Tamara Lorincz at the Speakers Series: January 11, 2023 at 5PM PST/8PM EST

To welcome us into the new year, we are excited to announce that Tamara Lorincz will be our first speaker for the 2023 Speakers Series! Join us on January 11, 2023 at 5 PM PST/ 8PM EST to learn more about militarism, the climate and the war in Ukraine as Tamara reflects on her time at COP27.

Tamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Tamara graduated with an MA in International Politics & Security Studies from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom in 2015. She was awarded the Rotary International World Peace Fellowship and was a senior researcher for the International Peace Bureau in Switzerland. She is a member of the Canadian Pugwash Group, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), where she is currently Convenor of the Environment Working Group. She is also on the international board of Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space and fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.Her research interests are the military’s impacts on the environment and climate change, global climate governance, the intersection of security and peace, gender and international relations, Canadian defence and foreign policy, resistance to NATO, feminist foreign policy, and disarmament

Register for the first Speakers Series event of 2023 here by emailing admin@ippnwcanada.ca

Dr. Gordon Edwards launches the Campaign to Ban Plutonium Reprocessing - January 19 at 4PM PST/7PM EST

IPPNWC is looking forward to Dr. Gordon Edwards’ new campaign to Ban Plutonium Reprocessing in Canada, which is having its launch event on January 19 at 4PM PST/7PM EST. Register for the webinar here.

Canada will release its policy on managing radioactive waste in early 2023. A draft policy for public comment released in February 2022 says that "deployment of reprocessing technology... is subject to policy approval by the Government of Canada" but does not take a clear position opposing this technology. 

Please join us in sending a clear message: BAN REPROCESSING IN CANADA NOW

There has never been commercial reprocessing in Canada. The limited reprocessing done at the federal government's Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories has left a legacy of nuclear contamination. Canada is currently reviewing its radioactive waste policy. The revised policy must include a formal prohibition on nuclear fuel waste reprocessing in Canada.
 

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