Did you know: In 2017, Canada (@globalaffairs.canada.ca) donated Dave Maris' painting "Truth and Reconciliation" to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Today, our director, Chris, told visitors about the history of the painting. www.ungeneva.org/en/about/dir...

Coalition to Stop the War poster, 1990s or early 2000s. Donated to the museum by S. Vickars.

Wherever possible, we buy from local businesses. We’re delighed with our new sign from It Stix Signs & Graphics.

I reported on a new museum in Canada dedicated to peace. Not a federal project, but a grassroots organization What's the saying about never doubting that a small group of committed citizens can change the world?

"As conflicts flare around the world, a beacon of hope shines in a small Canadian town..." - thank you @angusmaccaull.bsky.social and @broadviewmedia.bsky.social broadview.org/canadian-pea...

FREE MOVIE SCREENING Saturday 21st. Noon Toronto/NYC Themes: Environmentalism, Empire, Militarism Palestine Museum US is hosting a free virtual screening of @abbymartin0.bsky.social's film Earth's Greatest Enemy. Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Film: earthsgreatestenemy.com

"As conflicts flare around the world, a beacon of hope shines in a small Canadian town..." - thank you @angusmaccaull.bsky.social and @broadviewmedia.bsky.social broadview.org/canadian-pea...

Happening now: our “Understanding Totalitarianism” audiobook club Guide Bill: in the 1940s, individualism was a way to resist totalitarianism. Now, social media drives hyper-individualism and leaves people vulnerable to totalitarianism ideas. canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

Women of the Resistance Herman van der Wusten

Walk For Peace. #peace #draw #mentalhealth #ink #watercolor 12x9”

Upcoming event, Hamilton, McMaster University, 12 February 2026 From Conflict to Community: Humanitarianism and the Canadian Peace Museum wilsoncollege.mcmaster.ca/events/from-...

Tonight, we host Understanding Totalitarianism, a weekly audiobook club that features 20 minutes of listening and 40 minutes of discussion. Read more about that and other events here: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. taught that peace means not only an absence of war or fear but “the presence of justice.” Since then, peace scholars have continued to define positive peace. Read our latest, via @cfscquakers.bsky.social quakerconcern.ca/canada-needs...

We got a donation of a collection of 1914 newspapers today.

We're featured in the International Network of Museums for Peace latest newsletter (Page 17) inmp.net/PDFs/INMP%20...

New swag just dropped. LEGO dude for scale.

Happening now: Understanding Totalitarianism (weekly audiobook club) canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

USD$1,000 prizes for projects to address violence.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Eighty-one years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army. 1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over. Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.

Upcoming anti-war event in Toronto, 2 March 2026, hosted by @science-for-peace.bsky.social www.scienceforpeace.org/events-1/mak...

📣 Peace installations in Ottawa. Last few days to see FLOWER POWER featuring the work of Olivia Johnston and Neeko Paluzzi. diefenbunker.ca/blog/2025-ar...

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” - American historian Howard Zinn

Launching Wednesday: Understanding Totalitarianism audio book club, organized by Susanne Hedley and Bill Kilpatrick. One of several community-events now hosted at the Canadian Peace Museum. Details: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

#Onthisday 1946 The UN Atomic Energy Commission was founded "to deal with the problems raised by the discovery of atomic energy." It proposed for “the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons” and the use of atomic energy “only for peaceful purposes.” It was disbanded in 1952.

We love this recent feedback on our School’s Program.

Also crowd of us gathered today to look at old newspapers and their accounts of conflict. Photo below: 1694 edition of the London Gazette.

A pleasure to get a visit from renowned activist and writer J. Joniad today. Here’s some background on him: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nazi Minister Rudolf Hess “predicted tonight an international trade war unless Germany regains her lost colonies” The Gazette (Montreal) 13 October 1936. From our collection.

We just updated the website: canadianpeacemuseum.ca

"Over a third (35%) of surveyed children voted for peace as their Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025." @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social global.oup.com/education/co...

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"A major obstacle to the US war effort in Vietnam was the widespread resistance by millions of Americans. This took many forms: mass demonstrations, teach-ins, support for GIs and draftees, campus and workplace occupations, and more." - Professor Peter Prontzos canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

In his 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail", Martin Luther King Jr. wrote that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts. www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...

U.S military personnel and civilians celebrate the end of war. Photo from Detroit Free Press, Aug 15, 1945.

We’ve had a busy week of renovations, community, and music. But our highlight was speaking at Hermon Public School. Chris from our museum spoke about peace, community, and kindness. Thanks for hosting us and helping us teach about peace.

Music at the museum

UN Women notes that: "Women’s participation in peace processes leads to better and more sustainable outcomes. However, women remain underrepresented in formal negotiations." www.unwomen.org/en/articles/...

We are delighted to host this event on nonviolent communication All are welcome.

Volunteers today are working on doors and door frames. A museum is slowly being born. You can help us accelerate by donating here: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...

Home made “no room for hate” sign. Undated. From our collection.

“Vietnam” is one 39 boxes of newspapers that will feature in our peace library. The papers, mostly from the mid 20th century are collected around themes of peace and justice.

“Is this dissent a crime? Is it a reason for killing?” Page 34, Life Magazine, May 15, 1970

The latest news on the museum is about the $10,000 donation from the @cfscquakers.bsky.social to advance our renovations.

Peace Museum renovations gain momentum along with urgency of its mission - @natesmelle.bsky.social www.bancroftthisweek.com/peace-museum...

Wow. We’re feeling popular today. Was this all thanks to @riverasun.bsky.social’s retweet? Wait…retweet doesn’t sound like the right word. Hmmm

Peace Museum renovations gain momentum along with urgency of its mission - @natesmelle.bsky.social www.bancroftthisweek.com/peace-museum...

📆 VANCOUVER PEACE EVENT, 19 Jan Canadian Memorial United Church & Centre for Peace are hosting: PEACE TALKS: an evening with 2025 CBC Massey Lecturer and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, @alexneve.bsky.social www.canadianmemorial.org/blog/news/th...

Thank you, @cfscquakers.bsky.social for your long-term support & the extra support for renovations. CFSC funded the energy-efficient, museum-grade, lighting for our main hall. We’re still fundraising. All donations get a 🇨🇦 tax receipt. Donation link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...

Last night, the museum renovations paused for food, music, and stories. People brought instruments, good vibes, old protest placards and photos of anti-war protests. It was fun night of community.