At G7, Canada must lead efforts to tackle global violence

The Trudeau government must bolster global support for diplomatic solutions amid this spiral of violence, commit greater resources to underpin grassroots peace-building, and ensure that promises made to fragile states do not go unfulfilled, says Simon O'Connell, executive director of Mercy Corps.

Ana, middle, who lives Putumayo, Colombia, aspires to be either a doctor or a dancer. Photograph by Miguel Samper, courtesy of Mercy Corps

Opinion

BY SIMON O’CONNELL

June 4, 2018

While the world’s most powerful leaders meet in Charlevoix this week to decide the direction of global policy, half a world away in Putumayo, Colombia, Ana, 14, and her 11-year-old brother Juan will attend a rural boarding school far away from their home, confronting ri...

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