Benoit Gomis on travel bans to terrorism hotspots
September 1, 2015
Benoit Gomis has written a piece for World Politics Review on why a travel ban to terrorism hotspots (already in place in Australia, and recently proposed by Stephen Harper) is, at best, likely to be ineffective, and, at worst, counterproductive. See the full article here: http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/16543/travel-bans-to-terrorism-hot-spots-won-t-deter-foreign-fighters
INTELLIGENCE ON TAP
September 1, 2015
Hosted by the Canadian Military Intelligence Association Enjoy a presentation on a Canadian intelligence issue and an informal dinner with colleagues and friends. For those who are busy, you may wish to attend only the presentation. THURSDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2015 O’CONNOR ROOM, SHERATON HOTEL, 150 ALBERT STREET, OTTAWA Registration and reception 5:00 p.m. Presentation 6:00 […]
Special Competition: Fulbright Canada Solicits Chair in Peace & War Studies
July 8, 2015
Fulbright Canada is running a Special Competition for a Visiting Research Chair in Peace and War Studies at Norwich University for Spring 2016. The appointment comes with a $25,000 award, provided most generously by Mr. Fred Weintz, Jr. and family, access to all Norwich University resources such as Smithsonian Museum materials (Norwich is a Smithsonian […]
Valarie Findlay: Terrorism: Learn To Live With It
June 15, 2015
Why Canada and its partners need to focus on defining, mitigating and managing – not eliminating – terrorism In these days of sound-bites and quick quotes, the issue of global terrorism by non-state and state-sympathizers has created conundrums in Western Nations when devising and communicating effective approaches, responses and analysing causalities. We see this in […]
David C. Hofmann
May 20, 2015
TSAS congratulates David C. Hofmann, a TSAS junior affiliate, who has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He will be defending his dissertation on charismatic authority in terrorist groups in the Department of Sociology and Legal […]
TSAS Affiliate: Joanna Amirault
May 12, 2015
We would like to congratulate Dr. Joanna Amirault on being awarded one of Simon Fraser University’s 2015 Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medals! Supervised by a TSAS affiliate (Dr. Martin Bouchard), Joanna defended her doctoral dissertation Criminalizing Terrorism: The Impact of Context and Cohort Effects on the Sentencing Outcomes of Terrorist Offenders in August 2014. […]
Critical Infrastructure in Context workshop summary
May 9, 2015
The security of critical infrastructure (CI) has become a key concern for governments and security authorities in the post-9/11 period. On March 6th 2015 the Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative @ Dalhousie University hosted a research workshop titled Critical Infrastructure in Context: Markets, Media & Communities in order to come to terms with some of the […]
TSAS response to incidents in St. Jean sur Richelieu and Ottawa
October 23, 2014
[français au-dessous] TSAS is dedicated to the responsible investigation of radicalization, terrorism, security, and their impacts on societies. We stress the importance of relying on empirical research, facts, and evidence in the analysis of incidents such as the recent attacks in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Ottawa. Canada has a long history with terrorism and political violence, as […]
Benoit Dupont: Applied Reseach in Cybersecurity
June 26, 2014
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 […]
Metropolis 2014: No Barriers Between Groups with Differing Agendas
March 24, 2014
Metropolis 2014, the 16th national conference was held March 12-15, 2014 in Gatineau, Quebec. Four graduate students from the Department of Geography at UBC were fortunate to be offered the opportunity to attend. By all accounts, it was a very worthwhile experience. Not sure what to expect, we arrived at the conference centre early on […]