Video - Canada’s Peace and Stabilization Operations Program

In an interconnected world, peace helps us reach our potential as individuals, as societies, and as a global community.

What does Canada’s Peace and Stabilization Operations Program do?

• Supports initiatives, policy and organizations that promote peace, security, and stability
• Deploys Canadian police officers and civilian experts to support peacekeeping and peacebuilding
• Promotes gender equality, diversity and inclusion, respect for the rule of law, and the protection of human rights
• Enhances UN Peace Operations, including by increasing the meaningful participation of women through the Elsie Initiative

How does this program make a difference?

• Provides rapid and coordinated action to respond to conflict and fragility
• Empowers women and girls to resolve conflict, build peace and live without fear for their safety
• Protects children from being recruited and used as child soldiers
• Decreases the number of landmine victims
• Fosters mediation in neighbourhoods and communities and addresses conflict before it escalates

Why does this matter?

• When everyone is represented around the table, including women, there is more durable peace
• Peace and stability pave the way for sustainable development
• Everyone has the right to be safe and secure in their home, in their community

From Myanmar to Ukraine to Colombia, and beyond… Canada’s Peace and Stabilization Operations Program is committed to working towards lasting peace around the world.