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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 30/09/2026

"No Longer Coverable", by Jayden Deskes (2025) Art on loan from Kijicho Manito Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation. Thank you; we are grateful. Tonight, our museum sign will be illuminated orange to acknowledge National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Two canvases nailed together depict an unnamed residential school. An opening, partly stitched together, reveals orange and red handprints beneath the surface. The orange handprints represent truth and reconciliation. The red reflects teachings received by the artist that red is a colour the spirit world can see. Together, the handprints bear witness to the physical and spiritual violence of residential schools.

Artwork: "No Longer Coverable"
Artist: Jayden Deskes
Year: 2025

Two canvases nailed together depict an unnamed residential school. An opening, partly stitched together, reveals orange and red handprints beneath the surface. The orange handprints represent truth and reconciliation. The red reflects teachings received by the artist that red is a colour the spirit world can see. Together, the handprints bear witness to the physical and spiritual violence of residential schools.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 05/09/2026

We had some VIP visitors in the Peace Garden today.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 29/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who bought a raffle ticket for the library fundraiser raffle. We hope that the winner (Kyle) enjoyed the @bluejays.com game yesterday. We gave a cheque to Town of Bancroft today to contribute towards the town’s library build. canadianpeacemuseum.ca/raffle

Canadian Peace Museum library. A dark green room with vintage wooden furniture.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 20/08/2026

You can read about our recent talk: "Peace and the Environment", in the latest edition of Bancroft this Week. www.calameo.com/read/0032892...

Newspaper screenshot" Gemboree proves to be educational, entertaining"

Newspaper screenshot: "Gemboree digs into healthy discussions, interactions"

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 08/08/2026

We are grateful to the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition for organizing Thursday event in Toronto and proud to be one of the many sponsors. Photos below by Sara Wolfe and Liz Bernstein. www.hiroshimadaycoalition.ca

A peace lantern on Nathan Philips Square

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 02/08/2026

We were delighted to give Bancroft mayor Paul Jenkins a tour of the museum renovations today.

Museum director Chris and mayor Paul Jenkins stand in front of the museum sign.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 15/07/2026

Great to sit down with @ricbresee.bsky.social today to talk about the need to learn about peace, the importance of engaging with youth, and the benefit the museum will bring to Bancroft.

Four people stand in front of the peace museum sign

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 14/07/2026

We have a community garden. Want to use it? Great. Come and join us on Wednesday afternoons or Friday mornings. It’s a friendly and informal crowd. All are welcome. Zero cost. And it’s as much a social thing as a horticultural thing.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 07/07/2026

And here’s a recent visitor to our peace garden. 👋

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 24/06/2026

Our Director, Chris, is at the launch of the 50th anniversary exhibit celebrating five decades of the critically important work of @ploughsharesca.bsky.social

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 21/06/2026

Museums are not neutral. We are firmly, passionately, pro-peace. Funding for peace is difficult. You can help us by donating canadianpeacemuseum.ca/donate

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 21/06/2026

Photos from today’s Walk for Peace, an event organized by Friends of the Canadian Peace Museum. News on the event: www.mybancroftnow.com/73552/news/c...

A sign reading “Justice, equality, peace. Now”

A crowd on stage above a banner “walking together for peace”

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 17/06/2026

Is there any accounts for rating bees? Like a @weratedogs.com kinda thing? If so, we submit this photo of Bradley B.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 17/06/2026

Today’s VIP visitor to our peace garden We ❤️ pollinators Bee kind

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 15/06/2026

Yesterday, there was a call for peace from the president of the International Confederation of Midwives Convention in Lisbon. @internationalmidwives.org Chief Executive, Anna af Ugglas said that 61% of maternal deaths occur in humanitarian and areas affected by conflict. #IDM2025

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 11/06/2026

We had a VIP visitor supervising the renovations today. Any comments on the state of our window seals require a minimum $5 donation.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 10/06/2026

Early results from our user surveys show that event attendees are learning skills and acting on that new knowledge.

Pie chart showing responses to a learning-impact question. Half of respondents (50%) selected “Yes (I learned something that I am now doing).” One quarter (25%) selected “Don’t know.” Equal proportions of 12.5% selected “Almost (I learned something that I will do)” and “No (I’m doing exactly the same as before).” The largest segment is “Yes,” indicating that most respondents reported changing their behaviour based on what they learned.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 21/05/2026

Grab the latest "Bancroft this Week" to learn about our recent delegation to the Town of Bancroft.

