PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Welcoming Remarks:
Elder Gilbert Whiteduck, Algonquin Anishinabe Knowledge Holder, U Ottawa
Chief (Ret’d) Ken Walker, President, International Association of Chiefs of Police
Councillor Marty Carr, City of Ottawa
Speakers: Setting the Scene
Auke van Dijk, Netherlands Police
Wendy Ellis, Milken Institute of Public Health, George Washington University
Adam Dalrymple, B.C. Crown Counsel Association
M1.1
The Fourth Emergency Service: Marginalised Communities Responding to Crises
Venue: CRX C307
M1.2
Beyond the Neurotypical Lens: Police Scotland’s emerging approaches to Neurodivergence in Criminal Justice interactions
Venue: CRX C308
M1.3
Strengthening the Families of Public Safety Personnel: Innovations, Experiences, and Emerging Supports
Venue: CRX C309
M1.4
Wales 1: ‘Do You See My Trauma?
Venue: CRX C407
M1.5
Bridging the public health and public safety divide: perceptions, reality and solutions
Venue: CRX C408
P1.1
Vulnerability
Venue: CRX C442
P1.2
Health states, health care and law enforcement
Venue: CRX C140
MoI 1.1
Venue: CRX C010
- Soul Space Ottawa – Collective Care for Community Workers
- Examining Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Risk and Coercive Control: A Collaboration Between Police, Health and Academia
- From Harm to Hope: Panel Discussion – How CORE Transforms Public Safety
MoI 1.2
Venue: CRX C040
- Addressing the High Frequency of Mental Health Calls Within Canadian Policing: Promoting a Priority Shift in Educational Policy to Direct Practice
- Training on People with Disabilities for Law Enforcement
Chair: Inga Heyman
Speakers:
Karyn McCluskey, Community Justice Scotland
Katy Kamkar, Federal Associate Organizational Ombudsperson
Kofi Barnes, Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Grand Chief Steven Point, BC First Nations Justice Council
M2.1
Advancing Organizational Health and Resilience
Venue: CRX C307
M2.2
Redefining Crisis Response: Systems Transformation through Toronto Community Crisis Services (TCCS)
Venue: CRX C308
M2.3
Driving whole system approach to prevention in Scotland – the Scottish Prevention Hub
Venue: CRX C309
M2.4
Road safety
Venue: CRX C407
M2.5
Supporting Whole Systems Change for Violence Prevention in Wales
Venue: CRX C408
P2.1
LE Health and Wellbeing 1
Venue: CRX C307
P2.2
ACEs and Trauma-informed Policing
Venue: CRX C308
P2.3
Violence – sexual, intimate partner and other 1
Venue: CRX C309
P2.4
LE and Mental Health 1
Venue: CRX C407
MoI 2.1
Venue: CRX C408
- Is it time for a New 1st Responder Role?
- Entangled: How People With Serious Mental Illness Get Caught in the Misdemeanor System
- Operationalizing a pro-public health lens to service delivery in policing
MoI 2.2
Venue: CRX C442
- Amplifying the Voices of the Unheard – Creative Research Methodologies to Promote Understanding of Stigma and Shame and Substance Use/Mental Ill-Health
- Toronto Community Crisis Service at TAIBU CHC: A Step In the Right Direction
- How a Multi-System Coordinated System of Care Increases Public Safety While Enhancing Community Connectedness and Reducing Harm for All
MoI 2.3
Venue: CRX C140
- Lighting the Fire Within – N’Debwewin (My Truth) – A curriculum to address Gender Based Violence from a Proactive Approach
- Lighting the Fire Within – A Culture and Trauma Informed Curriculum – Delivery and Impacts.
P3.1
LE Health and Wellbeing 2
Venue: CRX C307
P3.2
Violence – sexual, intimate partner and other 2
Venue: CRX C308
P3.3
LE and Mental Health 2
Venue: CRX C309
P3.4
Drug use, harm reduction and HIV 1
Venue: CRX C407
MoI 3.1
Venue: CRX C408
- Birth of CoLEAD as a Public Order and Safety Response
- Evidence to Action: The Ottawa Police CORE Strategic Prevention Framework
MoI 3.2
Venue: CRX C442
- Lighting the Fire Within – Come to Play (Aambe Daamnidaa) – A play based curriculum to connect with youth
- Hearing is Believing – The Importance of Storytelling and Story Listening in developing Wisdom about the Experiences of People who are Less Heard
MoI 3.3
Venue: CRX C140
- What about the families? Introducing Garnet Families
- First Responder Mental Health Programs: looking at a continuum of care
- Enhancing Wellbeing and Resilience through Somatic Sound Healing: Chaplain-Supported Wellness for Law Enforcement and First Responders
MoI 3.4
Venue: CRX C440
- Harm prevention in police custodial detention
- How to Make Initial Responses to Domestic Violence Calls Brain Injury Sensitive
Speakers:
Mark Bellis, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Lin Haag, Wilfrid Laurier University.
