Canada Launch of the Global Peace Index : Measuring peace in a complex world

The Institute for Economics and Peace recently published the 2020 Global Peace Index. The Index outlines key 2020 highlights, global rankings, regional overviews as well as country improvements and deterioration in peace. Uniquely, this edition will cover three new topics: trends in civil unrest, ecological threats, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the Index, IEP also released a special briefing on COVID-19 and Peace. It discusses the changes in socio-economic systems and considers the repercussions of such changes on patterns of violence and conflict. Featured Guests: Lieutenant-General the Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire Serge Stroobants, Director of Operations, Europe & MENA, Institute for and Economics and Peace Senator Marilou McPhedran , Canadian Senator and founder of The Institute for International Women’s Rights Ferry de Kerckhove, former Ambassador Moderator: Kyle Matthews, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies