Expertise:

International Affairs, the United Nations, Humanitarian Affairs, Refugee Issues, Politics of Conflict in Georgia and the Southern Caucasus, global crisis war energy human rights development russia congo unhcr foreign policy

Language(s) spoken:

English, French (able to conduct interviews in French)

Kyle Matthews is the Senior Deputy Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University and a Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. His work focuses on human rights, international security, the Responsibility to Protect, global threats, and social media and technology. He works closely with the Canadian All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and has advised Members of Parliament on issues related to international peace and security. He previously worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, where he was posted to the Southern Caucasus (Tbilisi), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and Switzerland (Geneva). Prior to that he worked for CARE Canada in Albania and later at its headquarters in Ottawa, where he managed various humanitarian response initiatives and peace-building projects in Afghanistan, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. In 2011 he joined the New Leaders program at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. He is a member of the University Club of Montreal, the Montreal Press Club, the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations and the Federal Idea, a think tank devoted to federalism. He is currently the President of the Canadian International Council's Montreal branch. He blogs on international affairs for Global News and for the Canadian International Council’s website opencanada.org.

Originally from Ottawa, Kyle completed his Master's in Development and International Relations at Aalborg University in Denmark (2001), earned a certificate in Refugee Issues from York University (2002) and received his undergraduate degree in History from Carleton University (1996).

Kyle Matthews is a contributing member of Newsana, an online news source with a special section on the Responsibility to Protect.

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