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.

Today we fixed the furnace drain. This might be the last day photo of our man hall with a wet floor. Renovations are ongoing - thanks to the ongoing generous donations that people keep making. Thanks to everyone helping our work. Donation link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...

We're in the news: Public consultations and renovations happening at Canadian Peace Museum www.mybancroftnow.com/71968/news/c...

We've been busy renovating. And it's made news.

Our peace museum is being created

More news on our first public event. The book launch of Twas a Sunny Day. @natesmelle.bsky.social's biography of @antifascistwizard.bsky.social. www.bancroftthisweek.com/twas-a-sunny...

Overheard today: ▪️“How come John Lennon and Yoko Ono got to sit in bed for peace and we need to dry wall?” ▪️“I was told this would be fun”. Only joking. Our volunteers are in good spirits. Donate to fund the renovations: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...

Last weekend, we had our fist public event. www.mybancroftnow.com/71798/news/c...

Massive thanks to volunteers Dave Maris, Jim Green, Stu Vickars, Brandon Tarcey, Trevor Williams, and Bill Kilpatrick for helping us prepare our main room for painting. Our renovation plans are partly funded…financial donations attract a tax receipt: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...

My novels are being added to Peace Museum collections (in both the US and Canada). It's an honor. We need more literature for peace! Congrats to the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca for all your important work. Explore my books here: store.riverasun.com/collections/... #peace #resist #booksky

Our peace library just leveled up. With massive thanks to Tom Hastings and @riverasun.bsky.social for this donation!

The latest opinion piece by our Exec Director "More peace, no nukes" quotes: @gordjohns.bsky.social, @elizabethemay.bsky.social, @taleeb.bsky.social, @alexneve.bsky.social Photo credit @jdl56.bsky.social

Please join @natesmelle.bsky.social and @antifascistwizard.bsky.social on November 15th for an afternoon of art, stories, and book signings.

“Gilbert Whiteduck says the repatriation of Indigenous items from the Vatican museum is an important step towards reconciliation, but the handling of those items needs to be done in a manner that reflects their sacred nature” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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.