Jennifer M. Welsh is one of Canada’s most respected voices on global governance, humanitarian intervention, and the evolution of international norms. She serves as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security and is the Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill university. Prior to her return to Canada, Welsh spent over a decade at the University of Oxford, where she co-founded the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and contributed extensively to global academic and policy debates. From 2013 to 2016, she was the Special Adviser to United nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Responsibility to protect (R2P), making her one of the world’s foremost authorities on atrocity prevention. She has also held senior research roles at the European University Institute in Florence. Welsh is widely published on humanitarian crises, armed conflict, multilateralism, and Canadian foreign policy. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an International Member of the American Academy of Arts & am; Sciences. Her work bridges rigorous scholarship with public communication and policy relevance—an ideal alignment with the CIC’s mission to strengthen Canada’s civic conversation on international affairs.

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