Justin EC Tetrault
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Justin EC Tetrault
@tetrault.bsky.social
Assistant professor at SFU's School of Criminology. I study political extremism, Indigenous justice, and prisons. Red River Métis.

Latest in Social Forces: “How Liberalism Accommodates Far-right Social Movements…” https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soae147
"$8,492 for Flip-Flops: The Price of Punishment Without Support", by Emily Stewart.

New John Howard Society series "Within the System" covers stories from people navigating release from prison. Based on fieldwork from our longitudinal re-entry study. #criminology

johnhoward.ca/blog/the-pri...
$8,492 for Flip-Flops: The Price of Punishment Without Support : The John Howard Society of Canada
johnhoward.ca
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Gave a talk last year on #Métis and broader #Indigenous re-entry experiences after prison, based on longitudinal interviews with almost 1000 people. I review our new study and cover some preliminary findings on racial inequality. Now up on the Rupertsland Centre page.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc1c...
MÉTIS Talks - December 5, 2024, Dr Justin Tetrault
YouTube video by - rcmr
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August 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy to receive a SSHRC IDG supporting a new project with my colleague Sandra Bucerius. It's (tentatively) about how current political trends complicate traditional understandings of the left and right. The project centres on German populism and involves interviews with AfD and BSW supporters.
July 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Giving a talk tomorrow about far-right politics in Canada at @maynoothuniversity.ie. It's about penal populism as a form of far-right politics and how "far-right studies" often suffers from presentism. #maynoothcrimcon #criminology

Parallel Sessions 2, 4pm, TSI/043
June 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Excited to share I’m joining @sfu.ca's School of Criminology, where I'll have the opportunity to expand my research programs and teach graduate students. I have made lifelong friends at Augustana and will deeply miss my colleagues, students, and community partners. Looking forward to the road ahead!
June 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I recently wrote about how extremism studies increasingly eclipses social science, as writers favour flashy concepts divorced from sociological traditions — like 'salad bar,' 'lawful,' and 'anti-government' extremism. This article does something similar, using simple concepts to assert broad claims.
The UnitedHealthcare-CEO shooting marks a new moment, writes @alibreland.bsky.social—“one in which acts of political violence are no longer confined to extremists with fringe views.”
Luigi Mangione and the Era of Normie Extremism
Political violence is no longer confined to the radical fringe.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Happening Thursday: "Métis Experiences with Re-entry from Prison: How the Canadian Justice System Creates Impossible Conditions". I'm covering preliminary findings based on 900+ interviews with system-involved people. Thank you to the Rupertsland Centre for hosting. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 3, 2024 at 5:12 PM