Today, the Honourable Ruby Sahota, Secretary of State for Combatting Crime, announced a federal investment of $36,912,380 through the Community Resilience Fund (CRF), which supports partnerships and innovation in preventing violent extremism in Canada.
The funding supports 19 organizations working directly in communities across Canada on projects to prevent and counter violent extremism, gender-based violence, grievance-fueled violence, and other forms of radicalization and violence. It will advance programs that direct at-risk individuals away from extreme forms of violence and strengthen early prevention in schools and communities. It will increase knowledge of violent extremist movements and ways to counter them online and offline.
This investment was announced during Public Safety Canada's annual international conference on countering radicalization to violence organized by the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence. Crime prevention remains a top priority for the Government of Canada and this funding will help keep our communities safe by supporting proactive, evidence-based approaches to prevent violence.
