Notman House Address: 51 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC H2X 1X2

“Notman House is a project of the Osmo Foundation, a non-profit organization that was created

in 2009 to support the development of startup ecosystems across Canada, Notman House’s

Mission is to provide a physical campus that nurtures the Montreal Startup Ecosystem by

supporting its individual members while creating opportunities for collaboration and community

building.” “La maison Notman est un projet de la Fondation OSMO, un organisme à but non lucratif mis

sur pied en 2009 pour soutenir le développement d’écosystèmes de startups à travers le Canada. La mission de la Maison Notman est de fournir un campus physique qui encourage l’écosystème

de startups de Montréal en soutenant ses membres tout en créant des opportunités de

collaboration et d’épanouissement dans la communauté.

Center for Sustainable Development/ Maison du Développement Durable Address: 50, Sainte-Catherine Street West, Montreal, QC, H2X 3V4

The Centre for Sustainable Development is the first green building to receive the LEED Platinum

Certification in Quebec. In a context where climactic, energy and financial crises have become the norm, the Centre’s objective is to build towards the future without jeopardizing it.

La Maison du développement durable est le premier bâtiment certifié LEED® Platine NC au Québec. Il a pour mission d’inspirer les citoyens les experts et les élus et de créer une synergie entre ses membres fondateurs. Dans le contexte des crises climatiques, énergétiques et économiques, les objectifs que poursuit la Maison du développement durable visent « à construire l’avenir sans l’hypothéquer ».

Residence Inn – Marriott Montreal Downtown Address: 2045 Peel St, Montreal, QC H3A 1T6

Royal Victoria College Residences Address: 3425 University St, Montréal (Québec), QC H3A 2A8

WELCOME TO THE 10th ANNUAL WORKSHOP

As lead organizers of the 10th Annual Workshop of Women in International Security (WIIS)

Canada, we are very excited to welcome you to Montreal. The Annual Workshop provides an

opportunity for emerging scholars of international security to present their work to an audience

of scholars and practitioners, and to receive mentoring and leadership training.

To mark our 10th anniversary, the theme for this year’s Workshop is The Next Generation of Women Leaders. It will be an occasion to celebrate WIIS Canada’s past achievements, and also

an opportunity to look at ways to better support gender mainstreaming in defence and

international security for the years to come.

It is with optimism that we look at the next generation of student scholars. There is important

work to be done in the years to come and we look at you to become the future experts in

international security. We have worked very hard to bring professionals and scholars with a

wealth of experience and inspiring careers. We hope that their message encourages you and that

you take advantage of the networking opportunities to develop new professional connections.

We are proud to have all of you among us, and hope you have a great conference,

Caroline Leprince, Cassandra Steer and Shiva Mazrouei

BIENVENUE AU 10e COLLOQUE ANNUEL

En tant qu’organisatrices du 10e colloque annuel de Femmes en sécurité internationale –

Canada, nous sommes heureuses de vous accueillir à Montréal. Le colloque annuel donne

l’opportunité aux chercheurs émergents en sécurité internationale de présenter leurs recherches à

un public composé d’experts académiques et de praticiens, ainsi que de recevoir du mentorat et

de développer leurs aptitudes de leadership.

Pour marquer notre 10e anniversaire, le thème de notre colloque cette année est résolument

engagé, comme son nom l’indique, à « La prochaine génération de femmes leaders ». Cela

sera l’occasion de célébrer les accomplissements passés de FESI-Canada, et une opportunité

pour regarder les meilleures façons d’avancer l’égalité des sexes dans les domaines de la défense

et de la sécurité internationale pour les années à venir.

C’est avec optimisme que nous regardons la prochaine génération de chercheurs académiques. Il

y a du travail important à faire au cours des prochaines et nous comptons sur vous pour devenir

les prochains experts en sécurité internationale. Nous avons dévoué beaucoup d’efforts pour

inviter des professionnels et des chercheurs qui poursuivent des carrières inspirantes et qui

détiennent beaucoup d’expérience dans leurs domaines. Nous espérons que leurs messages vous

encourageront et que vous prendrez avantage de ces opportunités de réseautage pour développer

de nouveaux contacts professionnels.

Nous sommes très fières de vous avoir parmi nous, et nous vous souhaitons un excellent

colloque,

Caroline Leprince, Cassandra Steer and Shiva Mazrouei

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THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN LEADERS LA PROCHAINE GÉNÉRATION DE FEMMES LEADERS

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM PROGRAMME PRÉLIMINAIRE

17-19 MAY 2017 17-19 MAI 2017

EVENT LAUNCH/ LANCEMENT DE L’ÉVÉNEMENT

Notman House / Maison Notman Evening- May 17th / Soirée du 17 mai

16h00 Registration / Enregistrement 17h00 Welcome Remarks / Mot de bienvenue Cassandra Steer, Faculty of Law, McGill University/ Faculté de droit, Université McGill Caroline Leprince, Research associate at the Raoul-Dandurand Chair / Chercheure associée à la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand 17h15 WIIS-Canada Board / Comité directeur de FESI-Canada Updates from WIIS-Canada Board / Nouvelles du Comité directeur 18h00 Opening Address on Women Leaders in International Security and Defence / Conférence d’ouverture sur les femmes leaders dans les domaines de la sécurité et de la défense Brigadier-General Jennie Carignan, Chief of Staff of Army Operations, Canadian Armed Forces / Chef d’état-major – Opérations de l’armée, Forces armées canadiennes

Reception and buffet dinner / Réception et buffet

THURSDAY 18 MAY 2017 / JEUDI 18 MAI 2017 Centre for Sustainable Development/ Maison du développement durable

8h15-9h00 Breakfast / Déjeûner 9:00 – 9:30 Keynote Address Embracing the Loop Holes: Inspiration from the “Famous Five” for

Women in International Security Allocution : Exploiter les failles: Inspiration des Célèbres Cinq pour les femmes en sécurité internationale

Guest Speaker / Conférencière invitée: Sharon Hamilton, Cultural historian and Doctor in English Litterature / Historienne culturelle et docteure en littérature anglaise Painter /Artiste peintre : Anna Maria Gilev

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PANEL 1 (CLARK HALL)

9h30 - 10h45 – Obstacles to the Implementation of the UNSC Resolution 1325 Obstacles à la mise en oeuvre de la résolution 1325 du CSNU President/Chair: Chantal de Jonge Oudraat (WIIS Global) Discussant/Intervenant : Rebecca Jensen (University of Calgary)

• Ishrat J. Ahmed (University of Ottawa) Gender Mainstreaming in the United Nations Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Missions: An Investigation into the Problems of Implementing UNSCR 1325

• Lori Oliver (Queen’s University) American Foreign Policy Traditions and UNSCR 1325: Competition or Compatibility?

