National Expert Committee on Countering Radicalization to Violence
The committee will ensure that the Canada Centre's efforts to implement the National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence will help meet the Strategy's three priorities: building, sharing and using knowledge; addressing radicalization to violence in the online space; and supporting interventions.
Its members reflect a broad representation of backgrounds and expertise in the field:
- Mr. Irfan Chaudhry
- Hockey Canada's inaugural Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion and Researcher and Lecturer on topics of Hate Crime Awareness, Race and Racism in Canada, and other courses related to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Dr. Marie-Ève Carignan
- Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the Université de Sherbrooke, and co-holder and Director of the Media Pole of the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism (UNESCO-PREV Chair)
- Dr. Peter Collins
- Forensic Psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Division of Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
- Dr. André Gagné
- Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Theological Studies at Concordia University
- Dr. David Hofmann
- Associate Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Program at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton Campus
- Dr. Jaspreet Khangura
- Clinical Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Alberta and Research Scientist in Health Equity
- Dr. Cécile Rousseau
- Professor at McGill University Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry and Canada Research Chair in the Prevention of Violent Radicalization
- Dr. Kanika Samuels-Wortley
- Canada Research Chair in Systemic Racism, Technology, and Criminal Justice and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University
- Dr. Heidi Tworek
- Tier 2 Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of British Columbia
- Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt
- Full Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa
- Dr. Shelly Whitman
- Executive Director of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security
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