Women, Peace and Security Network - Canada

Commissioned by Global Affairs Canada and developed collaboratively by members of a Working Group convened by WPSN-C, Adaptive Leadership, Resilient Economies: Women’s Role in Climate and Disaster Preparedness and Recovery in the Indo-Pacific examines how women’s leadership contributes to economic resilience in climate- and disaster-affected contexts. 

On 8 June 2026, WPSN-C, Sustainable Cooperation for Peace & Security (SCPS), and UN Women Italy convened Bridging Generations for Sustainable Peace as a side event to the Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network meeting hosted by the Governments of Italy and the Philippines.

On April 24, 2026, WPSN-C hosted a webinar exploring the critical intersections—and tensions—between Women, Peace and Security and NATO. The discussion was moderated by Dr Sandra Biskupski-Mujanovic and included Margaret Kimberley, Dr Tamara Lorincz, and Keiren McClelland.

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

WPSN-C and the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security (RN-WPS) have recently collaborated on a roundtable at the University of Ottawa bringing together researchers, civil society representatives, and defence practitioners to discuss how the WPS agenda can remain responsive to evolving security environments, as well as two webinars exploring how the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda applies to the Canadian context.