Past Event

TSAS aims to cultivate a new generation of well-informed scholars and policy analysts. The Summer Academy is a principal part of this plan and brings together graduate students, post-doctoral students and junior policy makers and analysts from across Canada to participate in a highly focused learning experience. The Summer Academy is designed to foster a […]

In 2012 TSAS issued our first Call for Proposals for new research projects. The applications we received were reviewed by a committee that included academic researchers and government officials across several departments. TSAS funded 10 of the  applications and researchers commenced work on their projects a year ago (in April 2013). Given the broad vision

In this TSAS workshop, we concentrated on two major research projects that are being established through funding provided by the Canadian Safety and Security Program. The first investigates the processes whereby individuals consider becoming ‘foreign fighters’, while the second focuses on internet forum conversations where individuals circulate extremist world views. The workshop was designed to

TSAS brought together researchers, community leaders, government policy makers and practitioners to present on Security Policy and Community Relations. Experts spoke on a broad range of topics including preventing radicalization, deradicalization, and building social cohesion, media analysis, emerging research and new concepts and tools. TSAS a réuni des chercheurs, les dirigeants communautaires, les décideurs et

TSAS aims to cultivate a new generation of well-informed scholars and policy analysts. The Summer Academy is a principal part of this plan and in July 2013 brought together graduate students from 10 universities from across Canada and representatives from 8 different federal government agencies to participate in a highly focused learning experience. Addressing the

This security focused workshop was designed to inspire policy-makers and researchers alike with thought-provoking ideas and new methodological developments. Each day, a set of scholars presented an important idea emerging from their research generating a discussion around security or counter-terrorism policy. Nouvelle feuille de route : Avancées dans la recherche et la politique liées au

TSAS held a workshop on November 10th, 2012 in Ottawa. The workshop on “The Social Conditions and Process of Radicalization” was a one-day event designed to piggy-back on the Kanishka Project opening conference run by Public Safety Canada. Over 55 people participated in a day of research presentations and discussion focused on the study of

This workshop was designed to establish a new network to foster collaboration between policy professionals and academic researchers interested in terrorism, security, and their relationship with Canadian society. After introducing the context and purpose of the network, the first day focused on the policy side, through a set of presentations on the key issues and

A panel focused on established Research Programs and Emerging Projects in Canada.