Peace Leaders

These individuals have been named Peace Leaders for their significant contributions to the cause of peace, disarmament, human security and global co-operation in areas specific to those that advance the goals of The Simons Foundation.

  • Tadatoshi Akiba, Ph.D.
    Tadatoshi Akiba was Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, Japan, and President of Mayors for Peace, a global network of mayors striving to achieve nuclear disarmament, from 2003-2011. In his role as President of Mayors for Peace, Dr. Akiba expanded the... Learn More
  • Bruce G. Blair, Ph.D.
    Bruce Blair is an expert on U.S. and Russian security policies, specializing in nuclear forces and command-control systems. He is Co-Founder and Co-Coordinator of Global Zero, an international group of 200 world leaders dedicated to achieving the... Learn More
  • Hans Blix, Ph.D., LL.D.
    Hans Blix, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and diplomat for the Government of Sweden, served as Chairman of The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, which released its collective findings in the 2006 report: “Weapons of Terror: Freeing... Learn More
  • Matt Brown
    Matt Brown is Co-Coordinator of Global Zero, an international movement working for the phased, verified elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide, and Co-Executive Producer of Countdown to Zero, a documentary film concerned with the continuing... Learn More
  • Frank Chalk, Ph.D.
    Professor Frank Chalk is Founding Co-Director of Canada’s Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University, where he teaches courses on the history and sociology of genocide, the Holocaust, and the... Learn More
  • Lt-General The Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire, O.C., C.M.M., G.O.C., M.S.C., C.D., (Ret.), Senator
    Roméo Dallaire is a Canadian Senator, humanitarian, author and retired General. He has had a distinguished career in the Canadian military, achieving the rank of Lieutenant-General and in 1988 becoming Assistant Deputy Minister in the... Learn More
  • The Honourable Gareth Evans, AO, QC
    Gareth Evans is Co-Chair of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group, an independent global conflict prevention organisation of which he was President and... Learn More
  • Ricken Patel
    Ricken Patel is Co-Founder of Res Publica, a global civic advocacy group, and Co-Founder and Executive Director of Avaaz.org, a global political web movement launched in January 2007. Avaaz, meaning ‘voice’ in many languages, currently... Learn More
  • The Honourable Douglas Roche, O.C.
    Douglas Roche is Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Middle Powers Initiative, an international network of eight international non-governmental organizations specializing in nuclear disarmament issues. In 2010, the City of Hiroshima named him an... Learn More
  • Ambassador (Ret.) Henrik Salander
    Henrik Salander is a former Swedish diplomat who has played a pivotal role in the international debate over nuclear disarmament. He was instrumental in the decision by the Government of Sweden to undertake The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission... Learn More
  • Jonathan Schell
    Jonathan Schell is a writer, speaker and author of many important books and articles on the dangers of nuclear weapons and the need for disarmament. He has played a vital role in raising public awareness about the dangers of the nuclear arms race,... Learn More
  • Shauna Sylvester
    Shauna Sylvester has been working to support democratic development initiatives in Canada and around the world for over 25 years. She is a Fellow at the Simon Fraser University Centre for Dialogue where she is currently the founding Executive... Learn More
  • Alyn Ware
    Alyn Ware has led key initiatives for nuclear abolition in New Zealand and internationally over the past 25 years. He is the Co-Founder and International Co-ordinator of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) and... Learn More