Hand in Hand? Exploring Non-Traditional Actors in Canadian Foreign Policy at the Human Rights and Peacebuilding Nexus

Chair(s): Kirsten Van Houten (University of the Fraser Valley, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Reconciliation, Foreign Policy, and Global Affairs Canada: A Mismatch between Rhetoric and Practice in GAC’s Action Plan on Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

Adam Gaudry
University of Alberta

Human Rights, Violence, and Civil Society: Canadian Civil Society Organizations Challenge Canadian Foreign Policy in the Americas, By: Laura Mac Donald

Laura Macdonald
Carleton University

Canada and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Reconciling Ambition, Challenges, and Policy Coherence

Madison Filmore
University of Ottawa

Canada's human-rights-based responses to peacebuilding efforts in the context of mass atrocity

Andrew Thompson
Balsillie School

Rethinking Development through the Lens of Feminist Flourishing

Chair(s): Rebecca Tiessen (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Decolonializing Development Through Expanding our Understanding of Wellbeing: Exploring Feminist Flourishing as a Conceptual Framework

Rebecca Tiessen, Ayewa Donkoh
University of Ottawa

‘Love On Top of Mercy’: Complex Decision Making Among Women Who Survived Wartime Forced Marriage in Northern Uganda

Ketty Anyeko
University of Toronto

Feminist Flourishing as a New Lens for Enhancing Women’s Participation in Peace Processes: An Analysis of Women’s ‘Advisory’ Boards in Yemen and Syria

Madi Fillmore
University of Ottawa

Emotional Wellbeing as a Determinant of Adolescent Flourishing in Uganda

Daniel Kikulwe
York University

Does Women in Politics and Income Inequality Affect Sustainable Development in OECD Countries? A Feminist Perspective

Esther Addo-Donkoh¹, Samuel Amponsah Odei², Gariba Labaran Murtala³, Emmanuel Ebo Arthur⁴, Solomon Gyamfi⁴, Mohammed Ibrahim Gariba⁴, Grace Addo-Donkoh⁴

1: Datalink University; 2: University of Hradec Kralove; 3: Graduate School, University for Development Studies; 4: University of Pardubice, Ghana

Unlocking Potential: Youth Participation in Sustainable Development through Non-formal Learning in Rural China

Shiqing Gong

McGill University, Canada

The Role of Social Welfare Policies and Programs in Achieving SDGs at the Local, Regional, and Global Levels

Alamzeb Aamir¹, Jehan Zeb²

1: FATA University Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Paksitan; 2: University of Ottawa, Canada

Pandemic Policies and Resistance: Southern Feminist Critiques in Times of Covid-19

Masaya Llavaneras Blanco^1,2, Damien Gock^1,3, Alyssa Trotz⁴, Ethel Tungohan⁵

1: DAWN; 2: Huron University College at University of Western Ontario; 3: Western Sydney University, Australia; 4: University of Toronto; 5: York University

Industrial Pollution and Health Issues among Rural Citizens: Does Injustice in Financial Assistance Matter?

Fazal Ur Rehman

University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Global Warming and the Dangerous Skin Diseases among Rural Citizens: Does Injustice Governance Matter?

Fazal Ur Rehman

University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Evaluating the Feasibility, Impact, and Sustainability of the Remote Ultrasound Capacity Building for Antenatal Access Project in Ethiopia

Felagot Taddese Terefe, Mark Loewenberger

Canadian Physician for Aid and Relief, Ethiopia