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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War was formed in 1980 and is committed to the

12/16/2025

Thank you to the extended IPPNWC community for a wonderful year of learning in 2025! Looking forward to the advocacy, learning, and community 2026 has in store. Read the 2025 year in review at the link in our bio.

11/18/2025

🚨 Call for Canadian Students! 🚨
 The Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Canadian Pugwash Group just launched a youth competition, and three students will win $2,500 each.

If you’re a 4th-year undergrad or a graduate student in Canada, this is your chance to shape the conversation on global security and the future of a world without nuclear weapons.

📝 Submit an essay or video exploring: How do we move from a world that relies on nuclear weapons to one grounded in Common Security?

📅 Key Date: Dec 1, 2025 is the submission deadline

Link in bio for more info!

11/14/2025

Max Lau, IPPNWC’s Political Coordination Intern, just returned from the Youth Nuclear Peace Summit 2025 in Winnipeg 🌎✨

💬 “It was inspiring to meet passionate young activists from Canada, the U.S., and Japan all working toward a world free of nuclear weapons.”

“From powerful student presentations to meaningful dialogues—especially about the role of empathy and education in disarmament—I was reminded of Canada’s potential to lead global efforts for peace. Grateful for the conversations, the learning, and the shared hope for a nuclear-free future. ” 🇨🇦🕊️

Read more about his reflections using the link in our bio!

11/06/2025

We are delighted to host Peyton Pitawanakwat next week at our speaker series who will share a presentation about Living with the Legacies: Nuclear Impacts on Indigenous Communities. Join us next Wednesday at 5PM PT/ 8PM ET! Register at the link in the bio.

10/16/2025

We were so pleased to be joined by Erin Hunt of Mines Action Canada at our October Speaker Series, who shared disarmament lessons from the Landmine campaign. Thank you for a wonderful evening, Erin!

🎥 Recording now available on YouTube at the link in our bio.

10/06/2025

Looking to learn more about what the Landmines Campaign can teach us about disarmament? Join our speaker series this Wednesday, 5PM PT/ 8PM ET, to hear from Erin Hunt of - registration link in bio.

09/25/2025

Join us on October 8th (5:00 PM PT/ 8:00 PM ET) to hear from Mines Action Canada's Erin Hunt on Disarmament Lessons from the Landmines Campaign! Registration link in bio

09/15/2025

We welcome IPPWNC members and friends to join us Wednesday night for our active members' meeting! Registration link in bio

08/09/2025

🎨 Art Not Arms 2025 Winners 🎉

This August 6th and 9th marks 80 years since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We remember not only the devastation of nuclear weapons, but the responsibility we share to build a different future.

This year, IPPNWC honors that memory not just with reflection, but with action, and with art that challenges us to imagine something better.

This year’s Art Not Arms competition invited young artists to reimagine a world without nuclear arms.

These three powerful works rose to the top:
🥇 “The Flaming City” by Ananya Shree 🥈 “Fission” by Zachary Ezekiel Masangkay 🥉 “90 Seconds” by Maria Eduarda de Oliveira

Each work is a bold act of remembrance, resistance, and hope, and a call to recommit to peace, justice, and global disarmament.

🖼️ Thank you to everyone who participated, your submissions were incredible. We will be releasing a digital book by the end of the month featuring all of the artwork submitted.

07/29/2025

As we approach the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition has put together a list of commemoration events taking place across Canada. For all the information including dates, times, addresses, and information about any fees, please see the link in our bio.

07/14/2025

❗️FINAL DEADLINE: July 20❗️

🕊️This is your last chance to submit to Arts Not Arms, IPPNWC’s international visual art competition calling on youth to imagine a world without nuclear weapons.

If you’ve been thinking about sending in your visual art, this is your chance. Whether it’s a painting, drawing, collage, or digital piece, we’d love to see how you imagine peace and a world free from nuclear weapons.

Youth ages 13–29 from around the world are welcome to submit.

🎨Selected works will be exhibited globally, including at the IPPNW World Congress in Nagasaki and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights during the Youth Nuclear Peace Summit.

Take the leap. Share your vision. Submit now using the link in bio!

06/30/2025

🎨The deadline has been extended! 
You now have until July 15th, 2025 to submit your artwork to the Art Not Arms International Art Competition 🕊️

Are you 13–29 and passionate about peace, justice, or nuclear disarmament? This is your chance to turn your creativity into impact.

🖌️ Prompt: Create original visual art reflecting on nuclear disarmament and the humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons.
 🌍 Open to youth worldwide 🏆 Winning entries will be featured in Nagasaki at the IPPNW World Congress, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights during the 2025 Youth Nuclear Peace Summit, and in a global art book

✨ Don’t miss this chance to make your voice heard through art. Submit now!
 All the details can be found at the link in IPPNWC’s bio.

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