Canadian Council of Churches urges Ottawa to support nuclear ban treaty
January 16, 2019December 21, 2018 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Email: pm@pm.gc.ca Re: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Dear Prime Minister Trudeau We, the undersigned, representing all 26 member denominations of The Canadian Council of Churches, write to urge that the ...
Losing Humanity
January 10, 2019What are autonomous weapons systems (aka "killer robots")? Why are they problematic? Click on the image below to find out.
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 ...
Bill C-47: Remarks to the Senate Standing Committee
December 5, 2018U.S. reporting and licensing exemptions not consistent with ATT obligations Remarks to the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development – Delivered November 29, 2018 Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 39 Issue 4 Winter 2018 by Cesar Jaramillo Thank you very much for the kind invitation to address this committee. For decades, efforts to better regulate illicit and ...