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So, the Canadian government just listed 13 more groups to its terrorist entities list, including the Proud Boys, 3 Al Qaida affiliates and 5 ISIS franchises.  To what end?  Borealis weighs in on the usefulness or lack thereof of this process.

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About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

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Canadian parliamentarians recently voted unanimously to name the Proud Boys a terrorist group.  What does this mean?  Is it necessary?  Borealis discusses the usefulness or lack thereof of the 'terrorist listing' process in Canada.

• Read MPs agree to call on feds to declare Proud Boys a terrorist entity on CTV News
• Buy my latest book The Peaceable Kingdom? A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the Present 

About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

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We are all used to hearing how the FBIs, CSISs and GCHQs of this world monitor online activity to help keep us safe and protect critical infrastructure.  What, then, is the role of the private sector?  Borealis sits down with Chris Parsons of Canada's Citizen Lab to have a chat on these issues.

In this episode:
► What is the Citizen Lab and how did it come about;
►"Canada does not have a ‘Huawei problem’ per se";
► Where are digital threats headed and what can the average Canadian do .

About my guest Christopher Parsons:
Dr. Christopher Parsons is a Senior Research Associate with the Citizen Lab, at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto. His research focuses on third-party access to telecommunications data, data privacy, data security, and national security.

►Find out more about my guest Christopher Parson

About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

►Check Phil's latest book ''The Peaceable Kingdom'' - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/the-peaceable-kingdom/
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Everywhere you read these days you see references to right wing terrorism as the predominant threat to the West. This flies in the face of all the data which shows that at least on a worldwide basis Islamist terrorists kill and wound people, most of whom are Muslims, at orders of magnitude greater than right wing actors. Borealis weighs in on this shift in attention and argues that it is wrong.

►Buy my latest book The Peaceable Kingdom? A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the Present (2021, Phil Gurski)
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About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

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While Canada has not been menaced by terrorism like some countries it is not immune.  A new book on terrorism in that land over the past 150 years - The Peaceable Kingdom: A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the present - is now out!  Borealis takes you behind the scenes of this book.

►Buy my latest book The Peaceable Kingdom? A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the Present (2021, Phil Gurski)

About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

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Many in the so-called right-wing extremist (RWE) are confused now that Trump is no longer the 'oil' that greases their movements.  QAnon, the Proud Boys and others are registering disappointment and anger at their lack of success. Whither the far-right? Borealis looks at what may be next for RWE.

My new book The Peaceable Kingdom? A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the Present is now available for pre-order! Get your copy today!


Mentionned articles:

► Biden's inauguration sows doubt among QAnon conspiracy theorists on CBC
► Quebec QAnon followers question beliefs after Trump leaves office on The Ottawa Citizen
► Proud Boys give up support of ‘weak’ Donald Trump on The Times


About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

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►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]

Many people use the word terrorism to refer to all kinds of things.  Not all these uses are good ones.  Borealis looks at the 2019 film Captain Marvel to see how the word is deployed badly.

About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

►Subscribe - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/subscribe/
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
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What is the role of respect for human rights in counterterrorism? Borealis talks to UK practitioner Tom Parker on what we have done well and what not so well.

In this episode:
►The obstacles been in getting consensus on defining terrorism in international law;
►How can we do counter-terrorism better by taking human rights into account in a more systematic way?
►Targeted killing seems to have become a favourite counter-terrorism strategy – should it be?
►Respect for human rights is the key to defeating terrorism.  Can we get there?

About my guest Tom Parker:
Tom Parker has spent the past three years as a European Union-sponsored adviser to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Baghdad, Iraq, prior to which he served as a Counter-Terrorism Strategist at the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and as the Adviser on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism to the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), where he co-authored the Secretary-General’s Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism.

►Find out more about my guest Tom Parker

About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]

The 30 Years' War was one in which Christians on one side slaughtered Christians on the other.  The massacres were perpetrated based on difference in religious interpretation.  Today of course we talk a lot about religious terrorism, especially of the Islamist variety. What about Christian extremism, both violent and non-violent? Borealis looks at this brand of terrorism and the links between Christians and the far right.

My new book The Peaceable Kingdom? A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the Present is now available for pre-order! Get your copy today!

Mentionned articles:

►Erasmus’s teachings are still pertinent today on The Economist
►Proud Boys find refuge — and money — on Christian fundraising website on The National Post
►Henry Hildebrandt: From religious firebrand to COVID-19 provocateur on The London Free Press

About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

►Subscribe - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/subscribe/
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]

Borealis has been in business for almost 6 years, providing content on national security and public safety. Why does he do it?  In this podcast, Borealis provides some insight into why an old retired guy is dedicated to creating this material and for whom.

About the host Phil Gurski:

Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

►Subscribe - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/subscribe/
►Check Phil's latest book ''When Religion Kills'' - https://amzn.to/2ALdpoG
►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/
►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves
►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/
►Email - [email protected]