Awards 
Project Ploughshares Co-founder Ernie Regehr was awarded the 2010 Pearson Peace Medal by Governor-General David Johnston in January 2011. Co-founder Murray Thomson was awarded the Pearson Peace Medal in 2000. Murray and Ernie were appointed Officers of the Order of Canada in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Ernie was awarded the World Peace Award of the World Federalist Movement (Canada) in 2006 and the Arthur Kroeger College Award for Ethics and Public Affairs in 2008.
Accomplishments: some highlights
| 1976 | Founded by Ernie Regehr and Murray Thomson | ||||||||
| 1977 | Publishes the first issue of The Ploughshares Monitor | ||||||||
| 1979 | Produces a study of Canada and U.S. defence relations for a UN Group of Governmental Experts | ||||||||
| 1982 | Co-sponsors a newspaper ad calling on Canada to take bold action against nuclear disarmament | ||||||||
| 1983 | Leads a church leaders’ delegation to meetings with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on nuclear disarmament | ||||||||
| Publishes Canada and the Nuclear Arms Race, the first comprehensive analysis of Canada’s response to the nuclear weapons crisis | |||||||||
| 1985 | Presents a brief on Strategic Defence Initiative before the Special Joint Committee on Canada’s International Relations | ||||||||
| 1986 | Creates the only database of Canadian military production and exports | ||||||||
| 1987 | Publishes the first Armed Conflicts Report | ||||||||
| Responds to the 1987 white paper on defence policy in a letter to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney | |||||||||
| 1989 | Organizes a campaign in which Canadians send two million postcards to MPs imploring them to oppose the modernization of nuclear weapons Publishes policy on Arctic security | ||||||||
| 1990 | Briefs the House of Commons standing committees on the Persian Gulf crisis, NORAD and Canadian security spending | ||||||||
| 1991 | Sponsors a newspaper ad calling for diplomacy in the Persian Gulf crisis and travels with a church delegation to the Middle East | ||||||||
| Represents Canada on a group of governmental experts that develops the UN Register of Conventional Arms | |||||||||
| 1993 | Helps to establish and co-ordinate the International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa | ||||||||
| 1994 | Participates in a parliamentary review of Canada’s defence and foreign policy Co-founds Mines Action Canada | ||||||||
| 1996 | Conducts cross-country roundtables on nuclear disarmament that leads to the Canadian government’s review of its nuclear policy and its subsequent pivotal report | ||||||||
| 1997 | Participates in the process leading up to the signing of the Ottawa Landmines Treaty | ||||||||
| Endorses Code of Conduct on arms transfers | |||||||||
| 1998 | Co-founds the International Action Network on Small Arms | ||||||||
| 1999 | Leads a church leaders’ delegation to meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chretien to discuss nuclear disarmament and NATO bombing in Kosovo | ||||||||
| Initiates the Sudan Track II diplomacy and dialogue project | |||||||||
| 2000 | Member of Canadian delegation at the UN NPT Review Conference Assists the Kenyan government in drafting the Nairobi Declaration, a regional small arms agreement | ||||||||
| Works with the World Council of Churches on NATO nuclear policy | |||||||||
| 2001 | Member of Canadian delegation at UN session that adopts the Programme of Action on small arms | ||||||||
| Holds international workshops on small arms and arms embargoes Explores humanitarian intervention issues | |||||||||
| 2003 | Co-writes Prepare for Peace in Iraq, endorsed by 40,000 Canadians, which influences Canada’s decision not to participate in the Iraq war | ||||||||
| Research on ballistic missile defence informs the government’s decision to decline participation in U.S. system | |||||||||
| Initiates the Space Security Index project | |||||||||
| Begins tracking States Parties’ reporting to the NPT conferences | |||||||||
| 2005 | Launches a project to support the peace process in Sudan | ||||||||
| Advisor to the Canadian delegation to the UN NPT Review Conference | |||||||||
| Sends a letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin on Canadian military export policy | |||||||||
| Holds consultations in East, West, and Southern Africa on the Responsibility to Protect | |||||||||
| 2006 | Works with international NGOs in developing core principles for a global Arms Trade Treaty | ||||||||
| Supports Million Faces Petition calling for control of irresponsible arms transfers | |||||||||
| 2008 | Documents the relationship between armed violence and sustainable development | ||||||||
| Launches an armed violence reduction project in the Caribbean | |||||||||
| Issues an audit on Canadian military exports | |||||||||
| 2009 | Co-writes an ecumenical brief calling on the government to pay increased attention to diplomacy and reconciliation in Afghanistan | ||||||||
| 2010 | Prepares a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on behalf of Canadian churches on nuclear disarmamentBriefs the House of Commons standing committees on Canadian Forces in Afghanistan and the proposed Joint Strike Fighter purchase | ||||||||
| Launches Caribbean projects to strengthen Arms Trade Treaty negotiations and reduce gun violence | |||||||||
| 2012 | With funding from the Canadian government, Project Ploughshares assists the organization and hosting of an ATT roundtable for the MERCOSUR subregion of South America. In preparation for the July diplomatic conference, the roundtable is held at the Senate building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Participants include government officials and civil society representatives. | ||||||||
| Canadian Control Arms coalition members, including Project Ploughshares, appear as witnesses before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development about the Arms Trade Treaty. | |||||||||
| The UN diplomatic conference to negotiate the Arms Trade Treaty is held in New York. Project Ploughshares participates as “co-chair” of the Control Arms coalition. | |||||||||
| 2013 | With Canadian Control Arms partners, Project Ploughshares briefs Parliamentarians from all parties on the “final” treaty negotiations later in the month. Three opposition parties subsequently raise questions on Canada and the ATT in the House of Commons. | ||||||||