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.
Report “LES ENFANTS : DES LEADERS POUVANT CONTRIBUER À UNE SOCIÉTÉ MIEUX INFORMÉE ET PLUS CRITIQUE FACE À LA DÉSINFORMATION ?”
CHILDREN: LEADERS WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER-INFORMED, MORE CRITICAL SOCIETY IN THE FACE OF MISINFORMATION? Fighting misinformation, amplified by digital technology and artificial intelligence, requires the development of appropriate tools and programs. That’s why the UNESCO-PREV Chair’s media unit has been examining the role of the Les As de l’info platform in this project. This platform, created in 2022 and managed by the Les Coops de l’information group, is a particularly interesting youth medium. The general objective of this study is to understand the uses made of the platform by young French-speaking Canadians aged 8 to 12, and the
Participation in BistroBrain
This Wednesday, April 2, Sylvain Bédard, Scientific Coordinator of the UNESCO-PREV Chair, will take part in a BistroBrain event! His presentation is entitled “Odyssée immersive aux confins du déni”, and he will discuss disinformation and conspiracies. For further information, click here.
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