Brook Morrison

Profile

Biography

Education

Brook holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Royal Military College of Canada, a MA Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University. In 2022, Brook completed the LLM International Human Rights Law and Practise at CAHR, for which she was awarded the York Law School Prize for Best Overall Mark in Programme and was part of the project placement group to receive the Sam Pegram Human Rights Placement Award for demonstrating the values of inclusion, transparency, teamwork, integrity, and centring the needs and voices of research participants. Brook’s LLM dissertation “Beyond Gender Advice: NATO’s Operationalisation of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda” examined NATO’s gender mainstreaming process and considered the potential of adding with Human Rights Advisors to the NATO military staff structure.

Experience

Brook has over 25 years of experience as an Officer in the Canadian Army. During her career she deployed on numerous peace support operations, notably as part of the International Military Advisory and Training Team (IMATT) in Sierra Leone; the Multinational Force Observer (MFO) Mission monitoring the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel (2007); and the United States Security Coordinator (USSC) for Israel and the Palestinian Authority tasked with advising the Palestinian Authority on security sector reform, (2012). Now retired from the army, alongside her studies, Brook delivers Equalities Act related training to the West Yorkshire Police as part of their commitment to deliver on the Police Race Action Plan.

Research

Overview

Brook’s research interests include the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and NATO’s gender mainstreaming process. Still interested in the potential of human rights advisors as part of the NATO military staff structure, her research will examine the potential for NATO to conduct its core tasks of defence and deterrence, crisis prevention and management, and cooperative security in accordance with international human rights law.