Ryan O'Connor

The First Green Wave traces the rise of Ontario's environmental movement. At the heart of the story is Pollution Probe, an organization founded in 1969 by students and faculty at the University of Toronto. In its first year of operation, Pollution Probe confronted Toronto's City Hall over its use of pesticides, Ontario Hydro over air pollution, and the detergent industry over pollution of the Great Lakes. The success of these actions inspired the founding of other environmental organizations across Canada and led to the development of initiatives now taken for granted, such as waste reduction and energy policy.

Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario

The First Green Wave

Gordon Clubb

Daniel Koehler

Jonatan Schewe

This book examines how de-radicalisation programmes have been portrayed in the media and details the role of public relations (PR) strategies employed by such programmes and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to create positive coverage of their work. CVE and de-radicalisation programmes have seen a significant rise in recent years and are now cornerstones of many countries’ counterterrorism strategies. Despite the increased importance of these tools to counter violent radicalisation leading to terrorism, they remain controversial and sometimes receive fierce public criticism and opposition. This work looks at how CVE and de-radicalisation programs are able to influence a country’s discourse on de-radicalisation, and how far governmental programs differ from non-governmental initiatives in terms of their PR strategies. The book also provides a theoretical basis of how the discourse on CVE is constructed in the media. As major case studies, this book examines the United Kingdom, Germany and Nigeria. For these countries, the authors have gathered and assessed roughly 3,000 newspaper articles on de-radicalisation programmes over a decade to provide an empirical base. This book will be of much interest to students of countering violent extremism, de-radicalisation, and terrorism studies.

Managing the Media Framing of Countering Violent Extremism

Selling De-Radicalisation

Bobby the Bear is sitting down to enjoy his dinner when his friend, Fred the Fox, stops by to say hello. When Bobby the Bear returns to eat his meal, he discovers it is missing. Bobby the Bear, with the help of his friends, searches for his dinner. The story takes an unexpected twist, and Bobby the Bear helps a friend learn the importance of not stealing and being honest. Follow the adventure of Bobby the Bear and his friends—Fred the Fox, Tanya the Tiger, Rachel the Rabbit, and Peter the Panther—as they discover much more than what happened to the missing dinner.

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