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Canadian Peace Research Association Conference 2013
Angélica Choc: A very Canadian concern
Story and photo by Theresa Wolfwood Angélica Choc, a small Mayan woman, dressed in her beautiful traditional dress, stood before over one hundred people in Victoria in March to tell her story of murder, rape, destruction and a Canadian mining company. As she wiped away…
History of Women in Black
VICTORIA WOMEN IN BLACK started in October 1995 after Theresa Wolfwood returned from the Beijing Women’s Forum where she attended the WIB demonstration there. Victoria WIB has met since then in silent vigil, usually beside City Hall on the edge of Centennial Sq. on one…
A Tribute to Ann Kemp
Ann Kemp, one of the founding members of the Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation Board of Directors, died on Sept. 7, 2017, after a short illness. She was my dear friend since our first year at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She was an active…
A new poetry collection by Theresa Wolfwood
LOVE AND RESISTANCE Theresa Wolfwood. 2014. Smallberry Press, London. UK ISBN: 978-0993031502 The passion for social justice, human rights and the longing for peace illuminate many of Theresa´s poems. In some the passion is expressed by individuals: a child in Gaza recounts her own war…
Gerd Weih 1923-2015
Gerd Weih, founding member of the Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation, died in Victoria on August 31. He was dedicated to the aims and work of BBCF which he formed with his wife and companion in life’s struggles for peace and justice, Theresa Wolfwood. The ‘Boecker’…
Chilean Art of Civil Disobedience: Review from V&A, London
by Sumeet Grover. The Disobedient Objects exhibition is on display at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, London, until 1st February 2015. It narrates at least one hundred years of world history to remind us that in the multitude of global societies, one phenomenon repeats…
The Life and Work of Rosalie Bertell
A tribute by Theresa Wolfwood with photos by the author On June 14, 2012 the world lost a great peace activist, scholar and scientist. I lost a friend and constant source inspiration when Rosalie died at the age of 83 years. She was frail from…
Western Sahara & Canadian Mining Companies
Western Sahara is Africa’s last colony; it was occupied by the Spanish in 1884 and has been occupied by Morocco since 1975. The home of a tough and determined people, the Saharawi, the people of Western Sahara, have been fighting and working for their independence…
