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.
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)
Our co-holder, Vivek Venkatesh to Lecture at University of Siena Summer School on Preventing Radicalization
Location: Zoom
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The University of Siena has invited CSLP member and Co-Director Vivek Venkatesh to lecture at the Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences’ Summer School: “Prevenire la radicalizzazione. Modelli e strumenti in prospettiva multidisciplinare”
“Extremism, populism, and conspiracy theories : the impact of the pandemic on democracy” conference
Location: Zoom
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The symposium “Extremism, populism and conspiracy theories: the impacts of the pandemic on democracy” will be held on September 21 and 22 at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit. The event will bring together researchers from Quebec and abroad
Publication of the systematic review of the PREV-IMPACT project : “What we know about evaluating programs to prevent violent extremism”
- August 22, 2022
- Sylvana
- Literature Chair, News
Location: Zoom
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The UNESO-PREV Chair publishes its systematic review. This report is part of the first phase of the PREV-IMPACT Canada project which, supported by the Community Resiliency Fund of the Canadian Centre for Community Engagement and Violence Prevention and Public Safety Canada, aims to develop and implement Canadian models of program evaluation in the area of violent extremism prevention
Publication of the Chaire’s report entitled ” Le mouvement conspirationniste au Québec : leaders, discours et adhésion “
- June 27, 2022
- Sylvana
- Literature Chair, News
Location: Zoom
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Observing and analyzing social movements, such as those related to the challenges to health measures in Quebec since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, is not an easy task.This is the challenge that the UNESCO-PREV Chair has taken on
The gouvernement du Québec renews funding for the Chaire until 2026
Location: Zoom
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This renewal is an endorsement of the work of the Chair in the prevention of violent radicalization and extremism. The UNESCO-PREV Chaire, whose mandate was renewed last December, recently received an additional $480,000 in funding from the Quebec government to continue its work until 2026.