Christianne Boudreau

Christianne is an accountant and business manager by training and founded the Hayat Canada Family Support Foundation in 2014. As a mother personally affected by the impact of violent radicalization processes in her own family she decided to give her own experiences a voice and step forward for other families sharing similar problems. Christianne has been featured in international media on various topics related to prevention and intervention with violent radicalization and is now counselling other families. She is also coordinates the mothers network “Mothers for Life” with Daniel Koehler, which brings together mothers of radicalized jihadis to give them a stronger voice globally.

Read, listen and watch Christianne's story and learn about her work:

CBC News: 'This could be your child:' STU professor helps families with children lost to jihadist movement

CBC News: A Jihadi in the Family documentary explores Calgary mother's radicalization battle

American Thinker: Jihad Fantasy: Could This Be My Child?

News Deeply: Mother of an ISIS Recruit Tells of Loss and Hope

Montreal Gazette: A new line of defence in the war against extremism: Mothers of jihadist recruits

BBC News: The Calgary mother fighting radicalisation in Syria

WNYC: After Her Son Died Fighting for ISIS, One Mother Is Pushing Back

PRI: Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she's doing something about it.

CBC News: Mother of dead Canadian jihadi launches de-radicalization effort

The Huffington Post: Christianne Boudreau On Her Son’s Spiral Into Islamic Extremism And How She’s Fighting Back

Global News: Christianne Boudreau’s impossible search for answers about extremist son