Ambassador Jacqueline O’Neill was appointed as Canada’s first Ambassador for Women, Peace, and security. She holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Previously, she supported policy frameworks and strategies for NATO, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe as well as for the UN. She advised the Canadian Government from 2011-2017 on national action plans for women, peace and security initiatives.

Brigadier-General Lise Bourgon joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1987 and received her pilot wings following graduation from College Militaire Royal de St-Jean in 1992. As a helicopter pilot, she was assigned to 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron in Shearwater, Nova Scotia where she deployed on numerous Royal Canadian Navy deployments. She also served as an instructor with 406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron (OTS). Operational tours included Detachment Commander on HMCS Montreal during a 6 month tour and the Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander for OP IMPACT, the first Canadian female to serve in that position.

Dr. Lynne Gouliquer is Co-Director of the P-SEC Research Group and Associate Professor of Sociology at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario.

Dr. Carmen Poulin is Co-Director of the P-SEC Research Group and Associate Dean for the Faculty of Arts; Professor of Psychology and Gender & Women's Studies at University of New Brunswick, Fredericton