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Project Someone in Lebanon: An Overview Project SOMEONE in Lebanon has as its main objective the prevention of hate on social media platforms. With its 11 projects developed by collaborative research practitioners, we offer the Lebanese civic community a variety of curricular activities meant to open dialogue on understanding and building resilience against hate speech. While doing so, SOMEONE tailors those projects to best suit the needs of the community with which we work. Since April 2018 we have partnered with five local Lebanese NGOs who represent different minority groups. These include special needs individuals (Youth Association of the Blind

Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Canada: An opinion piece written by Vivek Venkatesh, Co-Chair UNESCO-PREV. The co-holder of the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism at Concordia University, Vivek Venkatesh, wrote an opinion letter in the newspaper “Le Devoir” highlighting the importance of the terrorist threat from far-right groups in Canada. More information here.

With nearly one hundred guests, the official launch of the UNESCO-PREV Chair took place on February 23, 2018, at the Université de Sherbrooke, in the presence of the Minister of International Relations and Francophonie, Christine St -Pierre, the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie of the Government of Canada, the Honorable Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Secretary-General of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Mr. Sébastien Goupil and the Representative of the Government of Quebec from the Permanent Delegation of Canada to UNESCO, Mrs. Maria Mourani, the Rector of the Université de Sherbrooke, Mr. Pierre Cossette and the President of the Université