Omar Tejada Perez

Title: Instructor - Winter 2025
Email: om.tejadaperez@uwinnipeg.ca

Biography:

Omar Tejada is a retired Marine Officer in the Peruvian Navy. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Naval and Maritime Sciences from the Peruvian Naval Academy and a Master's in International Security Studies from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He has published several articles in English and Spanish, including a book chapter, on topics such as the illicit cocaine trade, counterinsurgency, intelligence failure, privatization of security, and peacekeeping operations, having delivered lectures in a number of academic institutions in Peru, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Omar’s professional interests have taken him around the world. He is a former United Nations (UN) Peacekeeper who served as a military observer in the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), as a Contingent Commander in the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and as a Peacekeeping Affairs Officer at the Department of Peace Operations in the UN Headquarters in New York. Currently, he is a Peacekeeping Affairs Consultant at the Conflict and Resiliency Research Institute Canada (CRRIC), a Regional Security Expert at the Centre for Defense and Security Studies (CDSS) at the University of Manitoba, and a university instructor at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba.

Courses:
HR-2100-002 Concepts and Conventions in Human Rights