Chris Giacomantonio, Dalhousie University
Amy Barden, City of Seattle, Community Assisted Response & Engagement
M3.1
Championing Policing and Public Health Collaboration
Venue: CRX C307
M3.3
“De-escalation in the Digital Age”: Preparing Future Officers in Mental Health Crisis Response Using Virtual Reality Scenario Training
Venue: CRX C309
M3.4
LEPH Collection #2: what would you like to know? what do we need to know from you?
Venue: CRX C407
M3.5
Redefining Community, there is no us and them. A radical revisioning of policing wellness and community safety, surprise it’s the same thing.
Venue: CRX C408
P4.1
Collaboration in practice
Venue: CRX C307
P4.2
ACEs and Trauma-informed Policing 3
Venue: CRX C308
P4.3
Violence – sexual, intimate partner and other 3
Venue: CRX C309
P4.4
LEPH 1
Venue: CRX C407
MoI 4.1
Venue: CRX C408
- The Alternative Response Research Collective: A Practitioner-Led Initiative Advancing the Future of Community Safety
- Are We Unsafe or Are We Uncomfortable – The Role of Bias and Lack of Self Reflection when “Helping” Vulnerable People
MoI 4.2
Venue: CRX C442
- Now and Then: Applying evidence-based approaches to address crime and violence through Stratified Policing and through preventative trauma-informed approaches to policing
- Hands Off: Reducing police perpetrated violence against vulnerable groups partnership – South African Police Service (SAPS) Dignity, Diversity and Policing (DDP) programme
P5.1
Miscellaneous – the breadth of LEPH
Venue: CRX C307
P5.2
Police education and training
Venue: CRX C308
P5.3
LEPH in Indigenous Communities
Venue: CRX C309
P5.4
LEPH 2
Venue: CRX C407
MoI 5.1
Venue: CRX C408
- Multidisciplinary Assessment Collaborative (MAC) ZERO
- Restating Power & Control? The Process and Impact of Moral Decision-Making
MoI 5.2
Venue: CRX C442
- Assessing autistic women’s experiences of interactions with professional services after experiences of interpersonal violence
- Mapping the Margins: Addressing Racialized Disparities in Justice through Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Victim Response
MoI 5.3
Venue: CRX C140
- Preventing Drowning Through Partnerships in Canada’s Capital Region
- Reducing Road Trauma through Road Policing: Strengthening Collaboration Between Research and Frontline Policing
LEPH Oration
Chair: Nick Crofts
Mark Moore, Research Professor of Public Leadership and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
The new Africa Law Enforcement and Public Health Network
Munyaradzi I Katumba, Africa LEPH Network
M4.1
Law Enforcement, Vulnerability and Public Health Approaches: Opportunities and challenges to achieve meaningful change.
Venue: CRX C307
M4.2
Bridging Borders to Serve American & Canadian Communities: Protecting Deep and Enduring Traditions on the Front Lines of CSWB
Venue: CRX C308
M4.3
Alternative Response Research Roundtable
Venue: CRX C309
M5.1
Where to now? Considering the big picture in integrating organisational joint strategies and working relationships
Venue: CRX C307
M5.2
Building Trust-Based Partnerships between Law Enforcement and Alternative Emergency Response Teams: Insights from Texas, Florida, and Kansas
Venue: CRX C308
M5.3
LEPH Education? What for, what’s important and how to make it happen?
Venue: CRX C309
P6.1
Dementia and ABI
Venue: CRX C407
P6.2
In and out of Corrections
Venue: CRX C408
Chair: Auke Van Dijk
- Rapporteur’s report from the conference
- Report from the GLEPHA strategic planning meeting
- Thanks
Next LEPH conference: Leeds, UK – LEPH2026