Feminist, educator, Quaker, and physicist, Ursula Franklin has long been considered one of Canada’s foremost advocates and practitioners of pacifism. The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map is a comprehensive collection of her work, and demonstrates subtle, yet critical, linkages across a range of subjects: the pursuit of peace and social justice, theology, feminism, environmental protection, education, government, and citizen activism. This thoughtful collection, drawn from more than four decades of research and teaching, brings readers into an intimate discussion with Franklin, and makes a passionate case for how to build a society centered around peace.

Ursula M. Franklin is an experimental physicist, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, a former board member of the National Research Council and the Science Council of Canada, and a companion of the Order of Canada. She has been awarded honourary degrees by numerous Canadian universities. The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacificism as a Map was published in 2006.

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Michelle Swenarchuk is a lawyer and writer, and the Executive Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association.

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“Professor Ursula Franklin is a pacifist, an environmentalist, a feminist, and a social thinker remarkable for her originality… In her research and in her social activism, Ursula Franklin has lived the life of a pioneer.”

McGill University citation, honorary degree of Doctor of Science, 2006