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Curriculum Vitae RYAN SCRIVENS (updated August 22, 2019)

School of Criminal Justice Michigan State University 432 Baker Hall, 655 Auditorium Road East Lansing, MI 48824

Office Phone: (517) 353-9545 Email: [email protected] Personal Website: ryanscrivens.com

EDUCATION:

2013-17 Doctor of Philosophy (Criminology), Simon Fraser University. Dissertation: “Understanding the Collective Identity of the Radical Right Online: A

Mixed-Methods Approach.”

2009-11 Master of Arts (Criminology), Ontario Tech University.

2007-09 Bachelor of Arts, Honours (Criminology and Justice), Ontario Tech University.

2004-07 Ontario College Diploma (Law and Security Administration), Durham College. RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Terrorists’ and extremists’ use of the Internet and technology; right-wing terrorism and extremism; combating violent extremism; hate crime; research methods and methodology; computational social science. CURRENT APPOINTMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

2019-Present Assistant Professor (tenure track), School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.

2017-Present Associate Editor for Theses, Perspectives on Terrorism.

2016-Present Visiting Researcher, VOX-Pol Network of Excellence, Dublin City University.

2016-Present Research Associate, International CyberCrime Research Centre, Simon Fraser University. PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

2017-2019 Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University.

2016-2019 Coordinator of the Canadian Network of Ph.D. Theses Writers, Terrorism Research Initiative.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES:

8. Perry, Barbara, David C. Hofmann, and Ryan Scrivens. (2019). Anti-Authority and Militia Movements in Canada. Journal of Intelligence, Conflict and Warfare, 1(3), 1-30.

7. Scrivens, Ryan, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. (2018). Measuring the Evolution of Radical Right-Wing Posting Behaviors Online. Deviant Behavior. Ahead of Print.

6. Perry, Barbara, David C. Hofmann, and Ryan Scrivens. (2018). “Confrontational but Not Violent”: An Assessment of the Potential for Violence by the Anti-Authority Community in Canada. Terrorism and Political Violence. Ahead of Print.

Ryan Scrivens Curriculum Vitae

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5. Perry, Barbara, Tanner Mirrlees, and Ryan Scrivens. (2018). The Dangers of Porous Borders: The “Trump Effect” in Canada. Journal of Hate Studies, 14(1), 53-75.

4. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. (2018). A Climate for Hate? An Exploration of the Right-Wing Extremist Landscape in Canada. Critical Criminology, 26(2), 169-187.

3. Scrivens, Ryan, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. (2017). Searching for Signs of Extremism on the Web: An Introduction to Sentiment-based Identification of Radical Authors. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 10(1), 39-59.

2. Scrivens, Ryan, and Barbara Perry. (2017). Resisting the Right: Countering Right-Wing Extremism in Canada. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 59(4), 534-558.

1. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. (2016). Uneasy Alliances: A Look at the Right-Wing Extremist Movement in Canada. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 39(9), 819-841.

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS:

3. Figea, Leo, Lisa Kaati, and Ryan Scrivens. (2016). Measuring Online Affects in a White Supremacy Forum. In Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics.

2. Scrivens, Ryan, and Richard Frank. (2016). Sentiment-based Classification of Radical Text on the Web. In Proceedings of the 2016 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference.

1. Scrivens, Ryan, Garth Davies, Richard Frank, and Joseph Mei. (2015). Sentiment-based Identification of Radical Authors (SIRA). In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE ICDM Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics.

BOOKS:

1. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. (2019). Right-Wing Extremism in Canada. London: Palgrave (Hate Studies Series).

BOOK CHAPTERS:

12. Scrivens, Ryan, Pete Simi, and Steven Windisch. (In Progress). Combating Violent Extremism with Former Extremists [working title]. In Derek M. D. Silva and Mathieu Deflem (Eds.), Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing (by invitation). Forthcoming, 2020.

11. Scrivens, Ryan, and Tiana Gaudette. (In Progress). Terrorism, Extremist Activity, and the Internet [working title]. In Thomas J. Holt (Ed.), Crime Online: Causes, Correlates and Context, Fourth Edition. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press (by invitation). Forthcoming, 2020.

10. Gaudette, Tiana, Garth Davies, and Ryan Scrivens. (Under Review). Criminological Perspectives on the Toronto 18. In Kent Roach, Michael Nesbitt, and David C. Hofmann (Eds.), The Toronto 18 Terrorism Trials. Calgary: University of Calgary Press (by invitation). Forthcoming, 2020.

9. Scrivens, Ryan, and Amarnath Amarasingam. (In Press). Haters Gonna “Like”: Exploring Canadian Far-Right Extremism on Facebook. In Mark Littler and Benjamin Lee (Eds.), The New Extremism: Readings in Violence Radicalisation and Extremism in the Digital Space. London: Palgrave (Cybercrime Series) (by invitation). Forthcoming, 2020.

8. Scrivens, Ryan, Paul Gill, and Maura Conway. (In Press). The Role of the Internet in Facilitating Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Suggestions for Progressing Research. In Thomas J. Holt and


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Adam Bossler (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance. London: Palgrave (Cybercrime Series) (by invitation). Forthcoming, 2020.

7. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. (In Press). Who’s a Terrorist? What’s Terrorism? Comparative Media Representations of Lone-Actor Violence in Canada. In Jez Littlewood, Lorne Dawson, and Sara Thompson (Eds.), Canada Among Nations: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Forthcoming, 2020.

6. Scrivens, Ryan, and Maura Conway. (In Press). The Roles of ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Media Tools and Technologies in the Facilitation of Violent Extremism and Terrorism. In Rutger Leukfeldt and Thomas J. Holt (Eds.), The Human Factor of Cybercrime. New York: Routledge (by invitation). Forthcoming, 2019.

5. Scrivens, Ryan, Tiana Gaudette, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. (2019). Searching for Extremist Content Online Using The Dark Crawler and Sentiment Analysis. In Mathieu Deflem and Derek M. D. Silva (Eds.), Methods of Criminology and Criminal Justice Research (pp. 179-194). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing (by invitation).

4. Scrivens, Ryan, and Rosemary Ricciardelli. (2019). “Scum of the Earth”: Animus and Violence Against Sex Offenders in Canadian Penitentiaries. In Nicholas Blagden, Belinda Winder, Rebecca Lievesley, Kerensa Hocken, Phil Banyard, and Helen Elliot (Eds.), Sexual Crime and the Experience of Imprisonment (pp. 61-84). London: Palgrave (by invitation).

3. Scrivens, Ryan, and Martin Bouchard. (2019). 21st-Century Crimes: Cybercrime and Terrorism. In Neil Boyd (Ed.), Understanding Crime in Canada, Second Edition (pp. 423-446). Toronto: Emond Publishing (by invitation).

2. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. (2017). The Maturation of Hate Crime Scholarship. In Philip Bean (Ed.), Hate Crime: Critical Concepts in Criminology (pp. 1-42). London: Routledge (by invitation).

1. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. (2016). White Pride Worldwide: Constructing Global Identities Online. In Jennifer Schweppe and Mark Walters (Eds.), The Globalisation of Hate: Internationalising Hate Crime (pp. 65-78). New York: Oxford University Press (by invitation).

TECHNICAL REPORTS:

3. Simi, Pete, and Ryan Scrivens. (In Progress). Online Radicalization to Violent Extremism: What the Empirical Research Does and Does Not Tell Us [working title]. Southern Poverty Law Center report.

2. Perry, Barbara, David C. Hofmann, and Ryan Scrivens. (2017). Broadening our Understanding of Anti-Authority Movements in Canada. The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society Working Paper Series.

1. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. (2015). Right-Wing Extremism in Canada: An Environmental Scan. Public Safety Canada.

INVITED OPINION ARTICLES:

4. Scrivens, Ryan, and Garth Davies. (2018). Identifying Radical Content Online. Policy Options (cross-posted in the VOX-Pol Network of Excellence Blog).

3. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). Trump May Have Emboldened Hate in Canada, But It Was Already Here. The Conversation Canada (cross-posted by Maclean’s Magazine, National Post, National Newswatch, Salon, and The Raw Story, and others).


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2. Amarasingam, Amarnath, and Ryan Scrivens. (2017). Acknowledging that Canada’s Hate Groups Exist. Policy Options.

1. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). How We Can Build Resilience Against Hatred in Canada. The Globe and Mail.

BLOG POSTS:

6. Gaudette, Tiana, Garth Davies, and Ryan Scrivens. (2018). Upvoting Extremism, Part II: An Assessment of Extreme Right Discourse on Reddit. VOX-Pol Network of Excellence Blog.

5. Gaudette, Tiana, Garth Davies, and Ryan Scrivens. (2018). Upvoting Extremism, Part I: An Assessment of Extreme Right Discourse on Reddit. VOX-Pol Network of Excellence Blog.

4. Gaudette, Tiana, Ryan Scrivens, and Garth Davies. (2018). The Future of Detecting Extreme-Right Sentiment Online. VOX-Pol Network of Excellence Blog.

3. Galloway, Bradley, and Ryan Scrivens. (2018). The Hidden Face of Hate Groups Online: An Insider’s Perspective. VOX-Pol Network of Excellence Blog.

2. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). Combating Hatred and Violent Extremism through Social Pedagogy. Project SOMEONE Blog.

1. Scrivens, Ryan. (2016). Bridging Computer Sciences and Social Sciences: The Search for Extremist Content Online. VOX-Pol Network of Excellence Blog.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS:

8. Scrivens, Ryan. (2019). 115+ Academic Theses (Ph.D. and MA) on the Role of the Internet in Facilitating and Combating Radicalization, Extremism, Terrorism and Cyber-Terrorism, written in English between 1995 and 2019. Perspectives on Terrorism, 13(3), 233-240.

7. Scrivens, Ryan. (2019). 475 Academic Theses (Ph.D. and MA) on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) and Terrorism Prevention. Perspectives on Terrorism, 13(1), 198-229.

6. Scrivens, Ryan. (2018). 130 Academic Theses (Ph.D. and MA) on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Related Issues, Written in English between 1973 and 2018, by Authors with Arab and/or Muslim Backgrounds. Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(5), 160-169.

5. Scrivens, Ryan. (2018). From TRI’s National Networks of Ph.D. Theses Writers: List of Canadian Ph.D. Theses in Progress and Completed. Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(2), 214-223.

4. Scrivens, Ryan. (2018). 200+ Academic Theses (Ph.D. and MA) on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Related Issues, Written in French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, and Norwegian. Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(1), 216-230.

3. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). Academic Theses (Ph.D. and MA) on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Related Issues, Written in English between 2013 and 2017. Perspectives on Terrorism, 11(5), 141-151.

2. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). Academic Theses (Ph.D. and MA) on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Related Issues, Written in English between 2013 and 2017. Perspectives on Terrorism, 11(4), 176-192.


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1. Scrivens, Ryan. (2016). From TRI’s National Networks of PhD Theses Writers: List of Canadian PhD Theses in Progress and Completed. Perspectives on Terrorism, 10(4), 106-118.

BOOK REVIEWS:

1. Scrivens, Ryan. (2018). Shoshan, Nitzan, The Management of Hate: Nation, Affect, and the Governance of Right-Wing Extremism in Germany. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 42(4), 471-474 (by invitation).

RESEARCH GRANTS:

6. Perry, Barbara, Ryan Scrivens (Co-Investigator), and David C. Hofmann. (2018-21). Public Safety Canada, Community Resilience Fund Grant. “Updating the Environmental Scan of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” $363,000 CAD.

5. Perry, Barbara, Tanner Mirrlees, and Ryan Scrivens (Collaborator). (2017-18). Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society, Major Research Grant. “Moving to the Hateful Beat: YouTube White Power Music Videos.” $38,000 CAD.

4. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). VOX-Pol Network of Excellence, Research Exchange Grant. “Exploring the Online Roles of Women in the Far-Right Extremist Movement” (supervised by Prof. Maura Conway, Dublin City University). $1,990 EURO.

3. Perry, Barbara, David C. Hofmann, and Ryan Scrivens (Collaborator). (2016-17). Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society, Partnership Grant. “More Than Paper Terrorists? A Closer Look at Freemen-on-the-Land in Canada.” $14,270 CAD.

2. Scrivens, Ryan. (2016). VOX-Pol Network of Excellence, Research Exchange Grant. “An Exploration of ‘For Stormfront Ladies Only’ using a Machine Learning Approach” (supervised by Prof. Pádraig Cunningham, University College Dublin). $4,749 EURO.

1. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens (Collaborator). (2012-14). Public Safety Canada, Kanishka Project Contribution Program Grant. “Right-Wing Extremism in Canada: An Environmental Scan.” $77,300 CAD.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

17. Scrivens, Ryan. (2018). Concordia University, Conference and Exposition Award. $1,000 CAD.

16. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). Concordia University, Conference and Exposition Award. $1,000 CAD.

15. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). Concordia University, Newsmaker of the Week (October 11, 2017).

14. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017-19). Concordia University, Horizon Postdoctoral Fellowship. “Voices from the Other Side: Insights from Former Extremists” (supervised by Dr. Vivek Venkatesh, and funded in part by Public Safety Canada). $110,000 CAD.

13. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). Simon Fraser University, Graduate Fellowship. $6,500 CAD.

12. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). Simon Fraser University, Travel and Minor Research Award. $357 CAD.

11. Scrivens, Ryan. (2016). Swedish Defence Research Agency and Uppsala University, European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference Sponsorship. $5,000 SEK.

10. Scrivens, Ryan. (2017). VOX-Pol Network of Excellence, Summer School Travel Award. $433 EURO.


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9. Scrivens, Ryan. (2016). Simon Fraser University, Professional Development Grant. $500 CAD.

8. Scrivens, Ryan. (2015). Simon Fraser University, Professional Development Grant. $500 CAD.

7. Scrivens, Ryan. (2015). IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, Student Travel Grant. $550 USD.

6. Scrivens, Ryan. (2015). Simon Fraser University, Graduate Fellowship. $6,500 CAD.




2. Scrivens, Ryan. (2015). Simon Fraser University, Open Bursary. $1,274 CAD.

1. Scrivens, Ryan. (2009-11). Ontario Tech University, Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, $14,000 CAD. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

2018-2019 Research Associate, Project SOMEONE, Concordia University. Project: “Hate to Hope” Massive Open Online Course (funded by Global Affairs Canada).

2017 MA Thesis Mentor, VOX-Pol Network of Excellence, Dublin City University. Thesis: “The Right-Wing and Instagram: A Visual Content Analysis of Female Depiction”

(Elisa Hansen, University of Glasgow).

2014 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Memorial University. Project: An exploration of the realities of penal living for federally incarcerated women in

Canada (funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council).

2010 Research Assistant, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University. Course development: Writing for Social Sciences.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2019-Present Instructor, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. Course: CJ 445 – Cyber-Crime and Cyber-Security.

2016 Instructor, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University. Course: CRIM 220 – Research Methods in Criminology.

2013-17 Teaching Assistant and Tutor-Marker, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University. Courses: Introduction to Cybercrime (x 7); Research Methods in Criminology (x 2);

Qualitative Research Methods in Criminology; Sociological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behaviour; Introduction to Criminology.

2009-13 Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University. Courses: Hate Crime (x 2); Writing for Social Sciences (x 2); Impact of Technology on Society; Ethical Reasoning and Critical Thinking; Punishment and Society; Rights and Freedoms; Women in the Criminal Justice System; Youth Justice Policy; Introduction to Social Policy; Introductory Sociology; Immigration and Refugee Law; Disability and the Law; Alternative Methods of Justice; Restorative Justice; Theory and Practice of Mediation; Strategic Management Communications; Leadership and Administration.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:


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2019:

41. Scrivens, Ryan, Vivek Venkatesh, Maxime Bérubé, and Tiana Gaudette. “Combating Violent Extremism: Insights from Former Right-Wing Extremists.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. November 14, 2019 (panel organizer and chair).

40. Galloway, Bradley, and Ryan Scrivens. “The Roles of Former Extremists in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: Trends, Challenges, and Future Strategies.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. November 14, 2019 (panel organizer and chair).

39. Silva, Derek, Amarnath Amarasingam, Ryan Scrivens, and Jade Hutchinson. “Gabs of Hate: Exploring Alternative Platforms of Hate on Social Media.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. November 14, 2019 (panel organizer and chair).

38. Gaudette, Tiana, Garth Davies, Ryan Scrivens, and Richard Frank. “Upvoting Extremism: Far-Right Extremists’ Views in an Online Donald Trump-Themed Community.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. November 14, 2019 (panel organizer and chair).

37. Scrivens, Ryan, Thomas J. Holt, Pete Simi, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven Chermak, and Richard Frank. “Communicating Violence: A Cross-Platform Comparison of Violent Right-Wing Extremist Discussions Online.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. November 14, 2019 (panel organizer and chair).

36. Galloway, Bradley, and Ryan Scrivens. “The Roles of Former Extremists in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: Trends, Challenges, and Future Strategies.” Presentation at the British Society of Criminology Conference 2019, Lincoln, UK. July 4, 2019.

35. Mirrlees, Tanner, Barbara Perry, Ryan Scrivens, and Bradley Galloway. “Mainstreaming White Supremacy via YouTube Country Music Videos: The Digital Review.” Presentation at the British Society of Criminology Conference 2019, Lincoln, UK. July 4, 2019.

34. Conway, Maura, and Ryan Scrivens. “The Roles of ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Media Tools and Technologies in the Facilitation of Violent Extremism and Terrorism.” Presentation at the 2019 Terrorism and Social Media Conference, Swansea, UK. June 26, 2019.

33. Hutchinson, Jade, Ryan Scrivens, Amarnath Amarasingam, and Derek Silva. “Like, Share, Hate: Exploring Australian and Canadian Far-Right Extremism on Facebook.” Presentation at the 2019 Terrorism and Social Media Conference, Swansea, UK. June 26, 2019.

32. Silva, Derek, Amarnath Amarasingam, Jade Hutchinson, and Ryan Scrivens. “Gabs of Hate: Exploring Alternative Platforms of Hate on Social Media.” Presentation at the 2019 Terrorism and Social Media Conference, Swansea, UK. June 25, 2019.

