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

During this call, we’ll start building a national campaign to support the young CPP members and identify ways we can collectively push CPPIB to invest in a climate safe future. Please RSVP to info@shiftaction.ca and we will follow up with details for you to join the organizing call.

In December, we are honoured to be joined by Yui Fujiki and Dr. Ann-Elise Lewallen, who will share an important presentation- Decolonizing our Energy Futures: Nuclear as a Path Forward?.  

To operate a nuclear plant is to implicitly commit to an energy infrastructure that generates waste for which effective long-term solutions do not exist. Whatever benefits we may gain from reduced carbon emissions, stable energy supply, and reduced air pollution, in this talk, we argue that choosing nuclear energy creates new forms of settler colonialism that compel us to continue consuming land to absorb the waste. While claiming that nuclear power helps prevent the hierarchical relations common in fossil fuel extraction, the nuclear industry makes invisible new forms of pollution and erasure. We will ask whether nuclear energy may colonize energy futures by yoking us to new forms of “forever waste,” which have not been managed successfully by any nation. Does nuclear offer a path forward, or does it promote a new type of settler colonialism that colonizes our energy futures?

At the book launch, there will be two presenters, who contributed chapters to the book:

Jillian Rogin -- Assistant professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law, member Jewish Faculty Network & Independent Jewish Voice, contributor to the book, and Hamilton resident;

Katherine Grzejszczak – Fired after 15 years as a York Region paramedic, for a social media comment critical of Israel and calling for workers to join an anti-war rally, contributor to the book.

In addition, there will be four commentators, who will each speak for 5 minutes:

Birju Dattani -- Appointed Canada's Chief Human Rights Commissioner in 2024, he resigned from the position prior to commencing his term, following Zionist organizations’ demands he be removed;

Dr. Mohammad Zubairi -- Associate Professor at McMaster med school, experienced a significant campaign to have him dismissed as EDI Director for advocating for humanitarian efforts in Palestine;

Angelune Des Lauriers -- Local labour and peace activist who has been targeted at work for her support for Palestinian human rights;

Mason Fitzpatrick -- Former grad student at McMaster and president of CUPE local 3906, made persona non grata for Palestine activism.

Paul Weinberg of IJV Hamilton will moderate.

"Razing Palestine" includes a foreword by Dr. Gabor Maté. The full description of the book may be found at https://www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/razing-palestine/

A Q&A will follow the presentations. Free admission.

Speaker: Marci Shore Marci Shore received her BA from Stanford University, her MA from University of Toronto, and her Ph.D from Stanford University. After completing her doctorate, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University and subsequently assistant professor of history at Indiana University from 2002 to 2006. She is currently on leave from her position as Professor of History at Yale University and will begin teaching at the Munk School in the 2025-2026 academic year.

Towards the end of his career as a fighter pilot with the British Royal Navy, Richard Moody became an ardent Peace Activist and Quaker. This book is the story of his conversion. In today's world of militarization and slaughter, Richard's diametric experiences have made him a uniquely compelling voice in the struggle for peace. Through his story, Richard hopes readers will learn that peace through diplomacy is vital for the survival of societies worldwide.

In December 2025, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book Flying Through Life: From Fighter Pilot to Peace Activist with its author Richard Moody.

When you register for the club, we will mail you a signed copy of the book.

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 Monday December 8, 15, 22, 29, and 2025

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.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Peace, nuclear Abolition and Climate Engaged Youth (PACEY) Award.

Do you know of a youth project that addresses peace, nuclear disarmament and/or climate issues and that could be boosted by a prestigious award with €5000 in prize money to help it succeed? If so, we encourage you to nominate it for the 2026 PACEY Award.

Nominations are easy. And if you are young and involved in such a project, you can nominate it yourself. The deadline for nominations is December 31, 2025.

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.

For the first time, this report exposes a pipeline of military goods flowing from Canada to Israel via the U.S., facilitated by a deadly loophole in Canadian law. The hundreds of documented shipments of explosives and aircraft parts – from Canadian factories and through Canadian ports – contain vital components of both Israel’s F-35 fighter jets and the bombs they are dropping on Gaza.

"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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