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Navigating Sovereignist Beliefs and Anti-Authority Resistance: A Guide for Psychosocial Professionals, Authorities, and Law Enforcement

For Practitioners

Authors: Modus | Zad, Organization for the Prevention of Violence Publication Date: June 2025 This manual is a practical resource developed through the Prep-Ex project (Preparing Professionals for the Rising Threat of Anti-Authority Extremism). It is designed to help professionals understand, counter, and navigate the evolving landscape of sovereignism and anti-authority extremism – focusing specifically…

Police & Security Hate Crimes Training Day

Events

On May 22, 2025, the Organization for the Prevention of Violence and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, supported by the National Canadian Chiefs of Police – Hate Crime Task Force and the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police, provided hate crime training for police and security first responders.The training is designed for front-line members who may respond…

Webinar: Anti-Authority Extremism in Canada

Events

Join the Organization for the Prevention of Violence for a 90-minute webinar presenting findings from a two-year, Public Safety Canada-funded project conducted in partnership with Germany’s modus|zad. The research explores how anti-authority extremism is evolving in Canada and Germany and how frontline practitioners like law enforcement, psychosocial professionals, and government employees can effectively respond.

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Measuring Progress in a CVE Program: A 3-Year Longitudinal Case Study

Authors: Michael King, Michele St-Amant, Sara Doering Publication Date: February 2025 The notion that psychosocial interventions can help individuals disengage from violent extremism is intuitively compelling; however, there is little evidence to substantiate their effectiveness. This lack of evidence sustains skepticism towards these programs, which in turn jeopardizes their continued funding as well as their…

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Run Silent, Run Deep: Examining Right-Wing Extremism in the Military

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Authors: Amarnath Amarasingam, Michele St-Amant & David Jones Publication Date: June 1, 2024 In this article published in Perspectives on Terrorism, OPV researchers collaborated with Amarnath Amarasingam to examine the intersection of right-wing extremism and military service. Through interviews with former extremists who have military backgrounds, the article explores how military experience interacts with far-right extremism.…

The Hill Times Opinion: It’s time to double down on our efforts to counter violence and polarization in Canada

Media Coverage

Our Executive Director, John McCoy, co-authored this opinion piece on tackling polarization and xenophobia in Canada.  Original Article Published by the Hill Times on February 26, 2024. Three overlapping issues have coalesced and formed a growing threat to democratic countries. Social polarization, xenophobia, and a growing openness to the use of violence as a means…

Edmonton Journal Opinion: Preventing violent extremism requires whole-of-society approach

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Our Executive Director, John McCoy, co-authored this opinion piece on the proactive approaches needed to face an increasingly polarized era in the aftermath of the Edmonton City Hall shooting. Original Article Published by the Edmonton Journal on January 31, 2024. On Jan. 23, Edmontonians, Albertans and Canadians were confronted with the consequences of what an increasingly polarized…

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Assessing Person-Centered Outcomes in Women and Children Returning from Violent Extremist Conflict

For Practitioners

This discussion paper published by the United States Institutes for Peace presents a person-centered approach to outcomes for rehabilitation and reintegration (R&R) programs targeting returning women and children. Identifying and assessing outcomes are the intended accomplishments of these programs, and are key for understanding change processes and developing strong programs. Little guidance currently exists regarding…

Global News: Edmonton women arrested on terrorism peace bonds and released after returning from Syria

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Our Hate, Extremism, & Terrorism in Alberta, Canada, & Beyond report is referenced in this Global News article.  Original Article Published by Stewart Bell in Global News on July 7, 2023 Two Edmonton women were arrested after returning to Canada from a prison camp for ISIS families in Syria, the RCMP confirmed on Friday. Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti were…