Peace Train Canada

Peace Train Canada has received a National Community Peace Award from the Canadian Peace Museum.   The Award—the first time the Museum has given a national award to an organization—recognizes Peace Train Canada for “creating a national movement calling for peace.”   “We were impressed with Peace Train Canada’s grassroots effort to promote peace, along with their event in Ottawa which was attended by Members of Parliament from all of Canada's major political parties,” says the Museum’s President, Chris Houston.   For Keith Wyton, who organized the Peace Train along with his wife, Bernie, the award is “amazing, wonderful.”   “It’s so encouraging to receive it,” Keith said, adding the Award went to everyone who was on the Peace Train last November when it went to Ottawa and when it went to the United Nations in New York in March—and for all who support it and its efforts.   “We’re all just regular people, lighting a candle when it is darkest,” Keith said....

Peace Train Canada is going back to Ottawa! By plane, this time; VIA Rail was unable to accommodate us this time around, so we are travelling by air. And you are welcome to join us!   We will be in the nation’s capital Oct. 22-26.The time kicks off with a parliamentary breakfast gathering co-hosted by Senator Marilou McPhedran (non-affiliated, Manitoba), Elizabeth May (Green Party, Saanich—Gulf Islands) and Gord Johns (NDP, Courtenay—Alberni), Andreanne Larouche (Bloc), Dave Epp (Conservative, Chatham-Kent-Leamington),  and Taleeb Noormohamed (Liberal-Vancouver-Granville).   At this event, Peace Train Canada and the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (CNANW) will each present their case. (Peace Train Canada is now an official member of CNANW.)   On October 23, three PTC representatives will observe the Expert Round Table on Nuclear Disarmament entitled, “Advancing Nuclear Disarmament in a Chaotic World”, sponsored by the Nuclear Disarmament 4 (ND4): Ca...

  The Canadian Peace Museum is delighted to announce that it has been gifted a building and surrounding land in Bancroft, Ont.   The building, with over 8,000 square feet of space, was donated by the North Hastings Community and is situated on 1.4 acres of land on the outskirts of Bancroft, which is located about two-and-a-half hours west of Ottawa.   The Canadian Peace Museum, which is a supporter of Peace Train Canada, will use the building to establish and operate a museum dedicated to promoting peace. This will include information about what it calls “negative peace,” or the absence of war, violence and fear, and “positive peace,” the presence of democracy, health, food security, cohesive communities, good relations with neighbours and taking care of the planet.   A 2024 poll by the museum found that 69% of Canadians think it is important for Canadians to learn about how we have advanced peace throughout our history, while 75% think that it is important for...