The Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security (previously the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative[1]) is an institute at Dalhousie University that works to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers.

[2][3] The initiative was founded by Roméo Dallaire and Jacqueline O'Neill in 2007, and is situated in Halifax, Nova Scotia with offices in Kigali, Rwanda and Juba, South Sudan.

[4][5] The Dallaire Institute conducts research, and partners with governments to deliver military and police training on the prevention of children from being recruited and used in conflict.

[7] In 2016, fifteen veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces were chosen to train workers in war zones in how to safely defuse confrontations with child soldiers.

[10] In 2021, the Dallaire Institute announced a new Latin America Centre of Excellence for Children, Peace, and Security in Uruguay.