By Elizabeth Jones, 2nd year student, Global and International Studies
The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS) research and policy workshop was a jam-packed day filled with different activities and speakers.
At 9:00 am, presentations from grant recipients of TSAS began, including a presentation for Rachel Schmidt, who is from the International Affairs section of Carleton University. People from many different universities presented at this event, including the University of Baltimore, University of Calgary, Simon Fraser University, Queen’s, Waterloo, and more. These presentations combined many different schools, therefore combining all information gathered, and to have this spread out at the same time in a closed event is fantastic and very educational.
This event did not just consist of panels and presentations, however; there were also four different fishbowl discussions, meaning breakout groups, where people gathered in different rooms and debated about different aspects of terrorism. These topics included law, prosecution and prisons, as well as gender and identity, terrorist financing, and last but not least right-wing extremism. These topics were so interesting in and of themselves that participants had a hard time deciding which one to attend, and were considering bouncing from one to another in order to fulfill their curiosity.
Overall, this event apart of Research Month was extremely successful in entertaining different ideas and sharing information gathered from all kinds of different universities. People attending fully enjoyed and were able to make good connections with others and have deep discussions with them.
Friday, March 8, 2019 in FPA Research Series, General
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