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.
Grant from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec for the project “La désinformation et les changements climatiques au Québec et au Canada : Acteurs, discours, adhésion et solutions”.

UNESCO-PREV Chair co-holder Marie-Ève Carignan concluded her visit to COP28 in Dubai on December 5. She was there to present two panels, organized by Équiterre, which were a great success. They were part of the activities of the Canada and Francophonie pavilions, and dealt with climate misinformation and polarization. (https://www.equiterre.org/fr/articles/equiterre-cop28-desinformation-climatique) To view the Francophonie pavilion panel: https://epavillonclimatique.francophonie.org/programmation/371 It was also an opportunity to begin work on the recently granted Fonds de Recherche du Québec project “La désinformation et les changements climatiques au Québec et au Canada : Acteurs, discours, adhésion et solutions”.
“Pourquoi tant de haine”: a new podcast by Léa Clermont-Dion
- October 16, 2023
- Léonie Roy
- News, Spotlight

The co-holder of the UNESCO-PREV Chair, Pr. David Morin, takes part in the podcast “Pourquoi tant de haine?” led by Léa Clermont-Dion, associate researcher at the UNESCO-PREV Chair. In Episode 2, “La meute,” Pr. Morin explains, among other things, the causes contributing to the development of hatred towards others. Catherine Montmagny-Grenier, a researcher at the UNESCO-PREV Chair, took part in the first episode, “La genèse “, to demystify online misogyny. She is also collaborating in Episode 2, “La meute”, to define notions of hatred. Co-holder Pr. Vivek Venkatesh of the UNESCO-PREV Chair takes part in Episode 4, “L’espoir
Study day on conspiratorial discourses, organized in collaboration with the SoDRUS, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Location: Zoom
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In the framework of a study day organized by the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism (UNESCO-PREV) and the Centre de recherche Société, droit et religion de l’Université de Sherbrooke (SoDRUS), researchers and students
Participation of Ghayda Hassan in the “Christchurch Call for Action” 2022 Leaders’ Summit in New York
Location: Zoom
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Our co-holder Ghayda Hassan participated in the third edition of the Christchurch Call for Action’s Leaders’ Summit 2022 held on September 20, 2022 in New York City
Conference by researcher Sylvain Delouvée entitled: “Politique(s) du complotisme et désordre(s) de l’information” : September 23
Location: Zoom
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Organized by the media pole of the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism, this conference will highlight the active, strategic, oppositional, opportunistic, narrative, social and ideological components of this worldview.
Call for papers for the study day on conspiratorial discourses, December 9
Location: Zoom
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Study day on conspiratorial discourses: organized by the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism (UNESCO-PREV) and the Centre de recherche Société, droit et religion de l’Université de Sherbrooke (SoDRUS)