Three Steps Forward, One Step Back!
In the last newsletter I explained the origins of TSAS and mentioned our growing list of activities. The last few months have been extremely busy and this newsletter will include brief reports on what we have been doing. In these opening remarks I will just highlight four things, three ofRead more
Summer Academy Lets Students See Terrorism from the Inside Out
Held July 21-26 at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, the TSAS Summer Academy brought together a unique collection of speakers and students for an immersive training session on terrorism. The Summer Academy kicked off with a solemn visit to the Air India Memorial in Stanley Park, and it endedRead more
Applied Knowledge Opportunities, A Student Perspective
This past July, I was fortunate enough to attend the 2013 TSAS summer academy, held at the beautiful University of British Columbia campus. A large part of my decision to become a junior research affiliate with TSAS stemmed from the fact that I wanted to connect with other academics andRead more
Calling All Thought Leaders and Writers to the Blog!
TSAS invites all researchers and policy analysts to contribute to the new TSAS Blog. We have established the blog as a response to the many requests at the May TSAS workshop in Ottawa to set a virtual forum for ideas and discussion. Currently, our blog master, Megan Melanson, is activelyRead more
The Next TSAS Workshop: Security Policies and Community Relationships
Date: | November 4 – 5, 2013 Where: | Minto Suite Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario This workshop will focus on: · Engaging with community · Dynamics of youth inclusion/exclusion and radicalization · Counterterrorism: what are its effects on communities? Stay tuned for a detailed agenda with guest speakers. Please check theRead more
Updates: Rounding Out the Edges
Susheel Gupta, Acting Chairperson & CEO of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, presented at the Summer Academy on his personal experience of terrorist victimization and the human rights perspective. Book Reviews: We would like to invite our esteemed network members, academic and policymakers alike, to write reviews of any newRead more
Dr. Tasleem Budhwani: Developing Fact-Based Policy & Safe Communities
‘Another perspective which is important when fusing research and strategy into one unit, is to see how academic work can inform practice. Engaging with TSAS provides Tasleem and the RCMP with a new opportunity to connect policy, research and community work.’ Unlike the other strictly academic TSAS affiliates presented amongRead more
Important Take-aways From the Second TSAS Workshop
The second TSAS workshop was held on May 1-2, 2013, at the Minto Suite Hotel in Ottawa. The title of the workshop, Turning a New Leaf: Developments in Research and Policy on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, captures the breadth of the themes covered by speakers well. The event was designed so thatRead more