Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds

Canadian Women and the Search for Global Order

Greg Donaghy editor Stacey Barker editor Jill Campbell-Miller editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of British Columbia Press

Published:1st Nov '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds cover

Where are the women in Canada’s international history? Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds answers this question in a comprehensive volume that explores the role of women in Canadian international affairs.

Foreign policy historians have traditionally focused on powerful men. Though hidden, forgotten, or ignored, this book shows that women have also shaped Canada’s relations with the world over the past century – whether as activists, missionaries, aid workers, diplomats or diplomatic spouses.

Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds examines the lives and careers of professional women working abroad as doctors, nurses, or economic development advisors; women fighting for change as anti-war, anti-nuclear, or Indigenous rights activists; and women engaged in traditional diplomacy. This wide-ranging collection reveals the vital contribution of women to the search for global order that has been a hallmark of Canada’s international history.

“This collection will prompt debate. It will prompt reflection. It will surely inspire future scholars to reframe Canadian international history around women and gender.” -- Asa McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada
“Emphasizing the importance of broad participative decision-making, of quiet compromises, and of local domestic work outside the elite world of official diplomats, Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds adds to an exciting transformation in our official understanding of foreign policy and what it can achieve.” -- Isabel Campbell, National Defense Headquarters

ISBN: 9780774866408

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 500g

240 pages