Free Online Course on Cognitive Biases and Radicalization
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Free Online Course on Cognitive Biases and Radicalization

The course includes a 12 hour program that you can take at your own pace. Through a diverse mix of videos, reading materials and quizzes, you will learn about the role of automatic thinking in radicalization processes and how extremist online content can trigger cognitive biases. The course provides key information on radicalization and links it with our brain information processing, to better understand the mental processes that take place when people are confronted with extremist propaganda on social media.

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National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence
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National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence

The National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence engages with a variety of actors from police to community organizations to identify and prevent radicalization to violence before tragedies occur. There is substantial knowledge, experience, expertise, and evidence at the local, national, and international levels to rely on in developing approaches to countering radicalization to violence. In this context, the National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence identifies areas where expertise and capability exist, and how the Government of Canada and its partners are investing to enhance our collective strengths.

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Online Exposure to Extremist Content – Toolbox
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Online Exposure to Extremist Content – Toolbox

In this bundle, you will find a variety of tools made to synthetize CPN-PREV’s first systematic review, which overviewed and assessed the existing literature on online exposure to extremist content. Within these resources, you will find, the systematic review report itself, as well as pamphlets detailing the implications of the review’s results for both practitioners and decisionmakers. Another resource, available through this link, are two videos that detail both the results and recommendations of our systematic review.

Pamphlets:

Practitioners & Researchers

Decision-Makers

Videos:

Systematic Review Results

Systematic Review Recommendations

Reports:

UNESCO Report

Full Article - Research Gate

Versions française:Dépliants:

Praticiens et chercheurs

Décideurs

Vidéos:

Résultats de la revue systématique

Recommandations de la revue systématique

Rapports:

Rapport UNESCO

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OPV: A Grassroots Guide to Community Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Returnees & Their Children
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OPV: A Grassroots Guide to Community Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Returnees & Their Children

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Public discussions have involved the returning of individuals and families who left Canada to join groups like Daesh in Iraq and Syria. OPV has prepared a short document that aims to provide recommendations and guidelines on the issues surrounding interaction with people returning from conflict zones, following involvement with extremist groups. The main goal is to offer practical advice on how to interact with returnees and colleagues from different sectors, such as media and law enforcement.

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