Pastor Artur Pawlowski is the keynote speaker at a Prayer Breakfast in Ohio and people are questioning if this is good for the community. A reporter contacted me to find out more about this Canadian Pastor and his link to a transnational Christian Nationalism movement in North America.
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Alex Jones books for sale by Canadian Government
Through a forfeiture sale the Canadian government is selling copies of Alex Jones’ book on the Great Reset. David Fraser from the CBC news spoke to me about this sale and my thoughts about it. I honestly, found it odd considering the Prime Minister is the crux of the Great Reset conspiracy for many Canadian conspiracists, but there are also issues of censorship if the government had chosen not to sell the items.
Writing NonStop – New Book coming in 2025!
In 2025, I will have a manuscript published: Constructed Victimhood next year. The book contextualizes the role of a sense of persecution of white, Christian, men express on social media, providing an persona of victimhood allowing them to pursue an ideology of anti-immigration, anti-feminism, and anti-LGBTQ2SA communities. They are not alone, with some Christian women online, articulating the same victim status helping to mobilize a Christian nationalist movement across North America. Please check back for more details!
Upcoming Book – Canadian Far Right and Conspiracy Theories
During my Postdoctoral Fellow position at the Disinformation Project at Simon Fraser University, we created a novel approach to coding conspiracy theories and right-wing extremists’ use of these theories to spread their ideologies. The entire group including Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi, are the authors of The Canadian Far Right and Conspiracy Theories, with Routledge’s Far Right Series. Stay tuned for updated publication dates!
Cathedral Chat – Christian Nationalism April 17th
On April 17th I will be doing a Cathedral Chat, at Christ’s Church Cathedral in Hamilton, ON. The discussion will be live streamed on Youtube as well. We will be thinking about the role of Christian nationalism in Canada, our politics, and how conspiracy theories are used as a mobilizing force.
Violence and American Elections in 2024
This week I was interviewed by the CBC to discuss the topic of violence in American elections. The rhetoric and name calling is causing some people to threat or swatting nominees or elected officials. This divide in the political realm is affecting the safety of nominees, politicians, and those who engage in civics in the nation.
Tucker Carlson’s Alberta Liberation
After releasing a video of himself calling the Press line of the Prime Minister’s to inform Justin Trudeau that he was coming to Canada to “liberate” the country, Tucker Carlson shared a stage with Jordan Peterson and Premier Danielle Smith. Smith was questioned about her being on stage with a media personality who is known for his conspiracy theories, and toxic language and tonight I discussed this with CP24. The power of influencers, both domestic and foreign in the populist rhetoric is a powerful mobilizer when fear is at the base.
Christian Nationalism and populism
In May of 2023, I was part of a panel for the Interfaith Conference in Waterloo. The topic of the conference was finding common ground in a time of polarization, and I presented on conspiracy theories and religion, and the role of Christian nationalism leading to populism in North America. It was a great conference, and I was able to present with two of my favourite scholars, Dr. David Hofmann from New Brunswick University and Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi from Simon Fraser University. The conference presentation was written into an article for Wilfrid Laurier University’s Concensus Journal.
Liability Forms and the Rights Battle Against LGBTQ2SA
Canadian far-right groups have adopted the use of liability forms, from the realm of Sovereign Citizens, in their continuing battle against SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) inclusion in schools. In this interview with Xtra myself and other scholar discuss the sovereign citizen movement, and Canada4Action.
Conspiracy Theories and Why?
This morning I was interviewed by Global News Radio in Calgary this morning, as a follow up to the article in The Tyee, “A Day in the Life.” The morning hosts wanted to discuss conspiracy theories, why people believe in them, and what we can do to limit the spread. It was a fun conversation.