Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford: November 2021 IPPNWC Speaker Series
"Transforming the United Nations: International Peace Force, Climate Action, and World Health"
As we face crises that threaten our human existence, we urgently need enforceable global agreements that hold nations accountable. Exciting proposals to reform the United Nations would make "building back better" possible.
On November 10th, 2021, Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford joined IPPNWC to share her insights and participate in another thrilling instalment of IPPNWC’s Monthly Speaker Series. Please find the recording below.
Photo Credits for the photographs of the Doctors 4 Planetary Health rally at the BC Legislature in this presentation go to Dr. Melissa Lem.
Mary-Wynne Ashford, MD, PhD., is a retired Family and Palliative Care Physician in Victoria, BC, and a retired Associate Professor at University of Victoria. She became active in nuclear disarmament
after hearing Dr. Helen Caldicott speak about nuclear war. She has been an international speaker and writer on peace and disarmament for 37 years. She was Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) from 1998-2002, and President of the Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War from 1988-1990. She led two IPPNW delegations to North Korea in 1999 and 2000. Her award winning book, Enough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror, and War, has been translated into Japanese and Korean. She has won many awards including the Queen's Medal on two occasions, the Award of Excellence from Doctors of BC in 2019 and, with Dr. Jonathan Down, the 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. She is an Honorary Citizen of the City of Victoria. She is currently teaching a free zoom course, Global Solutions for Peace, Equality, and Sustainability sponsored by Next Gen U and IPPNW Canada. The course is about reform of the United Nations to increase its capacity to address the existential crises we face today.