Women in International Security- Canada is looking for women-identifying and non-binary graduate students to present at their 13th Annual Workshop, themed: Future Security Challenges Facing Canada: Vital Insights from Women in International Security in Toronto from May 7-8.
They welcome graduate students who are doing work on pressing global issues (such as human rights, climate change, political violence, gender and politics, etc.) to leverage their research expertise and insights to the Canadian or foreign policy context.
Deadline for proposal submissions: February 24, 2020.
Submit abstract (100-200 words) to workshop@wiiscanada.org.
Papers should fall within the workshop’s four main themes:
1) New and Emerging Security Threats (e.g. space conflict, cyber and AI, climate change, arctic security, migration and borders, etc.)
2) Complex Conflicts and War (e.g. terrorism, hybrid warfare, civil wars, international interventions, great power conflicts, etc.)
3) Gender and Security (e.g. women, peace, and security agenda, gender issues in the military, GBA+, intersectionality and politics, gender-based violence, etc.)
4) Security, Justice, and Law (e.g. international and national legal questions related to conflict, terrorism, and security, borders, etc.)
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to present in front of and receive feedback from experts from academia as well as practitioners from the military and leading consulting firms, among others. There will also be an opportunity for the top presenters to publish their work as either a paper or policy brief in a special edition of the leading Canadian foreign policy journal, International Journal. Travel stipends will be provided for out of town presenters.
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