Project Ploughshares is an operating division of The Canadian Council of Churches that works with churches, governments and civil society to advance policies and actions to prevent war and armed violence.
Recent Blog Posts
Blurring the lines: Virtual, mixed reality and the future of warfare
October 24, 2018In early October 2017, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and colleague Rachel Franklin sat in offices in California wearing headsets while they toured a video by National Public Radio of hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico using virtual-reality application Spaces. In a live stream, cartoon characters Zuckerberg and Franklin could be seen touring the footage of the island. The broadcast created a large backlash. ...
EVENT: Make Cool Tech Stuff (Not Weapons)
October 22, 2018"We should not lose sight of the fact that, unlike other potential manifestations of AI which still remain in the realm of science fiction, autonomous weapons systems are on the cusp of development right now and have a very real potential to cause significant harm to innocent people along with global instability. The development of lethal autonomous weapons systems is ...
Q&A: Women and Yemen’s peace process
October 16, 2018The following is a conversation with Rasha Jarum, founder and director of Peace Track Initiative, on the efforts to secure more meaningful involvement and representation for women in the process to restore peace in Yemen. Ms. Jarum is from South Yemen and has more than 16 years' experience working on human rights and gender issues. Sonal Marwah spoke with her in August. ...
2018 International Day of Peace
September 21, 2018The theme for today's International Day of Peace is The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on Dec. 10, 1948, to recognize “the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human race.” To honour this year’s ...
Recent Publications
GCR‘s whole-of-society approach to refugee protection: The unique complexities of South Asia
December 6, 2018Here is the final piece in a four-part series on the Global Compact on Refugees. Follow the links below to read the previous articles: Part 1: The Global Compacts: A Primer Part 2: Delivering on the Global Compact on Refugees Part 3: Canada and the Global Compact on Refugees December 6, 2018 By Ishita Kumar and Nayantara Raja Despite a ...
The Ploughshares Monitor: Winter 2018
December 5, 2018Volume 39 Issue 4 A quarterly publication of Project Ploughshares Please click on attachment to view document:
Social media and conflict
December 5, 2018Social media has a major impact on how we communicate, interact, and understand the world. It is now intricately linked with global, national, and local politics. We take this for granted. But we are now coming to understand that social media is used in particular ways in societies experiencing ongoing violent conflict or emerging from a period of war. For ...
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