The 116th Congress and Preventing Extremist Violence: Look North For Guidance
Date: 2019-01-03
Media: Just Security
Canada’s Practitioners’ Network for Prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence (CPN-PREV) offers a model, as it supports the sharing of “evidence-based best practices and collaboration among practitioners, researchers, and policymakers.”
Terrorism Threat Level Unchanged
Date: 2018-12-11
Media: Public Safety Canada
The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced the release of the 2018 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada and launched Canada’sNational Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence (National Strategy).
Does Online Hate Drive Anti-Migrant Violence
Date: 2018-09-24
Media: Financial Times
Ghayda Hassan comments on a German study conducted on the link between online hate speech and anti-migrant violence in Germany.
Canadian Visit Studies Borås’s Work Against Violence-Violent Extremism
Date: 2018-02-07
News Media: Borås Stad
Subject(s): Canada, Sweden, Violent extremism, municipality preventive work
Borås City’s work on violence-violent extremism receives international attention. Today, representatives of the Canadian Embassy and the University of Quebec in Montreal (Ghayda Hassan, the director of CPN-PREV) are visiting Borås to study the municipality’s preventive work and the close and effective cooperation with the police.