HR 2100: International Human Rights Law in Context HR 2100 has a new name! Concepts and conventions in one course was too much! This renamed course focuses on the international legal framework of human rights, focusing on the United Nations system and its human rights treaties and conventions. This fascinating course is taught by Katrina Leclerc - an engaged scholar with applied experience in the UN system. June 8 - June 23, Monday - Friday 1 - 4 pm *Stay tuned for a new course in the Fall of 2026 which will focus on Human Rights concepts and origins*

HR 2100: International Human Rights Law in Context
HR 2100 has a new name! Concepts and conventions in one course were too much! This renamed course focuses on the international legal framework of human rights, focusing on the United Nations system and its human rights treaties and conventions.

Alumni Spotlight ⭐️ | Katrina Leclerc

We are excited to spotlight Katrina Leclerc (BA 2016) as our alum of the month for January!

Read Katrina's full profile here: bit.ly/4t8me4M

Global College, Human Rights, and PACS were delighted to co-host the "Youth Leading Change" Book Talk earlier this week, welcoming back HR and PACS alumni Katrina Leclerc and Shayne Wong for an inspiring and informative talk. 🌎📚

Kudos to the audience for some great questions!

Rohingya Women’s Experiences and Feminist Perspectives on War and Genocide Wednesday March 4, 2026 | 5-6:30pm | C.K. Choi, Room 120 The Center for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR @ UBC), Vancouver Speaker Farhana Roshan Isabella Aung Katrina Leclerc Yasmin Ullah

New event!
📆4th March
🕔5pm Pacific Time

The Center for Southeast Asia Research UBC host panel "Rohingya Women’s Experiences and Feminist Perspectives on War and Genocide" w/ @yasminjullah.bsky.social Isabella Aung,
@leclerck.bsky.social & Farhana Roshan

Details:
www.instagram.com/p/DVamHYdEr0t

On Monday, we co-hosted a roundtable that brought together defence, research, and civil society actors to reflect on how we can collectively ensure that #WomenPeaceSecurity remains fit for purpose in a rapidly evolving security environment.

Stay tuned for the 'What We Heard' report back!

Bridging the generational divide: youth inclusion in Canada’s women, peace and security commitments 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...

✨ New publication!

“Bridging the generational divide: youth inclusion in Canada’s women, peace and security commitments,” published in the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal examines how #YouthPeaceSecurity is integrated into 🇨🇦’s #WomenPeaceSecurity action plan.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YF3EI...

Join us for our first Feed Your Mind talk of 2026!

We’re excited to start off the year with a book talk on "Youth Leading Change" featuring co-editor Katrina Leclerc and contributor Shayne Wong.

📅 Monday, January 26
🕧 12:30 pm- 1:30 pm
📍 1MS25, Global College, University of Winnipeg

Katrina Leclerc (@leclerck.bsky.social), an instructor in our Human Rights program, recently participated in the CSO–UN Dialogue on Peacebuilding, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on December 10–11.

Read more: www.uwinnipeg.ca/global-colle...

ainsi que la présidente du Réseau Femmes, Paix et Sécurité – Canada (WPSN-C), Katrina Leclerc, et ses collègues, qui nous rappellent que le poste d’ambassadeur du Canada pour les Femmes, la paix et la sécurité a été créé par la loi —

et qu’il est plus que temps que le Canada nomme une nouvelle ambassadrice ou un nouvel ambassadeur à ce poste.

Notes from the Field titled "Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy: The Curious Case of Canada" by Katrina Leclerc

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In her notes from the field "Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy", @leclerck.bsky.social explores why the Canadian 🇨🇦 government has not delivered on a formal FFP despite its promises to do so.

gendersky polisky

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A yellow background with white text that says: "Canada’s CNAP3 will ultimately be judged not by its ambition, but by its implementation — by the resources invested, the leadership demonstrated, and the extent to which it centres those most affected by conflict and insecurity." followed by, in smaller text, Katrina Leclerc, Sandara Biskupski-Mujanovic, and Sarah Keeler

#16Days reading: Today we share the introduction to our lateest publication, #WPS at 25: A Moment of Reflection and Reckoning from the publication's editors: @leclerck.bsky.social @sandrabisk.bsky.social and Sarah Keeler
#WPS #WomenPeaceSecurity

wpsn-canada.org/2025/11/27/1...

Localising Women, Peace, and Security: community agency and ownership beyond national policies 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...

New publication alert! 🚨

As we mark 25 years since UNSCR 1325 next week, I hope this article contributes to ongoing reflections on how #WomenPeaceSecurity implementation can move beyond national policies toward community ownership and justice-oriented change.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NR6MH...

Join us for the launch of #YouthLeadingChange!

The 📖 brings together youth scholar-practitioners & academics, demonstrating how young people navigate conflict + generate social & cultural change

➡️ www.leclerck.com/youth-leadin... #youth4peace

@hmberents.bsky.social
@yaguerika.bsky.social

(1/3) Thank you to Senator Marilou McPhedran (@senmarilou.bsky.social) for presenting our first Feed Your Mind lecture of the year. This insightful and engaging dialogue was a great way to start off the year!

à l’invitation de mon ancienne étudiante Katrina Leclerc, qui est maintenant la prof ! ⭕️ 😊🙏

Another circle in my life- At The @uwinnipeg.bsky.social ( where I was the first woman student president 50+ years ago), I was the guest prof in a human rights course I designed and taught -invited by my former student @leclerck.bsky.social, who is now the prof! ⭕️ 😊🙏

Youth Leading Change | Katrina Leclerc, Erika Yague, Helen Berents 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 ...

