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Women, Technology & Partnerships – Countering Terrorist use of the Internet

28 Feb 2017

The CIC National Capital Branch, in cooperation with the SecDev Foundation, present a special panel on “Women, Technology & Partnerships-countering terrorist use of the Internet” on...

United Against Extremism – 7 March 2017

27 Feb 2017

United Against Extremism: How the UN and Tech Companies are Confronting Online Hate The SecDev Foundation is a proud co-host of a special event called...

CBC: Rafal Rohozinski on Russian Hacking Report

09 Jan 2017

Our own Rafal Rohozinski was on CBC’s Power & Politics discussing the Russian hacking report released by U.S. intelligence officials last week. Listen to the full...

Violent Extremism on-line: Drivers, Evidence and a Way Forward

15 Dec 2016

What are the drivers of violent extremism on-line? What do we know about its impact? How do we engage industry and leverage the potential of...

Introducing the Human Rights Documentation Toolkit

14 Nov 2016

The SecDev Foundation is proud to introduce the Human Rights Documentation Toolkit. Developed in partnership with the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG), the Human Rights...

Trading Nukes: Does Canada need a new North Korea policy?

13 Oct 2016

An immersive cultural experience hosted by the Intelligence Futures Working Group – Thursday 20th of October 2016 North Korea matters. A war on the Korean...

PeaceTech and the Syrian Conflict: What Canadians Are Doing

21 Sep 2016

Join us on 30 September 2016 at Ottawa’s Peace Festival as we share our experience with PeaceTech and the Syrian conflict. Peacetech in Syria The...

Peacetech and the Syrian Conflict: New Report By The British Council

13 Sep 2016

The British Council recently published a new report looking at peacetech initiatives responding to the Syrian crisis. Our own projects – SalamaTech and Be Heard...

Canada and the Digital Economy: Youth, Talent, and Innovation

09 Sep 2016

Join the CIC National Capital Branch for Politics @ the Pub: Canada and the Digital Economy: Youth, Talent, and Innovation Monday, September 19th 18:00 – 20:30 On...

Look Beyond the CVE Buzzwords; See the People

07 Sep 2016

With all the talk of countering violent extremism (CVE), it can be easy to lose sight of the most important aspect of any conflict: people....

China’s Rising Cyber Power: Assessing the Implications

24 Aug 2016

The Canadian International Council (CIC) National Capital Branch, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) and the SecDev Foundation present: China’s Rising Cyber Power:...

Why Helping Syrians is Harder than it Should Be

18 Aug 2016

While the Syrian civil war continues to rage more than five years on, the challenges in helping Syrians caught in conflict grow. The U.N. estimates that...

Where do Rio de Janeiro’s crime guns come from?

08 Aug 2016

By Robert Muggah originally for OpenDemocracy The vast majority of firearms in the hands of the population are of Brazilian origin. Its control is the...

Quantitative Methods for Human Rights: From Statistics to “Big Data”

27 Jul 2016

The following paper is the unedited version of a chapter by our own fellow Antoine Nouvet and Frédéric Mégret that will eventually be published in “Research...

Urban Governance in Fragile Cities

19 Jul 2016

By Robert Muggah originally for GSDRC The planet is urbanising at a rapid pace. There is not agreed definition of what constitutes a city, however...

The Unsung Heroes of Syria: Voices of Resilience

15 Jul 2016

There are many unsung heroes in Syria. We are lucky enough to work with some of these Voices of Resilience. Earlier this week, one of...

California’s Gangs Go Digital and Global

22 Jun 2016

By Robert Muggah and Julian Way for the Council on Foreign Relations Around the world, social media is being colonized not just by extremist groups like the...

Introducing the Central Asian Internet Governance Forum

20 Jun 2016

The first Central Asian Internet Governance Forum will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on June 21-22, 2016 – and the SecDev Foundation is a proud...

High School Students Wanted To Help Syrians Be Heard

15 Jun 2016

Are you a high school student in Ottawa seeking to complete volunteer hours in a meaningful way this summer? Join us in a project aimed...

Terrorism is on the Rise – But There’s a Bigger Threat We’re not Talking About

08 Apr 2016

Originally Published by the World Economic Forum By Robert Muggah High-profile attacks on major cities in Belgium, France and the United States have set the...

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Women, Technology & Partnerships – Countering Terrorist use of the Internet

United Against Extremism – 7 March 2017

CBC: Rafal Rohozinski on Russian Hacking Report

Violent Extremism on-line: Drivers, Evidence and a Way Forward

Introducing the Human Rights Documentation Toolkit

Trading Nukes: Does Canada need a new North Korea policy?

PeaceTech and the Syrian Conflict: What Canadians Are Doing

Peacetech and the Syrian Conflict: New Report By The British Council

Canada and the Digital Economy: Youth, Talent, and Innovation

Look Beyond the CVE Buzzwords; See the People

China’s Rising Cyber Power: Assessing the Implications

Why Helping Syrians is Harder than it Should Be

Where do Rio de Janeiro’s crime guns come from?

Quantitative Methods for Human Rights: From Statistics to “Big Data”

Urban Governance in Fragile Cities

The Unsung Heroes of Syria: Voices of Resilience

California’s Gangs Go Digital and Global

Introducing the Central Asian Internet Governance Forum

High School Students Wanted To Help Syrians Be Heard

Terrorism is on the Rise – But There’s a Bigger Threat We’re not Talking About

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