MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIR
Welcome, we( ACCPA) look forward to seeing you at our 2022 conference in the beautiful town of Canmore, Alberta. Our theme for our upcoming conference is EVERY VOICE COUNTS : Holistic Approaches and Practices in Community Health and Safety.
ACCPA membership encompasses both rural and urban communities. These communities include Metis and Indigenous groups, police, municipalities, along with profit and nonprofit organizations. Each year, as we plan the conference, we work hard to ensure that our sessions and topics are relevant to our target audiences along with opportunities presented from past and future conversations.
The Conference Planning Committee is committed to putting together a timely and thought-provoking conference for you. We continually update this site as our program comes together.
I hope you are able to join us May 9-11, 2022 in Canmore at the Coast Hotel!
Bettylyn Baker
Chair, 2022 ACCPA Conference
Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association
CONFERENCE TESTIMONIALS
Excellent conference. Well organized and a great diversity of speakers. Thank you.
My first time attending. Great conference. On point with today’s rural crime. Thanks
The presenters were simply outstanding and I loved the format of the sessions (different angles) and the fact that industry partners and business were included. Crime prevention is complex and you nailed the fact that there are so many stakeholders.
Varied conference topics around a central theme. Speakers who are open to more discussions during and after the conference.
I found it all valuable, something for everybody (urban-rural)….. Great job. Thanks for all your hard work.
The presentations about technology – they fit in all areas, especially rural.
Hearing about success stories in other communities. Good ideas for people from the outside!
COAST CANMORE COVID PROTOCOLS
Coast Hotels is committed to providing a safe and comfortable environment for all meeting/event attendees. The Canmore Coast is following all provincial guidelines related to Covid protection.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
ACCPA is pleased to offer training and educational workshops as part of the 2022 ACCPA Conference. Workshops may be taken alone, or in conjunction with the conference. Workshops are designed and delivered by experts and practitioners in the field of crime prevention and community safety. ACCPA’s goal is to support agencies, groups and individuals in their journey to reduce crime and deliver safety in the communities and neighbourhoods in which we live, play and work.
Individuals may register for one workshop alone, or in combination with the plenary sessions of the ACCPA Conference taking place May 9-11, 2022. Please consult the conference Registration Pricing tab for registration options. At the completion of the workshop, participants will receive a co-branded Certificate of Completion from ACCPA and the delivering organization.
Please click on the title of a Pre-Conference Workshop or the facilitator's name for a detailed description of program and instructor biographies.
Monday MAY 9 Pre-Conference
MON 7:00AM
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP REGISTRATION / CATERED NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Sponsored by Northern Sunrise County
MON 8:00AM
Workshop #1 / 1-Day Workshop
Jaap de Waard, Senior Policy Advisor with The Netherlands Ministry of Justice and Security
Workshop #2 / 1-Day Workshop
Anna Brassard, Urban Planning and Community Facilitation Specialist and Principle at Brassard Consulting
Workshop #3 / 1-Day Workshop
Dr. Felix Munger, Executive Director of the Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention
Christiane Sadeler, Owner–Consultant, More Better Solutions
MON 10:00AM
BREAK - Sponsored by The City of Red Deer
MON 12:00PM
CATERED NETWORKING LUNCH
MON 1:00PM
CONTINUATION OF WORKSHOPS #1, #2, #3
MON 2:30PM
BREAK
MON 4:00PM
END OF PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Presentation of Certificates of Completion
