Women, Peace and Security in Canada and the United States critically examines the challenges and contradictions of implementing the Women, Peace and Security

Members of Canada’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) community welcome Minister Anita Anand’s announcement that the Government of Canada will restore the role of Ambassador for Women, Peace and Secu…

This article analyses the integration of the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda into Canada’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) commitments, with a particular focus on the third National Action P...

This article examines the localisation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda as a contested political process shaped by negotiations between local, national, and international actors. Draw...

A youth-authored, scholar-practitioner volume in Palgrave’s Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies series. ​This book centres young peacebuilders as knowledge producers, bridging practice and research ...

(Le français suit.) Every August, International Youth Day offers an opportunity to celebrate young people’s contributions to peace, justice, and social change.

On 18 June 2025, the Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada (WPSN-C), in collaboration with Women of Colour Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation – Canada (WCAPS-Canada), the Ca…

By Katrina Leclerc, PhD candidate at Saint-Paul University and chair of the WPSN-C As Canada welcomes a newly elected government, global headlines paint a grim picture: mass displacement in Sudan, …

Et… surprise pour nos amis francophones ! Une version en français de cet épisode est également disponible ! Dans cet épisode, Agathe Mainaud (UNOY) et Katrina Leclerc de la Coalition canadienne JPS (

In recent years, “digitalization” has made its way into the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. While none of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) on WPS mentions digitaliza...

In 2015, the UN Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS), formalizing an agenda for positive youth participation in peace and security. However, youth...