31. Galloway, Bradley, Ryan Scrivens, Barbara Perry, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. “Boots on the Ground? Online and Offline Identities of the Extreme Right.” Presentation at 2019 Terrorism and Social Media Conference, Swansea, UK. June 25, 2019.

2018:

30. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. “The Trump Effect on Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Accepted at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.


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29. Scrivens, Ryan, Thomas J. Holt, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven Chermak, and Richard Frank. “Offline-to-Online: A Large-Scale Assessment of Right-Wing Extremists’ Online Discourse Around Key Events.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. November 15, 2018.

28. Scrivens, Ryan, Lorraine Bowman-Grieve, Maura Conway, and Richard Frank. “Sugar and Spice, and Everything Nice? Exploring the Online Roles of Women in the Far-Right Extremist Movement.” Presentation at the VOX-Pol’s Third Biennial Conference – Violent Extremism, Terrorism, and the Internet: Present and Future Trends, Amsterdam, Netherlands. August 21, 2018.

27. Gaudette, Tiana, Garth Davies, and Ryan Scrivens. “Upvoting Extremism: An Assessment of Extreme Right Discourse on Reddit.” Presentation at the VOX-Pol’s Third Biennial Conference – Violent Extremism, Terrorism, and the Internet: Present and Future Trends, Amsterdam, Netherlands. August 20, 2018.

26. Scrivens, Ryan, and Maura Conway. “The Roles of ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Media Tools and Technologies in the Facilitation of Violent Extremism and Terrorism.” Presentation at the VOX-Pol’s Third Biennial Conference – Violent Extremism, Terrorism, and the Internet: Present and Future Trends. August 20, 2018.

25. Galloway, Bradley, Ryan Scrivens, Barbara Perry, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. “Boots on the Ground? Online and Offline Identities of the Extreme Right.” Presentation at the VOX-Pol’s Third Biennial Conference – Violent Extremism, Terrorism, and the Internet: Present and Future Trends, Amsterdam, Netherlands. August 20, 2018.

24. Scrivens, Ryan. “Voices from the Other Side: Insights from Former Extremists in Canada.” Presentation at the International Network for Hate Studies Biennial Conference, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. May 31, 2018.

23. Mirrlees, Tanner, Barbara Perry, and Ryan Scrivens. “The Dangers of Porous Borders: The ‘Trump Effect’ in Canada.” Presentation at the International Network for Hate Studies Biennial Conference, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. May 30, 2018.

2017:

22. Scrivens, Ryan, Richard Frank and Garth Davies. “Searching for the Right Stuff: Identifying Radical Users in Online Forums.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. November 17, 2017.

21. Scrivens, Ryan, Lorraine Bowman-Grieve, Maura Conway, and Richard Frank. “Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice? Exploring the Online Roles of Women in the Far-Right Movement.” Presentation at the 2017 Terrorism and Social Media Conference, Swansea, UK. June 27, 2017.

20. Hofmann, David C., Barbara Perry, and Ryan Scrivens. “Talking with the Freemen-on-the-Land: Challenges and Lessons Learned.” Accepted at the Canadian Sociological Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

19. Mirrlees, Tanner, Ryan Scrivens, and Barbara Perry. “You-Tubing White Power Music: An Exploration of Hate Anthems Online.” Presentation at the Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. February 10, 2017.

2016:


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18. Scrivens, Ryan, Garth Davies and Richard Frank. “Searching for a Virtual Needle in a Cyber-Stack: Identifying Radical Content in Online Discussion Forums.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. November 17, 2016.

17. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. “A Climate for Hate? An Exploration of the Right-Wing Extremist Landscape in Canada.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. November 16, 2016.

16. Scrivens, Ryan, and Richard Frank. “Sentiment-based Classification of Radical Text on the Web.” Presentation at the IEEE European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, Uppsala, Sweden. August 17, 2016.

15. Scrivens, Ryan, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. “Searching for Signs of Extremism on the Web.” Presentation at the VOX-Pol’s Mid-Project Conference: Taking Stock of Research on Violent Online Political Extremism, Dublin, Ireland. June 24, 2016.

14. Scrivens, Ryan, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. “Predicting Online Sentiment in a “Hornet’s Nest.” Presentation at the International Conference on CyberCrime and Computer Forensics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June 14, 2016.

13. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. “White Pride Worldwide: Constructing Global Identities Online.” Presentation at the International Network for Hate Studies Biennial Conference, Limerick, Ireland. May 25, 2016.

12. Scrivens, Ryan, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. “An Introduction to Sentiment-based Identification of Radical Authors (SIRA).” Presentation at the Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. February 6, 2016.

11. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. “Missing Pieces and Misplaced Priorities: An Acknowledgement of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Presentation at the Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. February 6, 2016.

2015:

10. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. “The Right Response to Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. November 21, 2015.

9. Scrivens, Ryan, and Richard Frank. “Comparing Sentiment on Pro-Extremist, Neutral News, and Counter-Extremist Websites: A Qualitative Assessment of Keyword Analysis.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. November 18, 2015.

8. Scrivens, Ryan, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. “Sentiment-based Identification of Radical Authors (SIRA).” Presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. November 14, 2015.

2014:

7. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. “Right-Wing Extremism in Canada: An Environmental Scan of the Current State of the Movement.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. November 22, 2014.

6. Scrivens, Ryan. “A Marriage of Convenience: Unraveling One Former White Supremacist’s Experiences in the Movement in Canada.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. November 22, 2014.


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5. Perry, Barbara, and Ryan Scrivens. “Three Man Wrecking Crews: Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Presentation at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. February 19, 2014.

4. Scrivens, Ryan, and Barbara Perry. “You’ve Got a Whole Bunch of Men Running the Organization:” Police Perceptions of Gender-Motivated Hate Crime in Canada.” Presentation at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. February 19, 2014.

2013:

3. Scrivens, Ryan, and Barbara Perry. “Bound by the Code: Legal Constraints of Policing Gender-Motivated Violence in Canada.” Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. November 20, 2013.

2. Scrivens, Ryan, Rosemary Ricciardelli, and Barbara Perry. “Animus Towards Sex Offenders in Canadian Penitentiaries: Perspectives of Former Prisoners.” Accepted at the Qualitative Analysis Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

2012:

1. Scrivens, Ryan. “Police Officers’ Perceptions of Gender-Motivated Violence in Canada.” Presentation at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, New York City, New York, USA. March 17, 2012.

PROFESSIONAL EVENTS DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED:

1. Scrivens, Ryan, and Dan Mamlok. “Hatred in an Era of Misinformation: Lessons from Former Extremists” interactive webinar for Media Literacy Week, in association with Project SOMEONE and MediaSmarts. November 6, 2018.

INVITED TALKS AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

2019:

50. Perry, Barbara, Ryan Scrivens, and David C. Hofmann. “An Updated Environmental Scan of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at Public Safety Canada’s Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. June 15, 2019.

49. Scrivens, Ryan. “Right-Wing Extremism in Canada: Past, Present, and Future Trends.” Invited presentation for the Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism (CRIM 6233) course in the Master’s Criminology Program at the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 28, 2019.

48. Scrivens, Ryan. “Detecting and Countering Hatred Online: A Large-Scale Machine Learning Approach.” Invited presentation at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s 28th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice – Hate Crime Prevention Workshop, Vienna, Austria. May 20, 2019.

47. Scrivens, Ryan. “Right-Wing Extremism in Canada: A Review of the Findings from the 2015 Environmental Scan” Invited presentation at the Environmental Scan of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada Advisory Board meeting, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. May 7, 2019.

46. Scrivens, Ryan. “Combating Violent Extremism: Voices of Former Right-Wing Extremists.” Invited presentation at the Initiative for Confronting Cyber Terrorism and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism’s Towards a Holistic Approach to Conflict Prevention: Preventing and Countering Online Extremism, Radicalization and Cyber-Terrorism Workshop, New York City, New York, USA. May 3, 2019.


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45. Scrivens, Ryan. “Combating Violent Extremism: Insights from Former Right-Wing Extremists.” Invited presentation at Project SOMEONE’s Knowledge Sharing Series, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. April 18, 2019.

44. Scrivens, Ryan. “Designing Ethical Technologies for Online CVE.” Invited roundtable panelist at Public Safety Canada’s Countering Radicalization to Violence – 2019 Event Series – Addressing Online Harms and Offline Impacts – Ethics, Data, and Violent Extremism (co-hosted by Moonshot CVE), Ottawa, Canada. March 26, 2019.

43. Scrivens, Ryan. “Combating the Extreme Right on Social Media.” Invited presentation at Public Safety Canada’s Countering Radicalization to Violence – 2019 Event Series – Idea Fair, Ottawa, Canada. March 25, 2019.

42. Scrivens, Ryan. “Disrupting Violent Extremism Online.” Invited discussant at Moonshot CVE, London, UK. March 8, 2019.

41. Scrivens, Ryan. “Combating Violent Extremism: Insights from Former Right-Wing Extremists.” Invited presentation at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue’s Lunch and Learn, London, UK. March 8, 2019.

40. Galloway, Bradley, Ryan Scrivens, Barbara Perry, Garth Davies, and Richard Frank. “Boots on the Ground? Online and Offline Identities of the Extreme Right.” Invited presentation at Swansea University’s Radical Right Research International Network Workshop 2019, Swansea, UK. March 6, 2019.