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Tuesday MAY 10 Conference
TUE 7:00AM
REGISTRATION / CATERED NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Sponsored by Northern Sunrise County
TUE 8:00AM
OPENING CEREMONIES
TUE 8:30AM
Jaap de Waard, Senior Policy Advisor, Netherlands Ministry of Justice and Security
TUE 9:30AM
BREAK
TUE 09:45AM
Jaime Calayo, Communications Strategist, REACH Edmonton
TUE 10:30AM
BREAK - Sponsored by the Institute of Internal Auditors, Edmonton Chapter
TUE 10:45AM
Christy Wood (She/Her), Community Policing Coordinator, City of Nanaimo BC
TUE 11:30AM
CATERED NETWORKING LUNCH
TUE 12:30PM
Holly Porterfield, RCMP Maskwacis
TUE 1:15PM
BREAK
TUE 1:30PM
Dr. Felix Munger, Executive Director, Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention
TUE 2:15PM
BREAK - Sponsored by the National Police Federation
TUE 2:30PM
James MacTavish, Senior Advisor of Investor Education, Alberta Securities Commission
TUE 3:15PM
DAY 1 WRAP-UP/HOUSEKEEPING MESSAGES
TUE 7:00PM
NETWORKING NEXUS
Wednesday MAY 11 Conference
WED 7:00AM
REGISTRATION / CATERED NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Sponsored by Northern Sunrise County
WED 8:00AM
DAY 2 - WELCOME BACK/HOUSEKEEPING
WED 8:15AM
Cheryl Whiskeyjack, Bent Arrow Healing Society, Edmonton
WED 9:15AM
C/Supt Peter Tewfik, RCMP K-Division
WED 10:00AM
BREAK - Sponsored by the Edmonton Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners
WED 10:15AM
- Tina Clem, Program Director, In the Lead, Calgary Youth Justice Society
WED 11:00AM
BREAK
WED 11:15AM
Doug Maynard, President and COO Lions Gate Risk Management Group – A Division of SSG Scarlet Security Group
WED 12:00PM
CATERED NETWORKING LUNCH
WED 1:00PM
Ashif Mawji, Venture Capitalist, Chair, Edmonton Police Foundation
WED 1:45PM
BREAK - Sponsored by The City of Red Deer
WED 2:00PM
Marc Boychuk, Town Councillor, Town of Peace River
WED 2:45PM
CONFERENCE WRAP-UP - ACCPA
2022 ACCPA CONFERENCE & TRAINING PRICING
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
EARLY BIRD PRICING
Register early and save! Early bird pricing will be in effect until midnight Friday, April 8, 2022.
EARLY BIRD DOOR PRIZE
Register by the Early Bird Deadline and be entered into a draw to win a gift certificate for a one night stay with breakfast for two people. The gift certificate cannot be used for the conference and will be valid for a period after the conference.
REGULAR PRICING
The prices noted in red are the regular prices in effect after April 8, 2022.
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED:
You may still register on-site at the registration desk. The process does take some time so please arrive before the first session you wish to attend.
ACCPA Member
Pricing after April 8
$450
$500
Pre-Conference Workshop May 9 PLUS Conference May 10-11
$325
$400
Conference Only May 10-11
$250
$300
Pre-Conference (one day) May 9
$50
Networking Nexus May 10
Non-Member
Pricing after April 8
$550
$600
Pre-Conference Workshop May 9 PLUS Conference May 10-11
$450
$500
Conference Only May 10-11
$350
$400
Pre-Conference (one day) May 9
$50
Networking Nexus May 10
Group 3+
Pricing after April 8
$425
$475
Pre-Conference Workshop May 9 PLUS Conference May 10-11
$325
$375
Conference Only May 10-11
$225
$275
Pre-Conference (one day) May 9
$50
Networking Nexus May 10
PRE-CONFERENCE NOTES
- The Pre-Conference cost or portion thereof is for any one of the Pre-Conference Workshops. At time of registration please indicate your reservation for a Workshop.
- The Titles and Descriptions of the Pre-Conference Workshops can be found on the Workshop Schedule under the Pre-Conference Training button at the top of the Conference Page.
Workshops may be switched at no cost, any time until May 1, 2022, by signing into your account using the confirmation code you receive at the end of the registration process. Workshops may be added for the incremental fee, anytime until May 1, 2022. There is a cancellation fee of $100 to cancel conference registration by April 17, 2022. There is a cancellation fee of $50 to cancel a workshop by April 17, 2022.
