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President: Dr. Erika Simpson
Erika Simpson is an associate professor of international relations at the University of Western Ontario and president of the Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA). She is the author of NATO and the Bomb and her articles have appeared in The Brown Journal of World Affairs, International Journal, Invictus Pax, Peace Magazine, Peace Research, Peace Review, and Policy Options. A newspaper columnist for Canada’s largest digital and newspaper chain, and for Ottawa’s Hill Times, she is a past vice president of the CPRA (2015-19), she is a past vice-chair of the Canadian Pugwash Group, a reviewer for the CIMVH, and former Alton Jones Fellow, Barton Fellow, Liu Institute Fellow, and NATO Fellow. In 2015, the Voice of Women in Canada awarded her a lifetime achievement award.
Associate Professor, Western University, London, ON
Email: simpson@uwo.ca
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Vice President: Dr. Christopher Hrynkow
Christopher Hrynkow, PhD (Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba), ThD (Christian Ethics, University of Toronto) is an Associate Professor in Religion and Culture at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan. There, he teaches courses in Religious Studies, Catholic Studies, and Critical Perspectives on Social Justice and the Common Good. From January 2019 to July 2019, he is serving as Patrick and Barbara Keenan Visiting Chair in Religious Education at the University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto. Hrynkow is also a graduate student in Education (University of Bath) and Social Justice and Community Action (University of Edinburgh). In July 2019, he will return to St. Thomas More College as Department Head and Graduate Chair in Religion and Culture for the University of Saskatchewan.
Associate Professor, St. Thomas More College: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Email: chrynkow@stmcollege.ca
General Secretary: Ms. Anne Venton
Chair, National Advisory Council: Dr. Rose Dyson
General Secretary: Ms. Anne Venton
Anne Venton earned a MA (University of Toronto) and was a Media Studies educator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). She also served as Head of Library at Northern Secondary School, North Toronto Collegiate, and City Adult Learning Centre. She was a Project Director at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) on p
Anne Venton earned a MA (University of Toronto) and was a Media Studies educator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). She also served as Head of Library at Northern Secondary School, North Toronto Collegiate, and City Adult Learning Centre. She was a Project Director at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) on projects including the ‘Canadian English Language Achievement Test’ and ‘Sex Stereotyping in Elementary Readers’. With extensive experience on many boards, Ms. Venton served on boards for the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada; the Council of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario; the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance; and the College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario. She was the Riding President of the Toronto Centre Federal Liberal Association (TCFLA) and President of the Ontario Women's Liberal Commission (OWLC). Currently, she serves on the executive of CCAVE (Canadians Concerned About Violence in Entertainment) as Director of Communications and on the Sinfonia Toronto Board. She is also a former Vice-President of the OISE Alumni Association, which represents one of the largest faculties at the University of Toronto with over 70,000 graduates.
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Media Studies Educator, Toronto, ONHead of Library Northern Secondary School Toronto, ON Collegiate and City Adult Learning, Toronto, ON Vice-President OISE Alumni Association, Toronto, ONEmail: anne.venton@sympatico.ca
Treasurer: Peter Venton
Chair, National Advisory Council: Dr. Rose Dyson
General Secretary: Ms. Anne Venton
Peter Venton is the Treasurer of the Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA) (2015-17, 2017-19). He was the Bursar, University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, Toronto (2001-2009). The modern equivalent of Bursar is Vice President: Administration and Finance, which includes oversight management of Human Resources
Peter Venton is the Treasurer of the Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA) (2015-17, 2017-19). He was the Bursar, University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, Toronto (2001-2009). The modern equivalent of Bursar is Vice President: Administration and Finance, which includes oversight management of Human Resources administration and management’s representative in labor negotiations, as well as oversight management of the University’s physical plant. He is also the former Vice President: Administration and Finance, Wilfrid Laurier University, (1979-1984). Formerly he was an economist and senior policy advisor in the Ontario Government's Ministry of Finance. He holds a MA in Economics from Queen’s University. Venton is currently the President of JPV Associates consulting in economics and public policy in the public interest and public sector management. He has presented papers on economic inequality, environmental sustainability, democracy, globalization and capitalism in Canada, Greece and Taiwan. His publications include, "Radical changes in Canadian democracy: for ecology and the public good," Ecological Systems Integrity: Governance, law and human rights, eds. Laura Westra, Janice Gray and Vasiliki Karagerorgou (New York: Routledge Earthscan, 2015). Currently he serves as the Treasurer of the Canadian Pugwash Group (2017-19), a registered Canadian charitable foundation, and as a Board Member and Director of the Canadian Pugwash Group (2015-2019).
