The Centre d’expertise et de formation sur les intégrismes religieux, les idéologies politiques et la radicalisation (CEFIR), in partnership with the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism and the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, is launching a call for papers for its symposium entitled Extremism and the Armed Forces.
Call for papers: Conference on equity, diversity and inclusion in the cultural industries
The call for papers is open for the conference: “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Cultural Industries: The Role of Cultural Organizations” organized by our co-holder Vivek Venkatesh and professors from the Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Conference “Epistemology of contemporary jihadist radicalism”
Location: Zoom
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The conference “Epistemology of Contemporary Jihadist Radicalism” is organized by the Centre de recherche Société, Droit et Religions de l’UdeS in partnership with the UNESCO-PREV Chair and the Centre d’études du religieux contemporain and animated by Mounia Ait Kabboura
Project Someone welcomes Jessie Beier and Léa Clermont-Dion
Our Project Someone partners warmly welcome Jessie Beier as a Horizon Doctoral Fellow and Léa Clermont-Dion as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Broadcast of the documentary “Attentat à la mosquée, un devoir de mémoire”
Location: Online and on TV
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A lively and current portrait of what has changed in Quebec City and in Quebec since the Islamophobic terrorist act of January 29, 2017 through the testimonies of citizens of different cultures and religious denominations
Call for papers for the 89th Acfas Congress and its 100th anniversary co-organized by Marie-Ève Carignan
Location: Online
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Acfas invites participation from researchers, graduate students, and practitioners in culture, communication, mediation, and science and technology journalism.
Call for papers for the 89th Congress of Acfas
Extremism, populism and conspiracy theories: the impacts of the pandemic on democracy.
Successful and Less Successful Components of Tertiary PVE Programs: A Systematic Review
On december 10th 2021 our co-holder Ghayda Hassan participated in the panel discussion exploring the primary and secondary prevention program results of the 2nd systematic review of the CPN-Prev
Improving evaluation in the prevention of violent extremism is everyone’s business! An international exploratory study
The UNESCO-PREV Chair publishes an international study on the experiences, challenges and learnings of actors involved in the evaluation of programs and practices in the prevention of radicalization and violent extremism in 9 Western countries.
Professor Sami Aoun receives two awards
Professor emeritus Sami Aoun, scientific director of our Chair receives two important distinctions from the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and the Bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Canada