• Carolyn Washington (SUNY Buffalo) Moving beyond numbers: an “over-emphasis” on women’s participation as an obstacle to the successful implementation of UNSCR 1325 within NATO forces

• Samantha Nicoll (Norman Paterson School of International Affairs) The Gendered Processes of National-Level Conflict Mediation Since the Adoption of UNSCR 1325

PANEL 2 (DU PARC HALL)

9h30 – 10h45 – (Re)legitimizing the Discourse of Women, Peace and Security (Re)legitimiser le discours pour les Femmes, la Paix et la Sécurité President/Chair: Barbara Falk (Canadian Forces College) Discussant/Intervenant : Maya Eichler (Mount Saint Vincent University)

• Tanya Monforte (McGill University) From Soft Power to Smart Power: De-Gendering the Language of Security

• Bushra Ebadi (University of Toronto) Women in the United Nations Secretariat • Ryan Barlow (Norman Paterson School of International Affairs) Counter-conducts’ of

resistance to securitization efforts: Foucault's theory applied to social movements as challenges to security efforts

10h45-11h00 – Pause café / Coffee Break

PANEL 3 (CLARK HALL) 11h00 – 12h15 – Informing Canadian Policies through Gender Based Analysis Informer les politiques canadiennes à travers une analyse comparative entre les sexes President/Chair: Stéphanie Bélanger (Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health) Discussant/Intervenant : Stéphane Roussel (École nationale d’Administration publique)

• Leigh Spanner (University of Alberta) "No Life like it": Tradition, Progress and Gender in the Canadian Military Family

• Jamie Vinken (University of Waterloo) Strengthening the Canadian Forces through Diversity

• Marin Beck (Queen’s University) Neoliberalism, Race, Gender and Everyday Life: Implications for Immigrant Women's Service Organizations and Immigrant & Refugee Women in Canada

• Lindsay Coombs (Queen’s University) Peace Babies: The Legacy of Children Fathered by United Nations Personnel in Haiti

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PANEL 4 (DU PARC HALL) 11h00 – 12h15 – Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security Plan d’action national du Canada sur les femmes, la paix et la sécurité President/Chair: Beth Woroniuk (Women, Peace and Security Network Canada) Discussant/Intervenant : Heather Smith (University of Northern British Colombia)

• Claire Robbins (University of Toronto) Gender Mainstreaming and Sexual Assault in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Challenge to UNSCR 1325?

• Katelyn Stieva (University of Calgary) Women, Peace, and Security: Motivations, Assumptions and Biases that have impacted the Canadian National Action Plan

• Claire Gummo (Queen’s University) To what extent do experiences of sexual violence in the armed forces affect retention rates of women service members?

• Marissa Young (Queen’s University) Sisters in Arms: Varied Approaches to Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian, American and Norwegian Armed forces

12h30–14h00 Mentoring Lunch / Dîner de mentorat Mentorship between Mentors and Students / Mentorat entre mentors et étudiants

PANEL 5 (CLARK HALL) 14h00 – 15h15 – Gender Perspectives on Emerging Security Threats and New Technologies Perspectives de genre sur les enjeux de sécurité émergents et nouvelles technologies President/Chair: Theodore McLauchlin (Université de Montréal) Discussant/Intervenant : Gaëlle Rivard Piché (Defence Research Development Canada)

• Mylène de Repentigny-Corbeil (Université du Québec à Montréal) Violence et harcèlement sur les réseaux sociaux: entre racisme et sexisme

• Weeda Mehran (McGill University) Militant Children on Social Media • Stéphanie Martel (Université de Montréal) Le rôle du discours sur la sécurité « non-

traditionnelle » dans la construction de l'ASEAN comme communauté de sécurité

PANEL 6 (DU PARC HALL) 14h00 – 15h15 –Covert Operations, Civil Societies and Migration Opérations secrètes, sociétés civiles et migration President/Chair: Anessa Kimball (Université Laval) Discussant/Intervenant : Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard (Ottawa University)

• Alessandra Jenkins (University of Toronto) Cold Wars, Hot Spies: The Comparative Advantages of Gender Roles in Intelligence Networks

• Kirsten Van Houten (University of Ottawa) The In-Between: Local Civil Society Organisations and their Community-Based Structures in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Andréanne Bissonnette (Université du Québec à Montréal) La sexualité des femmes centraméricaines et mexicaines à la frontière mexicaine-américaine: de victimisation à autonomisation

15h15 – 15h30 – Pause café / Coffee Break

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PANEL 7 (CLARK HALL)

15h30 – 16h45 – A Gender Perspective to Radicalization and Counter-Terrorism Policies Intégration du genre dans les politiques de radicalisation et de contre-terrorisme President/Chair: Caroline Leprince (Chaire Raoul-Dandurand) Discussant/Intervenant : Veronica Kitchen (University of Waterloo)

• Ester E. J. Strømmen (University of Oslo) A Gender Perspective on the Emerging Security Threat of Female Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Da'esh- from Recruitment to Sentencing

• Christelle Belporo (Université de Montreal) La place des femmes face aux dynamiques de radicalisation violente et du terrorisme

• Hailey Robinsmith (University of Toronto) Female Radicalization and the Canadian Security Implications

• Laura Pelletier (Université du Québec à Montréal) Conflit de rôles : le retrait du Canada des opérations de combat contre Daesh

PANEL 8 (DU PARC HALL)

15h30 – 16h45 – Who are we Protecting? The Protection of Women, Children and Non-Combatants Qui protégeons-nous? La protection des femmes, des enfants et des non-combattants President/Chair: Megan Bradley (McGill University) Discussant/Intervenant : Leah Sarson (Dartmouth College)

• Emily Scott (University of Toronto) The Intervener's Kiss: The Competitive Valuation of Humanitarian and Recipient Lives when Hospitals, Doctors, and Patients are Targets

• Rachel Schmidt (Norman Paterson School of International Affairs) Why women leave political violence: building a theory on female disengagement

• Ana Mendez Dardon (Guelph University) The Global Diffusion of Femicide: A comparative analysis between Latin America and Canada

• Davina Basse (University of Calgary) International Humanitarian Law: Effective Rules or Mere Guidelines in Protecting Female Non-Combatants?

17h00 – 21h00 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

GALA 10e ANNIVERSAIRE Maître de cérémonie: Viviana Fernandez, Assistant director, Human Rights and Research Education Centre, University of Ottawa / Directrice adjointe, Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne Award Ceremony of the Atlantic Council (Canadian NATO association) / Remise de prix de l’Association canadienne pour l’OTAN “10 Years of WIIS Canada, 30 Years of WIIS Global” / 10 ans de FESI-Canada, 30 ans de FESI-Global Stefanie von Hlatky, Founder of WIIS-Canada / Fondatrice de FESI-Canada Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, President of WIIS-Global / Présidente de FESI-Global #Womenalsoknow: Joint discussion with WIIS Canada and Forum St-Laurent (FSL) #Womenalsoknow: Une discussion conjointe entre FESI Canada et le FSL Frédéric Mérand, Director of the Centre for International Studies, University of Montreal Directeur du Centre d’études en relations internationales (CÉRIUM) Reception/ Réception

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FRIDAY 19 MAY 2017 / VENDREDI 19 MAI 2017 Centre for Sustainable Development/ Maison du développement durable

Clark Hall 8h15-9h00 Breakfast / Déjeûner

Research Skills / Techniques de recherche 9h00 - 10 h 30 Feminist Research Design in International Relations Conception de la recherche féministe dans les relations internationales Chair/Présidente: Leah Sarson, Post-doctoral Fellow, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College / Boursière de recherche post-doctorale, Fellow Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College

• Veronica Kitchen, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo and Balsillie School of International Affairs / Professeure agrégée de science politique, Université de Waterloo et l’École Balsillie des affaires internationales

• Maya Eichler, Assistant Professor in Political Studies and Women Studies, Mount St Vincent University / Professeure agrégée en science politique et études des femmes, Mount St Vincent University

• Heather Smith, Professor, Department of International Studies, University of Northern British Colombia / Professeure, Département d’études internationales, University of Northern British Colombia

• Sarah Tuckey, Ph.D. Candidate in Public Administration, University of Ottawa / Candidate au doctorat en administration publique, Université d’Ottawa

10h30-10h45 – Pause café / Coffee Break

Experts’ Perspectives / Perspectives des experts 10h45-12h15 Best Practices in Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Meilleures pratiques pour mettre en oeuvre l’agenda de Femmes, Paix et Sécurité Président/Chair: Stefanie von Hlatky, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University and Director of Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy / Professeure agrégée, Département de science politique, Queen’s University et Directrice du Centre for International and Defence Policy

• Honorable Marilou McPhedran, Senator / Sénatrice • Lieutenant-Colonel Sarah Heer, Director, Directorate of Human Rights and Diversity,

