With guest Barbara Perry.
White nationalism is on the rise in Canada. What does it have to do with women?
Researchers Barbara Perry and Ryan Scrivens describe far-right extremism as “a loose movement, animated by a racially, ethnically, and sexually defined nationalism.” They go on to explain that it’s “typically framed in terms of White power, and is grounded in xenophobic and exclusionary understandings of the perceived threats posed by such groups as non-Whites, Jews, immigrants, homosexuals and feminists.”
White nationalism is a core concept in this extremism. And many experts say it’s becoming more mainstream. In Canada, it’s been the basis of all kinds of dangerous things including deadly attacks, misinformation campaigns, and harassment and hate toward public figures, politicians and journalists, particularly racialized women.
In the swirl of media coverage about the issues, it can be hard to sort what it’s about and the implications from a gender and rights perspective.
Last episode, I spoke with journalist Erica Ifill about this topic. In this part two episode, we’re joined by Barbara Perry, Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism and Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University. She holds a UNESCO Chair in Hate Studies, a field in which she has written extensively, and she is generally recognized as the leading Canadian expert on hate crime and right-wing extremism. She is regularly called upon by policy makers, practitioners, and local, national, and international media as an expert on both topics.
Relevant links: Register for #NotOkay: The Chilling Tide of Abuse Faced by Women Journalists online event on November 30 at 1 PM EST; Women and White Nationalism (Part 1) (Episode 37, October 19, 2022);  A Feminist Lens on Alt-Right Ideology (Episode 19, February 9, 2022)
Listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. Visit our website and donate today: canadianwomen.org
Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation
Twitter: @cdnwomenfdn
LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation
Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation