OUR LATEST NEWS
Find the latest news related to the activities led by the UNESCO Chair in Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism and its network, including notable interventions of our experts in the media, in this section.
Sylvain Delouvée: New co-holder of the UNESCO-PREV Chair
🎉 The UNESCO-PREV Chair is pleased to welcome a new co-holder! We are delighted to announce the appointment of Sylvain Delouvée as co-holder of the UNESCO-PREV Chair. Associate Professor (HDR) in Social Psychology at the Université Rennes 2, and recently appointed Adjunct Professor at the School of Applied Politics at the Université de Sherbrooke, Sylvain Delouvée brings to our team a well-established expertise in the dynamics of doubt, conspiracy beliefs, and the processes of information circulation in crisis contexts. 💡 This appointment will strengthen our capacity to supervise students in their research, while further consolidating our international scientific collaborations. To
2026 SQSP Congress
Several members of the Chaire UNESCO-PREV will be participating in the Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP) Congress. May 5 Marie-Eve Carignan, Marie-Ève Martel, and Perrine Hely: workshop on media and affective devices. Frederick Nadeau and Laurie Vaillancourt: workshop on digital aesthetics and reactionary imaginaries. Frederick Nadeau: moderator for the “Radicality, Violence, and Metapolitics” workshop. May 6 Marie-Eve Carignan, David Morin, Mathieu Colin, Elise Mazaloubaud, Perrine Hely, and Léonie Roy: panel on misogyny, masculinism, and anti-feminism in Quebec. Mathieu Colin and Adib Bencherif: panel on information disorders and fact-checking in sub-Saharan Africa. Marie-Eve Carignan: workshop on political media coverage. Frederick
93rd Acfas Congress
Several members of the UNESCO-PREV Chair will take part in the 93rd Acfas Congress, which will be held from May 11 to 15 in Trois-Rivières. On May 11, Marie-Eve Carignan and Simon Thibault will discuss Quebec election campaigns in the age of misinformation. On May 12, Marie-Eve Carignan will take part in an event focused on the internal life of political parties in Quebec, as well as a special event alongside David Morin entitled “The Urgency to Act: UNESCO Chairs Facing Contemporary Crises.” On May 14, Marie-Eve Carignan will discuss ideological convergences, American influence, and the radicalization of online discourse.
Presentation at Cégep André-Laurendeau
On April 1, David Morin, co-holder, Mathieu Colin, Scientific Director, and Emma Vargas Lemeltier, research assistant, delivered a presentation titled “Training with the Weight of Ideas: Masculinism and Society” at Cégep André-Laurendeau. The Chair would like to thank the entire Cégep team and the students for their warm welcome and engaging discussions.
Sylvana Al Baba Douaihy – Personnalités d’Avenir France-Canada
👏 The UNESCO-PREV Chair would like to congratulate its General Coordinator, Sylvana Al Baba Douaihy, who has been selected for the third edition of the France-Canada “Personnalités d’Avenir” program on defense and diplomacy issues. 👏 For more information: click here.
Marie-Eve Carignan at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC)
On March 12, our co-holder Marie-Eve Carignan had the honour of sharing her insights and responding to questions from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) at the House of Commons of Canada, as part of the meeting dedicated to the state of the journalism and media sectors. She notably addressed: The importance of media as a public good essential to democracy; The social responsibility of the press; The primary role of local and regional media; Funding challenges and solutions for a sustainable media ecosystem. The video of the meeting is available here.