Newspaper article titled "Houston says peace museum can be economic generator"

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 15/05/2026

Spring is here and our friends have been planing asparagus in the peace garden. It should be ready to harvest in two years.

A slightly elevated view of a community garden

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 12/05/2026

A pleasure to see us make Kingston’s Whig Standard newspaper. Earlier this year we were approached by Peace Quest to see if we could host their school-peace-education content. We were delighted to do so. Here it is: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/web-archive

Newspaper article: Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital partnership

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 12/05/2026

Thanks to a donation from Peter Van den Dungen, our peace poster collection now includes posters from Tehran, Bradford and Vancouver.

World Peace Forum 2006 (Vancouver) poster

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 09/05/2026

Grab this week’s Bancroft Times to read about our wonderful volunteers and ongoing renovations.

Newspaper article: Peace Museum celebrates National Volunteer Week. Photos of people painting and laying flooring

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 07/05/2026

Thanks to the Town of Bancroft for long-term lending us a surplus freezer. We support Well-being North Hastings get food to people in need and this very much compliments our ability to do so. Thanks to Jimmi's Italian Kitchen for lending us the trailer. We ❤️ our community

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 04/05/2026

Thansk to Linda and Dave who spent yesterday renovating our museum-to-be.

Dave and Linda are smiling, in front of a wall that they are plastering. It is beautiful.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 22/04/2026

Behold, a lot of junk that was in the creek. #EarthDay

5 bags of garbage. 6 big tarps. A dirty wheel, lots of plastic conduit and some siding.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 22/04/2026

This Earth Day, we’re hauling all sorts of junk out of the creek and wetlands behind the Musuem. It’s very rewarding work.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 22/04/2026

Yesterday we had the pleasure of speaking to our neighbours about our plans for the museum. It was a pleasure to be hosted by the residents of Riverstrone Residence.

A man speaks to a room of seniors. A picture of the Canadian Peace Museum is displayed on a computer screen.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 18/04/2026

Nightskye North - join us tonight (April 18 2026) for live music open mic. Super-informal, free event, open to all. Details on all upcoming events: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

A flat lay of vintage seed packets and gardening pamphlets arranged around a handwritten sign. The seed packets feature colorful illustrations of flowers and plants, including foxglove, tufted pansy, wild cucumber vine, and various blossoms in pink, yellow, orange, and white. Visible text on the central handwritten sign reads: “Nightskye North, April 18, 4–11, @ Peace Museum, 19 Valleyview, Bancroft, Open Mic.” The sign is written in blue, red, green, and gold marker on white paper. Surrounding materials include retro-style gardening booklets and plant diagrams, creating a nostalgic, botanical theme.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 18/04/2026

We are proud to announce the launch of our web archive. Web archive: canadianpeacemuseum.ca/web-archive Newspaper link: www.calameo.com/read/0032892...

Newspaper article: "Peace Museum launches web archive, preserves websites"

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 07/04/2026

Volunterrs today include Bryan from Jimmi's Italian Kitchen. Bryan is framing in the furnaces in our Main Hall. Jimmi’s also sponsors our annual Stories of Peace award ceremony. canadianpeacemuseum.ca/awards

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 07/04/2026

The 125 Parties and 137 signatories of the Rome Statute 🟩 State party (e.g. Canada) 🟨 Signatory that has not ratified (e.g. Iran) 🟪 State party that subsequently withdrew its membership (e.g Philippines) 🟧 Signatory that subsequently withdrew its signature (e.g. USA) 🟥 Non-party, non-signatory

A map of parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Parties

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 05/04/2026

Want free seeds? Good news: we have free seeds.

A wooden table displays a seed-starting station with labeled envelopes and gardening supplies arranged neatly. Brown paper seed envelopes are laid out in rows, each handwritten with plant types, varieties, and growing notes.

Readable seed types across the display include: mixed lettuce (butter, red, tango varieties); mesclun mix (2024 and 2025 batches); white four o’clock (tall flowering plant; full sun); Venetian morning glory (blue, purple, pink; trellis, full sun); giant marigold (tall; full sun); marigold (orange); soapwort (for bedding or rock gardens; full sun); Canterbury bells (cup-and-saucer mix; biennial; full sun); coleus (rainbow mix; shade/partial shade); chili (green hatch, medium heat; full sun); cilantro; Sugar Baby watermelon; buckwheat; and hickory (tree seeds).

