Friday, April 29, 2022

Populist Publics’ Brandon Rigato Testifies Before Parliament

Brandon Rigato, research associate with Populist Publics, participated in Parliamentary Committee on the rise of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism (IMVE) in Canada. Rigato, a PhD candidate (ABD) in The School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University, provided a witness statement at the House of Commons’ Standing Committee... More

Monday, April 25, 2022

Now Available: ‘Provocation and Challenge: Populism and Neo-Fascism in Transnational Contexts’

The lecture series - 'Provocation and Challenge: Populism and Neo-Fascism in Transnational Contexts' is now available to view on  YouTube. The series explores the transatlantic connections between Europe and Canada as they relate to far-right ideologies and networks, as well as the resilience and opposition of particular national contexts.... More

Friday, February 18, 2022

Platform Multiverse: Discontent and Disconnection among Alt-Rights

On February 16, 2022, Populist Publics Co-investigator, Dr. Sandra Robinson, has published ‘Platform Multiverse: Discontent and Disconnection among Alt-Rights’ in the Canadian Journal of Communication. The article explores the ‘platform multiverse’ whereby groups and individuals, ideas, and discourses move across and between social... More

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Roundtable Series with Support of CES and German Embassy

Over the next two months, members of the Populist Publics project will be participating in a series of virtual round-tables offered by Carleton University's Center for European Studies. The series - 'Provocation and Challenge: Populism and Neo-Fascism in Transnational Contexts' - will explore, in three panels, the transatlantic connections between... More

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Triangular Hate Receives Heritage Grant

Triangular Hate, a Populist Publics project tracking the distortion of historical memory by right-wing transatlantic networks, has received support from the Government of Canada in the form of a major grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage's Digital Citizen Contribution Program. 'Triangular Hate: digital memory, disinformation, and... More

Monday, June 29, 2020

Hate 3.0 and multiculturalism

Read our first project Commentary on Hate 3.0 by research collaborator, Prof. Laura Madokoro.  Although it is celebrated, multiculturalism in Canada is deeply contested in terms of its history, its scope and application, as well as the lived experience of diversity. There exists a real tension between officials discourses of multiculturalism, and... More

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