Counterterrorism Resilience: - Expert Roundtables on Canadian National Security and

Discussions engaged with the importance of understanding the concepts of extremism, ideology, violence, threats, and online harms (among others), the profound complexity in how these are understood, and the impact on counterterrorism and P/CVE efforts online and offline. [...] The roundtables underscored the value and richness of conversations between academics from across disciplines and individuals from various government departments and participants emphasized the need for more dialogue across sectors and stakeholders to increase collaboration and discussion of urgent and emerging issues and trends with a whole-of-government and whole- of-society approach. [...] It was beyond the scope of this project to include consultations with a broader group of stakeholders and additional research and avenues for discussions are encouraged by the quality and productivity of the sessions and from participant feedback of their value. [...] The research team encouraged roundtable participants to share and discuss questions framing this policy and research space and created an Appendix of 35 research and policy challenge questions addressing IMVE, the online space, the threat landscape, and a myriad of intersection points. [...] Individuals from various government departments and participants emphasized the need for more dialogue across sectors and stakeholders to increase collaboration and discussion of urgent and emerging issues and trends with a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach.