Peaceful vigils for Gaza. You don't have to be a grandmother to show your support.

Conflict and Resilience Research Institute Canada (CRRIC) is a research think-tank based in Winnipeg, MB. CRRIC research teams are composed of a group of scholars, experts and development practitioners committed to making a difference in applied social studies through knowledge translation in peace and justice, human rights research and humanitarian action inside and outside Canada.

Together, we’ll discover how shifting narratives and practical tools like conflict transformation and healthy dialogue can help us live out a peaceful witness in our communities and beyond.

Join us on November 1st for:

• Inspiring stories from MCC’s peacebuilding work around the world
• Practical tools for conflict transformation and dialogue
• Faith-rooted insights for navigating division in the church and society
• Opportunities to connect with others committed to peace

Whether you're new to peacebuilding or deeply engaged, this conference will equip you to contribute meaningfully to peace in your own context.

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) will host a virtual conversation spotlighting women-led grassroots peace movements working across the Israeli-Palestinian divide at a critical moment. 

Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun, recipients of the 2024 Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards were recognized for their extraordinary efforts to advance peace and reconciliation. We are pleased to welcome them back for this virtual conversation and to continue our meaningful engagement with them.

Both groups have called for inclusive, people-centered approaches to peace. Their activism grounded in empathy, human connection, and mutual recognition of loss offers a pathway for preserving hope and dialogue amid ongoing uncertainty.

This conversation will bring together leading women peacebuilders to assess whether the current moment represents a genuine peace opportunity, discuss what is needed to make it work on the ground, and explore how the international community can support women’s participation to ensure any potential process is inclusive, just, and enduring.

President Trump’s comment at his October meeting with Prime Minister Carney about the “mutual love” between Canada and the United States was interpreted by many media observers as striking a more “positive tone”.  In fact, it masks a deeper problem in bilateral relations, in that many of our policy, business, and civil society leaders are clinging to a belief in enduring US beneficence towards Canada and the maintenance of US primacy in world affairs.  For all the talk about “rupture” and “diversification”,  Ottawa has not advanced a coherent foreign policy vision that allows for greater Canadian strategic autonomy.  Is there a better way?

Please note this is a hybrid event. To attend in person, register using the RSVP button below.

To attend virtually, please register HERE.

The United States has been at war for 232 years of its 249-year history. It is currently at war in seven countries and its special forces operate in 149 countries. While a full history of U.S. wars could fill bookshelves, author and journalist Robert Fantina has distilled this century-spanning succession of warfare into a single volume. His third book published with Red Pill Press, Propaganda, Lies and False Flags: How the U.S. Justifies Its Wars details all the major wars of U.S. history, plus many of the minor and mostly forgotten ones.

In November, 2025, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book Propaganda, Lies and False Flags: How the U.S. Justifies Its Wars with the author Robert Fantina.

When you register for the club, we will mail you a signed paperback copy of the book (and you can specify if it should be signed to someone), or -- if you prefer -- a PDF.

We'll let you know which parts of the book will be discussed each week along with the Zoom details to access the discussions.

When:

For one hour on November 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2025, beginning at UTC 15:00, which is 7:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 9:00 a.m. in Mexico City, 10:00 a.m. in New York, 4:00 p.m. in Yaoundé, 4:00 p.m. in Berlin, and 6:30 p.m. in Tehran, and 8:30 p.m. in New Delhi.

You are invited to join us for our third African virtual peace conference on Zoom, happening on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28, 2025, from 3 to 5 PM (GMT). This annual free event is aimed this year at examining the role of Western imperialism in fueling wars in Africa, to assess its effects, and to highlight African struggles for sovereignty and equitable international cooperation.

The program for each of the two days includes a keynote lecture, a panel discussion, and exchanges. On the first day, the keynote lecture will be presented by Dr. Sellah King'Oro on the theme “Imperialism: History and current developments in Africa” . Three speakers will then discuss its manifestations in Africa.

The keynote lecture on the second day will be presented by Prof. Gnaka Lagoke on Pan-Africanism and expressions of “anti-Western sentiment in Africa". Three other panelists will discuss African resistance, Pan-Africanism, and the struggles for sovereignty. In the final session, Kathy Kelly, World BEYOND War Board President, will reflect on WBW's perspectives on imperialism.

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the entire annual series of the Hiroshima Appeals poster project is exhibited. 

