International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

ICAN's disarmament education tool box

ICAN commissioned leading expert Dr. Kathleen Sullivan of the Institute for Disarmament Education Action (IDEA) to generate lesson plans for teaching young people in the classroom and general audiences about nuclear dangers and solutions.

Dr. Sullivan created these materials after extensive experience in the classroom and as a consultant to the United Nations. She shares ICAN's commitment to providing information in an interactive and interesting way.

ICAN is committed to honestly and factually grappling with the horror of nuclear dangers whilst including hope and humour to inspire action rather than despondency, which is justified but not very useful in getting rid of the nuclear peril.

Educational websites and organisations:

New! UN Disarmament Education website!

Other UN resources, the UN CyberSchoolBus educational materials, UNIDIR resource list

"Inhabited" photo exhibition with audio interviews with people affected by the nuclear fuel cycle.

Global Guide to Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education.

Powerpoint resources

The following are powerpoint presentations that you are welcome to use.

ICAN Powerpoint

Devised by Assoc. Prof. Tilman Ruff and adapted by Dr. Rosalie Schultz, this powerpoint outlines current nuclear dangers and ICAN's response to these. NB: This file is 1.8MB.

Indigenous health effects of the nuclear industry in Australia

This resource details the effects of nuclear weapons testing, mining and waste transport and disposal on Indigenous Australians. By Dr. Rosalie Schultz, MAPW NT Branch President.

Reducing the risk of the nuclear industry in the NT

This resource, developed by Dr. Ofra Fried, details the measures in place in the Northern Territory to minimise the risk of the nuclear industry, and what is being done to minimise these risks.

Disarmament education - a responsibility of governments

The UN Expert Group on Disarmament and Non Proliferation Education made 34 recommendations that were endorsed with a unanimous resolution of the world's governments at the General Assembly.

Governments agreed that there has never been a greater need for education in the areas of disarmament and non-proliferation, especially with regard to weapons of mass destruction, but also in the field of small arms and international terrorism.

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

Since the end of the cold war, changing concepts of security and threat have demanded new thinking. Such new thinking will arise from those who are educated and trained today.

Governments should be delivering disarmament education in schools, as well as supporting NGOs to generate and distribute information and disarmament educational materials.