Violent Jihadist Radicalization: Case Study of the Toronto 18

This course covers violent radicalization in the context of national security

investigations. It brings together academic and operational insights on models of

radicalization but against the backdrop of a group of young Muslim men whose

process of violent radicalization starts in high school and culminates in a plot to

detonate three, one-ton ammonium nitrate truck bombs at the stock exchange, a

military base, and an intelligence service building in Canada. Using actual surveillance

videos from the operation as well as a first-person narrative by the police agent in the

case, viewers will understand how and where radicalization can occur, what possible

counter radicalization methods can be used, and how quickly local investigations can

become international ones.