In the 1950s, some religious leaders were behind a campaign to ban shorts in public. Today that would be seen as an extreme move. What is it about religious extremism that in the worst case scenario turns violent? A regular weekly look-back at some offbeat or interesting stories that have appeared in the Ottawa Citizen […]
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Imagine if your child ended up leaving home to join a terrorist group and died fighting for ISIS. Christianne Boudreau, joins Borealis to talk about what she went through and how she is trying to help parents.
The French military claims it has killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of the Al Qaeda terrorist affiliate AQIM in North Africa. How important is the death of a terrorist group’s leader?
President Trump has threatened to list Antifa as a terrorist organisation. Some say he can’t do that. What if we dropped terrorism as a criminal offence?
Phil Gurski talks with Canadian scholar Mia Bloom from Georgia State University about her decades of work looking at women, children and terrorism.
Have you ever thought of a career in security intelligence? Have a listen to what 32-year veteran Phil Gurski offers in terms of advice on how to reach your goals!
In this podcast, investigative journalist Naama Kates and intelligence analyst Phil Gurski dive deep inside the incel community.
In this podcast, national security analyst Shawn MacWha and intelligence analyst Phil Gurski simulate a nuclear war between Russia and China.
A youth ‘incel’ in Toronto has been charged with terrorism for the killing of a woman at an erotic spa back in February. Is this the right charge? Is incel terrorism?
Andrew Griffith, former Director General of Citizenship and Multiculturalism discuss if immigration pose a actual national security threat.