Library Catalogue

Location

Kanishka Research Project

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

Perception and reality of "imported conflict" in Canada
Perception et réalité des « conflits importés » au Canada.

Authors

• Monahan, John, author.
• Berns-McGown, Rima, author.
• Morden, Michael, author.
• Canada. Public Safety Canada, sponsoring body.
• Mosaic Institute, issuing body.

Publishers

• [Toronto] : The Mosaic Institute, [2014].

Description

1 online resource (111 pages)

Note

"March 2014."
Available also in French under title: Perception & réalité des "conflits importés" au Canada.

Summary

This study seeks to understand the perceptions and the reality of the prevalence, persistence, and effects of "imported conflict" in Canada. The study is funded by Public Safety Canada’s Kanishka Project, which is concerned to study terrorism, counter-terrorism, and the root causes of violent extremism. The study set out to specifically examine Canadians’ preconceptions and concerns about "imported conflict," and how, if at all, "imported conflict" undermines social cohesion among Canadians in ways that could lead to violence in Canada. The study also seeks to understand how Canadians who come from conflict-afflicted regions think about the conflicts to which they have close connection and respond to them now that they are in Canada.

Subject

• Ethnic conflict - Canada.
• Ethnic conflict - Canada - Public opinion.
• Immigrants - Canada - Social conditions.
• Terrorism - Canada.
• Terrorism - Canada - Public opinion.

Contents

1. Background -- 2. Methodology -- 3. The perception of "imported conflict" in Canada -- 3. The reality of Canadians' lived experience of "imported conflict" in Canada -- 4. The conflicts -- 5. Comparative analysis of the perception and reality of "imported conflict" in Canada -- 6. Conclusions -- 7. Recommendations.