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Katrina Leclerc (she/elle/ella)
@leclerck.bsky.social
PhD'ing Youth, Peace & Security (YPS) + Women, Peace & Security (WPS).

Adjunct & P/T Professor. Researcher. Policy Specialist.

Chair @wpsn-canada.org. Co-founder @canadayps.bsky.social.

📗: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031958618

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New publication alert! 🚨

As we mark 25 years since UNSCR 1325 next week, I hope this article contributes to ongoing reflections on how #WomenPeaceSecurity implementation can move beyond national policies toward community ownership and justice-oriented change.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NR6MH...
Localising Women, Peace, and Security: community agency and ownership beyond national policies
This article examines the localisation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda as a contested political process shaped by negotiations between local, national, and international actors. Draw...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Join us for the launch of #YouthLeadingChange!

The 📖 brings together youth scholar-practitioners & academics, demonstrating how young people navigate conflict + generate social & cultural change

➡️ www.leclerck.com/youth-leadin... #youth4peace

@hmberents.bsky.social
@yaguerika.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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(1/3) Thank you to Senator Marilou McPhedran (@senmarilou.bsky.social) for presenting our first Feed Your Mind lecture of the year. This insightful and engaging dialogue was a great way to start off the year!
September 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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à l’invitation de mon ancienne étudiante Katrina Leclerc, qui est maintenant la prof ! ⭕️ 😊🙏
September 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Another circle in my life- At The @uwinnipeg.bsky.social ( where I was the first woman student president 50+ years ago), I was the guest prof in a human rights course I designed and taught -invited by my former student @leclerck.bsky.social, who is now the prof! ⭕️ 😊🙏
September 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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We're hiring for Academic Support (Marker) positions for the fall term! ✏️📚📓

Full postings available here: www.northstarats.com/University-o...
August 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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(1/2) 🌍 Meet Our Human Rights Professors!

Our final professor spotlight is on @leclerck.bsky.social.

We’re excited to welcome Global College alumna Katrina Leclerc back to campus this fall as a sessional instructor!

She will be teaching Concepts and Conventions in Human Rights (HR-2100-001).
August 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On this #InternationalYouthDay, I’m reflecting on what it really means for young peacebuilders to belong in policy spaces.

In the #YouthPeaceSecurity agenda, inclusion is often celebrated, but inclusion alone is not belonging. ⤵️

www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-i...
From Invitation to Ownership: Dismantling Gatekeeping in the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda
(Le français suit.) Every August, International Youth Day offers an opportunity to celebrate young people’s contributions to peace, justice, and social change.
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August 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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📣 Out on #FirstView 📣

For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @leclerck.bsky.social explores why the Canadian 🇨🇦 government has not delivered on a formal FFP despite its promises to do so.

polisky gendersky

buff.ly/01CLkVj
August 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A great week at #IPSA2025 in Seoul 🇰🇷 with @shaynewong.bsky.social

Glad to have the opportunity to share our most recent chapter on #Youth4Peace in North America, forthcoming in “Fragmented Peace” edited volume signed by #Routledge.

@ipsa.org
July 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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At #Geneva59, @wpsn-canada.org Chair @leclerck.bsky.social called for real, co-created partnerships—not symbolic ones.

Civil society is the engine of the WPS agenda.

📌 Full remarks: lnkd.in/epkjdZ59
#WPS #FeministForeignPolicy #Decolonization #Localization #TrustBasedFunding #WPSNCanada
June 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🌈 Thank you to everyone who joined us for Queering Peace and Security — a powerful Pride Month conversation on inclusion, resistance & justice in #WomenPeaceSecurity and #YouthPeaceSecurity spaces.

