Youth Leading Change Book Talk

Mon. Jan. 26 12:30 PM - Mon. Jan. 26 01:30 PM
Contact: global.college@uwinnipeg.ca
Location: 1MS25, Global College

Join us for our first Feed Your Mind talk of 2026!

We’re excited to start off the new year with a book talk on Youth Leading Change featuring co-editor, Katrina Leclerc, and contributor, Shayne Wong, who will discuss the volume and Chapter 8 on the situation in Myanmar. Katrina and Shayne are both alumni of Global College’s Human Rights and Joint Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies programs.

Marking a decade of the UN’s Youth, Peace and Security agenda, Youth Leading Change brings together youth-authored chapters paired with reflections from established scholar-allies, foregrounding lived expertise and challenging state-centric security thinking.

Drawing on grounded insights from across the world, the volume offers practical, context-aware approaches for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

A pizza lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to global.college@uwinnipeg.ca by January 23rd.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Katrina Leclerc

Katrina Leclerc is a sessional instructor at the University of Winnipeg Global College and a PhD candidate at Saint Paul University, where her research focuses on gender- and age-sensitive peacebuilding, youth engagement, and inclusive policy in conflict-affected contexts.

She has advised governments and UN agencies on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) in more than 30 countries, and her work has been highlighted as good practice in multiple UN reports.

She is co-editor of Youth Leading Change: Emerging Sites of Knowledge in Peace and Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) and is widely recognized for bridging academic and practitioner communities.

Shayne Wong

Shayne Wong is a PhD Candidate in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba. Her research examines peace and security in contexts of forced migration resulting from conflict and genocide in Southeast Asia.

Alongside her academic work, Shayne is an active peacebuilding practitioner and advocate, collaborating with organizations and networks around the world. She serves on the board of the Rohingya Human Rights Network and is a co-founder of the Canadian Coalition for Youth, Peace & Security (CCYPS).

Shayne is also a Researcher at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR).