Bishop’s University Researcher Mobilizes Knowledge with the United Nations and the Government of Canada

Dr. Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé of the Department of Politics and International Studies has been invited on a number of occasions to share her research expertise on United Nations peacekeeping missions over the past few months, and has greatly contributed to promoting the research being carried out at Bishop’s University in this field.

On October 12th, 2017, Dr. Martin-Brûlé was invited by the Defense Minister of Canada to participate in a roundtable on United Nations Peacekeeping Missions to provide expertise on the role of Canada in peacekeeping operations, and further provided expertise on gender in UN Peacekeeping Missions to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland. These events took place in the Confederation Room in Ottawa and in the office of Minister Freeland, respectively.

From November 9th to 17th, 2017, Dr. Martin-Brûlé was also a senior instructor at the United Nations Joint Mission Analysis Centre’s annual training course held at the Norwegian International Defence Centre in Oslo. She provided training to 35 participants from twelve peacekeeping missions.

Finally, on December 11th-12th, 2017, Dr. Martin-Brûlé was invited to participate in a workshop on threat assessments and the protection of civilians organized by the Policy and Best Practices Service of the Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support and the Stimson Centre at the United Nations Secretariat. On this occasion, Dr. Martin-Brûlé presented the very first Joint Analysis Mission Analysis Centre field handbook, a manual that she was commissioned to produce by the United Nations. Her presentation aimed at sharing findings on the specific guidance and training needs of civilian and uniformed staff working in the field and conducting threat assessments.