Positions – Science for Peace

Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty

July 13, 2021 by Science for Peace

July 13, 2021 Dear Mayor Tory and Councillor Matlow: RE: Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty I am writing to urge City Council to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (Member Motion … Read more Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty

Joint Statement: World Says No to War on Yemen

November 11, 2020 by Melisa Kuc

CALL TO PROTEST INTERNATIONALLY MONDAY, 25 JANUARY 2021 Since 2015, the Saudi-led bombing and blockade of Yemen have killed tens of thousands of people and devastated the country. The U.N. … Read more Joint Statement: World Says No to War on Yemen

Canada proclaims its dedication to abolishing nuclear arms – so why hasn’t Canada signed the UN Ban Treaty

November 11, 2020 by Melisa Kuc

November 2020 Open letter to: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Dear Mr. Prime Minister, On January 22, 2021 the historic United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition … Read more Canada proclaims its dedication to abolishing nuclear arms – so why hasn’t Canada signed the UN Ban Treaty

Yemen Action

November 6, 2020 by Melisa Kuc

Since 2015, the Saudi-led bombing and blockade of Yemen have killed tens of thousands of people and devastated the country. The U.N. calls this the largest humanitarian crisis on Earth. … Read more Yemen Action

Federal funding of small modular reactors (SMRs) must be put on hold

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 by Melisa Kuc

Dear Prime Minister: As organizations working tirelessly to protect the environment and seeking solutions to the climate crisis, we reflect the concerns of millions of Canadians. We are dismayed to … Read more Federal funding of small modular reactors (SMRs) must be put on hold

Covid-19 Research and Canada’s Intelligence Agencies

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 by Melisa Kuc

Science for Peace is heartened by Public Safety Minister Bill Blair’s statement that Canada’s intelligence agencies will not “help track COVID-19’s spread within the country’s border”, thankfully indicating that our government will not … Read more Covid-19 Research and Canada’s Intelligence Agencies

Resolving the Climate Emergency

March 27, 2020 by Science for Peace

Science for Peace urges immediate and emergency action on the terrifying warming of our planet, now proceeding at a rate hitherto unimaginable. We are committed to working with other organizations to halt this human-induced global heating, and to supporting the communities, many of them indigenous, on the frontlines of the contest with the oil economy.