SPEAKER BIOS
JAAP DE WARD
SESSION: THE DUTCH TOUCH: HOW HOLLAND MANAGED TO CUT CRIME, AND LESSONS FOR ALBERTA AND CANADIAN COMMUNITIES FROM DUTCH CRIME POLICIES
Tuesday, May 10 at 8:30 am
Jaap de Waard is a senior policy advisor at the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and Security. He is the former secretary of the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN). He has published widely on crime prevention models, international trends in the private security industry, and international benchmark studies in the field of crime control. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and expert meetings in the field of law enforcement and crime prevention. He is research fellow at the International Victimology Institute (INTERVICT), Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Jaap studied Information Science with special emphasis on the application and usage of knowledge in organizations, along with the interaction between people, organizations and any existing information and knowledge systems.
JAIME CALAYO
SESSION: ASSET BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: HOW LISTING THE POSITIVES IN A COMMUNITY CAN HELP BUILD BETTER, SAFER COMMUNITIES
Tuesday, May 10 at 9:45 am
Jaime brings a decade worth of communications experience to REACH working with municipalities, ad firms and interactive design agencies. He enjoys utilizing the tools of design thinking, public engagement and social innovation to explore solutions that come from the community, for the community. Jaime comes to work every day because he enjoys seeing people come together over the issues that matter most to them. The complex issues that communities face cannot be solved by any one group. In order to do this work, we need to work.
CHRISTY WOOD
SESSION: THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY POLICING COORDINATORS: OPTIONS FOR SHARED SERVICE DELIVERY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Tuesday, May 10 at 10:45 am
HOLLY PORTERFIELD
SESSION: 10 YEARS ON: SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AFTER A DECADE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HUB MODEL IN MASKWACIS, ALBERTA
Tuesday, May 10 at 9:45 am
Cpl. Holly Porterfield is the community policing supervisor in Maskwacis, Alberta.
Holly started her policing career 13 years ago in Peace River, Alberta. In addition to learning the basics of being a police officer, Holly took an interest in serving her community in more proactive and diverse ways. She was moved into the role of community liaison, collaborating with external agencies and Indigenous community leaders. Holly also found her passion for working with youth.
Holly became a school resource officer with the Wetaskiwin RCMP. She learned the benefits and effectiveness of multi-disciplinary team approaches through processes like the Violent Threat Risk Assessment. Holly’s knowledge and experience led her to her next role as a child forensic interviewer, first at the Zebra Child Protection Centre in Edmonton, then at the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre in Red Deer.
Holly was promoted into her current role in 2021. In Maskwacis, she is able to use the skills she acquired throughout her career, not only to work with the community herself, but to assist and mentor other detachment members in their service to the community.
DR FELIX MUNGER
SESSION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY
Tuesday, May 10 at 1:30 pm
Felix joined CMNCP in 2015. He brings experience as a mental health and addiction clinician, program planner, and evaluator. He has over 20 years of experience facilitating strategic planning, priority setting, and collaboration building across Canada with a wide range of stakeholders including equity-deserving and Indigenous communities. Originally trained as a psychiatric nurse, he has experience in community safety, organizational collaboration, addiction (including harm reduction), EDI (equity, diversity, inclusion), and organizational capacity development. He holds a master’s degree in environmental studies and a PhD in community psychology. Most recently, his work focuses on the impacts of climate change on community
safety at the local level.
Felix resides in Waterloo Region, Ontario, which is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and Neutral peoples.
JAMES MACTAVISH
SESSION: INVESTING IN CRYPTO CURRENCIES: UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTALS
Tuesday, May 10 at 2:30 pm
James is a Senior Advisor of Investor Education at the Alberta Securities Commission. He leads investor and consumer education initiatives designed to help Albertans strengthen their investment literacy and protect themselves from investment fraud. Before joining the ASC, James worked for nearly a decade in the technology space, delivering communications and marketing campaigns for global companies. James holds a Bachelor of Communications from the University of Calgary.