Initiated by JAGDA Hiroshima and Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation, and currently also operated by The Hiroshima Peace Creation Fund, the series demonstrates remarkably sustained continuity and ongoing efforts of world-wide compassion (https://hiroshima.jagda.or.jp/appeals_about.html ).

The series consists of 28 posters, headed by KAMEKURA Yūsaku’s masterpiece “Burning Butterflies” 1983, continued with an unbroken sequence of works of high artistic excellence.

Selected works from The Japan Foundation, Toronto’s poster collection accompany the Hiroshima Appeals posters which share the unique nature of the design creation in being non-commercial, abstract, conceptual, and focusing on global issues and subjects.

In Militarized Global Apartheid Catherine Besteman offers a sweeping theorization of the ways in which countries from the global north are reproducing South Africa's apartheid system on a worldwide scale to control the mobility and labor of people from the global south.

In January, 2026, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book Militarized Global Apartheid with the author Catherine Besteman.

When you register for the club, we will send you your choice of a paperback, kindle, Google Play eBook, or Kubo eBook.

We'll let you know which parts of the book will be discussed each week along with the Zoom details to access the discussions.

When:

For one hour on January 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2026, beginning at UTC 17:00, which is 7:00 a.m. in Honolulu, 9:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 11:00 a.m. in Mexico City, 12:00 noon in New York, 6:00 p.m. in Yaoundé, 6:00 p.m. in Berlin, 8:30 p.m. in Tehran, 10:30 p.m. in New Delhi. It is the next day at 6:00 a.m. in Auckland.

Join us on Thursday, November 20 at 6pm as we commemorate two years of escalating violence in Gaza, and the histories of resilience through ongoing genocide.

While many institutions have chosen silence, countless people around the world — including here in Canada — have refused to look away. Those who spoke about the carnage were punished by censure, sanction, smearing and worse. Across the country, journalists were muzzled, academics were stifled, doctors were fired, activists were arrested, and artists were banned.

Razing Palestine: Punishing Solidarity and Dissent in Canada, edited by Leila Marshy, gathers testimonies from these journalists, healthcare workers, academics, artists, and activists who have suffered the cost of solidarity. Their stories affirm the importance of collective resistance against colonial violence and how we might ensure that the call for a free Palestine continues to be heard.

This event is free, but please RSVP here to reserve your spot.

As conditions worsen in Gaza, we must come together as a community to uphold international human rights. This conference is a collaborative effort organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Guelph 4 Palestine, Independent Jewish Voices, Labour for Palestine and Students for Justice in Palestine. It is aimed at fostering dialogue and solidarity across communities to strengthen the movement against the genocide happening in Palestine.

We will have both introductory topics and tracks dedicated to mobilization.

Key mobilization tracks:

• Arms Embargo
• Divestment
• Skill Building
• Labour Movement
• Student Mobilization

Schedule:

• 8:30-9 Registration
• 9-9:30 Morning Welcome
• 10-10:50 Workshops
• 11-11:50 Workshops
• 12-1:30 Lunch
• 1:30-2:50 Keynote Panel
• 3-3:50 Workshop
• 4-4:50 Workshop
• 5-7:30 Closing Remarks and Dinner

Cost:

We have tried to keep the cost of attendance as low as possible. You can pay a sliding scale $5-100. Pick on the lower side if you need, and the higher side if you'd like to support this work.

Lunch will be offered by donation (cash) and dinner will be $15. There will be halal meat, and vegetarian options available.

Meeting at Waterloo Town Square, then walking to the office of Bardish Chagger MP (100 Regina Street South) to request a call for Arms Embargo.

"Yesterday the mighty Coalition for the Gaza Family Reunification Program in Canada issued a letter to our Prime Minister and relevant officials.

I encouraged everyone to take a read to understand direct Canadian complicity in violence against Palestinians. It takes many forms, as do the publicity stunts that intend to convince us otherwise. Here is but one example, disguising racist policies. The Canadian program has been used to collect unprecedented and disproportionate information on families and handed over to Israel and Egypt, both surveillance run entities. It has knowingly separated families. It has also been used to justify the intrusive securitization and violations of family members. 

We know these families comprise some of the most vulnerable human beings on earth. We also know that 50% of the Gazan population was children averaging the age of 5 years old when the genocide began. 

The letter can be found below and is also available here.

For those wondering what to do, we have also created a toolkit with more detailed information and action to demand better of Canadian officials here. 

For those in Ottawa, you can go visit and hear from some families pleading for the lives of their loved ones with weekly vigils on Wednesdays in front of the IRCC headquarters downtown (300 Slater Street)."

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