This hybrid conference was attended by 90+ professionals at Seneca’s King Campus and 20+ online attendees participated through Seneca Flexible technologies. Over 30 students from the Crime and Intelligence Analysis degree also attended the conference and completed a bespoke CPTED training workshop through the kind support of the Seneca Alumni Affinity Fund. Twelve graduating students from across the School of Public Safety presented capstone research projects to conference participants.

Seven colleges participated in the challenge and the event provided an opportunity for our student leaders to meet serving officers and learn more about careers in policing.

The activities fostered skills in collaboration, critical thinking, deductive reasoning, and forensic investigation. Special appreciation and thanks to Professors Glenn Barenthin and Debbie Harris for their leadership in developing this opportunity and to our postsecondary partners for their support.

As part of the orientation, students were introduced to 18 employers and industry partners on day one through a Career Ready event with Seneca Works.

A group of 64 students enjoyed the opportunity to learn about careers in law enforcement with the Toronto Police Service, review the fitness requirements for a career in policing and learn about PREP testing. Thank you to the Seneca Alumni Affinity Fund for supporting student participation in this professional development opportunity.

Recent student semester exchanges included Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway and Nottingham Trent University in the UK. Dr. Camie Condon and Teya Tenon, a student from the CIA program travelled to Portsmouth University in the UK. This was part of an internationalization grant to explore global research into scenario-based training for crisis and high-pressure decision-making.

The event was presented in partnership by FutureShield, CAP Index and Flashpoint, and hosted by Seneca Polytechnic at King Campus. Participants and students were introduced to new technologies and analytical approaches alongside networking and professional development opportunities.

This was the first time that a Seneca team participated in the challenge which brings together student competitors from criminal justice programs across the US and Canada.   Thank you to the student competitors and to Dr. Glenn Barenthin as faculty lead.   A special thank you and deepest appreciation to the Seneca Alumni Affinity Fund and the Faculty of Applied Arts and Health Sciences for supporting student participation in the challenge.

This conference offered an opportunity to hear from expert speakers and network with industry professionals from across police services and law enforcement organizations.  Seneca students and faculty have been regular attendees at the event over the last three years for both virtual and in-person events.

Thank you to the CATAP for providing this opportunity for students from across Canada to present their work to professionals, peers, and academic experts.

Kelly Frapporti-Tobin from the Honours Bachelor of Crime & Intelligence Analysis degree program raised more than $7,500 for the Men’s Street Ministry in Hamilton and Brantford through sleeping outdoors for two nights to help members of our communities in vulnerable housing and the homeless. Kaitlin Campbell, a first-year student in the Police Foundations diploma program organized a team of 30 Police Foundations students and faculty for the Coldest Night Walk who raised more than $1,600 to support the Inn from The Cold (Newmarket) charity.

Ms. Dagher was motivated to help after she saw a report stating there had been a 50 per cent increase in first-time food bank usage.  Ms. Dagher’s contributions were also featured on Global News to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Brent Bergeron (Ret. OPP Detective Sergeant) of Soteria Consulting provided a training workshop on how to detect and counter the latest operational tactics used by terrorists. The seminar also covered active measures to mitigate the impact of active shooters. Seneca welcomed visitors to the campus including York Regional Police, OPP, Rogers, Xpera, along with several members of the Program Advisory Committee.

The conference allowed students to learn more about the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to assist criminal investigations and community safety. This development opportunity was facilitated by the Seneca Alumni Student Affinity Fund and our partners at ESRI.

Over 100 alumni, faculty, staff, students and community partners attended an evening reception in Magna Hall where President David Agnew presented the ‘Senecan of Distinction’ Award to Thomas Carrique (Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police - OPP) and Constable Monica Rutledge, Aboriginal Peacekeeping Unit, Toronto Police.

Students participated in a large-scale public order exercise over two days in Port Hope. Thank you to our friends at YRP for involving Seneca students in this great training opportunity.

More than 120 students and faculty from seven colleges across Ontario, along with security and public safety professionals attended the networking event to learn about future technologies and the use of drones in the security industry.

More than 40 students had the opportunity to discuss careers in policing through an information chat with officers and recruiters.

Since 2019, over 260 student leaders have been trained in Mental Health First Aid.  Promoting awareness and preparing students with this important certification helps these future professionals make a difference in their communities

On April 11, 36 Industry Partners and Agencies were welcomed to campus to meet students and build networking connections.  This event offered full-time, part-time and co-op/field placement opportunities to students from these programs.

This was the largest research fair delivered by the Behavioural Psychology program in partnership with the Behavioural Exploration Club. The presenters also used electronic posters to enhance sustainability.

The gala is a highlight of the academic year held virtually and in-person over the last four years. This student-led event celebrated achievements in applied research, Work-Integrated learning, and academic studies and included a performance by the ‘Anxious Acrobat’. Over four years the club has expanded to a current membership of over 200 students.

Thank you to the Alumni Fund for supporting student attendance at this major national conference for Behavioural Studies practitioners and researchers.

The symposium is an international conference on autism, which brings together professionals, educators, parents and researchers from around the world to discuss the latest research and clinical practices.  Thank you to the Seneca Alumni Affinity Fund for funding the participation of our students at the conference.

Professor Cavanagh is one of the co-authors of the Canadian edition of the textbook “Essentials of Understanding Psychology”.

 This event was followed by a placement employer panel where our community partners discussed placement success and professional practices with the students. 

Garnering over 3,600 attendees and more than 550 exhibitors, Discovery is Canada's leading innovation-to-commercialization conference. Discovery brings together key players from industry, academia, government, the investment community as well as entrepreneurs and students to collaborate. The team from Behavioural Studies won 2nd place at a Seneca ARIE research event in April 2019 and were asked to attend the OCE event. Thank you to Professor Ling Ly Tan for leading the team.