Invitation to a Youth Competition

If you are a 4th year undergraduates and/or graduate Canadian university students, this invite is for you. 

The Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (CNANW) in partnership with Canadian Pugwash Group are pleased to invite you to a youth competition to award three bursaries in the amount of $2,500 each for the production of an essay and/or video. The outcome is to explore the move from a world where some nations possess and rely upon nuclear weapons, to a global security paradigm based upon a Common Security framework, without nuclear weapons.  

You will find enclosed the application letter with all the details.

The dates to remember are as follows:

• The deadline for submission is December 1, 2025, 12:00 pm ET.

• The selection committee aim to announce the three successful candidates on January 1, 2026, 12:00 pm ET.

• The three selected participants will have four months, to 1 May 2026, to present their completed project.

  
  

For any additional information, please contact Dr. Sylvie Lemieux, CNANW Steering Committee member and Board member of Group of 78, at slemieux3599@rogers.com  or Dr. Arnd Jurgensen, CNANW Steering Committee member and Board member of Science for Peace at ajurgensen@sympatico.ca.

CNANW 2025 Douglas Roche Common Security Project - Application October 2025 .pdf

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