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.
RECSEP’s Colloquium
The annual colloquium of the Regroupement des étudiants et étudiantes aux cycles supérieurs en études politiques (RECSEP) at the Université de Sherbrooke will be held on April 2 and 3. Three student researchers from the UNESCO-PREV Chair will be taking part. Elise Mazaloubaud will take part in the first panel, Inégalités et représentations : genre, politiques publiques et numériques. She will discuss women’s hatred, the spectre of an increasingly uncomplicated form of online violence. Perrine Hely will take part in the second panel, Entre frontières et tensions: enjeux politiques et économiques nord-américains. She will address the porosity of Canada-US digital borders and their
Conference “Quel plan B ? Refonder la politique étrangère face à la politique prédatrice de l’Administration Trump “
On April 7, David Morin, co-holder of the UNESCO-PREV Chair, will take part in a conference organized jointly by the Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM), the Réseau d’analyse stratégique and Le Rubicon, with the support of UQAM’s Faculty of Political Science and Law, as part of the Rendez-vous Gérin-Lajoie. The conference is entitled “Quel plan B ? Refonder la politique étrangère face à la politique prédatrice de l’Administration Trump ”, and Pr. Morin will take part in the panel entitled ‘L’adaptation canadienne’. He addressed issues related to this topic in an article published this week in La Presse, entitled “Le
Colloquium “Prévalence et degré de pénétration de la désinformation russe relative à la guerre russo-ukrainienne dans l’espace informationnel en Occident”
David Morin, co-holder of the UNESCO-PREV Chair, will take part in the colloquium “Prévalence et degré de pénétration de la désinformation russe relative à la guerre russo-ukrainienne dans l’espace informationnel en Occident” organized by ÉNAP, MINDS, the Strategic Analysis Network and the Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes (CCEAE) He will take part in the panel “Possible measures and actions to counter the penetration of pro-Russian narratives, of Russian origin and from other countries”. For further information, click here.
Report Désinformation et déni climatique : revue de la littérature et portrait de la situation au Québec
The UNESCO-PREV Chair is proud to present this new report, which takes an overview of climate misinformation, disinformation and denial in Quebec and Canada. The report firstly summarizes what we know about the manifestations of climate denial, its causes, how it relates to misinformation and disinformation, and the solutions being considered to counter it. Secondly, it provides an analysis of media coverage of climate misinformation, highlighting the issues involved in transmitting information between the scientific community, the general public and other interested parties, who meet at the crossroads of the media. Thirdly and finally, this report offers a typology of
SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE CENTER D’ÉTUDES DU RELIGIEUX CONTEMPORAIN (CERC)
The UNESCO-PREV Chair is partnering with the Centre d’études du religieux contemporain (CERC) of the Université de Sherbrooke for the Summer School event entitled La recherche de sens chez les jeunes: pour un meilleur accompagnement. Mathieu Colin, postdoctoral researcher at the Chair, will give a talk on young people’s adherence to conspiracy theories! The School is offered in both a credited version for people who would like to have 3 Master’s-level credits on their transcript, and a continuing education version. If you don’t want to take the full course, you can register for just one or two of the continuing
Operation HORIZON conference
Christine Hurov, Lieutenant-Commander of the Canadian Armed Forces, will present Operation HORIZON: “Fostering Peace, Stability and International Order” in the Indo-Pacific region, at the Université de Sherbrooke on March 24. Free admission! For further information : https://www.usherbrooke.ca/dep-com/actualites/evenements/details/55199