CHERYL WHISKEYJACK
SESSION: LIVING IN TWO WORLDS: THE JOURNEY OF THE BENT ARROW TRADITIONAL HEALING SOCIETY
Wednesday, May 11 at 8:15 am
Cheryl is the Executive Director of the Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society and has been with Bent Arrow just about since its inception over a quarter-century ago. Now she oversees a suite of 21 different programs and services. The organization’s programming connects indigenous clients to the city around them,
and helps them build skills and resilience that they can use in other parts of their lives.
Cheryl proudly serves as a board member of the Canadian Accreditation Council of Human Services, the Align Association of Community Services and was newly appointed to the Board of PolicyWise for Children & Families. She has contributed to the work of EndPovertyEdmonton since its inception and currently acts as co-chair of the Stewardship Round Table. She also sits at the table for the National Advisory Council on Poverty. She acts as a mentor for the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations Executive Director Mentorship program and represents Bent Arrow through C5, a collaborative partnership of five non-profits using innovative engagement in vulnerable neighbourhoods. Cheryl is proud of the strong partnerships she has maintained across sectors.
A graduate of the Child & Youth Care Program at Grant MacEwan University in 1995 and was recognized with Distinguished Alumni Award in 2018. She was also recognized with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Alberta in 2021. Cheryl was also recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary Foundation in 2021.
C/SUPT PETER TEWFIK
SESSION: THE RCMP COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELLBEING BRANCH
Wednesday, May 11 at 9:45 am
Superintendent Peter Tewfik is the Officer in Charge of Crime Reduction Strategies for the RCMP in Alberta. He is passionate about helping police professionals across the province identify
policing issues and implement crime reduction strategies designed to reduce the rate and impact of crime in each community over the long term.
Before starting in this role, Peter was the Operations Officer for Central Alberta District overseeing 23 detachments around the provincial capital. During his time at the district he developed the Integrated Crime Reduction Unit (iCRU) model for the region. This unit is dedicated to targeting repeat offenders who commit crime across multiple jurisdictions and holding them accountable. The Crime Reduction Unit model is now implemented province-wide with Crime Reduction Units established in all four policing districts in Alberta.
During his post in British Columbia, Peter was the recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal from British Columbia as well as the Commissioners Commendation for his contribution in
developing a new investigative technique which has since been adopted by the RCMP and shared internationally.
He lives in St. Albert with his wife, and two children.
TINA CLEM
SESSION: STRONG NOT WRONG: STRENGTH BASED PRACTICES FOR SUPPORTING YOUTH IN REDEFINING THEMSELVES AND CONNECTING TO THE COMMUNITY - STORIES FROM THE CALGARY YOUTH JUSTICE SOCIETY
Wednesday, May 11 at 10.15 am
Tina proudly calls herself a youth worker by trade and at heart. She has 25 years experience working with vulnerable youth which includes residential treatment, positive youth development and prevention programming, comprehensive sexuality education and formal mentoring programming.
Tina likes to combine direct service delivery experience with a solid understanding of youth development theories, frameworks and research when developing and delivering quality programming for youth. As the current Program Director at Calgary Youth Justice Society, Tina leads and supports a team of passionate high performers to deliver quality strengths based programming and drives strategic change for the organization through innovation, quality and expanding the reach of our programming.
Tina has a BA Psychology from U of C and CYCC Diploma from Mount Royal College/University.
