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2022 Open Letter to Minister of Defence on F35 Selection
Dear Minister Anand; As a former air force colonel and former CF18 fleet engineering life cycle manager, I am writing to express my deep disappointment for the recent F35 announcement to select the F35 as the next fighter for the Air Force. Not only was this an election promise broken, but a fundamental departure from … Read more 2022 Open Letter to Minister of Defence on F35 Selection
More than 7,000 Russian researchers sign anti-war petition
“We, Russian researchers and research journalists, declare our absolute protest against the military action started by the Armed Forces of our country on the territory of Ukraine,” reads the statement signed by a quickly growing part of Russia’s science community. Continue reading.. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
A Possible Path to Peace – in Ukraine and Elsewhere
10 ways to avoid a devastating war in Ukraine As the crisis in Ukraine accelerates, President Biden and other leaders have acted wisely in continuing diplomatic efforts. However, leaders in the United States and Russia, including Vladimir Putin and Mr. Biden, too often escalate conflict in Eastern Europe with military deployments, at times dehumanizing opponents … Read more A Possible Path to Peace – in Ukraine and Elsewhere
Our Vision
A PEACE/ECOLOGICAL MANIFESTO The goal of a peaceful world ultimately depends on building global cooperation and achieving human security for all, within the regenerative limits of our finite planet. But humanity currently faces two existential threats to its existence: nuclear annihilation and ecological collapse, the latter arising mainly from global warming and species extinction. Military … Read more Our Vision
By-Laws
SfP ONCA Public Benefit Charity By-laws 2019 approved by AGM 2019-06-20
As intelligent living beings gifted with a moral sense, humans share responsibility to help humans, animals and Earth itself – its air, water, plants, trees – to flourish. Science, as the instrument of reason, should be dedicated to creating peace and justice, thereby nurturing life in human societies, among nations, and in nature. Reflections … Read more
Our Goals
As intelligent living beings gifted with a moral sense, humans share responsibility to help humans, animals and Earth itself – its air, water, plants, trees – to flourish. Science, as the instrument of reason, should be dedicated to creating peace and justice, thereby nurturing life in human societies, among nations, and in nature. Science for … Read more Our Goals
Our Team
Board of Directors Sara Abdulrahman Robert Acheson Lyn Adamson Janis Alton Glenys Babcock Bill Browett Phyllis Creighton Veronica Dahl Chandler Davis Judith Deutsch Michel Duguay Holly Easton Jorge Filmus Ali Hashemi Danny Harvey Arnd Jurgensen Ellie Kirzner Sorpong Peou Richard Sandbrook Vladimir Zhagora Adnan Zuberi Honourary Directors Phyllis Creighton, MA (history), UofT, Order of Ontario … Read more Our Team