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About Us Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. He worked as a senior strategic analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation. He is the author of five previous books on terrorism. Phil Gurski is the President and […]
There are a lot of tools in the anti-terrorism kit but we need to evaluate them all and perhaps get rid of some. This piece appeared in The Hill Times on January 02, 2020. You have to pity Adam Ahmad, the 10-year old boy who finds himself on Canada’s ‘no-fly list’. This counter terrorism tool, more informally […]
I am thrilled to be part of the upcoming terrorism and group-based violence workshop at the Canadian Police College along with my friends Paul Gill from UCL and Stephen Hart from SFU!
CSIS rarely says a lot openly about what it knows: when it does it should be listened to.
Are Islamist terrorists the only ones to use religion to justify violence?
Back on popular demand, this course examines the terrorist threat to Canada (and how it is being managed) with a series of short lectures and case studies.
It is important to keep threats in perspective and not give in to irrational fear – terrorism included.
who should ultimately decide how much risk a given incarcerated terrorist poses to our society? I know where I’d put my money.
Books By Phil Gurski Phil Gurski has written six books on terrorism since 2015: the latest is The Peaceable Kingdom? A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the present (published by Double Dagger in 2022). Here is some information on all six and how to get a copy. Western Foreign Fighters: The Threat […]