Carolyn McAskie OC is a Canadian diplomat and former assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping at the United Nations.

[1] Her first major role with the government of Canada was as Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives in 1983.

[4] As of 2018, McAskie is a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

[8] As coordinator, she visited Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Kenya on 10 July 2000, to examine the effects of the drought and to organize relief efforts.

[11] From 2004 to April 2006, McAskie was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations mission (ONUB) to Burundi, and led ceasefire talks in the Burundian Civil War.