39. Scrivens, Ryan, Lorraine Bowman-Grieve, Maura Conway, and Richard Frank. “Sugar and Spice, and Everything Nice? Exploring How Women in the Far-Right Extremist Movement Construct Their (Online) Identities.” Invited presentation at Swansea University’s Radical Right Research International Network Workshop 2019, Swansea, UK. March 6, 2019.

38. Scrivens, Ryan. Invited discussant at the Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence’s Multi-Agency Responses to Violent Extremism meeting, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada, February 8, 2019.

37. Scrivens, Ryan. Invited discussant at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s Right-Wing Extremist Networks: Security Implications of a (Re)Emerging Movement Workshop, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. February 6, 2019.

36. Scrivens, Ryan. Invited discussant at Public Safety Canada’s Research Brainstorm for the Swedish Institute for Future Studies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. January 29, 2019.

35. Scrivens, Ryan. “Voices from the Other Side: Insights from Former Extremists in Canada.” Invited presentation at Project SOMEONE’s Knowledge Sharing Series, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. January 15, 2019.

2018:

34. Scrivens, Ryan. “Voices from the Other Side: Insights from Former Extremists in Canada.” Invited presentation at the Organization for the Prevention of Violence, the Canadian Practitioners' Network, and the Canadian Network for the Study of Terrorism, Security and Society’s Partnering for Prevention: Countering Social Polarization Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. November 30, 2018.


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33. Scrivens, Ryan. “Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General’s Office of Crime Reduction and Gang Outreach’s Practitioners’ Symposium, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. November 29, 2018.

32. Scrivens, Ryan. “Overview of Facebook’s Dangerous Organizations Summit.” Invited presentation at Project SOMEONE’s Knowledge Sharing Series, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. October 2, 2018.

31. Scrivens, Ryan. Invited discussant at Facebook’s Dangerous Organizations Summit, Chicago, Illinois, USA. September 12 to 13, 2018.

30. Scrivens, Ryan. “Voices from the Other Side: Insights from Former Extremists in Canada.” Invited presentation at Hedayah’s International Countering Violent Extremism Conference 2018, Swansea, UK. August 29, 2018.

29. Rodier, Simon, and Ryan Scrivens. “Methodology Workshop: Sentiment Analysis.” Invited workshop presentation at Concordia University’s Interdisciplinary Summer Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 19, 2018.

28. Scrivens, Ryan, Bradley Galloway, and Amarnath Amarasingam. “Right-Wing Extremism.” Invited discussant on the What’s That Noise? podcast. May 30, 2018.

27. Scrivens, Ryan. Invited discussant at Public Safety Canada’s Expert Round Table on Hate Violence, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. May 30, 2018.

26. Scrivens, Ryan. “Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation for the Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism (CRIM 6233) course in the Master’s Criminology Program at the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 22, 2018.

25. Scrivens, Ryan. Invited discussant at Concordia University’s Engineering Change Lab meeting with non-engineers on technological stewardship, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. April 13, 2018.

24. Scrivens, Ryan. “Othering Across Time: Measuring Radical Posting Trajectories Online.” Invited presentation at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology’s International Centre for Comparative Criminology Lunch Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. February 28, 2018.

23. Scrivens, Ryan. “Broadening our Understanding of Right-Wing Extremism and the Anti-Authority Movement in Canada.” Invited presentation at the Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. January 30, 2018.

22. Scrivens, Ryan. Invited discussant at Co-op Radio 100.5 FM’s Deconstructing Islamophobia in Canada: Voices Heard, Unheard and Ignored, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. January 29, 2018.

21. Scrivens, Ryan. “Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at Concordia University’s Politico-Religious Extremism and Violence Seminar, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. January 26, 2018.

2017:

20. Scrivens, Ryan. “The Landscape of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the National Council of Canadian Muslims’ Community Briefing on the State of Canadian Civil Rights, National Council of Canadian Muslims, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 23, 2017.

19. Scrivens, Ryan. “Broadening our Understanding of Anti-Authoritarian Movements in Canada.” Invited presentation at the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society’ Workshop Series: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats’ Researchers, Canadian


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Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. October 30, 2017.

18. Scrivens, Ryan. “The Trump Effect on Right-Wing Extremism in North America.” Invited presentation at the Centre of Excellence for National Security’s Countering Extremism Workshop: ISIS and its Afterlives, Singapore. September 28, 2017.

17. Scrivens, Ryan. “Identification of Radical Authors in Online Environments.” Invited presentation at the Swedish Defence Research Agency’s Seminar Day Violent Extremism: Methods, Tools and Techniques for Detecting and Analyzing Violent Extremism, Stockholm, Sweden. May 10, 2017.

16. Scrivens, Ryan. Invited discussant on Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s Countering Racism: Lessons Learned from the Holocaust webinar. January 30, 2017.

2016:

15. Scrivens, Ryan. “Understanding Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the ‘E’ Division Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Counter Terrorism Information Officer Workshop, Lower Mainland District/Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. December 13, 2016.

14. Scrivens, Ryan. “Terrorists’ and Extremists’ Use of the Internet.” Invited presentation for the Cybercrime (CRIM 742) course in the Terrorism, Risk and Security Studies Professional Master’s Program at Simon Fraser University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. November 30, 2016.

13. Scrivens, Ryan. “Understanding Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the British Columbia Humanist Association, Oakridge Seniors’ Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. November 27, 2016.

12. Scrivens, Ryan. “Understanding Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the ‘E’ Division Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Counter Terrorism Information Officer Workshop, Lower Mainland District/Delta Police Department, Delta, British Columbia, Canada. November 10, 2016.

11. Scrivens, Ryan. “Terrorists’ and Extremists’ Use of the Internet.” Invited presentation for the Introduction to Cybercrime (CRIM 380) course in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. November 8, 2016.

10. Scrivens, Ryan. “Understanding Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the ‘E’ Division Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Counter Terrorism Information Officer Workshop, Matsqui Centennial Auditorium, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. October 21, 2016.

9. Scrivens, Ryan. “Researching Extremists Online: Bridging Social Sciences and Computer Sciences.” Invited presentation at the VOX-Pol Summer School, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. August 24, 2016.

8. Scrivens, Ryan. “Understanding Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the ‘E’ Division Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Youth Radicalization Awareness Workshop, Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. April 28, 2016.

7. Scrivens, Ryan. “Countering Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the ‘E’ Division Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Counter Terrorism Information Officer Workshop, West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. April 21, 2016.


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6. Scrivens, Ryan. “Countering Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the ‘E’ Division Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Counter Terrorism Information Officer Workshop, Vancouver Island District: Saanich Police Service, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. March 15, 2016.

5. Scrivens, Ryan. “Understanding Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation at the ‘E’ Division Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Youth Radicalization Awareness Workshop, Workpoint Barracks, Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. March 3, 2016.

2015:

4. Scrivens, Ryan. “The ‘Right’ Response: Confronting Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.” Invited presentation for the Introduction to Criminology (CRIM 101) course in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. April 8, 2015.

2013:

3. Scrivens, Ryan. “Hate Crime and Gender.” Invited presentation for the Hate Crime (SSCI 3022) course in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. February 14, 2013.

2011:

2. Scrivens, Ryan. “Hate Crime and Gender.” Invited presentation for the Hate Crime (SSCI 3022) course in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. May 24, 2011.

2010:

1. Scrivens, Ryan. Hate Crime and Gender.” Invited presentation for the Hate Crime (SSCI 3022) course in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. February 14, 2010.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

JOURNAL REFEREE:

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (In Progress); Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (2018, 2019 x 2); Canadian Journal of Political Science (2019); Criminal Justice and Behavior (2018); Critical Criminology (2019); Critical Studies on Terrorism (2018); Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict (2019); Global Crime (2018); International Journal for Crime, Justice, and Social Democracy (2017); International Journal of Conflict and Violence (2018); International Journal of Drug Policy (2018); Internet Research (2017); Journal of Cyber Policy (2019); Psychological Science (2018); Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change (2017); Security Informatics (2016); Social Media + Society (2019); Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (2017); Terrorism and Political Violence (2018).

TEXTBOOK REFEREE:

Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right (2018).

RESEARCH CENTRE AND THINK TANK REFEREE:

Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (2018); Institute for Strategic Dialogue (2018); VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (2019 x 2).

RESEARCH CHAIR REFEREE:


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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (2019). PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Against Violent Extremism Network American Society of Criminology Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society International CyberCrime Research Centre International Interdisciplinary Research Consortium on Cybercrime Perspectives on Terrorism Prosecution Project SERENE-RISC Smart Cybersecurity Network VOX-Pol Network of Excellence Western Society of Criminology VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:

2019 Life After Hate. Consulting on the topic of online radicalization. June 7, 2019.

2019 Google. Consulting on YouTube’s response to hate speech. April 26, 2019.

2019-Present Prosecution Project at Miami University. Advisory Board Member.

2019 U.S. Consulate General Québec City. Consulting on their “City Pair Program” (funded by U.S. Department of Homeland Security). February 11, 2019.

2018 Howard Johnson Society Ottawa. Consulting on their early-at-risk intervention program “Project ReSet” (funded by Public Safety Canada). October 11, 2018.

2018 Ontario Tech University, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. Invited alumni contributor on their “Graduate Publication Workshop”. January 22, 2018.

