June 2014 Newsletter
Canada’s Future Policymakers and Academics
TSAS has brought together some of Canada’s best and brightest scholars in the field as affiliates of this network of academics and policymakers. We invite you to support the next generation of researchers and policymakers by visiting the TSAS Blog today to read their articles. We encourage our network members to engage these rising academics […]
Recommended Upcoming Events
TSAS publishes events that it organizes, as well as other upcoming pertinent conferences, workshops and presentations around the world. A couple of upcoming important events include: The Summer Program on Countering Terrorism, Aug. 25-29, ICCT, The Hague. Society for Terrorism Research 8th Annual International Conference, Sept. 17-19, University of Boston, Massachusetts.
Browse New Publications in TSAS Library
TSAS continues to add new publications to the digital library. We hope that this resource will become of service to our affiliates. One such entry includes a chapter by TSAS affiliate Alex Wilner, titled “Canada and the Arab Islamists: Plus ça change .…” It appears in The West and the Muslim Brotherhood after the Arab […]
Jordy Janssen: 2014 Summer Intern
TSAS welcomes Jordy Janssen who will be working as an international intern from June through August 2014. Jordy hails from Hengelo, a small city in the east of the Netherlands. He is studying Political Science at Leiden University and is specializing in International Relations and Organizations. Jordy has a particular interest in security issues and […]
An Update on TSAS from Co-director, Dan Hiebert
Summer has finally arrived across Canada and there is time to reflect on the last quarter of TSAS’ second year. It was a period mainly dedicated to the viability of the TSAS network. TSAS has continued to develop as a network, with three new affiliated individuals added in the period of record. There are now […]
Benoit Dupont: Applied Reseach in Cybersecurity
TSAS counts many stars amongst its research affiliates and Professor Benoit Dupont stands out as a particularly brilliant one. A professor at Université de Montréal, he is the director of the Centre for Comparative Criminology and holds the Canada Research Chair in Security, Identity and Technology. He was recently awarded $1.6 million by the government […]
Message from Dan Hiebert
As noted in my previous report we held a major TSAS workshop in November (on national security and community relationships). In the January-March period we planned our next workshop, which will take place in May, 2014 (details will be included in my next progress report). I am happy to report that we have hosted our […]