Former Vice President, Administration and Finance, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON Email: peter.venton@bell.net
Chair, National Advisory Council: Dr. Rose Dyson
Chair, National Advisory Council: Dr. Rose Dyson
Director of Communications and Public Relations: Yerin Chung
Dr. Rose Dyson, Ph.D. Ed.D. (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto) is the author of two books including Mind Abuse: Media Violence in an Information Age (Black Rose Books) and the co-author of 11 other peer-reviewed books. She was the editor for 17 years of The Learning Edge (Canadian Association for the Study
Dr. Rose Dyson, Ph.D. Ed.D. (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto) is the author of two books including Mind Abuse: Media Violence in an Information Age (Black Rose Books) and the co-author of 11 other peer-reviewed books. She was the editor for 17 years of The Learning Edge (Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education). She was the associate editor of Peace Issues in the 21st Century Global Context, eds. John Duncan, Shreesh Juyal (UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017). She is the President of Canadians Concerned About Violence in Entertainment and Chair of the National Advisory Council of the Canadian Peace Research Association (2013-15, 2015-17, 2017- 2019). She is a member of the Climate Action Network, the Global Ecological Integrity Group, and Just Earth. She is also the Director of Communication and a member of the World Federalist Movement, Toronto Branch, Canada.
Dr. Dyson can be reached at: rose.dyson@alumni.utoronto.ca
Director of Communications and Public Relations: Yerin Chung
Director of Communications and Public Relations: Yerin Chung
Director of Communications and Public Relations: Yerin Chung
Ms. Chung (MA) is a recent graduate of the Political Philosophy stream at the University of Western Ontario who intends to undertake a PhD in Political Theory and Peace Research in 2022. She is interested in contemporary political philosophy in the areas of global distributive justice, historical injustice, human rights and the ethics of
Ms. Chung (MA) is a recent graduate of the Political Philosophy stream at the University of Western Ontario who intends to undertake a PhD in Political Theory and Peace Research in 2022. She is interested in contemporary political philosophy in the areas of global distributive justice, historical injustice, human rights and the ethics of climate change as it pertains to issues of intergenerational justice. She has worked as a teaching assistant at The University of Western Ontario for various faculty members of Political Science. She holds a Master’s degree and a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Political Science both from The University of Western Ontario. Yerin serves as Director of Communications and Public Relations for the Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA).
Yerin Chung can be reached at: ychung73@uwo.ca.
Director of Membership: Colton Stevenson
Director of Communications and Public Relations: Yerin Chung
International Representative: Juneseo Hwang
Mr. Colton Stevenson completed the political science Master’s program at the University of Western Ontario and will pursue a PhD at the University of Western Ontario beginning in September 2025. His plans for research focus on sustainability, particularly on climate change. Colton Stevenson can be reached at: csteve59@uwo.ca
International Representative: Juneseo Hwang
Director of Communications and Public Relations: Yerin Chung
International Representative: Juneseo Hwang
Juneseo Hwang is a research associate at the DFG Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies, Futures of Sustainability, at the University of Hamburg in Germany. He is also a policy consultant specializing in peace and security issues in East Asia. His current research emphasizes fostering sustainable peace through the criminalization of ecoci
Juneseo Hwang is a research associate at the DFG Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies, Futures of Sustainability, at the University of Hamburg in Germany. He is also a policy consultant specializing in peace and security issues in East Asia. His current research emphasizes fostering sustainable peace through the criminalization of ecocide, moving beyond the traditional framework of victors' justice. Dr. Hwang's notable expertise encompasses peacebuilding, environmental justice, human rights, green criminology, and disarmament. His work has already been published in the Journal of Contemporary Asia and Peace Review, with contributions forthcoming in the Handbook of Research on Sustainability and Governanceand May Books. His doctoral dissertation, The Road Not Taken: ‘Triple Transformation’ towards Sustainable Peace in Northern Ireland, received the United Kingdom Political Science Association's 2022-2023 Elizabeth Wiskemann Prize for the best thesis on inequality and social justice.
