TETT 2018: Communities as
Agents and Spaces for Counter-radicalization Education
Agents and Spaces for Counter-radicalization Education
Mission of TETT Symposia
The TETT symposia strive to create transformative invited space in which conversations around extremism, terrorism, radicalization, and counter-radicalization took place with an aim for interchange of ideas between those who see (general public) and those who decide (policy makers); between those who speak (academic, politicians, media) and those who are silent (youth, communities at large) so that an authentic counter-hegemonic, counter-extremism critical public pedagogy can start to take root.
The Symposium Team
Chair, TETT Symposium
Dr. M. Ayaz Naseem is a professor at the Department of Education, Concordia
University. He was the First Georg Arnhold Research Professor at the Georg Eckert
Institute in Braunschweig, Germany (2013-2014). His research interests include
peace education, social media as space for peace education, inter-knowledge
dialogue for peace, gender studies, and de-radicalization of youth through education.
University. He was the First Georg Arnhold Research Professor at the Georg Eckert
Institute in Braunschweig, Germany (2013-2014). His research interests include
peace education, social media as space for peace education, inter-knowledge
dialogue for peace, gender studies, and de-radicalization of youth through education.
Co-Covenor and Symposium Co-Chair
Dr. Adeela Arshad-Ayaz is an Associate Professor of Educational Studies at the Department
of Education, Concordia University. She obtained her Ph.D. from McGill University. Her teaching
and research interests are in the areas of social justice particularly sociology of technology,
hate speech, violence, extremism and radicalization in online environments; teaching about
extremism and terror; responsible citizenship; international development and globalization.
She is currently developing a critical social media education framework.
of Education, Concordia University. She obtained her Ph.D. from McGill University. Her teaching
and research interests are in the areas of social justice particularly sociology of technology,
hate speech, violence, extremism and radicalization in online environments; teaching about
extremism and terror; responsible citizenship; international development and globalization.
She is currently developing a critical social media education framework.
Symposium Coordinator
Ezgi Ozyonum is a doctoral student and research assistant at the Department of Education, Concordia University. Her research concerns adult education, counter-radicalization, and transformative learning.
Symposium Coordinator
Alicia Piechowiak is a doctoral student in the Educational Studies at Concordia University. Her research concerns teacher perceptions of teaching about radicalization.
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