María Corina Machado, the opposition leader in Venezuela, has just been announced as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

Peace museum in Bancroft takes a big step thevalleygazette.ca/peace-museum...

Today is the National Day of Action for MMIWG2S+. APTN News is sharing a new episode of Our Relatives: Life on the Streets. It tells the story of four Indigenous women who were murdered while living on the streets of Winnipeg. Hear the final episode: pod.fo/e/336a57

Delighted to see news of our recent awards in Bancroft This Week. www.calameo.com/read/0032892...

What does peace mean to you? 3rd annual peace awards in Bancroft www.mybancroftnow.com/71230/news/c...

Commissioned by The New Humanitarian, these original poems from leading Congolese slammers call for dignity, demand peace, and denounce the politics keeping war alive in the east. Watch, listen, and share: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2025...

On International Day of Peace, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.

It's International Day of Peace. Tonight, Niagara Falls, the @tourcntower.bsky.social , and the @toronto.ca Sign have agreed to illuminate in 🌈 or our museum colours 💜🤍🩷. Thanks!

Thank you Madoc Township Public School for your Stories of Peace award submission. Everyone else, you have until the 19th to submit a video or painting. canadianpeacemuseum.ca/awards

This cheque could have your name on it.

You have three days left to win $500. Submit a painting or short video answering what peace means to you. News: www.intelligencer.ca/news/what-do... Details: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/awards

We need a Canadian Peace Museum. And we’re getting one:

The Canadian Peace Museum is happening. We've been gifted a building and land! canadianpeacemuseum.ca/pr-building-...

Care about peace? Wanna win $500? Great news: www.intelligencer.ca/news/what-do...

"For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations... ".#Africa is about 3 times larger than #Canada & more than 1,5 the size of #Russia" www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...

Tell you what peace means to you, and you could win $500. Share a short video or painting before 19 September for your chance to win!

Tell you what peace means to you, and you could win $500. Share a short video or painting before 19 September for your chance to win!

Today is International Day of the Disappeared en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

Thanks to the generosity of our little community, planning for the Canadian Peace Museum has began. www.mybancroftnow.com/70749/news/c...

In my little town...a passionate and talented team is ready to contribute to the global dream of #peace and look at Canada's role as well.

“Planning for the new Canadian Peace Museum in Bancroft is now underway, with a decorated team of planners tackling the project.” www.mybancroftnow.com/70749/news/c...

BBC News contemplates: "Are museums in [Washington] D.C. too 'woke'?" 😐 www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Exciting times!

Good morning y'all--I have a new essay up @thebulwark.com on Trump's letter to the Smithsonian and the nonsense that is the right wing fear of "divisive" history. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-smit...

Submissions are now being accepted for Stories of Peace Award www.mybancroftnow.com/70449/news/c...

Peace Among Primates - via @greatergoodedu.bsky.social greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Peace is more than just the absence of war. Some nice reporting on a recent talk that we did in Barry’s Bay.

The peace of inclusion - by Robert Fisher of The Valley Gazette (Madawaska Valley, Ontario) thevalleygazette.ca/the-peace-of...

Ceasefire talks collapse – what does that mean for the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza? - by Ali Mamouri, PhD of @deakinuniversity.bsky.social theconversation.com/ceasefire-ta...

Short-range drone attacks have become one of the deadliest threats to civilians in Ukraine’s front-line regions, killing at least 395 people and injuring 2,635 between February 2022 and April 2025, according to a new bulletin by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.

🌈We're speaking at this @pflagcanada.bsky.social event tonight.

An upcoming presentation and discussion in Barry’s Bay will focus on the value of building peaceful, inclusive communities. www.mybarrysbaynow.com/38988/news/c...

In May 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland, hundreds of protestors chanted ‘these are our neighbours, let them go’ and ultimately forced immigration officials to release two men from custody. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...

Music festival fundraiser, from the good people at Bancroft's WoodShare program. You can read more about them here: woodshare.ca

To watch park ranger Amanda Barrows is to be faced with a disturbing question: If this is what it takes to help one unhoused person, how can we manage thousands? sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/g...

Why the West Refused to Stop the Rwandan Genocide - And why it still matters by Roméo Dallaire thewalrus.ca/the-west-rwa...

‘It’s profoundly shameful’; Manitoba Museum plans to repatriate Indigenous remains - via @aptnnews.bsky.social www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

Over 120 armed conflicts raged in 2024. Their toll on civilians was immense: 🔴 Death, injury, destruction 🔴 Torture, sexual violence, disappearance 🔴 Loss of medicine, food, water, shelter We renew our urgent call: Protect civilians. Respect the rules of war. #NotATarget

Indigenous leaders call on new Pope to return thousands of artifacts "Every single one of those artifacts are sacred": Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

May 5th is the National Day of Recognition for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People – also known as Red Dress Day. Over the weekend in Winnipeg, the family of Rebecca Contois held a celebration of life for MMIWG2S+.

News from Ireland: A fire has destroyed two thirds of the iconic Doagh Famine Village on the Inishowen peninsula, one of the north west's most famous tourist attractions. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Happy Earth Day 2025! 🌎 A reminder that climate action is crucial to protecting human rights. #EarthDay2025

"Half a million weapons obtained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups, sources have told the BBC - with the UN believing that some have fallen into the hands of al-Qaeda affiliates." www.bbc.com/news/article...

On this day in 1987 Princess Diana attended the new Aids ward at Middlesex Hospital, in London England. Photos of her shaking hands with a patient with Aids changed public perceptions amidst widespread stigma and hysteria. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/maga...

Today we celebrate Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde (@braindrum.bsky.social) for winning the @afmc-ca.bsky.social Mentorship Award. Dr. Ayonrinde serves on our board of advisors: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/advisors Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada 2025 award winners: www.afmc.ca/awards/ #ICAM2025

☢️ Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents - accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft, or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered. www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/brok...

Ronin is one of more than 100 rats trained by nonprofit APOPO to detect the scent of the explosive chemicals and point landmines out to their handlers. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

To watch park ranger Amanda Barrows is to be faced with a disturbing question: If this is what it takes to help one unhoused person, how can we manage thousands? sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/g...

South Sudan on the brink of civil crisis: Urgent action needed to avoid collapse - an opinion piece by South Sudanese peace advocate Malual Bol Kiir. www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/arti...

Thanks to the Institute for Economics & Peace for their donation to our museum collection.