TORONTO – Sept. 27, 2025, celebration marked the 80th year of bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima The “VOW”. Voice of Women, in Canada the oldest organization established 1960. One of its objectives is the abolition of nuclear war awareness. It has gone a long way since then. 

Their mission is building a culture of peace through education, advocacy, and amplifying the voice of women, which are always the hardest hit losing love ones. A coalition of different groups came about such as (HNDC) Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition IN 1985 for the abolition of nuclear weapons. It created a planning committee composed of the following, Pax Christi Toronto, Toronto Area Interfaith Council, Science for Peace, (IPPNW) International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War Canada, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Toronto Article 9, Toronto Buddhist Church, Greater Toronto NAJC, Toronto Association for Peace & Solidarity, and Tao-n Healing Center. 

This year 2025 celebration September 22-26 a display of more than 120 photos exhibition at Toronto City Hall rotonda. The pictures says more than a thousand words. It’s so disturbing that one would not be able to sleep without doing something to avoid a repetition of such magnitude.

And on the 27, of September 2025 marked a symbolic walk from Scarborough, Markham Road and Kingston Road to Bay Street in the peace garden at Toronto City Hall. Supporters and Sponsors are the following, Toronto Raging Granies, Asian Canadian Women’s Alliance, Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto Japanese Prefectural association, Pegasus Institute, PeaceQuest, Simon Foundation of Canada.

With all these distinguished and influential supporter and sponsors, any government of any country will listen and support its goal. Stigmatize, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons, for the sake of humanity and to prevent unthinkable horror before too late.

In the pics below, Ricky Castellvi (author of this article) and another image from the event