International Representative: Dr. Frederic S. Pearson
Local Arrangements Coordinator: TBC (hired by Congress)
Local Arrangements Coordinator: TBC (hired by Congress)
Frederic S. Pearson is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. A recognized authority in the fields of international military intervention, arms transfer effects on wars, and civil and international conflict analysis, h
Frederic S. Pearson is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. A recognized authority in the fields of international military intervention, arms transfer effects on wars, and civil and international conflict analysis, he has been a senior Fulbright research professor twice and he was recognized as Gershenson Distinguished Research Professor and as Graduate Mentor of the Year at Wayne State University. Among his six sole- and co-authored books are Arms and Warfare: Escalation, De-escalation, Negotiation (1994 with Michael Brzoska); The Global Spread of Arms: Political Economy of International Security (1994); Arms and Ethnic Warfare (2001 with John Sislin); Civil Wars: Internal Struggles, Global Consequences (2008 with Marie Olson Lounsbery); and Arab Approaches to Conflict Resolution: Mediation, Negotiation and the Settlement of Political Disputes (2017 with Nahla Yassine-Hamdan). He was editor for the special 2001 issue of the Journal of Peace Research on “Identity-based Disputes and Conflict Management.” Other relevant articles include a study of mediator effectiveness in ending civil wars in the Conflict Quarterlyand “Arms Trade: Economics of” in the Encyclopaedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict (with Sislin and Olson). In 2000 Dr. Pearson was designated a conflict resolution consultant to the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century in Washington. He has lectured to United Nations staff on global conflict; European Union seminars on arms and civil war; developed community dispute resolution programs regarding ethnic and immigrant relations; and led delegations of urban high school teachers to Japan and international conflict delegations to the former Soviet Union. The former director of the Detroit Council for World Affairs and past president of the Rotary Club of Detroit, he serves on the Advisory Board of the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights.
Email: ab3440@wayne.edu
Local Arrangements Coordinator: TBC (hired by Congress)
Local Arrangements Coordinator: TBC (hired by Congress)
Local Arrangements Coordinator: TBC (hired by Congress)
Member-at-Large: Lt. Col. Sylvie Lemieux
Local Arrangements Coordinator: TBC (hired by Congress)
Member-at-Large: Lt. Col. Sylvie Lemieux
Dr. Sylvie Lemieux is a retired LCol Army engineer and former Public Service executive who represented the Green Party of Canada in two federal elections. As a part-time consultant for Global Affairs Canada as well as a member of non-governmental organizations, Dr. Lemieux serves as the co-chair of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear
Dr. Sylvie Lemieux is a retired LCol Army engineer and former Public Service executive who represented the Green Party of Canada in two federal elections. As a part-time consultant for Global Affairs Canada as well as a member of non-governmental organizations, Dr. Lemieux serves as the co-chair of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (CNANW). She holds a Ph.D in Conflict Studies from St. Paul University, Ottawa; a MA in globalization and international development from the University of Ottawa; and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Ecole polytechnique de Montreal - Université de Montreal. A retired Lieutenant-Colonel from the Canadian Armed Forces (Army) and former civil servant, she was a leadership candidate for the Green Party in 2010. She is the co-chair with Robin Collins of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; a Board member of the G78, a member of the Canadian Pugwash Group, a member of the Voice of Women, and a member of Integrative Peacebuilding. She has been a Member-at-Large for the Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA) since 2015. Sylvie Lemieux can be reached at: slemieux3599@rogers.com.
Member-at-Large: Dr. Walter Dorn
Member-at-Large: Dr. Walter Dorn
Member-at-Large: Lt. Col. Sylvie Lemieux
Walter Dorn is Professor of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College and at the Royal Military College, Kingston. A scientist by training (Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Toronto), his doctoral research was on chemical sensing for arms control. He assisted with the negotiation, ratification and implementation of the Chemical Weapons
Walter Dorn is Professor of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College and at the Royal Military College, Kingston. A scientist by training (Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Toronto), his doctoral research was on chemical sensing for arms control. He assisted with the negotiation, ratification and implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. His interests are broader now, covering international and human security, especially peace operations and the United Nations (UN). A. Walter Dorn is the author of Air Power in UN Operations: Wings for Peace (Ashgate, 2014); Keeping Watch: Monitoring, Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations (United Nations University Press, 2011) and the editor of World Order for a New Millennium: Political, Cultural and Spiritual Approaches to Building Peace (Palgrave Macmillan Press, 1999) Dorn has extensive experience in UN field missions. He served as a district electoral officer with the United Nations (UN) Mission in East Timor in 1999; in Ethiopia on a UNDP project; and at UN headquarters as a Training Adviser with the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). He was on the UN’s Panel of Experts on Technology and Innovation in UN Peacekeeping in 2014. He served as the Innovation and Protection Technology Expert within the UN’s Department of Field Support in 2017- 18, providing advice to improve UN missions in the Middle East and Africa including Lebanon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali. He has served as the UN Representative of Science for Peace, a Canadian NGO since 1983.
Email: walter.dorn@rmc.ca
