOn the Shoulders of Giants 2011-11-15President’s Inaugural Message 1996-08-01President’s Message — Comfort me with H-bombs 1996-12-01President’s Message NATO, Canada, and Russia. 1997-03-01Report from Europe – November 2003 2004-01-15UK CND goes mainstream – Golden Anniversary Meeting 2008-03-20What is to be done? – a report on war and anti-war from the UK 2002-03-21Peter ShepherdGenesis of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Project 1996-01-01The Kyoto Brief 2002-09-21Working Group on Ozone and Climate Change (WGOCC) 1994-04-01Philip EhrensaftA Nuclear Watergate: West Germany’s “Transnuklear Affair” 1988-06-01Guns, Butter, and Empire 1990-03-01Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Terrorism: Research by the Nuclear Control Institute 1988-05-01Phyllis Creighton65 Years: It’s Time to Retire the Bomb! 2010-10-28An Arctic Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone: Why is now the time? 2010-01-08Canada and Nuclear Weapons 2006-02-14Geneva in July 2002-09-21Global Governance and World Without War 2010-11-19Hope for a Nuclear-Free World 2009-09-21Nuclear Alert 2005-09-21Nuclear Weapons: Just Say “No”! 2008-06-20Update on the International Peace Bureau 1992-12-01Vancouver World Peace Forum’s Vision 2006-09-20What Can You Do Through Mayors for Peace? 2009-04-14Where does peace begin? 2007-12-20Richard ErskinePublications Journal Review 1990-03-01Robena WeatherleyLow-Level Flying: Quebec/Labrador 1990-03-01Robert LoganNobel Peace Prize 1995 — Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Movement 1996-01-01Robert StewartPeace Studies 2009-04-14Rocco GalatiCanada’s Anti-Terrorism Laws- Bills C36, C22, C35, C42 2001-12-09Rose DysonUpdate on OISE/IKIT Research 2005-05-14Violent Entertainment: The Real Elephant in the Room 2006-02-14Ross SmythA More Imaginative Canadian Foreign Policy 1990-08-01Democratizing the United Nations 1991-11-01Sam LanfrancoDisasters List 2010-04-15Sara SulimanCan the U of T Be an Agent for Social Change? 2010-10-28The New State of South Sudan: An Opportunity for Better Health Care? 2011-11-15Science for Peace83.33. Restrictions To Prevent Technology Transfer To Eastern Block Countries 1983-06-21An achievement: The International Conference on Arctic Cooperation 1988-11-01Ethical Technology – Technological Ethics 1989-11-01George Ignatieff at 75 1989-02-01Minister’s Defence Review Consultations: a debriefing after the latest sortie 1994-12-01NATO Defender Europe 2020-01-25Peace and Protest in the UK 2009-09-21Space: The Next Frontier for War? 2000-12-21The City of Hiroshima Peace Declaration 1986-09-01World Court Nuclear Judgement Day 1996-08-01Shirley FarlingerGlobal Governance and a World Without War 2010-11-19Science For Peace Renewal 2005-09-21Students of Science for PeaceKyoto primer 2005-05-14Tadatoshi AkibaPeace Declaration 2002-09-21Terry GardnerA Brief Review of a Brief’s Review 1994-12-01General Lee Butler in Ottawa – 11 March 1999-06-01Retreat to Discuss Science for Peace Activities 1989-11-01Theresa WolfwoodThe Basis of Peace is the Security of the Commons 2004-09-21Thomas Homer-DixonOutline of Some Issues To Be Considered by the Working Group on Environmental Change and Security 1990-08-01Tim Brac84.30 Tim Brac Writes On Test Ban Treaties 1984-04-15Thomas DavisReport on UNCED 1992-12-01Tom HutchinsonNuclear Winter 1985-05-01Tom StaffordReed Elsevier & the arms trade: profiting from both cause and cure 2006-09-20Tony ArrottAdrenaline For Peace 1988-10-01Letter From The President Of Science For Peace 1988-06-01Words from the President 1989-06-01Trudy DornLand Mines 1997-03-01Ursula Franklin84.24 Brief From Professor Ursula Franklin To Joe Clark 1984-04-15Citizens and Scientists or Scientists — Citizen-Scientists 1989-11-01variousSfP looks to the future 1989-02-01Venilla RajaguruReport of the Working Group on Oceans and Frontiers 2017-02-13Walter DornCWC Nears Ratification 1992-12-01Peace-keeping Satellites: A Review of a Science for Peace Activity 1988-04-01Technologies for Peace: Canada Proceeds Cautiously 1990-03-01Vice-President’s Message 1996-01-01William Browett and Phyllis CreightonScience for Peace Position 2017? NATO, Canada, USA, and Russia 2017-02-13William EpsteinA Total Nuclear Test Ban is the Best Way to Strengthen the NPT 1990-03-01NPT Conference 1985-12-01