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Eric Fawcett lecture with Ray Acheson of Reaching Critical Will

Jan 25, 2018
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Canadian Pugwash & Science for Peace invite you and your friends to join us for our annual Eric Fawcett Lecture and Reception

From 4:00 to 6:00 pm, January 25, 2018 Upper Library, Massey College, 4 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 2E1

Ms. Ray Acheson

Ray Acheson

Ray Acheson with the Nobel medal and citation in front of Oslo’s City Hall

Ray Acheson is Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and an advisor to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) will speak in the upper library about the Nobel Peace Prize that ICAN won for its work on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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E-7705 

An important e-petition about Canada peacekeepers headcount

Science for Peace believes the UN peacekeeping mission program is an important tool for minimizing conflicts around the world. Guided by impartiality and undertaken only with the consent of warring parties, missions under this program are critical in the efforts to transition violent societies to peace.

 

We know that Canada has a long history of supporting these missions and has earned a significant reputation for its expertise in this area. Thus we have been dismayed by the fact that the actual number of Canadian peacekeepers has been drastically reduced over the last decade. Despite the paucity of our country’s contribution, we know that Canada is nonetheless recognized for its leadership and know-how.

 

We want to dramatically enlarge the contingent of Canadian Peacekeepers and play our part in the worthy project of reducing violence in this turbulent world. As well, in light of ongoing changes in Peacekeeping technology, we believe Canada should invest majorly in tech training and support for our Peacekeepers, and at the same time furnish such skill development to countries less able to provide this for their own contingents.

 

To focus public attention on this critical issue, we have created an e-petition to the government and are seeking your support.

Please have a look and sign e-7705 if you agree.

 

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7705

 

 

Gilles Fecteau

Treasurer, Science for Peace

Science for Peace

A Peace Education NGO

Based in Toronto

 

​355-15 King’s College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7 Canada

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Emailinfo@scienceforpeace.org

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