Grants and Contributions:

Title:

From distrust to disinformation: virtual tools used to perpetrate conspiracy theories and their potential violent impacts in Canada

Agreement Number:

Agreement Value:

$44,838.85

Agreement Date:

Dec 4, 2020 -

Description:

Funding will support a study of the emergence of conspiracy theories related to COVID-19 on social media in Canada, in order to better understand the development, dissemination and adherence to conspiracy theories.

Organization:

National Defence

Location:

Sherbrooke, Quebec, CA

Reference Number:

032-2020-2021-Q3-00026

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

108161076

Recipient Type:

Academia

Recipient's Legal Name:

David Morin, Marie-Ève Carignan

Research Organization:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)

Program Purpose:

Targeted Engagement Grants (TEGs) respond to defence policy challenges with the goal of informing current and future defence policy-thinking. TEGs provide non-recurring financial support to fund activities such as conferences, workshops, roundtables, and research and publications that are relevant to DND/CAF and align with defence policy challenges.