Weekend read: check out Justin Tetrault's (@tetrault.bsky.social) How Liberalism Accommodates Far-right Social Movements: On “Mainstreaming” and the Need for Critical Theory in Far-right Studies in Social Forces - academic-oup-com.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/sf/article/1...
Full video now available on YouTube:
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This talk also includes new findings from our longitudinal re-entry study, where we follow people for one year after release from prison.
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This Wednesday I’ll be talking about Indigenous health and incarceration experiences. I show how holistic health models - including cultural and community-based supports - are crucial for supporting system-involved people and for confronting the structures driving Indigenous mass incarceration.
"$8,492 for Flip-Flops: The Price of Punishment Without Support", by Emily Stewart.
New John Howard Society series "Within the System" covers stories from people navigating release from prison. Based on fieldwork from our longitudinal re-entry study. #criminology
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Gave a talk last year on #Métis and broader #Indigenous re-entry experiences after prison, based on longitudinal interviews with almost 1000 people. I review our new study and cover some preliminary findings on racial inequality. Now up on the Rupertsland Centre page.
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Happy to receive a SSHRC IDG supporting a new project with my colleague Sandra Bucerius. It's (tentatively) about how current political trends complicate traditional understandings of the left and right. The project centres on German populism and involves interviews with AfD and BSW supporters.
Anti-Trump, pro-immigration, but still “far-right”? Canada’s penal populism and current problems defining "the far-right”. Irish North-South Criminology Conference, Dr. Justin EC Tetrault, Assistant professor of sociology Law, Crime, and Justice Studies University of Alberta Augustana, Canada.
Giving a talk tomorrow about far-right politics in Canada at @maynoothuniversity.ie. It's about penal populism as a form of far-right politics and how "far-right studies" often suffers from presentism. #maynoothcrimcon #criminology
Parallel Sessions 2, 4pm, TSI/043
Excited to share I’m joining @sfu.ca's School of Criminology, where I'll have the opportunity to expand my research programs and teach graduate students. I have made lifelong friends at Augustana and will deeply miss my colleagues, students, and community partners. Looking forward to the road ahead!
for onlookers: the red spike is the Liberal Party of Canada.
maybe I’m misunderstanding - are you arguing that this data shows how Trump dramatically strengthened Canada’s right-wing movement?
I understand your frustration for sure. My perspective is maybe more optimistic about certain reforms/small changes. Anyhow, even though we might differ on this, I really enjoy your work.
Who is arguing that voting solves everything? And what am I in denial of? I think its important to help maintain the already minimal but urgently-needed supports we have for street-involved people. Budget reductions are often fatal.
I think voting to block parties that slash social services is pretty important.
I recently wrote about how extremism studies increasingly eclipses social science, as writers favour flashy concepts divorced from sociological traditions — like 'salad bar,' 'lawful,' and 'anti-government' extremism. This article does something similar, using simple concepts to assert broad claims.
METIS TALKS, Thursday December 5 2024. Presentation 1 (Tetrault & Bucerius): Métis Experiences with Re-entry from Prison: How the Canadian Justice System Creates Impossible Conditions. Presentation 2 (Sharon Bourque): Finding Justice: Métis Families' Experiences with the Criminal Justice System" Documentary 2023, 52-minutes. Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlcOmgqT8tG9ZkThDUBFz60jNDj7hX6a32
Happening Thursday: "Métis Experiences with Re-entry from Prison: How the Canadian Justice System Creates Impossible Conditions". I'm covering preliminary findings based on 900+ interviews with system-involved people. Thank you to the Rupertsland Centre for hosting. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
