QH #116 | Does who we are define what we do?
Episode description
In the aftermath of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, everyone is asking why Brenton Tarrant did what he did. Was it is violent household? His racist views? His online habits? Was any of this 'predictable'?
Borealis pushes back against the notion that we can detect these events in advance.
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About the host Phil Gurski:
Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.
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