(CTV) A McGill University professor specializing in radicalization says a combination of youth despair about a lack of economic opportunities, the resurgence of ISIS, and internet addiction all play roles in how young people can feel tempted by various kinds of extremism.
Cécile Rousseau says parents and teachers, however, play a key role in preventing youth from becoming radicalized, but how they approach the subject is just as important.
“The idea is to get interested and try to engage a dialogue: ‘Well, what are you looking at? What are you learning? Who are you meeting?’ And get a genuine interest,” said Rousseau, a child psychiatrist and the Canada Research Chair in Preventing Violent Radicalization.