📽️ Missed it? Watch the full recording and read the blog recap here: wpsn-canada.org/2025/06/19/q...
Queering Peace and Security: Moving from Rhetoric to Action
On 18 June 2025, the Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada (WPSN-C), in collaboration with Women of Colour Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation – Canada (WCAPS-Canada), the Ca…
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June 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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🌈 Join us for Queering Peace & Security - a powerful conversation on 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion in peacebuilding & security. Register at bit.ly/QPS-register
Confirmation will follow by email.
Hosted by:
• WCAPS-Canada
@wpsn-canada.org
• CCYPS
@interpares.bsky.social
@egalecanada.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Youth Leading Change" has a cover! 📚💫

I’m thrilled that our edited volume now has a home on the #PalgraveMacmillan website and is set for release this September (in time for the 10th Anniversary of #YouthPeaceSecurity 😉).

📗🔗 lnkd.in/g__FDXzV

@hmberents.bsky.social
@yaguerika.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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On Friday, members of our Network joined Ambassadors Arlene B. Tickner and Carlos A. Morales at the Embassy of Colombia in Ottawa.

They shared Colombia-Canada experiences on #WomenPeaceSecurity and the implementation of both countries’ National Action Plans.

¡Gracias por la invitación! 🇨🇴🇨🇦
May 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Félicitations aux lauréates du Prix RIRC 2025 ! 🎉

- Katrina Leclerc, U Saint Paul
- Reta Meng, U McMaster
- Sarah Demedeiros, U Alberta
- Rowan Harris, U McMaster

Joignez-vous à nous pour un webinaire spécial de l'RIRC!

📅 26 juin 2025, 12h00 - 13h00 HE
🔗 S'inscrire ici : lu.ma/tqclq7z2
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Congratulations to the 2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award winners! 🎉

- Katrina Leclerc, Saint Paul U
​​- Reta Meng, McMaster U
- Sarah Demedeiros, U Alberta
- ​​Rowan Harris, McMaster U

Join us for a special RIC webinar!
📅 Date: June 26, 2025, 12 PM - 1 PM ET
🔗 Register: lu.ma/tqclq7z2
May 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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🎙️ Last week we launched the episode “Why Linking YPS and WPS matters”, in which Agathe Mainaud had an insightful conversation with Katrina Leclerc @leclerck.bsky.social from @canadayps.bsky.social!

*Épisode aussi disponible en français! ⭐

Spotify: lnkd.in/eJN8fYet
May 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Et… surprise pour nos amis francophones !

Plongez dans la synergie entre Jeunesse, Paix et Sécurité et Femmes, Paix et Sécurité avec @leclerck.bsky.social de
@canadayps.bsky.social et l'animatrice Agathe Mainaud.
🔗 soundcloud.com/user-6790572...
Pourquoi la liaison entre les agendas JPS et FPS est importante (S09 E04)
Et… surprise pour nos amis francophones ! Une version en français de cet épisode est également disponible ! Dans cet épisode, Agathe Mainaud (UNOY) et Katrina Leclerc de la Coalition canadienne JPS (
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May 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🎙️ New podcast episode! Dive into the synergy between Youth, Peace & Security and Women, Peace & Security with @leclerck.bsky.social @canadayps.bsky.social & host Agathe Mainaud.

🔍Explore young women’s leadership, systemic barriers & emerging peacebuilding themes 🔗 soundcloud.com/user-6790572...
May 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Have you voted, Canada? As-tu voté? #elxn2025
April 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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📢Ahead of Canada’s federal election April 28, members of the #WomenPeaceSecurity community have sent an open letter to the leaders of all major political parties calling for the appointment of a WPS Ambassador within 30 days of forming government 🇨🇦 🌍
🔗Read & share bit.ly/letter-wpsa
#cdnpoli #Elxn44
wpsn-canada.org
April 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Have you checked out our new publication "Catalyst for Change: Youth Leadership in Rights, Diversity, and Social Cohesion Across the Americas"?

Here are some of the key insights from chapter 1!

Curious to learn more? 🌍🔗 unoy.org/downloads/ca...
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM