The UN’s peacekeeping efforts are all very well, but they take too long to mount and are unevenly spread across member states. It’s time to build something less ad hoc.
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Victoria
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Canada Research Chair in Urban Planning for Climate Change, Associate Professor of Geography and Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
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Associate Teaching Professor, Geography, University of Victoria
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PhD Student, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria
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Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Accounting, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
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PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Victoria
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Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Victoria
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Professor of Geography and Associate Dean Academic, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Victoria
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Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
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Professor Emerita, Department of Gender Studies, University of Victoria
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Assistant Professor, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor of Business, University of Victoria
