On International Day of Indigenous Women, we honour the Indigenous women defending human rights, protecting communities, and advocating for peace. Their voices are essential ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

Networks matter. In our 1st episode, @ebkoenig speaks with Dr. @svhlatky & Dr. Steve Saideman about why networks matter. 🎧 Listen: 🎉 First 5 new WIIS-C members in Canada get a signed copy of Deploying Feminism 🎉. Join:

Women hold just 20.54% of ambassadorships !. Join WIIS Canada, @CdsnRcds, and the @lseideas Women in Diplomacy Project for a discussion on advancing women’s representation in diplomacy and security. 📅 Sept 11 | 6–8pm.📍 Army Officers’ Mess, Ottawa.✉️ contact@wiiscanada.org

✨ We have exciting news! ✨. WIIS-Canada, in partnership with the @CdsnRcds Podcast Network, is launching a new podcast!. Stay bold, stay curious, and keep leading from both the bylines and the frontlines 💪💪💪

#ThrowbackThursday to our @cpsa_acsp roundtable Navigating Different Career Tracks – Education to Policy & Research. Panelists shared insights on skills transfer, “networking sideways,” and bridging academia with policy. A great space for mentorship, dialogue & connections 👏👏

As we enter mid August and summer is in full swing, we asked our board members what they’re reading this season!. Whether you're drawn to fiction, memoir, or critical theory, there’s something here to inform, challenge, or simply accompany you through the rest of the summer!

For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday, we’re spotlighting the 2025 Symposium in #saskatoon, organized by WIIS board member Dr. Colleen Bell and @rn_wps. The focus: MMIWG2S+, colonial legacies, and 25 years of the #WomenPeaceSecurity agenda. Read More:

🎉You're invited!🎉. Join WIIS Canada x @CdsnRcds for a members-only networking night on Aug 20, 6:30–9:00pm at Hilton Garden Inn (361 Queen St). Meet the CDSN Summer Institute cohort & enjoy free food and drinks 🥂. RSVP by Aug 18:

Delighted to co-host a #YEG Summer Social Event ☀️ this week with @UAlberta’s Women in Political Science! . It’s clear — women are contributing in the int’l peace and security space across 🇨🇦 and beyond! Here’s to advancing networks, big ideas and meaningful change together 🙌🏽

For #ThrowbackThursday, we're highlighting Securing Pride — our first-ever Pride event. 🏳️‍🌈 We heard from 2SLGBTQIA+ leaders shaping international security & building community. Pride is more than a month — it's a commitment!

🌎 Navigating global insecurity is easier together. Thanks to everyone who came out last night for our Summer Social!. 📣 WIIS Canada has lots planned for the fall to support and connect our community. Not a member yet? Join here!

#WomenInInternationalSecurity.

RT @Elissa_Golberg: I had the honour to meet with 🇦🇫#AfghanWomenLeaders whose voices must be heard. Leur courage et détermination sont ins….

Tough times in international security call for good people and cold drinks🍻 Join WIIS C’s Summer Social and Networking Event—because navigating global insecurity is easier when you’re not doing it alone. Send us an email at contact@wiiscanada.org to reserve your spot!

As #Pride2025 ends, we remember it’s more than celebration — it’s about standing against hate and affirming the right to live freely and safely. WIIS Canada board member Brook Morrison calls on allies to resist the rollback of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in security spaces and beyond.

On #WomenInDiplomacyDay, we honour the leadership of women in foreign service. 🇨🇦 Diplomat @ebkoenig posted to @CanEmbGermany spoke today in Brussels at the @eu_eeas on inclusion, leadership, and making space for others. We see you. We support you. We thank you. 👏👏👏

RT @JSautCan: #DidYouKnow that #Canada tops the 2024 #WomenInDiplomacy Index with 53% women ambassadors, compared to 21% globally! . On th….

RT @WIISCanada: 🏳️‍🌈 There’s still time to register for Securing Pride: 2SLGBTQIA+ Voices in International Security!. 📅 June 26 | 🕓 16:00–1….

🏳️‍🌈 There’s still time to register for Securing Pride: 2SLGBTQIA+ Voices in International Security!. 📅 June 26 | 🕓 16:00–17:00 EST | 📍 Zoom. Free & open to all - no WIIS-Canada membership needed. 🔗 Sign up:

🏳️‍🌈 Join WIIS-Canada for Securing Pride: 2SLGBTQIA+ Voices in International Security 🏳️‍🌈. 📅 Thurs, June 26 | 🕓 16:00–17:00 EST | 📍 Zoom. Open to all - no membership needed!. 🔗 Register: