Statement of the Pugwash Council, Berlin, 5 July 2011. […] The 59th Pugwash Conference was attended by Adele Buckley and Peter Jones, and by Canadian Pugwash members Pierre Jasmin, Ernie Regehr, Erika Simpson and CSYP member Cameron Harrington.
GIP Prospectus
Prospectus revised for the Global Issues Project (06/08/2010). Read here.
en français
Canadian Pugwash plans to continue enlarging the French language section of the website, and welcomes new material written by or about any member of Pugwash.
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
For more than forty years the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs have been working for the control reduction, and eventual elimination of nuclear weapons. It was in recognition of these efforts that Pugwash, together with its President, Joseph Rotblat, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.
View the acceptance speech below.
Nobel Peace Prize Citation
For more than forty years the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs have been working for the control reduction, and eventual elimination of nuclear weapons. It was in recognition of these efforts that Pugwash, together with its President, Joseph Rotblat, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.
View the citation by the Norwegian Nobel Committee below.
Disclaimer
Articles on this website are the views of the individual author only, unless they are specifically identified as a policy statement, or a project or program sponsored by the Canadian Pugwash Group. This honours the proud tradition of the 22 eminent scientists, the founding group of Pugwash, who gathered at Thinkers’ Lodge in 1957, to discuss the path to nuclear disarmament, espousing their views as individuals, not as representatives of any organization or institution.
List All Articles prior to 2008
Canadian Peacekeeping: No Myth-But Not What It Once Was
Article by Walter Dorn in SITREP, a bi-monthly publication of the Royal Canadian Military Institute
Volume 67, Number 2, April – May 2007 [pdf]
A Nuclear Disarmament Agenda for Canada
Op-Ed article by Ernie Regehr
Embassy, 30 May 2007 [html] [pdf]
The Enduring Mythology of Vimy
Michael D. Wallace [html] [pdf]
Toronto Star, 9 April 2007
Let’s Work to Prevent Another ‘Accidental War’
Michael Byers [html] [pdf]
Toronto Star, 9 April 2007
Satellite Test Recalls Need for Space Treaty
Article by Michael D. Wallace
Embassy, 31 January 2007 [html] [pdf]
All we lack is the will to disarm
John Polanyi [html] [pdf]
The Globe and Mail, 9 January 2007
Occupational Hazards of War
Depleted Uranium: All the Questions about DU and Gulf War Syndrome are not Yet Answered
Article by Rosalie Bertell
International Journal of Health Services, 36, no. 3 (2006): 503–520. View article [pdf]
Sleepwalking Towards a Nuclear Catastrophe
Article by Douglas Roche
Embassy, October 4, 2006 View article [html] [pdf]
Despite our commitment in Afghanistan, the Canadian forces still have the capacity to make a big difference in Darfur, says conflict specialist Peter Langille.
Peter Langille [html] [pdf]
The Globe and Mail, 27 April 2006
From War to Law Via Science
John Polanyi [html] [pdf]
Toronto Star, 19 February 2006
Canada Can’t Avoid the Global Nuclear Crisis
Douglas Roche [html] [pdf]
Embassy, 22 March 2006
Canada Pulls Out of Peacekeeping
Walter Dorn [html] [pdf]
The Globe and Mail, 27 March 2006
Breaking the Ice on Canada-U.S. Arctic Co-operation
Franklyn Griffiths [html] [pdf]
The Globe and Mail, 22 February 2006
Harper’s Military Plans Only Please Bush, Not Canadians
Barbara Bedont and Erika Simpson [html] [pdf]
Embassy, 15 February 2006
War beyond Earth is not inevitable. But only the rule of law can prevent it
John Polanyi [html] [pdf]
Globe and Mail, 17 May 2005
Threats to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Erika Simpson [html] [pdf]
Embassy, 4 May 2005
At the unholy altar of nuclear weapons
Douglas Roche [html] [pdf]
Toronto Star, 19 April 2005
Freedom of expression?
Prof. Pierre Jasmin [html] [pdf]
University Affairs, 5 March 2005
New Threats to the Alliance’s Security and Strategies to Reform NATO
Erika Simpson [pdf]
Transatlantic Quarterly, Volume 1 (3), Winter/Spring 2005
The Tsunami, God and a Nuclear Catastrophe
Douglas Roche [html] [pdf]
Edmonton Journal, 3 January 2005
Revisiting the Great Debate
Erika Simpson [html] [pdf]
London Free Press, 29 December 2004
Preventing Genocide: Time for a UN 911
Globe and Mail, 19 October 2004
Lessons of prior Cabinet decision-making on U.S. missiles: Diefenbaker went through similar situation as Martin
The Hill Times, 4 October 2004
The Forgotten Bomarc Story: Martin government should apply lessons of Bomarc to Bush’s NMD
Article published in The CCPA Monitor, March 2004
Dr. Derek Manchester, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Toronto
Dr. Lynn Trainor, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Toronto and CPG Member
[html] [pdf]
What will Canada do about the continued threat posed by the 34,145 nuclear weapons in the world?
Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C.
Guest Column in The Hill Times
March 2004
Fanning the Flames of Ethnic Hatred
David Parnas, member of Canadian Pugwash Group, former President of Science for Peace
Hamilton Spectator
July 2, 1999
United States National Missile Defence
Canadian Pugwash Group Press Release
October 21, 2000
Forums and Conferences
Canadian Pugwash Group Annual Forums
Since 1996, Canadian Pugwash has sponsored an annual forum. Each of these seminars has a global security theme; the invited presenters are acknowledged experts in their field. Members, on the basis of their own expertise, add value to the information exchange. Suggestions for future topics for the Forum are welcomed and should be forwarded to the Chair, Canadian Pugwash Group.
Links
Pugwash Links
- Pugwash International
- Science For Peace
- Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Nuclear Abolition Forum
Student Pugwash
Peace and Research Groups:
- Acronym Institute For Disarmament Diplomacy
- Les Artistes pour la Paix
- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
- Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace
- Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
- Canadian Department of Peace Initiative
- Canadian Peace Alliance
- Canadian Peace Research and Education Association
- Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
- Soka Gakkai
- SGI Canada
- Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
- Disarming Conflict (by Ernie Regehr)
- End the Arms Race
- Global Zero and Global Zero Canada
- Hiroshima Day Coaltion
- International Holistic Tourism Education Centre
- The Markland Group deals with state compliance with international treaties
- Middle Powers Initiatives
- No Nukes!
- Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
- Peace Brigades International – Canada
- Physicians for Global Survival, Médecins pour la survie mondiale – Canada Group
- International Campaign for the Abolution of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
- Project Ploughshares (National Office)
- Pugwash Peace Exchange
- Vancouver Island Peace Society – Nuclear Warships Litigation
- Victoria Peace Centre
- World Future Council
Press Releases
Major Document: Brief : “Canadian Pugwash Group Calls for NATO to Denuclearize” [pdf]
Other documents:
7 June 2007: NATO’s Nuclear Policies Endangering Stability, Says Canadian Pugwash Group [pdf]
14 May 2007: Canada must help alleviate rising U.S.-Russian tensions, says Pugwash Group [pdf]
11 May 2007: MacKay raising nuclear issue with NATO president welcomed by Pugwash Group [pdf]