Canadian Armed Forces / Directrice, Directorat sur les droits humains et la diversité, Forces armées canadiennes

• Maryse Lavoie, President of Force au féminin / Présidente de la Force au féminin 12h15-12h30 Video-Essay by Victoria Heath, What if women ruled the world? A look at the past

present and future / Présentation vidéo de Victoria Heath, Si les femmes régnaient sur le monde? Un regard sur le passé, le présent et le futur

12h30–13h30 Lunch / Dîner

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Key Note Address / Discours liminaire 13 h 30 à 14 h 00 – The Rights of Indigenous Women / Les droits des femmes autochtones Francyne D. Joe, President of Native Women’s Association of Canada / Présidente de l’Association des femmes autochtones du Canada

Skill Building Activities / Activités de perfectionnement 14h00 – 15h15 Connect, Create, Collaborate: Dissemination, Lobbying and Speaking to the Media Connecter, Créer, Collaborer: Diffusion, Lobbying et parler dans les médias

• Beth Woroniuk, Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada / Réseau Les Femmes, la paix et la sécurité – Canada

• Julie-Maude Beauchesne, President of WIIS – University of Montreal / Présidente de WIIS-Université de Montréal

• Renee Vaugeois, Executive Director John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights / Directrice exécutive, Centre John Humphrey pour la paix et les droits de la personne

15h15 – 15h30 – Pause café / Coffee Break

Empowering Women / Renforcer le pouvoir d’action des femmes 15 h 30 - 16 h 45 – Activism and Women’s March Activisme et marche des femmes Président/Chair: Élisabeth Vallet Professeure associée, Département de géographie à l’Université du Québec à Montréal, et directrice de la recherche scientifique, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand / Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography at the University of Quebec in Montreal and Research Director, Raoul-Dandurand Chair

• Toula Drimonis, Writer, editor and former News Director for a number of weekly newspapers in the Montreal region / Journaliste, éditrice et ancienne directrice de nouvelles pour de nombreux journaux dans la région de Montréal

• Cathy Wong, President of the Conseil des Montréalaises and Collaborator at Le Devoir / Présidente du Conseil des Montréalaises et Collaboratice au journal Le Devoir

• Irasema Coronado, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso / Professeure, Département de science politique, University of Texas at El Paso

• Véronique Pronovost, Project Coordinator, Réseau des tables régionales de groupes de femmes du Québec / Chargée de projet, Réseau des tables régionales de groupes de femmes du Québec

Closing Remarks / Mots de clôture 16h45 – 17h00 – Cassandra Steer, Executive Director of WIIS Canada / Directrice exécutive de FESI-

Canada

Biographies - Professionals Julie-Maude Beauchesne est une ancienne journaliste pour le groupe Gesca (La Presse et La Voix de l'Est). Julie-Maude est candidate au doctorat en science politique à l’Université de Montréal et est titulaire de la bourse Vanier du CRSH. Détentrice d’un baccalauréat en science politique (majeure) et histoire (mineure) de l’Université de Montréal, elle est affiliée au CEPSI (Centre d'étude sur la paix et la sécurité internationale) dont elle en est la coordonnatrice depuis janvier 2017. Au doctorat, ses recherches touchent à l’intervention des grandes puissances dans les conflits civils. Elle est la présidente fondatrice du chapitre Université de Montréal de WIIS-Canada. Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard is a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), University of Ottawa and a PhD in International Relations from the University of St-Andrews in the United Kingdom. Philippe is currently writing a book and several articles developing a new sociology of military knowledge based on the development of design thinking in armed forces. He literally followed the footprints of design thinking from Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the US army, US Special Operations Forces and Canadian Armed Forces. This research includes more than 70 interviews on the record with commanders, planners, developers and instructors and participant observation in four military sites. Philippe is also the editor of the first special issue on military design thinking to be published by the Journal of Military and Strategic Studies by May 2017. Beyond design thinking, Philippe is currently working on a book with Routledge’s New International Relations Series that covers confirmation biases involved in applying academic concepts for making sense of the Iranian nuclear crisis from the American and Russian perspectives between 1998 and 2017. He already published in International Relations about Actor-Network-Theory and Reflexivity (2015) and in the International Studies Journal about smart power/soft war and sustainable diplomacy (2014). Stéphanie Bélanger is the Interim Co-Scientific Director of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, a unique consortium of 42 Canadian universities dedicated to researching the health needs of military personnel, Veterans and their families. She is co-editor in chief of the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (University of Toronto Press funded in 2015). She is also co-funder of the The New Directions in Foreign Policy, Military, and Security Studies series with McGill Queen’s University Press (MQUP, funded in 2016). She is also Board of Directors Member of the North-American chapter of the International Society for Military Ethics (ISME), the Center for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) and the Last Post Fund. She was inducted as a member of the College of young scholars of the Royal society of Canada in 2016. She is Professor at the French Department of the Royal Military College of Canada where her research focuses on War Testimony, Soldier Identity and Moral Injuries. She specializes in Military Ethics and Just War Theories. She completed her PhD degree at the University of Toronto in 2003 and her MPA degree at RMCC in 2013. She serves in the Royal Canadian Navy as a reservist since 2004. Megan Bradley is an assistant professor of political science and international development studies at McGill University in Montreal, and was a nonresident fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Her work addresses the rights and well-being of internally displaced persons and refugees, with a particular focus on the resolution of displacement crises. Her research also examines issues of transitional justice and accountability for human rights

violations. Bradley has worked with a range of organizations concerned with humanitarian, human rights, and development issues including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Development Research Centre. From 2007 to 2008, she served as the Cadieux-Léger fellow in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. She received her doctorate in international relations from St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford, and also holds a Master of Science in forced migration from Oxford. Her writing has appeared in scholarly publications, including Review of International Studies, Journal of Refugee Studies, Refugee Survey Quarterly, ASIL Insights, Development in Practice and the Canadian Journal of Development Studies. Brigadier-General Jennie Carignan is the Chief of Staff of Army Operations at the Canadian Army Headquarters. Brigadier-General Carignan enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1986 and was commissioned into the Canadian Military Engineers in 1990. Brigadier-General Carignan’s command appointments include Commanding Officer of 5 CER, and commanding the Task Force Kandahar Engineer Regiment. In July 2013, she was appointed as the Commandant of the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean. Brigadier-General Carignan’s overseas assignments include deployments to Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Golan Heights, and Kandahar, Afghanistan. Brigadier-General Carignan is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the School of Advanced Military Studies, where she earned a master's degree in Military Arts and Science. In 2016, she graduated from the National Security Studies Programme and she holds a master’s degree in business administration from Université Laval. In December 2011, Brigadier-General Carignan was presented the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada. She has also received the Major-General Hans Schlup Award for excellence in international relations as well as being ranked amongst Canada's 2011 Top 100 Most Powerful Women. Brigadier-General Carignan recently received the prestigious medal Gloire de l'Escolle which recognizes graduates from Université Laval who have distinguished themselves professionally and in service to their communities.

Irasema Coronado is a professor in the department of political science at the University of Texas El Paso and a contributing faculty member of the Environmental Science and Engineering Ph.D. program. She is the past president of the Association for Borderland Studies. She served as a member of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board from 1999-2002, and co-chair of the Coalition Against Violence Toward Women and Children on the Border. She was also part of the National Advisory Committee for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2003-2006. Irasema served as the executive director of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America 2012-2016. In October 2010, she was named one of Top 100 Influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business Magazine. President Barack Obama appointed her to serve on the Joint Public Advisory Committee of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation in North America in 2010. Currently, she is a member of the academic advisory board for Ms. Magazine, and serves on the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) and the Department of Human Health Services, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Her present research includes the impact of the deportation process on families and children and environmental cooperation and border politics.

