"The Right to Freedom" is a teaching resource on issues of arbitrary arrest, exhile, disapearances, and the right to a fair trial. It was created by Liana Yip as part of a project done while interning with Amnesty International.

To download a free pdf of this excellent teaching resource, click on the image above and/or check out our teacher resources on this website at http://pagebc.ca/Teacher-Resources.php

Announcing the 'NAMBOOK-010 Children's Peace Drawing Contest'. The contest is now open as an accompanying event of 5th Nami Island International Children's Book Festival which will be held from October 1 to November 14, 2010, Nami Island, Korea.

Through this contest with the theme of 'My Dreaming World of Peace', diverse peaceful worlds will be presented in drawings from children, transcending national boundaries, religion, and race, so that not only children but also everyone can acknowledge the importance of peace, and hopefully take a small step together towards a peaceful future. The organizers are hoping to encourage the participation of children from every corner of the world.

Please click on the image above to download more information. Or contact NAMBOOK-010 Children's Peace Drawing Contest directly
by Telephone: +82-2-753-1246
by Email: peacecontest@naminara.com
or through the Website: www.nambook.org

"The Fountain of Peace" Visits Vancouver and Lower Mainland Elementary
and Middle Year Schools January/February 2011



The intent of the Fountain of Peace Project is to raise peace consciousness and honour the voice of children and their role in peace and their futures. The fountain will travel across Canada visiting children and asking the questions:

What does Peace mean to you?
What kind of world do you want?

The Fountain of Peace will be reassembled at each school and stones from around the world will be hung in random order creating a world without borders.

Each participating school will be twinned with another country and a mural with messages and images created by the Canadian children will be a gift to the twinned school.

A special song has been written for the Fountain's journey and will be sung by children across Canada. The children’s voices will be collected and then overlapped to create a recording that will be the largest collaborative collection of Canadian children singing a peace song in Canada.

In order to best facilitate as many schools as possible, we encourage schools to book the Fountain's visit as soon as possible. For information on how to make arrangement for your school to participate in this National and International Project please go to our website www.fountainofpeace.com or contact

Kathleen Arnason at fountainofpeace@gmail.com Phone: 250-298-4115

You are encouraged to sign the Voices -Voix Declaration. Voices-Voix is a wide-ranging coalition of Canadian individuals and organization deeply concerned about the state of democracy, free speech, and transparency in Canada. Please take a moment to read the declaration and consider signing on as an individual or as an organization.


1. Individuals may sign on by going to www.voices-voix.ca and filling out the required information.

2. Organizations may sign on by sending an email to: voices.voix@gmail.com with the subject “signature”. In the body of the email, indicating

• the name of the organization,
  
  
• the city where the organization's head office is located,
  
  
• the URL for the organization’s website (if there is one),
  
  
• an email at which the Voices-Voix coalition can contact the organization,
  
  
• a telephone number where Voices-Voix can contact the organization.

A list of all the organizations and individuals who have already signed can be seen on the website.