Exploring equity, social justice and community safety with a humanistic lens
Abid Jan There is no denying that the so-called “Freedom” Convoy in Ottawa was just one act of a more significant movement, and there is a need to know how to avoid future manifestations of the hate that fuelled the convoy. Researchers and analysts have concluded that organizers of the truckers convoy had a history of white nationalism, and the occupation in Ottawa was …
Abid Jan, Jan 05 2023. We cannot continue to draw the line between a terrorist act and a hate crime according to textbook definitions if we are serious about accurately tracking and addressing the root causes of our country’s hate crime problem. In order to draw the appropriate conclusions, it is important to remember the …
What made my head spin for a long time was the use of word “freedom” by the leaders of divisive forces. Finally, I reached this conclusion that words like freedom, democracy, choice, diversity, community, and identity take on whole new meanings in the political lingo of the populist right than they do in general sense. …
A stitch in time saves nine. Reading about the investments in anti-hate, community resilience-building measures in this story is astonishing. The little provincial and federal investments in this area here in Canada pale by comparison. Failing to adequately invest in what’s needed today for prevention initiatives will require way more to turn the tide tomorrow. …
Canada has long way to go on recognising and preventing domestic extremism and terrorism – starting from refining/updating hate crime legislation. This is a great piece of work from US about dealing with a weird hodgepodge blend of ideologies that is producing challenges to law enforcement officials as well as those who are active in …
Very interesting and useful to understand for our preventative work. “Dehumanizing and vilifying a person or group of people can provoke what scholars and law enforcement officials call stochastic terrorism, in which ideologically driven hate speech increases the likelihood that people will violently and unpredictably attack the targets of vicious claims. At its core, stochastic …
We must seriously consider a lesson from the US experience because trends from the South are replicated in the North – sometimes without delay. We are witnessing copycat extremism and polarisation in Canada, from insurrection (occupation) in the capital to hijacking the social justice movement and holding law enforcement alone responsible for the pervasive systemic …
Here is an interesting read. See: “Canada’s Right-Wing Extremists: Mapping their Ties, Location, and Ideas.” We have a long journey from hate to hope to real concrete actions ahead of us. Based on what we have learned from research, consultations and working with United for All partners, some of the ways to address the issue …