Allons-y | August 2017

This second issue of Allons-y features three articles on some of the pressing issues that we face in dealing with the role of children and youth in conflict and crisis today: the harmful ideologies of Islamophobia and Islamist fundamentalism, the lack of a sufficient response to the mental health needs of refugee children, and the growing need to address the involvement of children in cyberattacks.

Commentary: Child Soldiery in the Information Age

Dalhousie University assistant professor Jon Penney comments on Ben O’Bright’s article on how to grapple with the involvement of children in cyberwarfare.