Hate and hate-motivated incidents in Alberta continue to be a problem that needs addressing.
We surveyed over 1,300 Albertans and conducted interviews with over 75 community members to help us address the problem of hate in our province. This report summarizes our findings and recommendations.
Countries must determine how to manage the return of women and children from formerly ISIS-controlled territories. We propose a framework for supporting returning individuals operating across ‘5 Rs’: Repatriation, Resettlement, Reintegration, Rehabilitation, and Resilience. In this brief, we describe these 5R domains.
This report summarizes the scale and threat of hate, extremism, and terrorism within Alberta and Canada from 2019–2022.
Ideological motivated violent extremism (IMVE) encompasses grievances and ideas that have traditionally been described as ranging from far-left extremism to far-right extremism. While the activity level of some IMVE categories appears to be rising since 2019, these have been counter-balanced by a decline or plateauing of other forms of extremism in the province.
Religiously motivated violent extremism (RMVE) refers to a set of grievances that encourages violence in a “spiritual struggle against a perceived immoral system.” RMVE actors can only address this struggle through the act of violence.
Although conspiracy theories and the individuals and groups that believe them are traditionally not lumped together with violent extremist organizations, we have chosen to do so for several reasons. Individuals on the fringe of some groups have conducted violence in recent years. Additionally, several established extremist organizations have adopted and incorporated parts of different conspiracy theories into their ideologies.
Understanding and awareness of local issues is a critical first step in preventing hate-motivated violence, extremism, and terrorism. These issues require a whole-of-society response where policymakers, law enforcement, and communities work towards prevention.
Political science adjunct professor John McCoy and his class on terrorism in the modern world have created a video meant to question racist assumptions about Islam and refugees that could lead to violent action.
We’ve developed a brief guide for practitioners on the involuntarily celibate, or ‘incel’ community, which has been linked to a number of acts of violence in North America.
This report provides an effective and concise introduction to the nature and study of violent extremism for those less familiar with the subject and literature.
In the aftermath of a confrontation outside the Al-Rashid mosque in January 2019, the OPV surveyed members of the community to determine both their reactions to the event, and how they think various stakeholders, including the City of Edmonton, Edmonton Police Service and the community can respond to such events in the future.
Our Director of Research, Michael King, participated on a panel organized by the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism.
