Archive » Tag: Women
Ottawa panel assesses Justin Trudeau foreign policy
October 16, 2019
How feminist is Canada’s foreign policy? Find out how Canada went from nuclear disarmament stalwart to nuclear weapons apologist. And is Canada really back?
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It’s time for a Women, Peace and Security Ambassador for Canada
September 17, 2018
In the lead up to the UN International Day of Peace on 21 September, it is timely to consider a Private Member’s Motion now before Parliament, that might just gain enough traction for the Justin Trudeau government to take note. Introduced in February 2018 by MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj, the key paragraph of Motion 163 reads: [R]eaffirm Canada’s commitment to build […]
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New publication on Canada and UN peacekeeping
November 16, 2017
With the United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference having taken place in Vancouver earlier this week, the World Federalist Movement Canada has released the 2017 edition of “The United Nations and Canada: What Canada has done and should be doing for UN peace operations”, a collection of ten articles by civil society experts on the state of Canada’s involvement with international […]
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From peacebuilding to sustaining peace
May 4, 2016
Global Observatory, a publication of the International Peace Institute, recently featured an analysis of the groundbreaking new vision for the UN’s peacebuilding architecture. See With New Resolutions, Sustaining Peace Sits at Heart of UN Architecture (by Youssef Mahmoud and Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, 29 April 2016). This holistic vision stands in sharp contrast to the primacy […]
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