Photo : PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson at a People’s Front in Defence of Land and Water protest in Mexico City, February 2026.
Throughout 2026, Peace Brigades International-Canada worked to document, contextualize and amplify the accompaniment of organizations, human rights defenders and communities by the PBI field projects Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico – on a daily basis.
We organized two webinars to encourage people to apply to be “brigadistas”, field volunteers with these projects.
We travelled to Mexico and Honduras to participate in the PBI-Mexico and PBI-Honduras physical accompaniment of defenders.
We monitored the situations for human rights defenders and amplified Alerts and Urgent Actions to improve their security situation at key moments.
And we observed numerous marches and protests in Ottawa, including protests by Filipino youth while highlighting the launch of the new Peace Brigades International-Southeast Asia Project in April of this year.
Watch for our upcoming activities in November and December!
Below are just a few of the 472 articles we posted this year that highlight our work (just click on the title of the articles below to read more):
OCTOBER
–PBI-Canada hosts webinar to promote PBI-Honduras call for field volunteers, deadline to apply is October 30
–PBI-Research Unit initial study of the “Cantera Sapadril” open-pit non-metallic mine in Honduras
–PBI-Canada welcomes United Steelworkers report on strengthening Protection Mechanisms for trade unionists in Mexico
–PBI-Canada attentive to the risks that could be faced by environmental defenders by de la Espriella reopening fracking in Colombia
SEPTEMBER
–PBI-Canada present at the 2026 Labour Day march in Ottawa
–PBI-Canada attentive to Wet’suwet’en land defenders responding to the LNG Canada Phase 2 final investment decision
–PBI-Canada says #HandsOffDaniloRamos as the Filipino human rights defender travels to Toronto for the Kapit Bisig conference
–PBI-Canada monitors the situation on Cayos Cochinos as Garifuna leader Mabel Robledo denounces TV show on ancestral territory
AUGUST
–PBI-Canada interview with PBI co-founder Daniel N. Clark on the 45th anniversary of the founding of Peace Brigades International
–PBI-Canada present at the Ottawa Dyke March that welcomes Queers for Palestine and Labour for Palestine
–PBI-Canada present at the 2026 March for Trans Rights in Ottawa
–PBI-Canada observes court hearing where Swiss arms dealer receives absolute discharge for assault at CANSEC arms show
JULY
–PBI-Canada observes Filipino youth protest in Ottawa to denounce the visit of the president of the Philippines to Canada
–PBI-Canada notes PBI call for European Council to “oppose increase in the EU defence budget”
JUNE
–PBI-Canada contributes text for PBI intervention at the UN Human Rights Council about the digital surveillance of Indigenous land defenders
–PBI-Canada participates in APG-organized call with Global Affairs Canada on the Mexico-Canada Human Rights Dialogue
–PBI-Canada notes while the UN has called for strengthening the CORE, the Canadian government has “eliminated” the position
–PBI-Canada attentive to the situation for human rights defenders in the context of the presidential election on June 21 in Colombia
MAY
–PBI-Canada observes Shut Down CANSEC protest at annual weapons show at Cohere Centre in Ottawa
–PBI-Canada coordinator moderates panel with land defenders, peasant leader, activists discussing militarism, megaprojects
–PBI-Canada following the Mexico-Canada Dialogue on Human Rights and Multilateral Issues in Ottawa
–PBI-Canada observes vígil for the Toboso 19 outside the Embassy of the Philippines, May Day call to shut down CANSEC in Ottawa
APRIL
–PBI-Canada observes call from Chief Na’Moks, Gwii Lok’im Gibuu and Katisha Paul against EDC financing of megaprojects
–PBI-Canada meets with Filipino human rights defender Danilo “Ka Daning” Ramos in Ottawa
–PBI-Canada participates in “Resisting CANSEC with Quaker Roots” webinar with Canadian Friends Service Committee
–PBI-Canada remembers Indigenous Lenca water defender Berta Cáceres protesting the FTAA in Quebec City in April 2001
MARCH
–PBI-Canada and PBI-Honduras meet with the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) in Tegucigalpa
–PBI-Canada and PBI-Honduras accompany COPINH on the 10th anniversary of the sowing of Berta Caceres
–PBI-Canada highlights the need to strengthen the Protection Mechanism in Mexico at APG-organized call with Global Affairs Canada
–PBI-Canada amplifies COPINH criticism of the State of Honduras response to the IACHR-CIDH interdisciplinary report on the murder of Berta Cáceres
FEBRUARY
–PBI-Canada co-organizes webinar with PBI-Mexico and Espacio OSC on Protection Mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists
–PBI-Canada and PBI-Mexico accompany the People’s Front in Defence of Land and Water at activities over four-day period
–PBI-Canada and PBI-Mexico accompany People’s Front at press conference and rally in memory of Samir Flores Soberanes
–PBI-Canada and PBI-Mexico meet with the Embassy of Canada in Mexico to highlight the need to strengthen the Protection Mechanism
JANUARY
–PBI-Canada observes protest in Ottawa against US military action in Venezuela, amplifies concerns of human rights defenders
–PBI-Canada continues to monitor the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission systemic investigation of the RCMP C-IRG
–PBI-Canada amplifies the call for the international community to ensure the safety of COPINH following the IACHR GIEI report
–PBI-Canada congratulates the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as ICSID arbitration panel rejects claim by US mining company
For more, please see our “News Updates” here
Additional reading : “Making space for peace”: Peace Brigades International-Canada annual review 2025
