Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, provides an overview of 10 conflicts the international community will face in 2015.
10 wars to watch in 2015
Tag Archives: Syria
Canada’s closed door policy for Syrian refugees
The Canadian government consistently boasts about its “generous refugee system”, saying it welcomes about one in every 10 resettled refugees globally. But in the case of Syria, Ottawa’s resettlement target for 2014 was only half that traditional benchmark.
How not to understand ISIS
The view that one particular religious doctrine is uniquely extremist will not help us understand the cycles of brutality that have fed on years of circulating narratives and images of torture, violent murder, and desecration.
Canada’s military involvement in Iraq: Statements from four party leaders
On Friday, October 3rd, Prime Minister Harper called on the House of Commons to support Canadian participation in a six-month air-strike campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Here’s what the four party leaders had to say about the motion.
Bombs away! Air power as panacea
We have not invested in understanding the conditions of peace. After a century of bombing, isn’t it about time that we did?
Thank you for saying “No War on Syria!”
Thank you to everyone who submitted letters to the editor to newspapers across Canada calling for no war on Syria. We reached almost 350,000 people with our message!