Chantal de Jonge Oudraat is President of Women in International Security (WIIS). She has held this position since February 2013. She was also a Senior Advisor to the Center for Gender and Peacebuilding of the U.S. Institute of Peace and was the founding and executive director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) North America (2012-2014). Previous positions include: associate vice president and director of the U.S. Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program; adjunct associate professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; and senior fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. She has also held senior positions at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC ; and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva. Her areas of specialization are: women, peace and security, gender, international organizations, arms control and disarmament, terrorism and countering violent extremism, peacekeeping, use of force, economic sanctions, U.S.-European relations, and women, peace and security. De Jonge Oudraat did her undergraduate studies at the University of Amsterdam and received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Paris II (Panthéon).

Toula Drimonis is a freelance writer and editor based in Montreal. A former News Director and long-time columnist for TC Media, her freelance work has appeared in The Tyee, Huffington Post, Policy Mic, J-Source, and Le Journal de Montréal, among others. She is a frequent contributor to CJAD, Montreal’s top-rated English radio station, co-hosting routinely on The Exchange, appearing weekly on the Feminist 2.0 Panel, and regularly invited on North American live-stream panel debates to discuss feminism and women’s issues. For daily musings and observations about politics, feminism, and life in general, you can follow her on Twitter at @toulastake or at headspacepress.com

Maya Eichler is the director of the Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation and Community Engagement and an assistant professor in the department of political and Canadian studies and the department of women’s studies at Mount Saint Vincent University (Halifax). Her research interests lie in the transition from military to civilian life, gender and the armed forces, military families, and the privatization of military security. She has written the book Militarizing Men: Gender, Conscription, and War in Post-Soviet Russia (Stanford University Press 2012) and edited the volume Gender and Private Security in Global Politics (Oxford University Press 2015). Her recent articles have appeared in Armed Forces and Society, Critical Studies on Security, Citizenship Studies, International Journal, Military Behavioral Health, and Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health. She co-chairs the 5th Canadian Division (5 CDN DIV) and Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) Operation Honour Community Working Group and serves as Associate Editor for the International Feminist Journal of Politics.

Barbara J. Falk is an associate professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College/Royal Military College of Canada, and is the author of The Dilemmas of Dissidence: Citizen Intellectuals and Philosopher Kings. Her principal work focuses on the persecution and prosecution of dissent and how justice is politicized during international conflict, and she is currently writing a book on the 1949 trial of the CPUSA leaders in New York and the other Smith Act trials. Other areas of research expertise include national security and terrorism law and policy, comparative genocide studies, and the politics and history of Central and Eastern Europe and the European Union. Dr. Falk worked in the private and public sectors before her career in academia—as Director of Human Resources of Sony Music Canada and Direction,

Compensation and Labour Relations Policy for the Government of Ontario. She has been active in the community and NGO sector for 35 years in Toronto—in the cooperative housing movement, as an adult literacy volunteer, as a board member of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and the Centre for Security Governance (CSG) and most recently leading a group of 35 Torontonians from all walks of life in sponsoring a Syrian refugee family to Canada.

Viviana Fernandez is the Assistant Director at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa (uOttawa). Viviana joined the Boards at Women in International Security Canada in 2015 and the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Rights of the Child (uOttawa) in 2014. At WIIS Canada, she has taken the lead of the organization of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign for Canada. She represents the uOttawa in the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network and was elected to the Steering Committee of the SAR Canada Section in 2016 and to the International Advisory Committee for the SAR Global Network in 2017. Prior to taking up her position at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Viviana joined uOttawa in 2004 as the Head of the Research Office at the Telfer School of Management. Earlier in her career, Viviana worked at the Embassy of Chile in the United States, the Exporter’s Association of Bio-Bio Chile and the Chilean Development Corporation. She completed her studies at the University of Concepción (Chile), the SKEMA Business School (France) and the London School of Economics (United Kingdom). Due to work and/or studies, she has lived in Chile, France, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. Sharon Hamilton has taught classes on literature and history at universities in Italy, Austria, Canada, and the United States. Her most recent published work on American literature appears in Teaching Hemingway’s Modernism (2015). An enthusiastic public speaker, Dr. Hamilton will share her thoughts about Canada's "Famous Five." Her talk will showcase how these courageous women offer those of us working in fields where we have been traditionally underrepresented an example about how we can make ourselves heard -- for our own benefit, and that of our organizations. Victoria Heath is a trained historian and political scientist, as well as an aspiring writer, photographer and videographer. She holds a master’s degree in Global Affairs from the University of Toronto, and currently works as a Content Coordinator with MaRS Discovery District. As a third-culture-kid who grew up in Saudi Arabia, she hopes to use her academic background to educate people about the world through creative means. Her blog Safar, features the stories of TCKs and expats, as well as commentary on travel, politics and culture. Lieutenant-Colonel Sarah Heer is a Royal Canadian Artillery Officer and Director of the Directorate of Human Rights and Diversity (DHRD). In that role, Lieutenant-Colonel Heer is responsible for ensuring that all current and future CAF policies are in compliance with applicable legislation and are implemented in accordance with the Employment Equity Act to achieve the CAF representation rates and to provide a better work environment for all our members. Additionally DHRD was tasked with the development and implementation of the CAF Diversity Strategy and action plan, which was published in January 2017. She completed an operational tour to Afghanistan in 2003/2004 and two DART deployments (Sri Lanka, OP STRUCTURE in 2005 and Haiti, OP HESTIA in 2010). She completed her Joint Command and Staff Programme and Masters in Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto in 2014.

Francyne Joe is a member of BC’s Shackan First Nation. Ms. Joe is currently Interim President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC). The political voice advocating for Indigenous women living in Canada since it was incorporated in 1974, its purpose is to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of First Nations and Métis women. In her role as national spokesperson for NWAC, Ms. Joe remains dedicated to supporting Indigenous women and girls in preserving their culture through research, policy, programs, and practice and encouraging Indigenous women to care for themselves, their families and their communities. Francyne D. Joe has committed her life to empowering Indigenous women and girls through her work and philanthropic efforts. She has advocated alongside families for a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; and fostered partnerships with provincial agencies in BC to facilitate Indigenous individuals and communities to take their rightful leadership role locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Rebecca Jensen is currently a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University. She is completing a doctorate at the University of Calgary’s Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. Her dissertation examines institutional factors that helped or hindered ground forces adaptation in Operation Iraqi Freedom. She was previously a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at John Hopkins University, and is currently a Teaching Fellow at the Marine Corps University. She holds the USMC Shepherd Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, and a Government of Canada’s Social Studies and Humanities Research Council doctoral fellowship. Anessa Kimball is an associate professor and director of graduate programs in the department of political science at Université Laval. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in International Relations (2000) from Kent State University, Ohio. She was awarded a Master of Arts degree in political science (2003) and a PhD in political science, with concentrations in world politics and comparative politics, from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2006. She has been a member of the department of political science at Université Laval since 2006 where she teaches courses on theories of international relations, US foreign policy, and international institutions/cooperation. Her scholarly research mixes rational institutionalist arguments and quantitative methods to examine the legalisation of defense/security agreements, domestic political arguments to explain international defense alliance contracting, and the role of IOs as security actors. She is the co-founder of the Workshop for Women in International Security-Canada. Her research has been published by the Journal of Peace Research, Études Internationales, and university presses. Veronica M. Kitchen is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She researches security governance across the global/local divide with a commitment to translating critical perspective into policy relevant analysis. Current projects include national security education and training (with Adam Molnar), heroism in global politics (with Jenny Mathers), gender and popular culture in world politics, and the use of simulation in teaching world politics. Veronica provides frequent media commentary on subjects related to counter-terrorism and international security. She is an executive member of the Canadian Network on Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS). She completed her PhD in political science at Brown University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar, in 2006.