DOUG MAYNARD
SESSION: SCARLET SECURITY GROUP AND MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES: CORE OPERATING PHILOSOPHY WITH A GOAL TO ENSURING PROSPERITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ABORIGINAL BENEFICIARIES
Wednesday, May 11 at 11:15 am
Doug Maynard has extensive experience in Policing at local, Provincial, National and International levels. With thirty two years of experience across all business lines in policing he was exposed to a multitude of situations and environments. At the time of his recent retirement from the RCMP, he was the Superintendent In Charge of all Tactical Assets in the Province of British Columbia, including Emergency Response, Public Order, Dive Teams, Negotiators, and Bomb Disposal.
Mr. Maynard is the President of the National Network group that Trains and Accredits all Critical Incident Commanders for all Police agencies in Canada, referred to as ACCIC or Association of Canadian Critical Incident Commanders. Recent experience has taken him Internationally as an expert in Command and Control models utilized in other countries such as the United Kingdom, The United States, France, The Netherlands, Germany and Australia. Mr. Maynard's teaching experience involves the Canadian Police College, and the Justice Institute of British Columbia as an instructor of Critical Incident Command, Critical Incident Management, Incident Command Systems, Gold Silver Bronze, Initial Critical Incident response and many other Tactical courses. He has developed a series of exercises designed to develop and affirm the response mechanism to a terrorist attack across multiple locations for not only police, but government and other related agencies. This resulted in policy change and the adoption of Gold/Silver/Bronze as the method of Crisis Management.
Mr. Maynard was one of the main architects of the RCMPs response to "Resource based, Culturally sensitive Protests" Given this experience he is well placed with Lions Gate Risk Management to assist with a partner response hand in hand with Law Enforcement and contracted parties in relation to lawful and unlawful protest activities as it relates to major projects or resource based infrastructure. Upon his retirement from the RCMP Mr. Maynard accepted a position as President of Lions Gate Risk Management Group – now a division of SSG Scarlet Security Group.
ASHIF MAWJI
SESSION: EDMONTON'S COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ACCELERATOR (CSA) - SAVING PUBLIC MONEY BY PRIVATELY FUNDING ENTREPRENEURS TO ADDRESS TOUGH PROBLEMS SUCH AS ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS
Wednesday, May 11 at 1:00 pm
Ashif Mawji is Chair of the Edmonton Police Foundation and a Venture Partner with Rising Tide. He previously served as CEO of the contract management software company Upside Software. A lifelong entrepreneur, Ashif started his first company at the age of 20, growing it to 100 employees before exiting in 2005. He is an honorary director for Citadel Theater, director of Alberta's Promise, Director at Hockey Canada Foundation, Director at Invest Alberta Corporation, Director at Sarah McLachlan School of Music, Past and Chair at YPO Alberta. In May 2014, Ashif was named Honorary Colonel for the Royal Canadian Armed Forces (20th Field Regiment), and has been awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee Medals, presented to Canadians that have contributed significantly to the country. In 2002, he received the 2002 Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year award, Prairies Region”, and in 2004 was presented with the esteemed Canada's “Top 40 Under 40” award. In 2019 he was inducted into the Junior Achievement (NA) Business Hall of Fame. Ashif received NAIT's Alumni of Distinction Award and was also recognized as one of the Top 50 Graduates in 50 years and also received an Honorary Degree in Bachelor of Business Administration from NAIT. He is a 2015 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Ashif and wife Zainul have 2 boys.
MARC BOYCHUK
SESSION: THE ROLE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIAL IN COMMUNITY SAFETY
Wednesday, May 11 at 2:00 pm
Marc Boychuk is passionate about ending homelessness and identifying programs and supports needed to accomplish this.
Marc currently sits on several boards and committees including;
Alberta Health Committee, Stepping Up (Preventing Domestic Violence Against Woman), Aboriginal Interagency, Restorative Justice, Poverty Reduction and RCMP advisory committees and a board advisor for a National Rural Homelessness agency. He is a Community Animator in the Rural Mental Health Program, Patient Advisor for the North Zone Mental Health and Addictions and an advocate for those struggling with mental health without supports.
