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TSAS Co-Director @DawsonLorne latest in Journal of Deradicalization. Olivier Roy& the “Islamization of Radicalism”: Overview&Critique of a Theory of Western Jihadist Radicalization journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php… @uwaterlooARTS @BalsillieSIA @ICCT_TheHague @crest_research @START_UMD
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Watching a bunch of experts on CBC talking about the Emergencies Act. Just a reminder, that @leahwest_nsl actually wrote the book on this subject. irwinlaw.com/product/nationa…
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Between @MoonshotTeam, @GIFCT_official, @ISDglobal, there are 21 extremism and polarization jobs waiting to be filled in OSINT, analysis, program managing, and everything in between. Take a look: isdglobal.recruitee.com/ moonshotteam.com/jobs/ gifct.org/opportunities/
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2021 - TSAS Summer Academy in partnership with @Hedayah_CVE We're going virtual! Applications open. Spots are competitive with rolling deadline of May 10. More details: tsas.ca/tsas-event/tsas-summ…
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Despite a clear lack of evidence of voter fraud, multiple polls show that many people continue to put their faith in Trump as their president. The latest article by @DawsonLorne asks why are so many Americans still believe in the myth of Trump. icct.nl/publication/keeping-…
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Thurs Oct 22, on the 6th anniversary of the Parliament Hill Attacks (Ottawa, Canada) DSFG & @TSASNetwork are partnering to bring a panel of experts to look at violent extremism in Cda @vmkitchen @SteveHewittUK @JillianMoria Open to register: bit.ly/2I8qwa5
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Next Thursday (Oct 22), on the 6th anniversary of the Parliament Hill Attacks (Ottawa, Canada) DSFG and @TSASNetwork are partnering to bring you a panel of experts to look at violent extremism in Canada Don't forget to register: bit.ly/2I8qwa5
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Prison as a temporary refuge? @SBucerius gave this talk at #UpAllNight in July! She asked us if we know how criminal justice institutions impact those who encounter them. View the full talk on the #TEDx @YouTube channel: youtu.be/iIaDaMa07HI
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Our latest Perspective, by ICCT Director Renske van der Veer, calls on analysts to make use of incel writings as a means to understand their motivations—as well as to begin to answer the question: are #incels terrorists? icct.nl/publication/analysin… #CVE #counterterrorism
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The NSICOP report was released today. You didn’t read it. That’s okay. The big takeaway was this: China has been conducting A LOT of foreign influence activities in Canada, and a lot have been on Univeristy and college campuses. nsicop-cpsnr.ca/reports/rp-2…
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#jobfairy The Cyber Threats Research Centre at @Swansea_Law is advertising six new full-time posts (RA, post-doc, lecturer, senior lecturer). These are open to those researching any form of cyber threat, including extremism and terrorism. More info at: swansea.ac.uk/personnel/jobs…
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Thanks to @TSASNetwork for having me. Great to meet the students & conference attendees, including fellow Eric Hoffer fan @paciterranean, & to reconnect with @NavaidAziz, nicest guy you'll ever meet. xitter.cf/TSASNetwork/status/114…
A big thanks to @StewGlobal for his presentation today and congratulations to Goksel Demir @Paciterranean for winning Stewart’s pop quiz at the end of his presentation! Pictured (left to right): @Paciterranean , @StewGlobal and @NavaidAziz
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Heading to #TSAS2K19 @TSASNetwork Summer Academy To speak about @FOCUSTablesTO & the work of @TPS_CPEU, @TorontoPolice, and community agency partners preventing/countering violent extremism in #Toronto through a collaborative risk-driven approach to community safety & well-being
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A very moving talk by Susheel Gupta recounting memories of losing his mother in Air India 182 #terrorist incident at #TSAS2019. @TSASNetwork
Susheel Gupta (Air India Victims Association) will be presenting on Wednesday, July 10 at the @TSASNetwork ‘s Summer Academy, stay tuned for the Twitter conversation! #TSAS2019
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Replying to @aureliacampana
@aureliacampana of @universitelaval & Samuel Tanner @UMontreal writing -- "Meanwhile in Canada: anti-Muslim ordinary racism and the banalization of far-right ideology" Read it here: bit.ly/2VnQWd7 @Safety_Canada @info_radical @TSASNetwork
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CSE: "we judge it is very likely that Canadian voters will encounter some form of foreign cyber interference ahead of, and during, the 2019 federal election." cbc.ca/news/politics/cyber-t…
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There was a lot of media coverage following the #ChristchurchMosqueAttack about how #Canada - and other nations - should combat violent right-wing extremism. Thought I'd share some suggestions, which is based our empirical research (ungated) #primarydata: researchgate.net/publication…
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There were 217+ ideologically motivated homicide incidents committed by far-right extremists in the US from 1990 to 2018 according to the Extremist Crime Database. Most were committed by white supremacists against social minorities go.umd.edu/UQL
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Check out the latest episode of ⁦@IntrepidPodcast⁩ that ⁦@cforcese⁩ *actually* named “A Whole WADA Spying”. I like to think we are still leading the #natsec crowd in dad jokes. #cdnnatsec itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/…
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