Maryse Lavoie a créé le mouvement féministe La Force au Féminin en février 2016 et œuvre à rassembler les femmes provenant de tous les domaines professionnels pour les outiller en leadership. Chef de son entreprise Force Quanada, elle a mis sur pied un BooSt-Camp sur le leadership qu’elle offre au nom de La Force au Féminin. Madame Lavoie est coach exécutive pour Leadership Management International. Elle compte plus de 25 ans d’expérience dans le domaine du leadership et de la gestion. Officière d’affaires publiques depuis l’an 2000 au sein des Forces Armées canadiennes, Major Maryse Lavoie est présentement à la direction du bureau des affaires publiques stratégiques de la Défense nationale - Région Québec, situé à Montréal. C’est en 1988 qu’elle s’est enrôlée au 12e Régiment Blindé du Canada en tant que l’une des premières femmes admises dans les métiers de combat au sein de l’Armée. Depuis, elle a géré plusieurs crises en matière de communications, notamment lors de son déploiement en Afghanistan. Elle est récipiendaire d’une mention élogieuse du Général Commandant de la 2e Division et de trois prix d’excellence en communications du Sous-Ministre-adjoint des Affaires Publiques de la Défense nationale. Maryse Lavoie est détentrice d’une Maîtrise en communications de l’Université Leicester d’Angleterre. Elle siège sur le Conseil d’Administration de la Fondation des Alouettes.

Caroline Leprince est la co-organisatrice du 10e colloque annuel de Femmes en sécurité internationale – Canada. Caroline détient une expérience significative dans l’analyse de politiques publiques dans les domaines de la sécurité nationale, la défense et la sécurité publique. Elle est chercheure associée à la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques et occupe un poste d’analyste politique sénior au ministère de la Sécurité publique à Ottawa. Elle a précédemment travaillé comme assistante de recherche à Recherche et développement pour la défense Canada (RDDC) et a servi au sein de la réserve des Forces canadiennes, période durant laquelle, elle a effectué un déploiement à Kandahar avec l'unité des opérations psychologiques. Elle a également travaillé au renforcement des capacités dans une ONG au Cambodge, un projet financé par l'Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI) pour éliminer la violence faite aux femmes. Caroline siège sur le conseil de direction de Femmes en sécurité internationale Canada. Elle a publié dans des revues scientifiques sur l’intervention du Canada en Afghanistan, les relations civilo-militaires et les opérations de contre-insurrection. Elle est diplômée d'une maîtrise en gestion de projet de l'ESG, d'une maîtrise en science politique de l’UQAM et d'un baccalauréat en relations internationales et droit international de la même université.

Julie Lindhout is the immediate past-president of the NATO Association of Canada (NOAC) formerly the Atlantic Council of Canada (ACC). Ms. Lindhout taught 16 years at the secondary school level, and joined the Ontario Ministry of Education in 1980. She was Director of Policy when she retired in 1998, established Lindhout Associates Education Consulting, and became president of the Atlantic Council of Canada (ACC) in 2002. She has also been active in the Brussels-based Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), the umbrella organization of which the NAOC is a member, the Education Coordinator for the ATA until 2005, and an ATA Bureau Vice-President from 2005-2008, and again from 2011-2014. She was Rapporteur for several ATA Assemblies, and has moderated panels and presented papers at many ATA Assemblies, conferences and seminars. She is also a director of the Canada-Turkey Business Council and the Canada-Albania Business Council. She is the recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Shiva Mazrouei is the coordinator of Women in International Security Canada’s 10th Annual workshop. She is also currently the coordination intern of MSF Canada’s Annual General Assembly 2017, and a fellow at the Center for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS). Previously, she has acted in different coordination, communication and research roles at various organizations. Shiva recently earned her master’s degree in political science and development studies at McGill University, where she also received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Middle East studies. Her research interests include the role of politics, policies, and education in influencing attitudes toward gender equality, gender and conflict, and the use of rape as a weapon of war. Her region of interest is the Middle East. Shiva is passionate about intersectionality as an approach to promoting effective social change. Théodore McLauchlin est directeur adjoint du Centre d’études sur la paix et la sécurité internationale et professeur de science politique à l’Université de Montréal. Il est chercheur dans le domaine de la sécurité et des guerres internationales et internes. Il s’intéresse tout particulièrement à la vie politique des forces militaires, tant étatiques que non-étatiques. Il tente de répondre aux questions suivantes : Comment certaines forces armées maintiennent-elles la cohésion pendant les guerres, qui perdurent parfois et qui posent toujours de nombreux défis? Pourquoi les officiers et les soldats prennent-ils parties pour un côté ou l’autre lors d’un conflit interne? Que font les chefs d’un groupe armé face à la possibilité de la désobéissance et de la désertion, et comment les soldats réagissent-ils à ces efforts de leurs commandants? Ses recherches sont à la fois micro, avec une étude de combattants de la Guerre civile espagnole, et à la fois macro, avec la construction d’une base de données sur les groupes rebelles de plusieurs centaines de conflits depuis 1945. The Honourable Marilou McPhedran, C.M. is a human rights lawyer, professor and activist, recently appointed as an independent senator in the Parliament of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Marilou was one of the most influential leaders of the 1981 Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution conference – the grass roots social movement of women across Canada resulting in stronger equality rights in the constitution. She co-founded several internationally recognized non-profit Canadian organizations such as the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) which has conducted constitutional equality test cases and interventions for 30-plus years; the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC); and the Gerstein Crisis Centre for homeless discharged psychiatric patients. She has facilitated student access to UN sessions for more than 20 years to provide practical skill building by providing rapporteur services to NGO presentations. She is a founding board member of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (Girl Ambassadors for Peace) and has given extensive voluntary support to civil society organizations that focus on peace building and women's rights, including the Afghan Women's Organization, Canadian Council of Muslim Women, and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and Women for Women South Sudan. Frédéric Mérand (Ph.D., Berkeley) is professor at the Department of Political Science and Director of the Centre for International Studies (CÉRIUM) at the University of Montreal. After working as a policy advisor for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, he held several positions at the University of Montreal, including those of Director of the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies and Director of the master's program in political science.The author or co-author of four books on European security, defence policy and the European Union, including European Defence Policy: Beyond the Nation State (Oxford

University Press, 2008), Mr. Mérand's articles have been published in journals such as West European Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, the Journal of Common Market Studies, Cooperation and Conflict, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, the International Journal, European Security, and Comparative European Politics. He is also associate editor of the journal Politique européenne. Véronique Pronovost a obtenu son diplôme de maîtrise en science politique avec mention d'excellence et son attestation de deuxième cycle en etudes féministes à l'Université du Québec à Montréal au printemps 2013. Ses recherches de maîtrise ont essentiellement porté sur la droite chrétienne américaine contemporaine et le conservatisme social. Elle a notamment été récipiendaire des prestigieuses bourses Brian Bronfman (2012-2013) et Marc Bourgie (2010-2011). Véronique Pronovost est chercheure à l'Observatoire sur les États-Unis depuis 2010 et est actuellement chargée de projet dans le milieu communautaire. Gaëlle Rivard Piché est analyste stratégique pour Recherche et développement pour la Défense Canada à Ottawa où elle travaille actuellement au sein de l’État-major de la Marine royale canadienne. Elle termine également son doctorat en affaires internationales à la Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Carleton University). En 2014-2015, elle était chercheuse invitée au sein du programme en sécurité internationale du Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs à Harvard University. Ses travaux de recherche portent sur la réforme du secteur de la sécurité, le renforcement des capacités sécuritaires, et les conséquences plus larges des interventions internationales dans les États fragiles. Elle a mené un vaste programme de recherche de terrain en Haïti et au El Salvador, et a travaillé pour le Département des opérations de maintien de la paix des Nations Unies à New York. Sa recherche a notamment été financée par Fulbright Canada, le Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines, le Ministère de la Défense nationale et le Centre de recherches pour le développement international. Stéphane Roussel est professeur titulaire à l’École nationale d’Administration publique (ENAP). De 2002 à 2012, il était professeur au Département de science politique de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), où il a agit à titre de titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en politiques étrangère et de défense canadiennes, de directeur de l’Observatoire de la Politique et de la Sécurité dans l’Arctique (OPSA) et de directeur du Centre d’études des politiques étrangère et de sécurité (CEPES). Il est diplômé en science politique de l’Université de Montréal (Ph. D., 1999). Stéphane Roussel est Fellow auprès du Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (University of Calgary) et affilié au Réseau francophone de recherche sur les opérations de paix (Université de Montréal). Enfin, il travaille avec différents services des Forces canadiennes, dont le Collège des Forces canadiennes (Toronto) et le Forum sur la Sécurité et la Défense (QG de la Défense, Ottawa) et participe régulièrement aux activités organisées par cette institution. Ses travaux portent principalement sur la politique de sécurité canadienne, notamment en ce qui a trait aux relations avec les États-Unis et les États européens. Il a aussi acquis une expertise en histoire militaire et en théories des relations internationales. Il mène également trois programmes de recherche, le premier portant sur l’émergence des nouvelles problématiques internationales dans l’Arctique, le second sur l’émergence du continentalisme en politique étrangère canadienne et le troisième sur l’attitude de la société québécoise à l’égard des questions de sécurité et de défense.

