{"id":2961,"date":"2022-04-30T09:46:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T13:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:48:18","slug":"brandon-rigatos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2022\/brandon-rigatos\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Rigato presented at the House of Commons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Brandon Rigato presented at the House of Commons\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>On <span id=\"A_11612986\" class=\"\">Thursday, April 28, 2022<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/people\/brandon-rigato-2\/\">Brandon Rigato<\/a> gave a Witness statement for the House of Commons\u2019 Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security panel for the study of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/44-1\/SECU\/meeting-20\/notice\">the Rise of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism (IMVE) in Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rigato is a doctoral candidate (ABD) of Communication and Media Studies at the School of Journalism and Communication, an ALiGN researcher, and a lead research assistant of <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/populistpublics\/\">Populist Publics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was recorded and can be watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/embed\/en\/m\/11612982?ml=en&amp;vt=watch&amp;autoplay=true\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1836\" height=\"1110\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM.png 1836w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM-160x97.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM-240x145.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM-768x464.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM-400x242.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM-1536x929.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM-360x218.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2022-04-30-at-9.44.27-AM-200x121.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1836px) 100vw, 1836px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we can see the video, Rigato delivered the first statement.&nbsp;Using the case of Three Percenters to illustrate the emergence and development of an IMVE group and its usage of social media, Brandon Rigato provided a specific and detailed example while projecting more general understanding on the co-evolution of IMVEs and social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations and well done, Brandon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, April 28, 2022, Brandon Rigato gave a Witness statement for the House of Commons\u2019 Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security panel for the study of the Rise of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism (IMVE) in Canada. 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