The Simons Foundation

Recent articles by Prof. M.V. Ramana, Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at The University of British Columbia

Please visit Canada's National Observer and The Hill Times for recent commentary by Professor 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, and Susan O'Donnell.

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Nuclear Disarmament

"Canada quiet as Ukraine war inches Doomsday Clock closer to midnight"

January 30, 2023

Opinion by the Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C.
Published by The Hill Times (subscription required)
January 30, 2023

"Canada quiet as Ukraine war inches Doomsday Clock closer to midnight"

International Law and Human Security

"Seeking asylum is a legal human right – why are we treating it as the opposite?"

Visit The Globe and Mail at the link below for this opinion by the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, a Peace Shaper at The Simons Foundation Canada, and the Hon. Allan Rock.

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International Law and Human Security

"Seeking asylum is a legal human right – why are we treating it as the opposite?"

January 23, 2023

Opinion by the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, PC, CC, OM, Ph.D.
and the Hon. Allan Rock, PC, CM, OOnt, KC
Published by The Globe and Mail (subscription required)
January 23, 2023

"Seeking asylum is a legal human right – why are we treating it as the opposite…

Nuclear Disarmament

"The ban treaty, two years after: A ray of hope for nuclear disarmament"

January 23, 2023

Article by Amb. Alexander Kmentt
Published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
January 28, 2023

"The ban treaty, two years after: A ray of hope for nuclear disarmament"

Nuclear Disarmament

"The ban treaty, two years after: A ray of hope for nuclear disarmament"

Please see the link below to visit Bulletin for the Atomic Scientists for this article by Amb. Alexander Kmentt, Director of the Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation Department at the Austrian Foreign Ministry and President of the First Meeting of States Parties of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in June 2022. As a recipient of The Simons Foundation Award for Distinguished Global Leadership in the Service of Peace and Disarmament, he is also one of The Simons Foundation Canada's Peace Shapers.

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