IVY resource network is a place for parents, educators, community and public leaders, and the media to find and share resources, information, and support for youth and how social ideologies can impact, influence, and change their thinking and actions.
IVY’s aim is to build stronger, more resilient systems through mentorship and guidance, and shared knowledge and mutual assistance around mixed and singular ideologies for the protection and preservation of youth.
IVY highlights its problem-solving network as a collective resource for addressing specific questions and challenges, and advocacy and awareness as a prime resource ensuring all contributors and contributions are qualified and vetted.
IVY is a non-profit, volunteer-based service that is administrated by Dr Valarie Findlay; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-3642.
Dr. Findlay specializes in ideological violence and social change, and socio-historical research linking ideological themes to social change with the aim of guiding social policy. Her cutting-edge research updates prior notions and provides a novel analytical concept, ideologically-themed violence, to address the gaps in recent ad hoc definitions, such as mixed, idiosyncratic, and "salad bar" ideologies. Building on her master's research on terrorism legislation and its impact on law enforcement, her findings promote a social policy framework of a government or public institutions.
Memberships past and present include IALEA (Int’l Association of Law Enforcement Analysts), AFCEA (Washington DC), the American Society for Evidence-Based Policing, Canadian Military Intelligence Association (CMIA), Canadian Association for Professional Intelligence Analysts (CAPIA), research fellow for the National Police Foundation (US), Foresight Synergy Network for geo-political and international issues, CATA Alliance, and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police eCrimes Committee.