Also visible are commercial seed packets including beefsteak tomato, cherry tomato, long red cayenne pepper, and Caribbean red hot pepper, along with small bags of saved seeds and a jar of stored grains or seeds.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 04/04/2026

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy signed the Ottawa Treaty on 3 Dec 1997 Currently 162 nations have ratified/acceded the treaty, to ban landmines Today is International Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_... 📸 credit: Dave Chan

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy signing the Treaty. Looking on are Jody Williams, coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (and winner of the 1997 Nobel prize); Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Credit: Dave Chan.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 04/04/2026

Step by step, a peace museum is being created. @angusmaccaull.bsky.social wrote about us: broadview.org/canadian-pea...

A room slightly more painted that the last time we shared. It’s the staircase of the peace museum.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 03/04/2026

We’re renovating. Thanks to our supporters who donate to keep this work going. Happy Easter. canadianpeacemuseum.ca/donate

A paintbrush, in front of a half painted walll

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 02/04/2026

Today, Fay Martin spoke about her book “Dementia Widow”. She shared three lessons from a dementia care organization in the Netherlands: ▪️We do things WITH people, not FOR people ▪️Have joy and purpose every day ▪️Live till you die www.faymartin.ca

A woman sitting in a chair, taking to a room of people

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 02/04/2026

Fay Martin is talking about her book Dementia Widow. Her story of loss and love speaks of challenges in the healthcare system in diagnosing dementia. She also speaks of agism and sexism in the book publishing industry.

People sitting in a circle listening to an author.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 28/03/2026

Free seeds, seeds for sale, it’s Seedy Saturday! Today, Saturday 28th, until 2pm.

People selling seeds in our peace museum

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 27/03/2026

The need to promote peace is urgent. Museums serve as a trusted source of information amid increasing polarisation and misinformation. On Wednesday, our Chris spoke about these issues at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social's Centre for Global Peace, Justice & Health Symposium. @mcmasterhum.bsky.social

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 21/03/2026

Free event at the peace museum tonight (Sat 21 March) Open mic, with very optional pot luck. Theme: anti war protest songs Entry $0

A collage-style event poster featuring historical protest imagery and ephemera. At the center, a handwritten note reads: “Night Skye North — March 21, 4–11 pm — Peace Museum, 19 Valleyview Dr., Banccroft — Bring your best protest song.” Behind the note are layered visuals including a worn LIFE magazine cover titled “Tragedy at Kent: Cambodia and Dissent,” a fiery explosion scene, and black-and-white photos of demonstrations and crowds, evoking themes of protest, war, and activism.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 17/03/2026

Join us on Thursday, 2 April 2nd, for a conversation about dementia and caregiving. Our special guest will be Fay Martin, MSW, PhD, MFA of Minden, Ontario. Dr Martin will speak about her newly released memior Dementia Widow. Dr Martin's website: www.faymartin.ca/dementia-wid...

Event invite flyer, all info in the post

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 13/03/2026

Did you know: In 2017, Canada (@globalaffairs.canada.ca) donated Dave Maris' painting "Truth and Reconciliation" to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Today, our director, Chris, told visitors about the history of the painting. www.ungeneva.org/en/about/dir...

A man points at a painting in UN corridors, others take photos and observe

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 06/03/2026

Coalition to Stop the War poster, 1990s or early 2000s. Donated to the museum by S. Vickars.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 23/02/2026

Wherever possible, we buy from local businesses. We’re delighed with our new sign from It Stix Signs & Graphics.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 12/02/2026

Happening now: our “Understanding Totalitarianism” audiobook club Guide Bill: in the 1940s, individualism was a way to resist totalitarianism. Now, social media drives hyper-individualism and leaves people vulnerable to totalitarianism ideas. canadianpeacemuseum.ca/events

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 11/02/2026

Women of the Resistance Herman van der Wusten

Canvas print of painting showing Dutch women making forged travel documents and intercepting telecommunications

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 30/01/2026

We got a donation of a collection of 1914 newspapers today.

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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 29/01/2026

New swag just dropped. LEGO dude for scale.

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