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Through close analysis of the Canadian context, and Counterterrorism in Canada provides an advanced introduction to the challenges and social consequences presented by terrorism today. Featuring contributions from both established and emerging scholars, it tackles key issues within this fraught area and does so from multiple disciplinary perspectives, using historical, quantitative, and qualitative lenses of analyses to reach novel and much-needed insights. Throughout the volume, the editors and contributors cover such top- ics as the foreign fighter problem, far-right , the role of the internet in fostering global violence, and the media’s role in framing the discourse on terrorism in Canada. Also included are essays that look at the struggles to develop specific counterterrorism policies and prac- tices in the face of these threats. In addition to offering a detailed primer for scholars,­policymakers, and concerned citizens, Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada ­confronts the social and legal consequences of mounting securitization for marginalized communities.

(Canada Among Nations) jez littlewood is an independent researcher and policy analyst in the Government of . lorne l. dawson is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the . sara k. thompson is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at Ryerson University. CANADA AMONG NATIONS

Canada Among Nations is an established series produced by the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Canada’s oldest, largest, and top-ranked interdisciplinary graduate school of international affairs and a full and founding member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). Canada Among Nations provides thematic reviews of key international policy issues affecting Canada and its place in the world, and volumes pub- lished in the series have been used extensively in university courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada Canada Among Nations, Volume 30

EDITED BY JEZ LITTLEWOOD, LORNE L. DAWSON, AND SARA K. THOMPSON

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Title: Terrorism and counterterrorism in Canada / edited by Jez Littlewood, Lorne L. Dawson, and Sara K. Thompson. Names: Littlewood, Jez, editor. | Dawson, Lorne L., 1954– editor. | Thompson, Sara K., 1971– editor. Description: Series statement: Canada among nations ; vol. 30 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: Canadiana 20190192712 | ISBN 9781487521707 (softcover) | ISBN 9781487501860 (hardcover) Subjects: LCSH: Terrorism – Canada. | LCSH: Terrorism – Canada – Prevention. | LCSH: Terrorism – Government policy – Canada. | LCSH: Terrorism – Social aspects – Canada. Classification: LCC HV6433.C2 T47 2020 | DDC 363.3250971—dc23

University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.