WPS: Addressing Current Global Challenges

RN-WPS Panel at the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society: “Women, Peace and Security: Addressing Current Global Challenges”

Panel Description: 

The panel on WPS: Addressing Current Global Challenges aims to shine a spotlight on commitments associated with the WPS agenda and current global and policy priorities. Building on the RN-WPS new program priority of “Strategic Competition and Global Issues”, the RN-WPS will explore ways to promote and support meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention and conflict resolution mechanisms and institutions, and to mainstream gender perspectives in peace and security. Some of the challenges we seek to address include: translation of feminist and WPS policies into practice; climate change and environmental destruction linked to militarism, and with gendered impacts; cybersecurity, online violence and growing backlash against women’s rights; among other pressing priorities and global challenges.

Speakers: 

Dr. Rebecca Tiessen (Discussant and Chair; University of Ottawa), Dr. Megan MacKenzie (Panelist; Simon Fraser University), Katrina Leclerc (Panelist; Saint-Paul University), Maryruth Belsey Priebe (Panelist; Harvard Extension School), Barb Snow (Panelist; Harvard Extension School)

Conference Description: 

The 2024 IUS Canada Conference will be held at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario from October 25-27. We welcome papers or organized panels that address the key themes of interest to the IUS Fellows in support of emerging scholarly research dealing with the military establishment and civil-military relations.

Papers in all areas touching on defence and security in national and international contexts are eagerly solicited. To advance Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in scholarly and military professional discourse, we particularly encourage submissions that bring new academic, cultural or regional perspectives to broaden analytic frameworks and professional perspectives on defence and security. We therefore, wish to encourage submissions representing the full range of academic disciplines as well as those providing organized presentations on lived experiences in the military and societies.

Date: 

October 27th, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Panel Organized by: 

Dr. Rebecca Tiessen (University of Ottawa), Dr. Megan MacKenzie (Simon Fraser University), Dr. Yolande Bouka (Queen’s University), and Chelsea Dunn (Queen’s University) 

Conference Organized by: Dr. Vanessa Brown (Canadian Forces College), and Dr. Alan Okros (Canadian Forces College)

Location: Carleton University 

Outcomes: White paper report in progress.

Link to Event: https://www.iusafs.org/call-for-papers/