Leah Sarson is an incoming 2017–19 SSHRC post-doctoral fellow at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Dickey Center for International Understanding, a visiting Arctic fellow at the Institute of Arctic Studies, and a fellow at the Gender Research Institute of Dartmouth. She is also a junior visiting fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto and a former Fulbright visiting fellow at the Dickey Center. Her current research explores multilevel governance and Indigenous politics in the extractive resource sector, while her broader research interests focus on Canadian foreign policy, International Relations, gender, and the Arctic. She received her PhD in political studies from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where she is also a fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy. In 2015, she organized the eighth annual WIIS-Canada workshop and continues to advance issues of gender equity in the field of International Relations. Dr. Sarson has also held professional positions at Simon Fraser University, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and Global Affairs Canada, among others. Heather Smith is the Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology at the University of Northern British Columbia and a professor of international studies at the University of Northern British Colombia. She is the recipient of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship (2006), the Canadian Political Science Excellence in Teaching Award (2012), and a two time recipient of the UNBC Excellence in Teaching Award. She is also the Regional Vice-President Canada for the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL). Past professional activities include: Co-Section Head, with Janice Newton for Canadian Political Science Association Teaching Workshop and Teaching and Learning Politics Section, (2011), Chair, Canadian Political Science Association Board of Directors subcommittee on developing a teaching award (2009) and Chair, International Studies Association Canada Professional Development Committee, (2009-2012). Cassandra Steer is the Executive Director of WIIS Canada. Currently she is the Wainwright Junior Fellow at McGill's Faculty of Law, and a Visiting Fellow with the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Her current research interests focus on military uses of outer space. In 2015 Cassandra was the Executive Director of the McGill Institute of Air and Space Law. Prior to coming to Canada, from 2006 – 2014 Cassandra was a Junior Professor at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In 2004 she interned at the International Criminal Court under Judge Navi Pillay, and she has been a Visiting Researcher at universities in Argentina, Canada, Germany and the USA, where she was also a Fulbright Scholar. Currently, Cassandra Steer is the member for Canada on the International Law Association Space Law Committee, an Associate Expert contributing to the Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Activities in Outer Space (MILAMOS), and a member of the International Institute of Space Law, Women in Aerospace, the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies, the NATO Association of Canada, and the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. Sarah Tuckey is a Ph.D. candidate in public administration at the University of Ottawa. She is currently conducting research for her Ph.D. dissertation, on Canada’s whole-of-government approach to gender equality through the example of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (K-PRT) in Afghanistan. Her interests lie in how Canada integrated a gender equality perspective into the policies, programs, and departmental collaboration involved in running the K-PRT. Sarah Tuckey has an undergraduate degree in Sociology and Anthropology from the

University of Guelph, and a Master’s degree in Global Development Studies from Queen’s University.

Élisabeth Vallet est professeure associée au département de géographie de l'UQAM, elle est membre de l'observatoire sur les États-Unis et directrice de recherches pour l'antenne québécoise du groupe Borders in Globalization, et directrice scientifique de la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand. Elle enseigne la géopolitique à l'UQAM. Avant de se joindre à la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques, Élisabeth Vallet a fait un post-doctorat au CRDP de l'Université de Montréal, un séjour postdoctoral à l'Université Duke en Caroline du Nord, puis a été chercheure à la Chaire de recherche en relations internationales de l'UQAM. Elle a été directrice de l'Observatoire de géopolitique de l'UQAM, chercheure invitée à l'Université Joseph Fourier en 2010 et visiting fellow à l'Université Duke en mars 2011. Elle a récemment publié « Borders, Fences and Walls – State of Insecurity » (Ashgate). Elle a contribué au projet d’infographie sur la globalisation des murs en collaboration avec le Washington Post, le Courrier International et le Time. Elle est la récipiendaire du prix 2017 Richard Morrill Public Outreach Award octroyé par l’Association des Géographes Américains.

Renée Vaugeois originates from Wildwood Alberta. She is currently the Executive Director of the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights having served the organization since 2005. In 2016, she was elected first female and civilian President of the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee; a coalition of law enforcement and organizations working to address hate in the province. She has her Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alberta. Renée is the founder and current Treasurer of Ainembabazi Children’s Project, an organization committed to strengthening children’s rights in East Africa through building self reliant families and communities. She also is part of a national committee of the Catherine Donnelly Foundation working towards Righting Relations; building critical learning hubs of adult educators for radical social change at local and national levels. Since 2015, Renée also serves as a Director for Women in International Security Canada, a professional network of women in the peace and security field and is working to build a western region chapter.

Stefanie von Hlatky is the founder and current Chair of the Board of Women in International Security Canada. She is an assistant professor of political studies at Queen’s University and the Director of the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP). She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Université de Montréal in 2010, where she was also Executive Director for the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies. Prior to joining Queen’s, she held positions at Georgetown University’s Center for Peace and Security Studies, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich. She has published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, International Journal, European Security, Asian Security, as well as the Journal of Transatlantic Studies. Her research is funded by NATO, the Canadian Department of National Defence, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation and Fulbright Canada.

Cathy Wong est diplômée en droit et agente de développement jeunesse pour les YMCA du Québec. Grande amoureuse de Montréal, elle croit à l’importance de la participation des femmes et des jeunes des communautés culturelles à la démocratie municipale. Elle a présidé le Jeune

Conseil de Montréal et le Forum jeunesse de l’île de Montréal. Depuis, elle siège sur différents conseils d’administration et comités consultatifs, notamment celui du Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, de la Société du 375e, d’Élections Canada et de MaTV. En 2011, Cathy Wong fut l’une des concurrentes de l'émission télévisée La Course Évasion autour du monde. Depuis septembre 2016, elle est chroniqueuse pour le quotidien Le Devoir.

Beth Woroniuk has worked on women's rights and gender equality issues in international development for over 25 years. She has a particular speciality in gender dimensions of peacebuilding, armed conflict, and humanitarian assistance that stems from her time working in Nicaragua in the mid-1980s. As a consultant/advisor, she has developed analytical tools, supported policy development, designed training, and provided technical support on issues related to gender equality and women’s empowerment. Beth has worked at the policy, organizational, program and project levels for a wide variety of clients including bilateral aid agencies, UN entities, and NGOs. Beth has worked in various countries (including Ukraine, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Nepal) and helped staff of numerous agencies better understand the relevance of gender dimensions of conflict-affected and fragile states. Engaged in the global discussions on UN Security Council Resolution 1325, she is a founding member and coordinator of the Women, Peace and Security Network-Canada (WPSN-C). Beth is also a member of the Core Group of the NATO Civil Society Advisory Panel on Women, Peace and Security. Originally from Saskatchewan, Beth still has prairie dust running through her veins.