Working with the Federal, Provincial and municipal governments and agencies Marc hopes to identify and bring much needed supports for rural areas. Working closely with the Alberta Rural Development Network and being involved in the largest coordinated homeless estimation in 2018, gave Marc a firsthand knowledge at what is most needed in his community for those housed and unsheltered. By being in the shelters, soup kitchens, streets, make-shift shelters, supportive living houses and prisons, Marc is continually learning and adapting to the new solutions and issues our vulnerable populations face.
Becoming a town councillor in 2021, the issue of rural crime
became more relevant in his new role. Seeing the overlap with root causes
and issues between those experiencing homelessness and rural crime, is a
crucial reason why we need to focus on these early intervention
practices.
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR BIOS
JAAP DE WAARD
WORKSHOP 1: THE DUTCH TOUCH: HOW HOLLAND MANAGED TO CUT CRIME, AND LESSONS FOR ALBERTA AND CANADIAN COMMUNITIES FROM DUTCH CRIME POLICIES
Monday, May 9 at 8:00am
Jaap de Waard is a senior policy advisor at the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and Security. He is the former secretary of the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN). He has published widely on crime prevention models, international trends in the private security industry, and international benchmark studies in the field of crime control. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and expert meetings in the field of law enforcement and crime prevention. He is research fellow at the International Victimology Institute (INTERVICT), Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Jaap studied Information Science with special emphasis on the application and usage of knowledge in organizations, along with the interaction between people, organizations and any existing information and knowledge systems.
Participants will gain an understanding about “The Netherlands in a Nutshell”, and crime and crime trends in The Netherlands, including long-term trends and recent developments. Participants with gain an understanding of Dutch Crime prevention policies; how The Netherlands managed to cut crime through policies and practices; and developments in Dutch juvenile delinquency: from early prevention to focussed hard core offender projects. Participants will gain an understanding of specific Dutch crime prevention initiatives and projects, including: the HALT project; diversion of juvenile delinquency; neighbourhood policing; public-private partnerships in Dutch crime prevention; and administrative approaches towards organised crime. Participants will learn about key aspects of what works and what does not in preventing and reducing crime in The Netherlands, including Dutch and international evaluation studies, and future developments in Dutch crime prevention policies. Participants will gain an understanding of what lessons Alberta and other parts of Canada, can learn from Dutch crime policies.
ANNA BRASSARD
WORKSHOP 2: INTRODUCTION TO SAFEGROWTH® AND LIVABILITY ACADEMY
Monday, May 9 at 8:00am
Anna Brassard is a full-member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and Registered Professional Planner with the Alberta Professional Planning Institute. She has nearly two decades experience in the fields of strategic planning, SafeGrowth®, crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), facilitation, facility planning, master planning and comprehensive community planning with First Nation communities. She spent 5 years as an Adjunct Assistant professor with the Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary supervising Master's level theses and teaching graduate level students courses in facilitation and building safe communities. This included developing a new joint initiative – "People and Place" - between the faculties of Social Work and Environmental Design. She has conducted workshops across North America on SafeGrowth® to police, design professionals and community members. Anna is based in Calgary, Alberta.
Participants will receive an introduction to SafeGrowth® and Livability Academy through hands on exercises, discussion of data collection methods, and case studies. SafeGrowth is a philosophy built on the belief that healthy and functioning small neighborhoods provide the most healthy, and safest way to build cities in the 21st Century, based on the premise that crime is best tackled within small neighborhoods by harnessing the creative energy of neighborhood groups. Unlike programs like CPTED, which are typically run by crime prevention practitioners or the police, SafeGrowth methods seeks to embed skills like CPTED within the community by working directly with neighborhood associations, groups, and local change agents. The approach ensures higher levels of neighborhood social cohesion which in turn helps sustain community-building and crime prevention strategies in the long-term. The goal of Livability Academy is to ensure the sustainability and ongoing pool of neighborhood leaders, sometimes called Community Livability Academies, through a curriculum of presentations and workshops. Topics range from civic affairs, community leadership training, community organizing, project management, CPTED and SafeGrowth methodology, among others.
