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Social Cohesion (6)

Community Resilience: Environmental Scan

This environmental scan presents findings about how Canadians view community resilience and threats to it, as well as how communities develop responses to threats, including racism and...

Theme(s): Collective dynamics and resilience, Perception and emotion
Keyword(s): Community Outreach, Cultural Competency, Field Interviews, Resilience, Social Cohesion

Considerations for Successful Counterspeech

This guide provides lessons from recent research into what works among types of counterspeech that aim to diminish expressions of hatred and extremism online. In particular, the resource draws on...

Theme(s): Perception and emotion
Keyword(s): Countering Radicalization to Violence, Counter-Narratives, Extremism, Internet, Social Cohesion, Social Media

Cultural competence and Canada’s security: Can being culturally competent assist police and security officers in ensuring Canada’s security?

This report is an initial analysis of community-level data gathered as part of a larger study designed to assess how cultural competency training programs for law enforcement and security officials...

Theme(s): Organization and effectiveness, Perception and emotion
Keyword(s): Community Outreach, Cultural Competency, Policing, Social Cohesion

Different Cities, Shared Stories: Voices from Europe and Canada on Gender and Violent Extremism and Women’s Roles in Countering It

This study aims to assess gender dynamics in violent extremism in communities across five countries, with a focus on the role of women, and explores both radicalization to violence, and attitudes...

Theme(s): Collective dynamics and resilience, Perception and emotion
Keyword(s): Community Outreach, Diaspora, Extremism, Field Interviews, Gender, Islamic Extremism, Social Cohesion

Final Report: Collective Efficacy and Cultural Capital: Building and Fostering Resilience in Different Ethnic Communities

This study is about what builds or inhibits forms of positive social integration that steer people away from crime, violence or even terrorism, and how factors that help build and foster community...

Theme(s): Collective dynamics and resilience, Perception and emotion
Keyword(s): Case Studies, Community Outreach, Diaspora, Extremism, Field Interviews, Social Cohesion

The Perception & Reality of ‘Imported Conflict’ in Canada

This study examines how the memories of or connections to conflicts abroad affect the ways people think about and respond to such conflicts in the course of their lives in Canada. As well, the...

Theme(s): Collective dynamics and resilience, Perception and emotion
Keyword(s): Diaspora, Extremist Travellers, Field Interviews, Focus Groups, Ideological Extremism, Resilience, Social Cohesion
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