Biographies – Graduate Students Ishrat Ahmed is currently in her second year of the doctoral programme at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa. She has the track record of a career in Bangladesh Foreign Service for 17 years. Ishrat served as Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York (2004-2009), and followed negotiations in the Third Committee, Security Council, Peacebuilding Commission, Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and other UN bodies which inspired her to undertake the current dissertation on Women, Peace and Security. She plans to write her thesis on: "Gender Mainstreaming in the United Nations Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Missions: An Investigation into the Problems of Implementing UNSCR 1325". Ishrat also holds a diploma in international relations and diplomacy from Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) in Paris, France, and has had an internship/training at the French Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva (2001-2002). Ryan Barlow is a bilingual graduate student specializing in Security and Defence Policy at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs in Ottawa. His bachelor’s degree in philosophy was completed at Concordia University in Montreal, where he focused on Aristotelian virtue ethics. He is an academic fan of Martha Nussbaum and Judith Butler, and his research interests include national security law & ethics, radicalization, queer theory, and critical security studies. He aspires to protect Canada from emerging threats with a career in the Canadian security apparatus, and seeks to further his education by applying to McGill’s transsystemic law program. Davina Basse is currently studying Political Science (Honours) and International Relations at the University of Calgary. Through her participation at the 19th Annual Graduate Strategic Studies Conference: Security, Strategy, and Defence, Davina presented her paper titled “Blackwater Down: A Case for the Illegality of US Military Action”, discussing the legal reasoning behind the United States’ military engaging in Operation Vigilant Resolve. She has been conducting research on the evolution of the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and international humanitarian law (IHL) in the 21st century. Davina is interested in the different dynamics and consequent experiences of female and male combatants as well as non-combatants in relation to LOAC and IHL. Upon completion of her current studies, she plans to pursue a graduate degree focusing on developments within the international legal regime regarding its continued applicability on different types of armed conflict as well as participants within these conflicts. Marin Beck is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University and a SSHRC Joseph Armand Bombardier CGS scholar. Her research interests include gender and politics, feminist research theory and praxis, contemporary political theory, and Canadian immigration and refugee policy. Marin’s dissertation studies the intersections of race, gender, and neoliberalism in immigrant women’s service organizations in Canada, with a specific interest in how gender operates in these spaces. She is also a Graduate Research Fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) at Queen’s University, studying gender mainstreaming in the Canadian Armed Forces, specifically focusing on veteran transition services for female personnel in the province of Ontario.

Christelle Belporo is currently studying criminology at the University of Montreal. Her interests are related to terrorism and radicalization. She has a legal background as she previously studied law and worked in some associations for the protection of children's rights. Andréanne Bissonnette est candidate à la maîtrise en science politique (concentration Relations internationales et études féministes) à l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Elle détient un baccalauréat en Relations internationales et droit international de l’UQAM. Dans le cadre de sa maîtrise, elle travaille sur les impacts de la militaro-sécurisation des frontières et des modifications aux politiques d’immigration sur les femmes migrantes à travers l’étude du cas de la frontière mexicaine-américaine. Parallèlement à ses études, elle est coordonnatrice de l’Observatoire sur les États-Unis pour l’année 2016-2017 et chercheure en résidence à l’Observatoire de géopolitique de la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand. Elle oriente principalement ses recherches sur les mouvements migratoires et les murs frontaliers, mais elle s’intéresse également à la dynamique femmes et politique aux États-Unis ainsi qu’aux enjeux des communautés hispano-américaine et LGBTQ+ dans l’articulation des politiques publiques et lors des élections. Lindsay Coombs is a Master of Arts candidate in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Her thesis examines the training and educational outcomes required to deal with the complex and ill-defined problems of current and future operating environments. In particular, this thesis discerns how the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) conducts pre-deployment training and education for peace operations regarding their policies and actions vis-à-vis child soldiers. Lindsay completed a Bachelor with Honours in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from the University of Ottawa. In addition to her studies, Lindsay has worked as a Graduate Research Fellow with the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP); as a Reservist with the 33 Signals Regiment (Ottawa); as a Security and Defence Analyst at the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) Institute. Lindsay is also engaged with Women in International Security (WIIS) Canada. Lindsay’s research interests include: The Canadian Armed Forces, women in security and defence, international conflict and relations, and Canadian defence policy. Bushra Ebadi is a multilingual Afghan Canadian interested in designing sustainable, innovative solutions to complex global challenges through a multidisciplinary, systems thinking approach. She holds a Masters of Global Affairs (2016) from the University of Toronto and a Joint Honours BA in Political Science and Philosophy (2014) from McGill University. Bushra is experienced in human rights advocacy, analysis, and research with a deep understanding of global affairs. She is a specialist in refugee integration strategies, women’s rights, youth empowerment, information sharing & accessibility, security and peace-building, social entrepreneurship, and cultural heritage protection. Bushra recently pitched a social enterprise model focused on refugee integration at the Hult Prize Boston Regional Finals 2017 and created refugee housing and integration strategies for Toronto and Paris. Anna Gilev is working towards her Bachelor in Public Administration and Political Science at the University of Ottawa. She is a budding multimedia artist, with a strong interest in culture and security.

Claire Gummo is a recent graduate of the Political Studies program at Queen's University, where she studied as a Loran Scholar. In the fall, she will begin an MSc in Global Governance and International Diplomacy at the University of Oxford, where she will study as a Rhodes Scholar. As a student at Queen’s University, she led a team of students to develop and deliver bystander intervention training, in order to mobilize the university community to recognize and prevent sexual violence. Claire also served as a student representative on the Provost's Implementation Team on Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence, as well as the associated Working Group. Claire completed an undergraduate thesis that examined the impact of sexual violence on the retention of women service members in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Australian Defence Force. She currently works as a Research Assistant at the Centre for International and Defence Policy and a Gender Consultant to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Alessandra Jenkins is currently in her final year of the Master of Global Affairs (MGA) program at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include North American collaboration on innovation policy, trade, and security. Previously, she has supported the work of the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. in these research areas. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, she earned her B.A (Hons) in Global Development from Queen’s University and also has professional experience in the international development and technology sectors in Toronto. Stéphanie Martel is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in Political Science at Université de Montréal and is now joining the University of British Columbia's Institute of Asian Research as post-doctoral fellow. She will defend her doctoral dissertation entitled "The role of discourse in the construction of ASEAN as a security community" in June 2017. Her post-doctoral research project studies ASEAN's diplomatic and security culture through the prism of practice. Stéphanie is the vice-president of Women in International Security-Canada’s Université de Montréal chapter. She has published in various academic journals and has attended several diplomatic meetings on security and economic issues across the Asia-Pacific region. She was previously the founding editor of L’Asie en 1000 mots, a bulletin on current issues in East and Southeast Asia published by the East Asian Studies Centre (CÉTASE) at Université de Montréal. She benefits from a significant fieldwork experience in Southeast Asia and has a MSc in Political Science from the Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France). Weeda Mehran is a visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), McGill University. Her research takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying Islamic radicalisation among Afghan youth and terrorist groups online. She is particularly interested in investigating dynamics of online communities and the relationship between online and offline structures, social and political relations and logics that produce and reinforce radical ideologies among youth. Her research also aims at identifying gaps and contradictions in the relevant policy discourses. Prior to joining ISID, Weeda worked at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at Hamburg University. She completed my PhD degree titled “The Political Economy of Warlord Democracy in Afghanistan” at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge.

