Dr. Barbara Perry on "Trump Redux: Implications for Hateful Narratives and Action"

7:00 PM
Kinsella Auditorium

Dr. Barbara Perry will deliver the lecture, "Trump Redux: Implications for Hateful Narratives and Action," as part of the Endowed Chair Lecture in Criminology on March 13 at 7:00 pm in the Kinsella. 

"Although it is early days in Donald Trump's second presidency, we are already seeing signs of the ways in which his populist, divisive and often hateful rhetoric and policies are exacerbating the public manifestations of hate," Dr. Perry says. "Implicitly and explicitly, he signals the legitimacy of exclusionary discourse and action domestically and internationally. His blatant efforts to quash opposition and to freeze conversations grounded in progressive perspectives has emboldened both policy makers and members of the public to express similar sentiments in often dangerous and damaging ways."

In her lecture, Dr. Perry will consider the impacts of these trends for Canada specifically, exploring the ways in which his first three months in office have already shifted public debate and policy in this country.

Dr. Barbara Perry is the Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech University. She has written extensively in the area of hate crime and right-wing extremism. Her books include, In the Name of Hate: Understanding Hate Crimes, Hate and Bias Crime: A Reader, and The Silent Victims: Hate Crimes Against Native Americans.

She is also General Editor of a five-volume set about hate crime (Praeger), and Editor of Volume 3 of the set: The Victims of Hate Crime.

Dr. Perry has also written about policing diverse communities, including work about social control in Native American communities. She has made substantial contributions to hate crime scholarship in Canada. Most recently, she has contributed to a scholarly understanding of anti-Muslim violence, hate crime against LGBTQ communities, the community impacts of hate crime, and right-wing extremism.

Dr. Perry was appointed to the Order or Canada by the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada on December 18, 2024.