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.
Our researcher Mathieu Colin at the 45th anniversary of Info-Secte
Mathieu Colin, researcher with the UNESCO-PREV Chair, will take part in the 45th anniversary of Info-Secte! A free event for the general public (registration required) will be held on Thursday, July 3, in a 5@7 format, during the annual conference of the ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association). For further information and to register : https://infosecte.org/events/panel-45e-anniversaire-dinfo-secte-la-question-sectaire-menace-pour-qui-et-pourquoi/
The Chair at the Centre d’études sur les médias’ colloquium in Toronto!
On June 5 and 6, Toronto Metropolitan University will be hosting a conference entitled “Couvrir l’actualité à l’ère du scepticisme : normes de pratique face à la crise de crédibilité du journalisme”. On June 6th, The scientific coordinator of the UNESCO-PREV Chair, Sylvain Bédard and Perrine Hely, research assistant, will take part in the event, giving a lecture entitled “Le scepticisme comme grief informationnel : Entre déviance politique et méfiance généralisée”. For further information: https://www.cem.ulaval.ca/evenements/couvrir-lactualite-a-lere-du-scepticisme/
Marie-Eve Carignan at the CÉRIUM’s summer school
Marie-Eve Carignan, co-holder of the UNESCO-PREV Chair, will be taking part in the CÉRIUM – Laboratoire de politiques publiques du CPDS et de la Maison API : Trouver des solutions pour lutter contre l’isolement social! This Thursday, May 29, she will be taking part in this school, which aims to gain a better understanding of public policy development through a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective. Taking place from Monday May 26 to Saturday May 31, this event is organized in collaboration with the Centre de recherche sur les politiques et le développement social (CPDS) and UdeM’s Maison des affaires publiques et
Participation to the Université de Sherbrooke’s “Analyse des risques géopolitiques et transversaux” summer school
From Monday May 26 to Friday May 30, several of our members are taking part in the “Analyse des risques géopolitiques et transversaux” summer school. On Monday May 26, postdoctoral researcher Mathieu Colin is presenting “L’analyse du risque terroriste à l’évaluation des risques de radicalisation”, alongside Ghayda Hassan. On Tuesday, May 27, Sylvana Al-Baba Douaihy, General Coordinator, will give a talk entitled “Les guerres hybrides et le risque informationnel : le cas de la guerre russo-ukrainienne”. On Wednesday, May 28, co-holder David Morin will take part in the colloquium on North American cross-border risks. He will lead a round table
“Fictions et imaginaires du complot : perspectives interdisciplinaires” event in Paris, June 5-7
Members of the UNESCO-PREV Chair will be at the “Fictions et imaginaires du complot : perspectives interdisciplinaires” international colloquium in Paris, June 5-7! On Thursday, postdoctoral researcher Mathieu Colin will take part in the panel “Le complot imaginaire à la croisée des discours”, presenting “La ‘panique satanique’ : entre panique morale et pratique fictionnelle”. On Saturday June 7, Marie-Eve Carignan, Mathieu Colin and David Morin will take part in round table : “Circulations des figures fictionnelles du complot dans la sphère médiatique francophone (France, Québec)”. This international colloquium is organized by CELIS (Université Clermont Auvergne) in collaboration with the UNESCO-PREV
Members of the UNESCO-PREV Chair at the 2025 Congresses of the Canadian Communication Association, the Canadian Political Science Association and the Canadian Philosophical Association in Toronto!
Members of the UNESCO-PREV Chair at the 2025 Congresses of the Canadian Communication Association, the Canadian Political Science Association and the Canadian Philosophical Association in Toronto! Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference On Tuesday, June 3, Sylvain Bédard, Scientific Coordinator of the UNESCO-PREV Chair, will present on a panel entitled “Identity, mistrust and political radicalization”, during which he will present “From mistrust to mistrust, the ordinary sources of extremism in Canada”. 2025 Congress of the Canadian Association for Communication On Wednesday, June 4, Sylvain Bédard, co-presenter Marie-Eve Carignan and research assistant Perrine Hely will present “Climatoscepticisme et réseaux sociaux :