Dr. Ghayda Hassan
Founder and Director of the Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence; Full Professor of Clinical Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal
Dr. Ghayda Hassan is a clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at UQÀM. She has a number of research, clinical, and community-based national and international affiliations. She is the director of the Canada Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence (CPN-PREV). She also is a UNESCO co-chair on Prevention of Violence Radicalization, as well as a researcher and clinical consultant at the SHERPA-RAPS team and the CIUSSS-CODIM. She is a researcher, clinician, as well as a policy consultant in matters of interventions in the context of violence (radicalization, family violence, and war).
Laura Stolte, MSW, RSW
Caseworker, Evolve, Organization for the Prevention of Violence, Edmonton
Laura Stolte, MSW, RSW, is a caseworker with the Organization for the Prevention of Violence’s EVOLVE program. Laura has worked with children, youth, and families since 2011. She has worked in the area of Countering Violent Extremism for the past three years and is passionate about the role of social work in this space. Working from a strength-based and relationship-centered approach, Laura works to meet people where they are at, and aims to empower individuals and families in accomplishing their self-defined goals.
David O’Brien, CYW, CYC, MACP, PBDM, MBA
Director, Estimated Time of Arrival (E.T.A.), Yorktown Family Services, Toronto
David O’Brien, CYW, CYC, MACP, PBDM, MBA, is the Director of Mental Health Services at Yorktown Family Services where he is also overseeing the development and implementation of Estimated Time of Arrival (E.T.A.), the intervention program aimed at countering radicalization to violence across the city of Toronto.