2017 Moonshot CVE. Consulting on their project “Needs Analysis of Countering Violent Extremism for Practitioners in Canada” (funded by Public Safety Canada). February 14, 2017.

2016 SERENE-RISC Smart Cybersecurity Network. Time keeper at the “SERENE-RISC Smart Cybersecurity Network Spring 2016 Workshop”. April 27, 2016.

2015 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining. Registration desk. November 16, 2015.

2012 Markham Food Bank. Gathered food donations from local grocery stores, and stocked and organized the food bank warehouse.

2011-12 Leslieville Junior Public School. Participated in sporting events with students with special needs during their annual fieldtrip, and barbequed lunch for students and staff.

2011-13 Markham Salvation Army. Distributed turkeys and gifts for the Christmas holidays.

2011 Ontario Tech University, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. Breakout session facilitator at the “Diversity in Leadership Conference: Racialized Minorities and the Criminal Justice System in Canada”. May 4, 2011.

2010 Ontario Tech University, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. Breakout session facilitator at the “Diversity in Leadership Conference: Women and the Criminal Justice System in Canada”. Spring 2010.


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2008-09 Association in Defence of the Wrongfully Convicted. Legal convictions analyst.

2008 Central East Correctional Centre. Co-operative student. Served as a correctional officer in all sectors of the maximum-security prison.

2007-10 Special Events Auxiliary Team at Durham College. Chief Financial Officer.

2007-09 Ontario Tech University’s Law Club, Vice President. Raised money for various community groups in the Durham region as well as participated in the 2008 Osgoode Cup National Undergraduate Mooting Competition.

2007 Toronto Argonauts. Raised money for the Argonaut’s “Stop the Violence Campaign” by selling raffle tickets in the Skydome/Rogers Centre during football games.

ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE LEARNING AND TEACHING:

9. Active Shooter and Emergency Response Training, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. September 13, 2019.

8. Day of Teaching and Learning, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. August 26, 2019.

7. Research Orientation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. August 22, 2019.

6. New Faculty and Staff Orientation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. August 20, 2019.

5. Technology Orientation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. August 19, 2019.

4. Thesis in Three – Insight Dublin Summer Research Event, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. August 11, 2016.

3. Topics in Violent Online Political Extremism Summer School, VOX-Pol Network of Excellence, Budapest, Hungary. July 4 to 9, 2016.

2. Python for Social Scientists Workshop, VOX-Pol Network of Excellence, Dublin, Ireland. June 22, 2016.

1. Instructional Skills Workshop, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. February 10 to 12, 2016.

MEDIA AND RESEARCH ATTENTION:

2019:

• La Presse, Marc Thibodeau and Fanny Févesque, “Le Canada mieux protégé contre la violence d'extrême droite?”, August 6, 2019. News article: https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201908/05/01-5236374-le-canada-mieux-protege-contre-la-violence-dextreme-droite.php

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “Canada Adds Far-Right Groups to Terror Watch List for First Time”, June 26, 2019. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/8xz77k/canada-adds-far-right-groups-to-terror-watch-list-for-first-time

• The Hill Times, Bernie Farber, “Where is the Outrage?”, June 3, 2019. News article: https://www.hilltimes.com/2019/06/03/where-is-the-outrage/202187


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• Toronto Star, Yvette d’Entremont, “Why a Halifax Student is Researching the Rising Online Presence of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, May 30, 2019. News article: https://www.thestar.com/halifax/2019/05/30/why-a-halifax-student-is-researching-the-rising-online-presence-of-right-wing-extremism-in-canada.html

• The UBYSSEY, Zak Vescera, “A Splinter Movement: How the Far-Right Found A Foothold on Campus”, April 20, 2019. Article: https://www.ubyssey.ca/features/a-splintered-movement-far-right-on-campus/

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “Facebook Bans Faith Goldy, Other Canadian Far-Right Groups and Others”, April 8, 2019. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/wjmwzm/facebook-bans-faith-goldy-other-canadian-far-right-groups-and-figures

• Ontario Tech University, “Grad Spotlight: You Never Know Where Your Academic Journey Might Take You”, March 21, 2019. Article: https://news.uoit.ca/archives/2019/03/grad-spotlight-you-never-know-where-your-academic-journey-might-take-you.php

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “Canada is Spending $300K on Research into Far-Right Extremism”, March 7, 2019. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/59xq7q/canada-is-investing-in-far-right-extremism-research

• Toronto Star, Alex Boutilier, “Researchers to Probe Canada’s Evolving Far-Right Movements”, March 6, 2019. News article: https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/03/06/researchers-to-probe-canadas-evolving-far-right-movements.html

• The Hill Times, Phil Gurski, “Will Increasing Political Polarization in Canada Lead to an Assassination? Not So Fast”, March 4, 2019. News article: https://www.hilltimes.com/2019/03/04/will-increasing-political-polarisation-in-canada-lead-to-an-assassination/190202

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “Fascist Forge, the Online Neo-Nazi Recruitment Forum, Is Down”, February 15, 2019. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/43zn8j/fascist-forge-the-online-neo-nazi-recruitment-forum-is-down

• Toronto Star, Zachary Kamel, Martin Patriquin, and Alheli Picazo, “Maxime Bernier’s Alt-Right Problem”, February 8, 2019. News article: https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/02/08/maxime-berniers-alt-right-problem.html

• The Charlatan, Saba Qureshi, “Past and Present: Racial Tension in Canada”, January 31, 2019. News article: http://charlatan.ca/2019/01/past-and-present-racial-tension-in-canada

• Rabble, Matthew Behrens, “Canada Ignores National Security Threat Posed by Violence Against Women”, January 30, 2019. News article: http://rabble.ca/columnists/2019/01/canada-ignores-national-security-threat-posed-violence-against-women

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux and Ben Makuch, “Online Neo-Nazis are Increasingly Embracing Terror Tactics”, January 28, 2019. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/8xynq4/online-neo-nazis-are-increasingly-embracing-terror-tactics

• CBC Radio News World Reports, Chris O’Neill-Yates, “The Trump Effect on Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, January 26, 2019. Live radio broadcast.

• 660 News, Kenny Mason, “Several Extreme Right-Wing Groups Should be Considered a National Security Threat: Researcher”, January 16, 2019. News article:


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https://www.660citynews.com/2019/01/16/several-extreme-right-wing-groups-should-be-considered-a-national-security-threat-researcher

2018:

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “Canadian Anti-Islam Militia Changes Leadership, Stats New Training Program”, December 14, 2018. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/kzvyae/canadian-anti-islam-militia-changes-leadership-starts-new-training-program

• Vice News, Simon Coutu, “Quebec Neo-Fascists are Teaching School Kids About Vikings”, November 15, 2018. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/8xp43a/quebec-neo-fascists-are-teaching-school-kids-about-vikings

• Vice News, Ben Makuch and Mack Lamoureux, “Neo-Nazis Want Canadian Military Training”, October 22, 2018. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/a3pppz/neo-nazis-want-canadian-military-training

• Toronto Star, Alex Boutilier, “Rise of Right-Wing Extremists Present New Challenges for Canadian Law Enforcement Agencies”, October 7, 2018. News article: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/10/07/rise-of-right-wing-extremists-presents-new-challenge-for-canadian-law-enforcement-agencies.html

• Toronto Star, Amira Elghawaby and Bernie M. Farber, “Racist Misogynists Do Not Deserve a Platform – Anywhere”, September 9, 2018. News article: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/09/09/racist-misogynists-do-not-deserve-a-platform-anywhere.html

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux and Ben Makuch, “Violent Neo-Nazi Group has Disturbing Plans for Canada”, July 10, 2018. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/ev847a/violent-neo-nazi-group-has-disturbing-plans-for-canada

• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ The Monitor, Barbara Perry, “Moving to the Right: Extremist Groups are Larger, Bolder in their Online and Offline Activism, and There Are More of Them”, July 1, 2018. Magazine article: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2018/06/CCPA%20Monitor%20July%20Aug%202018%20WEB.pdf

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “CSIS Stopped Monitoring Right-Wing Extremism Ahead of Mosque Massacre”, June 21, 2018. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/d3kqz7/csis-stopped-monitoring-right-wing-extremism-ahead-of-mosque-massacre

• Toronto Star, Alex Boutilier, “CSIS Stopped Monitoring Right-Wing Extremism Months Before Mosque Shooting, Watchdog Says”, June 21, 2018. News article: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/06/20/csis-stopped-monitoring-right-wing-extremism-months-before-mosque-shooting-watchdog-says.html

• Ryerson Review of Journalism, Dagmawit Dejene, “Covering the New Hate”, June 20, 2018. Magazine article: http://rrj.ca/covering-the-new-hate/

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux and Ben Makuch, “Atomwaffen, American Neo-Nazi Terror Group, is in Canada”, June 19, 2018. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/a3a8ae/atomwaffen-an-american-neo-nazi-terror-group-is-in-canada


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• Huffpost, Nick Robins-Early, “Trump and the American Far Right Stoke Hate in Canada”, May 23, 2018. News article: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/canada-far-right-extremism-trump_us_5b057d63e4b07c4ea103fa86

• Montreal Gazette, “Alt-Right in Montreal: Shining a Light on Local Neo-Nazi Network”, May 20, 2018. News article: http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/alt-right-in-montreal-shining-a-light-on-local-neo-nazi-network

