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Fresh Faces at CPN-PREV: Our Team Is Expanding
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Fresh Faces at CPN-PREV: Our Team Is Expanding

Since last spring, our team at CPN-PREV has been growing significantly! We therefore decided the time was right to shine the spotlight on the latest additions to our team.

We are excited to welcome Christiane (Chris) Ndedi Essombe (Ph.D.), Théodore Ownby and Neslihan Sriram-Uzundal!

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New Book Release: Social Work and Countering Violent Extremism
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New Book Release: Social Work and Countering Violent Extremism

CPN-PREV’s longtime collaborator and partner, David Yuzva Clement, recently co-authored Social Work and Countering Violent Extremism: Case Management, Direct Practice and Multi-Sectoral Collaboration, a book aimed at social work audiences that introduces them “[…] to the current field of countering violent extremism (CVE), offering an international perspective on its theories, approaches, and prevention and intervention practices.”

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The Murder of a Young Girl in Iraq: Before We Rush to Judge
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The Murder of a Young Girl in Iraq: Before We Rush to Judge

Our Associate Director, Zeina Ismail-Allouche, recently published a new op-ed exploring how, in the wake of the recent killing of a young Iraqi girl by two boys, violence affecting children, or perpetrated by them, cannot be understood in isolation from the social and cultural contexts in which they grow up.

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Continuing Capacity Development Efforts in Atlantic Canada: Fredericton Hosts PVE Training Workshop
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Continuing Capacity Development Efforts in Atlantic Canada: Fredericton Hosts PVE Training Workshop

Building on the momentum created by the Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) capacity development workshops held in Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island) and Halifax (Nova Scotia) in March 2026, CPN-PREV, in collaboration with the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence, continued its efforts in Atlantic Canada by offering a two-day interdisciplinary training workshop in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on June 18 and 19, 2026.

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La polarisation : où en sommes-nous aujourd’hui?
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La polarisation : où en sommes-nous aujourd’hui?

Notre directrice Ghayda Hassan a récemment pris part à un épisode du balado Cercle Démos de l'Université de Montréal portant sur la signification de la polarisation, ses manifestations dans différents contextes – notamment en éducation et dans l’espace public – ainsi que ses effets sur la démocratie et la justice sociale.

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Practitioners’ Experience in Preventing Violence at the Core of CPN-PREV’s Recent vPiP Training in Atlantic Canada
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Practitioners’ Experience in Preventing Violence at the Core of CPN-PREV’s Recent vPiP Training in Atlantic Canada

This March, CPN-PREV’s Community of Practice—vPiP— delivered two capacity development training sessions on the Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) in Atlantic Canada, in Prince Edward Island (March 9–10) and Halifax, Nova Scotia (March 12–13). Over 80 frontline practitioners across mental health, social work, youth services, education, law enforcement, policy, and community development convened.

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Three-Day Co-Design Workshop: Strengthening Practitioner-Led Capacity Building Across Regions
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Three-Day Co-Design Workshop: Strengthening Practitioner-Led Capacity Building Across Regions

From February 23 to 25, the Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Extremist Violence (CPN-PREV) was pleased to convene a three-day co-design workshop hosted at the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at Concordia University. The workshop was designed by Zeina Ismail Allouche and co-facilitated with Ghayda Hassan.

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Un café avec Ghayda Hassan : Devenir le poème de son père
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Un café avec Ghayda Hassan : Devenir le poème de son père

Notre directrice et fondatrice, Ghayda Hassan, a récemment pris un café avec la journaliste de La Presse, Rima Elkouri, dans le cadre d’un entretien biographique. De son enfance au Liban jusqu’à sa fondation du RPC-PREV, Ghayda Hassan aborde, entre autres, son rapport à la guerre et un intérêt pour la psychologie présent dès son plus jeune âge.

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Menaces terroristes : préventions et réactions
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Menaces terroristes : préventions et réactions

Notre responsable de la recherche, Sébastien Brouillette-Alarie (Ph. D.), était de passage à l’émission Dans la mosaïque cette semaine pour discuter des tragiques événements ayant récemment eu lieu à Sydney, en Australie.

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Collaborating With Youth for Community Safety: Insights From the Halifax Workshops
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Collaborating With Youth for Community Safety: Insights From the Halifax Workshops

On November 4, 2025, twelve remarkable youth shared their insights on what would make Halifax a safer place during the opening ceremony of the CCFSC Annual Conference. Their message was clear: the city must listen to their voices and act on their recommendations to meaningfully improve how young people navigate and experience Halifax. Prevention of violence starts with actually making spaces safer for youth.

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