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Nuclear Disarmament: 50 Years of Research and Action - Project Ploughshares For nearly five decades, Project Ploughshares has worked to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons. Through rigorous research, public education, and persistent advocacy — in Canada and around the wor...

From Cold War protests to AI risk today:

For 50 years, Project Ploughshares has pushed toward peace—one treaty, one policy brief, one hard conversation at a time.

Check out the timeline: ploughshares.ca/nuclear-disa...

#Ploughshares50 #NuclearDisarmament #PeaceInAction #Hiroshima80

“Their suffering is not confined to history; it reverberates through current debates on deterrence, disarmament, and nuclear modernization.”

Read: Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 Years of Nuclear Reckoning - Project Ploughshares
#Hiroshima80 #NuclearAbolition #Hibakusha #TPNW

80 Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Human Cost and Canada’s Role - Project Ploughshares Yui Fujiki is a Project Ploughshares Research Assistant. Read her bio here. Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world faces rising nuclear threats and a shrinking win...

Hiroshima80: A week of reflection + action
We’re marking 80 years since the atomic bombings with new content all week. First up: a fact sheet on the human cost, Canada’s role, and why disarmament can’t wait.
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#Hiroshima80 #NuclearDisarmament

A Fading Memory - A Rising Threat - Project Ploughshares Yui Fujiki is a Project Ploughshares Research Assistant. Read her bio here. As a renewed threat of nuclear war intensifies, survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki offer their ...

Now is the time to listen and act. #hibakusha #nucleardisarmament

Read more: ploughshares.ca/a-fading-mem...

At an event in Vancouver on July 21, she shared not only the horrors of Hiroshima/Nagasaki but the ongoing injustice hibakusha face—from stigma to social isolation.

With most survivors aging beyond 85, their voices are becoming rare—but their message couldn’t be more relevant.

A poignant reminder as nuclear tensions escalate: survivors like Terumi Kuramori, who was just a year old in 1945, still speak out:

“Nuclear weapons and human beings cannot co‑exist.”

Golden Dome Explained: Ambition, Reality, Risk - Project Ploughshares In January 2025, US President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14186, directing the development of a sweeping new missile defence system called Golden Dome. While still in the early stages, the pla...

Golden Dome is not just another defence plan—it's a $500B+ space-based missile shield that could trigger a new arms race.

Here’s what’s at stake:

🛰️ Weaponized satellites
💰 $71B from Canada
⚠️ Strategic instability

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#GoldenDome #MissileDefence #SpaceWeapons #Canada

A/HRC/59/23: From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (Advance edited ve... This report investigates the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the occupied territory. While political leaders and...

Pleased to note that our publication “Fanning the Flames” @ploughsharesca.bsky.social is cited in the recent report of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

"From economy of occupation to economy of genocide"
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🎤 Our colleague Anna Nadibaidze was interviewed by @brankamarijan.bsky.social for the latest edition of the @ploughsharesca.bsky.social Monitor.

🔗 Read the exchange here: ploughshares.ca/the-ploughsh...

Statement on the U.S. Bombing of Iranian Nuclear Facilities - Project Ploughshares Project Ploughshares condemns in the strongest possible terms the June 21–22 U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s declared nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. We firmly believe in a world without ...

The U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites crosses a dangerous line.
Military strikes won’t bring peace—or non-proliferation.
We need diplomacy, not destruction.
Read our full statement:
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#NPT #Disarmament #DiplomacyNotWar

At the Crossroads: Climate Change, Canadian Defence, and the Arctic through a Systems Lens - Project Ploughshares Methodology This report draws on a combination of data sources: a review of existing literature, insights gained from expert surveys, and the outcomes of two workshops. The first workshop, held in Wat...

3/ From Arctic security to domestic disaster response, Canada must rethink defence policy for the climate era.

Read the full analysis:
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2/ The Canadian Armed Forces are increasingly called in for climate emergencies—but is this sustainable? A reactive approach isn’t enough. We need long-term, systems-based solutions.

🧵 1/ Wildfires. Floods. Extreme heat. Climate disasters are becoming Canada’s new normal—and our response systems need to evolve.

Our report *At the Crossroads* asks: How should Canada prepare?

Cesar Jaramillo to step down as Executive Director of Project Ploughshares - Project Ploughshares After a decade of principled and visionary leadership as Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, Cesar Jaramillo will be leaving the organization on June 1, 2025, to pursue the next phase of his c...

After a decade of visionary leadership, Cesar Jaramillo will step down as Executive Director of Project Ploughshares on June 1, 2025. We’re deeply grateful for his unwavering commitment to peace, disarmament, and justice—and for guiding our work with integrity. ploughshares.ca/cesar-jarami...

Rules for Others: Selective Outrage, Silent Complicity, and an Alarming Lack of Principled Leadership It is easy to defend norms in principle. Far harder to uphold them when they come at a cost — when they constrain not adversaries, but allies or ourselves. Liberal democracies have long positioned the...

"If rules are to have value, they must apply equally to adversaries and allies. Otherwise, law becomes merely narrative and principle becomes politics."

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#Gaza #Ukraine #security #UN #US #IHL #NPT

Project Ploughshares is seeking a Peace Research Intern for Summer 2025.

To be eligible, the candidate must meet Canada Summer Jobs requirements.

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#SummerJob #SummerInternships #PeaceandConflictStudies

Project Ploughshares is joining leading civil-society organizations for #VoteforRights, a non-partisan national campaign designed to put human rights at the centre of the 2025 federal election. Let’s put human rights first and #VoteForRights. Learn more: VoteForRights.ca

#Isreal #Gaza#rightsfirst

A Short Guide to the OEWG on PAROS in All Its Aspects The Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) in all its aspects is a new United Nations forum where all UN Member States, along with relevant NGO, comme...

Jessica West is virtually attending the #ParosOWEG in all its aspects and will be sharing updates, insights, and essential context throughout the process.

@jessicawestphd.bsky.social

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Canada under Contract to Supply the Israel Defense Forces with Artillery Propellant 1/

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Senior Researcher Dr. Jessica West presented the Joint Civil Society Statement on Outer Space at the UN First Committee in early October. The statement aimed to demonstrate steps towards achieving PAROS. Read the full statement here: bit.ly/3s4YvaY

As the #UNGA78 continues this week, States are having the chance to #VoteAgainstTheMachine. In a recent piece in the Autumn 2023 Ploughshares Monitor, Senior Researcher Branka Marijan highlights the dangers of civilian tech being misappropriated for military use.

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