• Toronto Star, Shree Paradkar, “New Canadian Anti-Hate Network Looks to Co-Ordinate Efforts Against Far-Right Extremism”, May 15, 2018. News article: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/05/15/new-canadian-anti-hate-network-looks-to-co-ordinate-efforts-against-far-right-extremism.html

• Global News, Stewart Bell, “Documents Reveal Internal Debate Over Threat of Canadian Right Wing Extremism”, May 7, 2018. News article: https://globalnews.ca/news/4188139/far-right-extremely-small-csis

• Montreal Gazette, Christopher Curtis, Jon Milton, and Shannon Carranco, “Alt-Right in Montreal: ‘You Never Know What People are Capable Of”, May 4, 2018. News article: http://montrealgazette.com/news/alt-right-in-montreal-you-never-know-what-people-are-capable-of

• Toronto Star, Vicky Mochama, “Looking Away from Hate Leaves a Space for Right-Wing Extremism”, May 1, 2018. News article: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/05/01/looking-away-from-hate-leaves-a-space-for-right-wing-extremism.html

• Le Courrier, Benito Perez, “Mortelle passivité”, April 26, 2018. News Article: https://lecourrier.ch/2018/04/26/mortelle-passivite

• Vice News, Justine de l'Église, “La police canadienne a tardé à prendre l’extrême droite au sérieux”, April 25, 2018. News article: https://www.vice.com/fr_ca/article/zmg958/la-police-canadienne-a-tarde-a-prendre-lextreme-droite-au-serieux

• The Canadian Press (sold to National Post, Toronto City News, Ottawa Citizen, News 1130, 660 News Calgary, The Chronic Herald, and more than a dozen other news outlets), David Friend, “Could Toronto Van Attack Signal More Reasoned Social Media? Experts are Divided”, April 24, 2018. News article: http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/could-toronto-van-attack-signal-more-reasoned-social-media-experts-are-divided

• Vice News, Tamara Khandaker, “Here’s Why Alek Minassian Likely Won’t Face Terror Charges”, April 24, 2018. News article: https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/xw79y7/heres-why-alek-minassian-likely-wont-face-terror-charges

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “Why an Asian-Canadian Group is Protesting Trudeau with Far-Right Organizations”, February 21, 2018. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/59kwx3/why-an-asian-canadian-group-is-protesting-trudeau-with-far-right-organizations

• Maclean’s Magazine, Sadiya Ansari, “One Family’s Struggle, One Year After the Quebec Mosque Shooting”, January 27, 2018. News article: http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/should-we-stay-or-go-one-familys-struggle-a-year-after-the-quebec-city-mosque-shooting

• Global News, Stewart Bell, “Leaving Extremism: A Canadian Racist Leader’s Journey Out of Hate”, January 18, 2018. News article: https://globalnews.ca/news/3949864/canadian-neo-nazi-leader-leaves-racist-movement


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• Maclean’s Magazine, Julia Rampen, “The Lessons Canada Should Learn from Britain’s Anti-Immigrant Politics”, January 17, 2018. News article: http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-lessons-canada-should-learn-from-britains-anti-immigrant-politics

2017:

• National Post Radio – Canada Talks, Anthony Furey, “Rise in Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, December 21, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• 570 News – Kitchener – The Mike Farwell Show, Mike Farwell, “Donald Trump Emboldening Hate in Canada, But It Was Already Here”, December 20, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• Vancouver Sun/The Province, “SkyTrain attack on Muslim Teen Inspired Fear, Anger and Forgiveness”, December 7, 2017. News article: http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/skytrain-attack-on-muslim-teen-inspires-fear-anger-and-forgiveness

• CFAX 1070 iHeart Radio – The Drive with Mark Brennae, Mike Brennae, “Hate Crime is on the Rise in Canada”, December 4, 2017, live radio broadcast: http://fw.to/gAKadBQ

• The Globe and Mail, John McCoy and Elise Sammons, “How Can We Counter Far-Right Extremism in Alberta?”, December 1, 2017. News article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/how-can-we-counter-far-right-extremism-in-alberta/article37168982

• CBC Docs POV, “Skinhead”, November 26, 2017. Live television broadcast.

• CBC Docs POV, Aly Donato, “White Nationalism and Right-Wing Extremism Aren’t New to Canada”, November 24, 2017. Video link: http://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/white-nationalism-and-right-wing-extremism-arent-new-to-canada

• The Canadian Jewish News, Jordan Adler, “CBC Doc Sheds Light on Reformed White Supremacist”, November 23, 2017. News article: https://www.cjnews.com/culture/entertainment/cbc-doc-sheds-light-reformed-white-supremacist

• CTV News, Alberta Primetime, “Recovering from Edmonton Attack”, October 5, 2017. Live television broadcast: http://alberta.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1226078&binId=1.2002989&playlistPageNum=1

• Research Connections, Simon Fraser University’s School of Criminology, “Resisting the Right: Countering Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, October 2017, Issue 5. Article: http://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/criminology/documents/AcademicNewsletter/2017_ResearchConnections5.pdf

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “Far-Right Extremists Will Use Edmonton Terror Attack as Propaganda”, October 2, 2017. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mb7kqp/far-right-extremists-will-use-edmonton-terror-attack-as-propaganda

• Global News, Rahul Kalvapalle, “Edmonton Terror Attacks: Police Discourage Backlash Against Muslims”, October 1, 2017. News article: https://globalnews.ca/news/3779286/edmonton-terror-attacks-police-discourage-backlash-against-muslims

• The Canadian Press (sold to CTV News, CBC News, National Post, Montreal Gazette, Toronto Metro News, and La Press, and more than a dozen other news outlets), Morgan Lowrie, “Condemn Both Terrorism and Islamophobia in Wake of Edmonton Attacks, Imam Says”, October 1, 2017.


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CTV News article: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/condemn-both-terrorism-and-islamophobia-in-wake-of-edmonton-attacks-imam-says-1.3614682

• National Observer, Cynthia Levine-Rasky, “Don’t be Fooled: Racists’ Call for Freedom of Speech is a Total Ruse”, September 21, 2017. News article: http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/21/opinion/dont-be-fooled-racists-calls-freedom-speech-total-ruse

• Now Toronto, Steven Zhou and Evan Bolgard, “Antifa Explained: Getting in the Alt-Right’s Face”, September 20, 2017. News article: https://nowtoronto.com/news/antifa-explained-anti-racism-activists-alt-right

• Policy Options, Barbara Perry, “The Threat of Right-Wing Extremism”, September 13, 2017. News article: http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/september-2017/the-threat-of-right-wing-extremism

• TVO, Michelle Pucci, “In Our Own Backyard: A Look at Right-Wing Extremism in Ontario”. September 12, 2017. News article: http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/in-our-own-backyard-a-look-at-right-wing-extremism-in-ontario

• The Walrus, Davide Mastracci, “Why Canada Missed its Best Chance to Deradicalize the Alt-Right”, September 7, 2017. News article: https://thewalrus.ca/why-canada-missed-its-best-chance-to-deradicalize-the-alt-right

• TVO, Mary Baxter, “The Day the Alt-Right Came to London”, September 1, 2017. News article: http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/the-next-ontario/the-day-the-alt-right-came-to-london

• Huffpost, Emma Paling, “Former White Supremacists in Canada Give ‘Triage’ to Racist Radicals”, August 30, 2017. News article: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/08/30/former-white-supremacists-in-canada-give-triage-to-racist-radicals_a_23191482

• CBC News Sudbury, Olivia Stefanovich, “We Have Nothing to Hide’: Soldiers of Odin Ontario leader Denounces Ties to Anti-Immigration”, August 27, 2017. News article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-soldiers-of-odin-1.4263925

• The Walrus, Tamara Khandaker, “Don’t Let the Alt-Right’s Rebrand Fool You”, August 24, 2017. News article: https://thewalrus.ca/dont-let-the-alt-rights-rebrand-fool-you

• Maclean’s Magazine, André Gagné, “Is Donald Trump Emboldening Extremists in Canada?”, August 24, 2017. News article: http://www.macleans.ca/politics/is-donald-trump-emboldening-extremists-in-canada

• CJAD 800 AM News Talk Radio – The Leslie Roberts Show, Leslie Roberts, “Building Resilience Against Hate in Canada”, August 23, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• National Observer, Clothilde Goujard, “After Charlottesville, Canada’s Spy Agency Expresses ‘Concern’ about Far-Right”, August 22, 2017. News article: http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/08/22/news/after-charlottesville-canadas-spy-agency-expresses-concern-about-far-right

• CBC News Northern British Columbia – Daybreak North, Carolina de Ryk and Robert Doane, “Responding to Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, August 22, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Kelowna – Daybreak South, Chris Walker, “Responding to Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, August 22, 2017. Live radio broadcast.