Ana Mendez Dardon is a human rights lawyer from Guatemala and currently a political science master’s student at the University of Guelph. She also completed a postgraduate diploma in Gender and Human Rights at the University of Chile. Ana has worked for Human Rights NGOs leading projects of transitional justice, criminal justice and gender equality in Guatemala and El Salvador. She was a consultant for the United Nations Development Program in Latin America designing methodologies and as an instructor in online courses for justice system officers in Latin America. She has also worked for the Guatemalan Justice System at the Attorney Office as Instructor in Human Rights and assisting the Attorney General in the private secretary. Her research interests lay in areas like in transitional justice, gender and criminal justice, femicide, and international human rights law. Tanya Monforte is a DCL candidate at McGill Law School and an O'Brien Graduate Fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Prior to moving to Montreal she directed a Human Rights Master's Program at the American University in Cairo where she taught law. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a B.A. in philosophy as well as an M.A. in the sociology of law. She has been a visiting researcher at Brown University, Addis Ababa University and the University of Texas. She writes on issues of human rights and critical security studies. She is currently working on a book on civil death and the global security state. Samantha Nicholl is a recent graduate from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) specializing in Conflict Analysis and Conflict Resolution. She also holds a bachelor degree in Conflict Studies and Human Rights with a Minor in Women’s Studies from the University of Ottawa. Her research interests include women’s role in conflict prevention, resolution and peacebuilding, and conflict and fragile state analysis. She has published conflict analyses and fragile state risk assessments through the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) project and is particularly interested in conflict early warning systems. Samantha is currently working at Global Affairs Canada (GAC) as a program evaluation analyst where she supports the timely review of Canada’s international peace and security programs. She has also held positions at several other government departments including Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Lori Oliver is currently completing a Master's degree in Comparative Politics at Queen's University. She has previously completed a Political Studies, Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Saint Vincent University. Her academic interests include gender and social policy, intersectionality, and gender and foreign policy. Laura Pelletier est candidate à la maîtrise en science politique – profil relations internationales et politique étrangère à l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Elle étudie la politique étrangère canadienne et s’intéresse particulièrement à l’impact des préférences de l’exécutif sur les décisions prises dans ce domaine. Mylène de Repentigny-Corbeil, candidate à la maîtrise en communication (concentration communication internationale et interculturelle), est détentrice d’un baccalauréat en relations internationales et droit international. Son projet de mémoire porte sur les processus de discrimination et les préjugés à l’égard des Marocain-es LGBTQ+ à Montréal, dans une approche intersectionnelle. De 2014 à 2016, Mylène a étudié, le temps d’une session, à l’École

de gouvernance et d’économie de Rabat et a travaillé au sein des associations SimSim-Participation citoyenne et Quartiers du Monde. Chercheure en résidence à l’Observatoire en géopolitique de la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques, elle oriente ses recherches sur l’immigration maghrébine au Canada dans une perspective de genre (femmes et communauté LGBTQ+). Elle s’intéresse également aux questions relatives aux enjeux socioculturels et religieux dans le monde arabo-musulman, à l’importance des nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication dans les mouvements migratoires et militants au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient, ainsi qu’aux questions identitaires dans un environnement interculturel. Claire Robbins is a first year Masters of Global Affairs (MGA) student at the Munk School at University of Toronto. She is interested in women's rights issues, international security/defence, and oil and gas issues. Previously, she completed a BA in Global Development at Queen's University. In between degrees, Claire interned at the Clinton Foundation in New York City, and The Canadian Women's Foundation in Calgary. This summer she will be working as a Junior Policy Analyst at the Canadian Mission to the UN in NYC. Hailey Robinsmith is currently completing her MA in Political Science at the University of Toronto. She holds an Honours BA in Political Science from Simon Fraser University where she wrote her honours thesis on female radicalization and the roles women can, and should, play in countering terrorism with an emphasis on Canadian defence policy. Her research interests include terrorism and violent extremism, defence policy, international human rights law, and gender-based analysis. She has also participated in various Model NATO Summits in North America and Europe, as well as a NATO International Summer School. Hailey is pursuing a career in government with a focus on security and defence. Rachel Schmidt is a PhD candidate in conflict studies at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA). She specializes in the role of women and children in armed conflict, and she is currently researching disengagement motivations and exit pathways of women leaving political violence. Rachel holds an MA in international relations from NPSIA, for which she did fieldwork in Colombia on the recruitment of girls into armed groups. She is also the Associate Editor for Content at openGlobalRights, an online forum debating various human rights issues (https://www.opendemocracy.net/openglobalrights). Emily K. M. Scott is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Toronto. She studies why organizations choose intervention or non-intervention for the purpose of humanitarian assistance, with particular focus on responses to refugee health needs after the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. As a Fulbright Award Winner, Emily Scott works with Dr. Michael Barnett at George Washington University where she is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Middle East Studies. She is a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow, a Trudeau Centre Fellow, and a Research Affiliate at the American University of Beirut. Ms. Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University and a Master of Arts from the University of Toronto. She has worked in humanitarianism with organizations such as the Canadian International Development Agency’s Afghanistan Task Force, the UNDP in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Carter Center in South Sudan, and Doctors Without Borders in Canada.

Leigh Spanner is a PhD Candidate at the University of Alberta in Political Science, specializing in Feminist International Relations. Her research investigates the relationship between families, the military and the Canadian government. Specifically, she is exploring the family’s contribution to the military and its missions, how the federal government’s policies and programs support military families, and how social media is providing a space for military families to support one another. She aspires to a job in the academy. Katelyn Stieva holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in military history from the University of New Brunswick, where she studied at the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. She is currently pursuing a Master’s of Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary’s Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies. The focus of her Master’s thesis is on conflict negotiation theory in Israeli-Palestinian relations, and seeks specifically to explore the complex relationship between domestic policies within the Israeli state and the outcomes of the 1993 Oslo I Accords. Other research interests include terrorism and counter-terrorism studies, political and religious radicalization, genocide studies, and the history of modern conflict in the Middle East. Ester Strømmen holds a Masters of Law in Public International Law from the University of Oslo, and a Master of Arts (Honours) from the University of St. Andrews in International Relations. She is currently a research assistant within international criminal law at PluriCourts, a research center of excellence on the international judiciary at the University of Oslo. She has previously worked for the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and the International Law and Policy Institute (ILPI). Her research areas include international criminal law, counter terrorism and human rights, gender and terrorism and security studies. Kirsten Van Houten is currently in the final year of her PhD at School of International Development and Global Studies at University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on local approaches to peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Jamie Vinken is a current graduate student in the Master of Arts, Political Science program at the University of Waterloo. Her research considers the connection between substantive representation of women in the policies of the Canadian Armed Forces and sexual assault in the CAF. She is interested in both security and feminist theory as well as representation. Carolyn Washington was at the forefront of initiatives for the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security within the armed forces while serving as a former U.S. Army officer. She has previously acted as chair of the Women, Peace and Security Working Group for the U.S. Africa Command, and Senior Fellow with Women in International Security (WIIS).As a current PhD student at the University of Buffalo in New York, Carolyn continues her research on the Women, Peace and Security framework which covers a range of gender, conflict and human rights issues, from pre-conflict where intimate partner violence works to normalize violence to women’s lives in conflict to transitional justice initiatives at the culmination of the conflict. Her research interests include the identification of early warning indicators for the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in conflict; and strategies for militaries in protecting vulnerable populations. She is most interested in learning how to marry feminist theory with military practices.

Marissa Young is currently completing her undergraduate degree and Queen’s University in Political Studies and History, and plans to pursue her Masters degree in the upcoming fall. Her research interests are at the intersection of gender and international relations. Currently, her work focuses primarily on women in the military. Specifically, looking at the military gender integration strategies and sexual misconduct policies. She is further interested in looking at gender-based violence against women in conflict zones, and how war and violence has a disproportionately negative impact on women.

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