Nuclear Disarmament Highlights

Visit NHK World Japan for this article on the 63rd Pugwash Conference where scientists from around the world gathered in Hiroshima, Japan to chart a path toward a world free of nuclear weapons. The conference was Chaired by Iraqi nuclear chemist Hussain Al-Shahristani, "a man whose own life has been defined by the moral boundaries of science — and by the price he once paid for refusing to cross them." Dr. Jennifer Allen Simons, Founder and President of The Simons Foundation Canada, is a member of the Pugwash Council.

Visit Nuclear Times for this commentary by Prof. M.V. Ramana, Ph.D., the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, The University of British Columbia.

Visit The Hill Times at the link below for this commentary by The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., a Peace Leader at The Simons Foundation Canada.

We are pleased to share the following invitation on behalf of the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs at The University of British Columbia. This free exhibition is on at Vancouver's Roundhouse Arts & Recreation Centre from August 5-7, 2025. All are welcome to attend.

On October 23, 2025, the Canadian Leadership for Nuclear Disarmament (CLND) 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award will be presented to The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., an author and former Canadian Senator, parliamentarian and diplomat, and one of The Simons Foundation Canada's Peace Leaders.

The Simons Foundation Canada is pleased to share this commentary by Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director of SANE Policy Institute and Chair of Canadian Pugwash Group.

Visit Policy Magazine for this commentary by Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

Visit the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa at the link below for this commentary by Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

Visit Open Canada for this commentary by Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

The Simons Foundation Canada and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) co-convened the "Parliamentarians for the TPNW" Conference at the United Nations in New York during the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Parliamentarians from around the world gathered in New York alongside states parties, civil society representatives, and experts for a dedicated conference and reaffirmed the crucial role of legislators in advancing the treaty’s objectives and strengthening international efforts toward nuclear disarmament.