#ICYMI: Youth Leading Change is out now!

👉 Leclerck.com/youth-leading-change

So thrilled to share this gift to the #YouthPeaceSecurity community ahead of the 10th anniversary this December! 🎁📚

@yaguerika.bsky.social @hmberents.bsky.social
@uwglobalcollege.bsky.social

We're hiring for Academic Support (Marker) positions for the fall term! ✏️📚📓

Full postings available here: www.northstarats.com/University-o...

(1/2) 🌍 Meet Our Human Rights Professors!

Our final professor spotlight is on @leclerck.bsky.social.

We’re excited to welcome Global College alumna Katrina Leclerc back to campus this fall as a sessional instructor!

She will be teaching Concepts and Conventions in Human Rights (HR-2100-001).

From Invitation to Ownership: Dismantling Gatekeeping in the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda (Le français suit.) Every August, International Youth Day offers an opportunity to celebrate young people’s contributions to peace, justice, and social change.

On this #InternationalYouthDay, I’m reflecting on what it really means for young peacebuilders to belong in policy spaces.

In the #YouthPeaceSecurity agenda, inclusion is often celebrated, but inclusion alone is not belonging. ⤵️

www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-i...

Notes from the field article "Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy: The Curious Case of Canada" by Katrina Leclerc. Article begins: In June 2017, Canada launched its feminist international assistance policy (Government of Canada 2017). The policy came less than two years after the election of Justin Trudeau’s majority government, following a decade of funding cuts and targeted rollbacks of the feminist movement (Stinson Reference Stinson2015). In addition to the several billion Canadian dollars committed through the policy, the emphasis on new and creative approaches to international assistance is particularly interesting (Government of Canada 2017). Rebecca Tiessen highlights the “repetitive use of specific words such as ‘new’ (mentioned 40 times), ‘innovative’ (noted eight times) or ‘innovation’ (mentioned 10 times)” (2019, 3).

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣

For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @leclerck.bsky.social explores why the Canadian 🇨🇦 government has not delivered on a formal FFP despite its promises to do so.

polisky gendersky

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A great week at #IPSA2025 in Seoul 🇰🇷 with @shaynewong.bsky.social

Glad to have the opportunity to share our most recent chapter on #Youth4Peace in North America, forthcoming in “Fragmented Peace” edited volume signed by #Routledge.

@ipsa.org

At #Geneva59, @wpsn-canada.org Chair @leclerck.bsky.social called for real, co-created partnerships—not symbolic ones.

Civil society is the engine of the WPS agenda.

📌 Full remarks: lnkd.in/epkjdZ59
#WPS #FeministForeignPolicy #Decolonization #Localization #TrustBasedFunding #WPSNCanada

Queering Peace and Security: Moving from Rhetoric to Action 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…

🌈 Thank you to everyone who joined us for Queering Peace and Security — a powerful Pride Month conversation on inclusion, resistance & justice in #WomenPeaceSecurity and #YouthPeaceSecurity spaces.

📽️ Missed it? Watch the full recording and read the blog recap here: wpsn-canada.org/2025/06/19/q...

The image background is a progress Pride flag. The foreground has white text that says: Queering Peace and Security Join us to explore 2SLGBTQIA+ perspectives in Women & Youth, Peace and Security June 18, 2025, 6 to 7:15pm EST Virtual RSVP: bit.ly/QPS-register

🌈 Join us for Queering Peace & Security - a powerful conversation on 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion in peacebuilding & security. Register at bit.ly/QPS-register
Confirmation will follow by email.
Hosted by:
• WCAPS-Canada
• @wpsn-canada.org
• CCYPS
• @interpares.bsky.social
• @egalecanada.bsky.social

"Youth Leading Change" has a cover! 📚💫

I’m thrilled that our edited volume now has a home on the #PalgraveMacmillan website and is set for release this September (in time for the 10th Anniversary of #YouthPeaceSecurity 😉).

📗🔗 lnkd.in/g__FDXzV

@hmberents.bsky.social
@yaguerika.bsky.social

#WPSAdvice: From Crisis to Commitment: Why the New Government Must Lead on Women, Peace and Security 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, …

Next in our #WPSAdvice series: From Crisis to Commitment: Why the New Government Must Lead on #WomenPeaceSecurity by WPSN-C chair
@leclerck.bsky.social

wpsn-canada.org/2025/06/03/w...

#WPS #Canada

On Friday, members of our Network joined Ambassadors Arlene B. Tickner and Carlos A. Morales at the Embassy of Colombia in Ottawa.

They shared Colombia-Canada experiences on #WomenPeaceSecurity and the implementation of both countries’ National Action Plans.

¡Gracias por la invitación! 🇨🇴🇨🇦

Félicitations aux lauréates du Prix RIRC 2025 ! 🎉

- Katrina Leclerc, U Saint Paul
- Reta Meng, U McMaster
- Sarah Demedeiros, U Alberta
- Rowan Harris, U McMaster

Joignez-vous à nous pour un webinaire spécial de l'RIRC!

📅 26 juin 2025, 12h00 - 13h00 HE
🔗 S'inscrire ici : lu.ma/tqclq7z2