Canada Province of British Columbia, Canada: Artists Against War / Artists for Peace / Work Less Party www.ArtistsForPeace.ca
Photo of the 2003 Bare As You Dare bikers courtesy of Artists For Peace / Artists Against War. Click on image for larger view. This group have organized four successful naked bike rides in Vancouver, B.C. in 2003 and have also staged some other naked protests. 57 men and women get naked in Downtown Vancouver's Sunset Beach to promote peace on February 23, 2003. Organized by Artists against War / Artists for Peace. The Province "Sun shines as artists strip for world peace" Vancouver Gets Naked for Peace! Province of Alberta, Canada: 2002 G8 Protests in Calgary on June 25, 2002: Dozens of G8 protestors go naked in downtown Calgary Canadian Press: "Protesters strip in downtown Calgary as police look on" Tuesday, June 25, 2002 Province of Québec, Canada: A naked anarchist protester moons police at the Summit of the Americas in Québec City April 21, 2001. Province of Ontario, Canada: TNT!MEN (Totally Naked Toronto Men Enjoying Nudity, Inc.) is actively working to make Toronto a nudist-friendly city. Besides participating each year in the Lesbian and Gay Pride festivities, they have also successfully campaigned to create a legal clothing-optional beach in Toronto. Hanlan's Point Beach has been legally nude since May of 1999. 2002 G8 Protests in Ottawa on June 26, 2002:
Above photo taken by Jake Wright for IMC e-mail sgt_pepperband@mac.com. Click on image for larger view. Independent Media Center - Ottawa: "Naked activists on Parliament Hill" 26 June 2002 by Paul Northcott Activists get naked in G8 protests on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 26, 2002. Independent Media Center - Ottawa: "Best Photos of G8 Ottawa Day 1" by Jake Wright - 28 June 2002 Few more photos by Jake Wright on his web site at http://drsnuggles.homeunix.com/g8gallery2.html Another photo: http://www.afterthetroopsleave.com/_photos/_pages/naked.htm Provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, Canada:
Several Freedomite (Svobodniki or Sons of Freedom) Doukhobors engaged in nude protests throughout Canadian history. In May of 1903 they went on a nude march and were persecuted. In 1932 the B.C. Government allotted Piers Island, located in the Pacific Ocean near Vancouver, where close to 900 people were sentenced to 3 years for their nude protests. From The Origins of the Freedomite Movement (by William A. Soukeroff): "The Freedomite (Svobodniki or Sons of Freedom) Doukhobors began as a small, radical movement to reinvigorate the faith, restore traditional Doukhobor values and protest the sale of land, education, citizenship and registration of vital statistics. They would achieve infamy through civil disobedience, nude marches and burnings."
"The Naked City" by Ian Morfitt from the Fortean Times. January, 1999 "Remembering the Doukhobors" from NovaNewsNet Jan 1999 "Ombudsman:
British Columbia owes Doukhobors apology, compensation" There are also some films about the Doukhobors called "The Spirit Wrestlers" and "Soul Communion"
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