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• CBC News Kamloops – Daybreak Kamloops, Shelley Joyce, “Responding to Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, August 22, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Victoria – On the Island, Gregor Craigie, “Responding to Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, August 22, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Vancouver – On the Coast, “Responding to Right-Wing Extremism in Canada”, Stephen Quinn, August 22, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “Did Violence Really Undermine Anti-Racist Protest in Quebec City?”, August 21, 2017. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/xwwazq/did-violence-really-undermine-anti-racist-protest-in-quebec-city

• La Press, Marc Thibodeau, “Une Menace Négligée?”, August 19, 2017. News article: http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/2652742b-8cd8-44f1-b933-39ad276ad45e%7C2O-n3S9nHDs2.html

• CKNW News Talk AM 980 – Back on the Beat, John Daly, “Rally and Protest Hit Vancouver’s City Hall”, August 19, 2017. Live radio broadcast: https://omny.fm/shows/cknw/back-on-the-beat-rally-protest-hit-vancouvers-city

• The Globe and Mail, Dakshana Bascaramurty, Joe Friesen, and Les Perreaux, “Extremism does not Stop at the Border”, August 19, 2017. News article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/extremism-does-not-stop-at-the-us-canadaborder/article36036046/?click=sf_globe

• Ottawa Citizen, Barbara Perry, “Canada’s Own Rise of Hate: Let’s not be Smuggle about Charlottesville”, August 18, 2017. News article: http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/perry-canadas-own-rise-of-hate-lets-not-be-smug-about-charlottesville

• Chatelaine, Rachel Giese, “White Nationalism is Alive and Well in Canada – Here’s Proof”, August 17, 2017. News article: http://www.chatelaine.com/opinion/white-supremacy-canada

• News 1130 – Vancouver’s Breaking News, Traffic and Weather Station, Kenny Mason, “Some of the Most Well-Organized Hate Groups are in Vancouver”, August 17, 2017. News article: http://www.news1130.com/2017/08/17/hate-groups-vancouver

• University Affairs, Ameil Joseph, “We Must Speak Out Against Racism”, August 16, 2017. Magazine article: http://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/must-speak-racism

• CBC News Montreal, Johnathan Montpetit, “Does Canada take the Threat of Far-Right Extremism Seriously?”, August 15, 2017. News article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canada-far-right-extremism-csis-1.4248183

• CBC News Edmonton – Radio Active, Portia Clark, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Halifax – Mainstreet, Bob Murphy, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Montreal – Homerun, Sue Smith, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Calgary – Homestretch, Doug Dirk, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.


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• CBC News St. John’s – On the Go, Ted Blades, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Whitehorse – Airplay, Dave White, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Ottawa – All in a Day, Alan Neal, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Toronto – Here and Now, Gill Deacon, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Victoria – All Points West, Robyn Burns, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Winnipeg – Up to Speed, Ismaila Alfa, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News New Brunswick – Shift, Vanessa Vander Valk, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Saskatchewan – Afternoon Edition, Garth Materie, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News London – Afternoon Drive, Chris dela Torre, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Kelowna – Radio West, Josh Page, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Sudbury/Thunder Bay – Up North, Jeff Turner, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Vancouver – On the Coast, Stephen Quinn, “Suggestions on How to Counteract Far-Right Extremism in Canada”, August 10, 2017. Live radio broadcast: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/programs/onthecoast/august-10-2017-1.4243025

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “This is how Canada can Tackle Far Right Extremism”, August 9, 2017. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/evv4zk/this-is-how-canada-can-tackle-far-right-extremism

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “The Birth of Canada’s Armed, Anti-Islamic ‘Patriot’ Group”, June 14, 2017. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/the-birth-of-canadas-armed-anti-islamic-patriot-group

• Academic Matters, Steven Zhou, “Canada’s University Administrators Must Pay Attention to Right-Wing Activism on Campuses”, May 23, 2017. Magazine article: http://academicmatters.ca/2017/05/canadas-university-administrators-must-pay-attention-to-right-wing-activism-on-campuses

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux, “An ‘Ultranationalistic’ Group is Patrolling Canada’s Border with the US”, May 23, 2017. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/an-ultranationalistic-group-patrolling-canadas-border-with-the-us


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• The New York Times, Craig S. Smith, “In Canada, Where Muslims Are Few, Group Stirs Fear of Islamists”, April 5, 2017. News article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/world/canada/la-meute-muslims-quebec.html?smid=tw-share

• CKNW News Talk AM 980, Jon Meyer, “Soldiers of Odin Member Speaks Out About Altercation with Protesters”, March 27, 2017. News article: http://www.cknw.com/2017/03/27/soldiers-of-odin-member-speaks-out-about-altercation-with-protesters

• Now Toronto, Matthew Behrens, “CSIS’s Alternative Facts Universe”, March 15, 2017. News article: https://nowtoronto.com/news/csiss-alternative-facts-universe/

• Montreal Gazette, Arzina Zaver, W.Y. Alice Chan, and Sabrina Jafralie, “Concordia Bomb Scare Shows Need for Religious Literacy”, March 2, 2017. News article: http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-concordia-bomb-scare-shows-need-for-religious-literacy

• Regina Leader-Post, Mark Melnychuk, “Former Co-President of Sask. Soldiers of Odin Facing Explosives, Weapons, Drug Charges”, February 22, 2017. News article: http://leaderpost.com/news/crime/former-co-president-of-sask-soldiers-of-odin-facing-explosivesweapons-drug-charges

• NATO Association of Canada, Nabil Bhatia, “The Other Extremism: Far-Right Movements and Vigilantism in Canada”, February 15, 2017. News article: http://natoassociation.ca/the-other-extremism-far-right-movements-and-vigilantism-in-canada/?platform=hootsuite

• Magazine L'actualité, Noémi Mercier, “L’Extrême Droite Sort de L’ombre”, February 13, 2017. News article: http://www.lactualite.com/societe/lextreme-droite-sort-de-lombre

• Edmonton Examiner, Doug Johnson, “Guardians of Alberta’s Split from Soldiers of Odin Shows a Lack of Cohesion on the Alt-Right”, February 8, 2017. News article: http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2017/02/08/guardians-of-albertas-split-from-soldiers-of-odin-shows-a-lack-of-cohesion-on-the-alt-right-front

• National Observer, Linda Solomon Wood and Chris Hatch, “Imam Hussein Guillet’s Words to a Suffering Community are a Reminder to us all”, February 4, 2017. News article: http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/02/04/opinion/imam-hussein-guillets-words-suffering-community-are-reminder-us-all

• Vice News, Ben Makuch and Rachel Browne, “Just the Start”: The Soldiers of Odin have been Trying to Paint Themselves as Moderates, but the Comments Show a Darker Side of the Group”, February 4, 2017. News article: https://news.vice.com/story/members-of-far-right-quebec-group-cheered-on-the-quebec-city-mosque-terror-attack?

• The Globe and Mail, John McCoy and David Jones, “Anti-Muslim Hatred Stirring in Alberta is, Sadly, Nothing New”, February 3, 2017. News article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/anti-muslim-hatred-stirring-in-alberta-is-sadly-not-surprising/article33901613

• Rabble, Caroline Biotteau, “The Radical Right has always been on the Radar, just not in the Media”, February 2, 2017. News article: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2017/02/radical-right-has-always-been-on-radar-just-not-media


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• Asia Times, Ng Weng Hoong, “Canada at 150: Hate Crimes and the Chinese Question”, February 2, 2017. News article: http://www.atimes.com/canada-150-hate-crimes-chinese-question

• Newstalk 610 CKTB – The Larry Fedoruk Show, “Quebec Shooting-Crime/Terror Expert”, February 1, 2017. Live radio broadcast: https://soundcloud.com/larryfedorukshow/quebec-mosque-shooting-crimeterror-expert

• Vice News, Manisha Krishna, “Why White Nationalists are the Extremists we should Fear”, February 1, 2017. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/why-white-nationalists-are-the-extremists-we-should-fear123?utm_source=vicetwitterca

• CBC News Nova Scotia – Information Morning, Jerry West, “Shooting at a Mosque in Quebec City”, February 1, 2017. Live radio broadcast.

• The Globe and Mail, Kamal Al-Solaylee, “Anti-Muslim Hate has been in Canada – and our Politics – Long Before the Violence”, January 31, 2017. News article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/in-the-culture-of-hate-toward-muslims-dont-forget-the-made-in-canada-political-contributions/article33847973

• CTV News Channel, Marcia MacMilian, “Quebec City Mosque Attack”, January 31, 2017. Live television broadcast.

• Vice News, Patrick Lejtenyi, “Quebec’s Long History of Anti-Muslim Violence”, January 30, 2017. News article: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/quebec-has-a-long-history-of-anti-muslim-violence-and-political-rhetoric

• Vice News, Mack Lamoureux and Rachel Browne, “Suspect Identified: Alexandre Bissonnette was Charged with Six Counts of Murder in the Quebec City Mosque Shooting”, January 30, 2017. News article: https://news.vice.com/story/two-suspected-shooters-in-quebec-mosque-attack-named

• Research Connections, Simon Fraser University’s School of Criminology, “Sentiment-based Radical Classification of Radical Text on the Web”, January 2017, Issue 2. Article: http://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/criminology/documents/AcademicNewsletter/2017.ResearchConnections2.pdf

• Vice News, Ben Makuch, “Soldiers of Odin”, January 22, 2017. Live television broadcast (Vice Essentials Canada on City TV) and news video: https://news.vice.com/story/soldiers-of-odin-inside-the-extremist-vigilante-group-that-claims-to-be-preserving-canadian-values

• CBC News Vancouver, “Combating B.C. Hate Groups”, January 16, 2017, Live television broadcast (News at 6PM).

