Though involvement has diminished in recent decades, Canada has traditionally portrayed itself and operated as a peacekeeping nation since the Second World War .

Whether due to their efforts in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, or even going back to Lester B. Pearson’s instrumental and Nobel Peace Prize-winning role in de-escalating the 1956 Suez Crisis, the peacekeeper role became a core component of Canadians’ self-image.

But new polling for the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) shows that when it comes to the current major global conflicts — the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel’s war on the terror group Hamas — that peacekeeping image may not be as deeply rooted for all Canadians.

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Jack Jedwab, ACS president and CEO, told

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