Saed Abu-Haltam, BA
Program Analyst, Shift BC, Government of British Columbia
Saed Abu-Haltam, BA, is a Program Analyst with the Province of British Columbia’s Countering Radicalization to Violence (CRV) Program called Shift BC. Saed’s role includes training and coaching BC’s front-line workers on preventing and countering radicalization to violence.
Dr. Michael King
Director of Research, Evolve, Organization for the Prevention of Violence, Edmonton
Dr. Michael King is Director of Research at the Organization for the Prevention of Violence (OPV). He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto as well as a sessional lecturer at the University of Calgary. He held several positions in the field of counterterrorism within the Government of Canada; most recently as Senior Research Advisor at the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence. He completed his PhD in social psychology from McGill University, where he researched how individuals legitimize the use of terrorism.