December 8, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh was invited to participate in a panel discussion held by the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, focusing on the topic of 鈥淓arly Warning 鈥� Early Action for Genocide and Atrocity Prevention: Strengthening Global Partnerships.鈥�
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Published on: 8 Dec 2025
November 17, 2025 | A co-authored article by Jennifer Welsh, based on an international conference organized at 91黑料网 in December 2024 on IDP participation, has been published in the Journal of Refugee Studies. The article, titled "IDP perspectives on IDP participation," shares key arguments from the workshop.聽
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Published on: 17 Nov 2025
September 21, 2025 | In Policy Magazine, MPP '21 Anil Wasif reflects on the 80th anniversary of the United Nations and the turbulent backdrop for this year's general assembly. While commemorations recalled the UN鈥檚 history, this year鈥檚 high-level week exposes global fractures, from rising authoritarianism to stalled progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Wasif highlights Canada鈥檚 re-engagement under Prime Minister Mark Carney, including a foreign policy reset, stronger defence commitments, and recognition of the State of Palestine.
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Published on: 22 Sep 2025
September 21, 2025 | On The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay, Jennifer Welsh joined to talk about the United Nations General Assembly鈥檚 high-level meeting, which begins Monday. With Israel鈥檚 bombardment of Gaza expected to dominate members鈥� concerns, she outlined the mechanics of the gathering, the UN鈥檚 role in the current political climate, and Canada鈥檚 place on the international stage.
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Published on: 22 Sep 2025
March 7, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh with Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar, authored 鈥淲hat Future for Peace Operations?鈥� published by Cambridge University Press. The article examines the growing challenges facing UN peace operations, which have long been seen as a model of effective multilateralism. Welsh and Zahar highlight how changing conflict dynamics, rising expectations, and disinformation campaigns are straining the UN鈥檚 ability to deliver peace.
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Published on: 12 Aug 2025
June 16, 2025 | Speaking on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand, Pearl Eliadis cautioned that if Canada鈥檚 Supreme Court does not act to limit Quebec鈥檚 use of the notwithstanding clause in laws such as Bills 21 and 96, the anglophone community may need to seek recourse through the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Eliadis noted that Canada, as a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has a duty to uphold principles of equality and non-discrimination鈥攑rotections she believes are being undermined by the legislation.
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025
July 12, 2025 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CityNews Montreal about the potential to challenge Quebec鈥檚 Bills 21 and 96 before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Eliadis explained that bringing the case to the UN would aim 鈥渢o get the UN committee's view鈥� on whether the laws violate international human rights obligations. The interview highlights growing legal interest in using international mechanisms to confront the controversial legislation.
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025
May 20, 2025 | In a co-authored article for The Conversation, with 91黑料网 professor Megan Bradley, Max Bell School Director Jennifer Welsh outlines the growing risk that internally displaced people (IDPs) will be overlooked as global humanitarian aid budgets shrink. Despite outnumbering refugees, IDPs often receive less attention and support鈥攁n imbalance Welsh argues must urgently be addressed.聽Although IDPs outnumber refugees nearly two to one, they often receive less attention and support, especially as the UN system reels from severe funding cuts.
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Published on: 26 May 2025
We are excited to announce that the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies and the Max Bell School of Public Policy (91黑料网) have joined the Global Alliance for Peace Operations 鈥� a collective endeavour of more than 50 leading think tanks, research institutes and civil society organizations working on UN and regional approaches to peace operations ().
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Published on: 29 Apr 2025
March 7, 2024 | Director聽Jennifer Welsh聽and Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar wrote a new article on The Future of UN Peacekeeping, which was published by . The authors discuss the challenges UN peace operations are facing and the rising expectations.
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Published on: 12 Mar 2025
Education Professor Claudia Mitchell receives $2.5 million in funding for ambitious visual arts-based initiative
Gender disparities persist glaringly around the globe with gender-based violence standing out as one of the most widespread human rights violations. Alarmingly, only 52 per cent of women who are married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use, and health care. The United Nations has identified transforming harmful gender norms as a critical goal among its 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
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Published on: 3 Jun 2024
May 13, 2024 | The United Nations (UN) recently released its Agenda for Protection, a comprehensive document aiming to enhance protection as a collective responsibility across various UN components. It addresses previous shortcomings highlighted by inquiries into UN responses in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. However, it faces challenges due to geopolitical dynamics undermining multilateral action and UN entities鈥� limited roles in ongoing conflicts.聽
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Published on: 14 May 2024
September 1, 2023 | UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Tomoya Obokata visited Max Bell School of Public Policy to examine issues of contemporary forms of slavery in Canada, including its causes and consequences. During the meeting organized by McConnell Visiting Scholar Olivia Smith, the Special Rapporteur met with federal, provincial, and municipal authorities, national human rights bodies, and victims of contemporary forms of slavery.
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Published on: 5 Sep 2023
February 9, 2023 | Following Kevin Page's complexity seminar, Elisa Alloul wrote about how the lack of accountability on how gross human rights abusers have joined UN bodies is hurting the UN's legitimacy and credibility. Elisa Alloul is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 91黑料网.
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Published on: 14 Feb 2023
April 2022 |聽The American Academy of Art and Sciences' project on Rethinking the Humanitarian Health Response to Violent Conflict has just released International Cooperation Failures in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Past Efforts to Address Common Threats.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2022
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