December 5, 2019
When you think of how peace is constructed, what do you imagine? Negotiations, written treaties, large conferences — these are the tools by which centuries of conflict have been framed and ‘solved’ in the vision of interstate co-operation. But tools...
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November 18, 2019
PCJ Fellow Michele At-Amant delivered a seminar on Tuesday, November 12, in which she presented her research on predictability of US intervention in failed states.
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October 15, 2019
Professor Patricia Justino is a researcher at UNU-WIDER and the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. On Monday October 7, 2019, she delivered the 7th Annual Frank W. Woods Lecture. One of her major areas of research is...
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October 9, 2019
PCJ student, Charlotte Astle, and Professor Jessica Green talk about climate week, Greta Thunberg and the merits of a Green New Deal.
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May 10, 2019
By Natalie Boychuk Travelling to Washington, D.C. twice over the 2017-2018 school year was a memorable experience. From listening to Congresswoman Debbie Dingell speak about the Zuckerberg trial, meeting Senator Bernie Sanders, and speaking with prominent members of the U.S....
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April 1, 2019
U of T Women in House is a program co-founded and co-managed by Tina Park and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett aimed at promoting greater female representation in government. Each year, the program takes female University of Toronto students on a...
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March 30, 2019
By Matthew O’Riordan-Ross On March 22, 2019, the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy hosted a moderated panel discussion which considered the question of whether Canada is doing enough to address the UN peacekeeper sexual abuse crisis. This...
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March 25, 2019
The Peace, Conflict and Justice Society hosted its first Indigenous film screening. The event was run in collaboration with Honouring Indigenous Peoples. Our goal was to provide students with a space to discuss and evaluate Canada’s discriminatory history and its...
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February 7, 2019
The following is compiled using material from both the Woods lecture and an interview that took place earlier in the afternoon. Michael Ross is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California Los Angeles. One of his major...
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December 6, 2018
It often seems that our military institutions are shrouded in secrecy. However, on November 30, 2018, the Canadian Forces eagerly welcomed us to the Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC) at CFB Kingston. While I have had the opportunity to visit...
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