The Douglas Roche Common Security Project: Invitation to a Youth Competition

If you are a 4th year undergraduate and/or graduate Canadian university student, this invitation 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 here the application letter with all the details: CNANW 2025 Douglas Roche Common Security Project – Application October 2025

The dates to remember are as follows:

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

·       The selection committee aims 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.

We are looking forward to your application.

Regards,

The Douglas Roche Common Security Project Committee

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