Emerging Threats and New Technology in Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation

Date: January 20, 2026

Location: Online

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Public Safety Canada is hosting a webinar to build awareness and share knowledge among criminal justice professionals, civil society organizations and other relevant multidisciplinary stakeholders on emerging threats for children online, as well as new technology in combatting this crime.

Presentations will include:

  • The OCSE/Violent Extremism Nexus in Canada – Marc-André Argentino, PhD, Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence, Public Safety Canada
  • Extreme Sexual Violence Against Children Online: An Analysis – Alexandra Catanese, Manager, Cybertip.ca Operations, The Canadian Centre for Child Protection
  • A Practitioner Perspective on Nihilistic Violent Extremism – Hana Hadzifejzovic, Project ReSet & T4C, Team Lead, John Howard Society of Ottawa
  • Project Athena: Leveraging AI to detect unknown CSAM – Frances McAuley, Director of Product – Trust and Safety
Event Details

Time: 11:30 a.m. MST
Cost: None