Returning to the Field as a Condition to Ensure the Deployment of a Canadian Feminist Foreign Policy
This essay presents some strategic considerations on how Canada can strengthen its foreign policy. To differentiate itself from great powers and deploy a strategic foreign policy, Canada must deepen and implement its feminist foreign policy. A feminist foreign policy is a forcing mechanism for the undertaking of a holistic strategic review. Such a policy is more inclusive and democratic in nature as it emphasizes civil society access and participation in the international system. If this policy is implemented in a rigorous manner, it presents an opportunity to consolidate the coherence between Canada’s intervention on feminist issues at home and abroad. A feminist approach in foreign affairs must be rooted in the field and target the needs of communities ; thus it must be supported by a greater presence of Canadian diplomats abroad and a robust diplomatic footprint.