Culture of Peace -Press Release Each day media sources display our troubling world, filled with stories of violence, war and disappearing resources – all of which tend to support and condone a culture of war. Our own country has migrated from a country known for peacekeeping to now openly acting in combat roles. This is part of a worldview leading to a culture of war. Yet quite a different scenario is possible when we adopt a positive set of principles inherent in a culture of peace. The world with a culture of peace would be a fair place, where humans are central and democracy prevails. Can we move to this worldview as recommended by Douglas Roche, renowned parliamentarian, diplomat, UN representative, and educator, in his book The Human Right to Peace? Full story

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NAIROBI — Kenya's Wangari Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work, has died of cancer, the campaigning movement she founded announced Monday. Full story

Urgent: Please send messages callin g for the release of Baba Jan and his comrades to farooqtariq@hotmail.com Full story

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In the last ten years the world has seen a 50% increase in military budgets up to a worldwide total of $1.5 trillion (US$). This increase in military spending is a big part of the reason our deficits have grown; however, not one word was uttered at the G20 about cutting military budgets as a means of reducing deficits.... Full story

Jeff Halper - Canadian Boat to Gaza Press Conference in Toronto Full story

Esther Kern of the Christian Peacemakers Team speaking for the Canadian Boat to Gaza and against the Illegal Siege on Gaza. Full story

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Co-chair Lyn Adamson makes a statement in favour of the Canadian Boat to Gaza and speaks out against the illegal siege on Gaza. Full story