• CBC News Vancouver – On the Coast, Stephen Quinn, “KKK Flyers in Abbotsford”, January 16, 2017. Live radio broadcast: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/programs/onthecoast/january-16-2017-1.3938692

2016:

• CBC News, Saada Branker, “Minority Groups are Seeing One of Their Greatest Fears Come True – They’re Becoming Targets at Home”, December 21, 2016. News article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/minority-targets-in-canada-1.3905882?cmp=rss

• BC Local News, Ashley Wadhwani, “Racist Incidents in B.C. Spark Concern Among Defenders of Tolerance”, December 11, 2016. News article: http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/405920906.html


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• Vice News, Ashley Renders, “How People in Toronto are Fighting Back Against Growing Neo-Nazi and Fascist Groups”, December 7, 2016. News article: http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/how-people-in-toronto-are-fighting-back-against-growing-neo-nazi-and-fascist-actions?utm_source=vicetwitterca

• Durham Region News, Tanner Mirrlees, “White Supremacist Hate is a Social Problem: Education is Part of the Solution”, December 7, 2016. News article: http://www.durhamregion.com/opinion-story/7003133-white-supremacist-hate-is-a-social-problem-education-is-part-of-the-solution/

• Salazar Film, Sara Wylie, Extreme Right Radicalization of Youth, personal communications, December 6, 2016.

• Metro News Canada, Kristen Thompson, “The Internet has Facilitated Alt-Right Recruiting”, December 5, 2016. News article: http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/12/05/alt-right-and-the-internet.html

• Metro News Canada, Kristen Thompson, “Defining the Alt-Right: ‘White Power Dressed Up in a New Outfit”, December 5, 2016. News article: http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/12/04/alt-right-definition-white-power-new-outfit.html

• Metro News Canada, Kristen Thompson, “Canada’s Alt-Right Looks Different from the U.S., But it Exists”, December 5, 2016. News article: http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/12/05/alt-right-in-canada-can-it-happen-here.html

• Arab American News, “Family of Brutally Beaten Muslim Teen: “Trump is Causing Hate in Canada”, December 3, 2016. News article: http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/news/id_13335/Family-of-brutally-beaten-Muslim-teen:-%22Trump-is-causing-hate-in-Canada%22.html

• CBC Firsthand, Christian Borys, Right-Wing Extremism in Canada, personal communications, December 2, 2016.

• Al Arabiya News, “Family of Beaten Canadian Muslim Teen says US Election could be Reason”, December 1, 2016. News article: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2016/12/01/Family-of-beaten-Canadian-Muslim-teen-says-US-election-could-be-reason-.html

• SFU’s School of Criminology News, Christine Palka, “PhD Student Ryan Scrivens Interns with VOX-Pol Network”, November 28, 2016. Article: http://www.sfu.ca/criminology/newsandevents/criminology-news/ryan-scrivens-interns-with-vox-pol-network.html

• Vice News, Rachel Browne, “Not-Right: This Canadian Group Appreciates These Alt-Right Posters, But They Insist They’re Not White Supremacists”, November 25, 2016. News article: https://news.vice.com/story/this-canadian-group-appreciates-these-alt-right-posters-just-dont-call-them-white-supremacists?utm_source=vicetwitterca

• CBC’s Radio Canada International, Lynn Desjardins, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 23, 2016. News article: http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/11/23/right-wing-extremism-not-new-but-more-visible

• CBC News Hamilton, Conrad Collaco, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast and news article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/is-the-trump-effect-causing-a-spike-in-hate-crimes-in-canada-1.3860087


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• CBC News Kamloops – Daybreak Kamloops, Shelley Joyce, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Kelowna – Daybreak South, Chris Walker, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2697931350

• CBC News Vancouver – The Early Edition, Rick Cluff, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/814315075898

• CBC News Victoria – On the Island, Gregor Craigie, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News – Ontario Morning, Wei Chen, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Corner Brook – West Coast Morning, Bernice Hillier, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Saskatchewan – The Morning Edition, Sheila Cole, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Moncton – Information Morning, Jonna Brewer, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/new-brunswick/programs/informationmorningmoncton/ryan-scrivens-right-wing-extremism-1.3860221

• CBC News Charlottetown – Island Morning, Mitch Cormier, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Windsor – Windsor Morning, Tony Doucette, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Saskatoon – Saskatoon Morning, Leisha Grebinski, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• CBC News Thunder Bay – Superior Morning, Lisa Laco, “Are Racist Incidents, Hate Crimes in Canada Since the U.S. Election Due to the Trump-Effect?”, November 21, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• Vice News, Rachel Browne, “After Trump Victory, Racist Acts Cropping up in Canada”, November 15, 2016. News article: https://news.vice.com/story/after-trumps-election-racist-and-xenophobic-acts-have-also-cropped-up-in-canada

• Montreal Gazette, Catherine Solyom, “The Trump Effect and the Normalization of Hate in Quebec”, November 14, 2016. News article: http://montrealgazette.com/news/national/the-trump-effect-and-the-normalization-of-hate


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• Northern Hoot, Steffanie Petroni, “Sault Ste. Marie’s Soldiers of Odin: Refugee Crisis Ripple Effects”, November 7, 2016. News article: http://northernhoot.com/sault-ste-maries-soldiers-odin-refugee-crisis-ripple-effects

• CKNW News Talk AM980, Steele and Drex, “Why Racist Hate Groups are on the Rise in Canada”, October 24, 2016. Live radio broadcast: https://player.fm/series/steele-drex-1243830/why-racist-hate-groups-are-on-the-rise-in-canada

• BBC News, Jessica Murphy, “Canada not Immune to Right-Wing Extremism”, October 17, 2016. News article: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37628514

• Vice News, Rachel Browne, “Someone has Started a KKK Recruitment Drive in BC”, October 6, 2016. News article: http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/someone-has-started-a-kkk-recruitment-drive-in-bc

• Roundhouse Radio 98.3 Vancouver, Janice Ungaro and Cory Ashworth, “Soldiers of Odin”, September 29, 2016. Live radio broadcast: http://cirh.streamon.fm/listen-pl-5235

• The New York Times, Jodi Kantor, “Resistance to the Syrian Newcomers in Canada”, personal communications, June 22, 2016.

• The Toronto Star, Azeezah Kanji, “The Disturbing Movement Against Syrian Refugees in Canada”, March 10, 2016. News article: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/03/10/the-disturbing-movement-against-syrian-refugees-in-canada.html

• Spice Radio, Shushma Datt, “Spice Mornings: Right-Wing Extremist Groups in Canada”, March 10, 2016. Live radio broadcast.

• The Link, Jon Milton, “Fight Where You Stand: Lessons from the Global Struggle Against Fascism and Racism”, March 7, 2016. News articles: http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/fight-where-you-stand

• Research Connections, Simon Fraser University’s School of Criminology, “Sentiment-based Identification of Radical Authors (SIRA)”, February 2016, Issue 1. Article: http://www.sfu.ca/criminology/research/researchconnections.html

• Reflections: Durham College Alumni Magazine, Edward Rhodes, “From Academic Probation to PhD Candidate”, Winter 2016, Volume 87. Article: http://www.durhamcollege.ca/wp-content/uploads/ReflectionsFeb2016.pdf

• The Peak, Emma Warner Chee, “Study Finds White Supremacist Groups are on the Rise in Canada”, February 29, 2016. News articles: http://www.the-peak.ca/2016/02/study-finds-white-supremacist-groups-are-on-the-rise-in-canada

• AM 1150, Phil Johnson and Gord Vizzutti, “The Early Edition: Extremist Groups”, February 23, 2016. Live radio broadcast: https://soundcloud.com/am1150/ryan-scrivens-extremist-groups

• News Examiner, Bob Knudsen, “Right Wing Extremism on the Rise in Canada”, February 22, 2016, 2016. News article: http://www.examiner.com/article/right-wing-extremism-on-the-rise-canada

• News 1130 – Vancouver’s Breaking News, Traffic and Weather Station, Kenny Mason, “Right Wing Extremism is Alive and Well in BC: SFU”, February 21, 2016. News article: http://www.news1130.com/2016/02/21/right-wing-extremism-is-alive-and-well-in-bc-sfu

• Vice News, Rachel Browne, “Right-Wing Extremism is Thriving in Canada”, February 19, 2016. News article: https://news.vice.com/article/right-wing-extremism-is-thriving-in-canada. News video:


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• National Observer, Charles Mandel, “Southern Poverty Law Center Releases Shocking New Report”, February 17, 2016. News article http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/02/17/news/year-hate-and-extremism

• The Georgia Straight, Craig Takeuchi, “University Researchers Examine White Supremacy Activity in Canada”, February 16, 2016. News article: http://www.straight.com/news/639096/university-researchers-examine-white-supremacy-activity-canada

• National Post, Douglas Quan, “Right-Wing Extremist Groups ‘Prevalent’ Across Canada, Study Warns”, February 14, 2016. News article: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/right-wing-extremist-groups-prevalent-across-canada-study-warns

• Global News 16x9, Eric Szeto, Right-Wing Extremism in Canada, personal communications, August 12, 2015.