DR FELIX MUNGER & CHRISTIANE SADELER
WORKSHOP 3: COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING IN COMMUNITY SAFETY; HOW TO MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS IN STAKEHOLDER GROUPS
Monday, May 9 at 8:00am
Felix joined CMNCP in 2015. He brings experience as a mental health and addiction clinician, program planner, and evaluator. He has over 20 years of experience facilitating strategic planning, priority setting, and collaboration building across Canada with a wide range of stakeholders including equity-deserving and Indigenous communities. Originally trained as a psychiatric nurse, he has experience in community safety, organizational collaboration, addiction (including harm reduction), EDI (equity, diversity, inclusion), and organizational capacity development. He holds a master’s degree in environmental studies and a PhD in community psychology. Most recently, his work focuses on the impacts of climate change on community safety at the local level.
Felix resides in Waterloo Region, Ontario, which is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and Neutral peoples.
Christiane trained as a Community Psychologist and was the 2018 recipient of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Society for Community and Practice (SCRA) Award for Distinguished Contribution to Practice in Community Psychology. She led the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council for over 25 years. Specializing in Crime Prevention through Social and Community Development, she is very skilled at helping communities have difficult conversations in order to move forward. Her processes and techniques are applicable to many social issues and focus on developing consensus, valuing diversity and building understanding. Christiane is passionate about prevention and believes that micro changes to the status quo don't make for better solutions to complex social issues.
We know from research and experience that the issues of crime prevention and community safety are too complex for any one system alone to solve. Multi-disciplinary collaboratives have, therefore, become the industry standard in many municipalities across the country and beyond. We also know from research that collaborative decision making when it comes to complex social issues is far superior to decisions made by individuals and/or any homogenous group. But neither collaboration nor collaborative decision making are easy and without its challenges. In this interactive workshop participants will discover how to build and lead value-based collaboration, and how to make effective collaborative decisions for crime prevention and community safety. The workshop will include exercises, discussions of research, knowledge shared by crime prevention practitioners from across the country and the US by way of case studies, as well as tools for enhancing your collaboration building and collaborative decision-making game. Participants will learn to understand their own decision-making styles and how it interfaces with the styles of others. We will discuss barriers to effective collaboration and sound collective decision making and how to safeguard against them. With decision making for the public good comes a great responsibility, and the more we can ensure that decisions are driven by data and sound values the more this responsibility will feel like an opportunity rather than a burden. Come prepared to roll up your sleeves, share your decision-making dilemmas, and enter the rich world of collaborative interventions for community safety.
SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES
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Conference Hotel
The Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre is the venue for the upcoming ACCPA 2022 conference.
The room block is now full. Individual reservations might be made by calling central reservations at 1.800.716.6199
Alternate hotels in the area:
- Canmore Inn and Suites
- Holiday Inn
- Days Inn Canmore
There is also condo options such as:
- Solara Resort
- Grande Rockies Resort
- Black Stone Mountain Lodge
- Fire Mountain Lodge
NETWORKING NEXUS
In response to Delegates’ requests for more networking opportunities. You don't want to miss this!
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022, 7:00PM - 10PM
located at CanGolf, 360 Bow Valley Trail
We apologize to for any inconvenience, but due to the popularity of this event, we have changed the location of the Networking Nexus to CanGolf, a short walk from the conference hotel. Change in venue, but we are committed to delivering the same great networking event that we've held in previous years.
The menu will consist of appetizer style finger foods. A cash bar will also be available. Two golf simulators will be available for our use from 8PM-10PM.
TICKETS $50 per person. One or more tickets may be purchased separately or as part of your registration to the conference or pre-conference.
Please contact us at administrator@albertacrimeprevention.com if you have questions or concerns.