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Day: 6 December 2024

Young people and violent extremism » Five-Eyes call for collective action

2024-12-06 /

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) have collaborated with other Five-Eyes law enforcement and security agencies to develop this message, which calls for a whole-of-society response to help identify and deal with the radicalization of minors – especially online – across the Five-Eyes nations — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Radicalization is the process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly radical views in opposition to a political, social, or religious status quo.

The alliance are increasingly concerned about the radicalization of young people under 25 years, and young people who support, plan or undertake terrorist activities. They warn that radicalized minors can pose the same credible terrorist threat as adults, and law enforcement and security agencies are not able address this growing issue alone

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Last Updated on December 13, 2024

EU seals a massive trade agreement with South America’s Mercosur countries

2024-12-06 /

The European Union and four Mercosur countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – reached a political agreement on December 6, 2024 for a ground-breaking partnership agreement.

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and her counterparts from four Mercosur countries (Brazilian President Lula, Argentinian President Milei, Paraguayan President Peña, and Uruguayan President Lacalle Pou) finalized negotiations for a EU-Mercosur partnership agreement

EU and Mercosur seal free trade agreement | DW News

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Regular classroom time in nature benefits children with mental health difficulties

2024-12-06 /

A team of researchers from McGill and Université de Montréal’s Observatoire pour l’éducation et la santé des enfants (OPES, or observatory on children’s health and education) found that spending two hours a week of class time in a natural environment can reduce emotional distress among 10- to 12-year-olds who had the most significant mental health problems before the program began.

The study published this week in JAMA Network Open, looked at the effects of spending time in nature on the behaviour and mental health symptoms of over 500 schoolchildren across Quebec in the spring of 2023.

The researchers found that at the end of a three-month period, teachers noted that the biggest changes in behaviour occurred in children with the most significant problems at the outset, including anxiety, depression, aggression, impulsivity, or social problems relating to interaction with their peers.

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Last Updated on December 9, 2024

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

2024-12-06 /

It has been 35 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal. This act of violent misogyny shook our country and led the Canadian government to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Today we remember »

  • Geneviève Bergeron
  • Hélène Colgan
  • Nathalie Croteau
  • Barbara Daigneault
  • Anne-Marie Edward
  • Maud Haviernick
  • Maryse Laganière
  • Maryse Leclair
  • Anne-Marie Lemay
  • Sonia Pelletier
  • Michèle Richard
  • Annie St-Arneault
  • Annie Turcotte
  • Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz

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