Program – Sunday 13 July

M1.1 The Fourth Emergency Service: Marginalised Communities Responding to Crises

Convenor: Jennifer Chambers
Chair: Jennifer Chambers
Venue: CRX C307

Panellists:

• Racquel Hamlet, Chief Operations and Transformation Officer, TAIBU Community Health Centre
• Susan Davis, Executive Director, Gerstein Crisis Centre
• Tasha Madassa, Manager of Indigenous Crisis Pilot, 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations, Kamaamwizme wii Naagidwendiiying

M1.2 Beyond the Neurotypical Lens: Police Scotland’s emerging approaches to Neurodivergence in Criminal Justice interactions

Convenor: Inga Heyman
Chair: Inga Heyman
Venue: CRX C308

• Recognising, responding and supporting neurodiverse people within criminal justice processes.
  Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland, Police Scotland

• Recognising, accommodating and valuing neurodiversity in the Police Scotland workforce.
  Superintendent Graeme Gallie, Police Scotland

• Neurodivergence in Criminal Justice interactions
  Professor Stan Gilmour, Oxon Advisory

M1.3 Strengthening the Families of Public Safety Personnel: Innovations, Experiences, and Emerging Supports

Convenor: Heidi Cramm
Chair: Emma Williams
Venue: CRX C309 

• Navigating the Unique Lifestyle Dimensions of Public Safety Personnel Families
  Heidi Cramm, Professor, Families Matter Research Group, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
  Co-authors: Cox, M., Norris, D., Reid, N., Tam-Seto, L., Dekel, R., Fear, N. T., Delaney, L., Richmond, R., & Mahar, A.

• Developing Families-Forward Innovations in Public Safety Personnel Organizations
  Rachel Richmond, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University
  Co-authors: Ricciardelli, R., MacDermid, J., & Cramm, H.

• Where do Families Fit? A Scoping Review of Police and Law Enforcement Suicide
  Margaret Campbell, Research Associate, Families Matter Research Group, Queen’s University
  Co-authors: Heidi Cramm, Janette Leroux

• PSP YK – Developing an Online Hub of Upstream Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources for Public Safety Connected Children and Youth in Canada.
  Ashley Williams, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Child Trauma Research Centre, University of Regina
  Co-authors: Nathalie Reid, Heidi Cramm

M1.4 Wales 1: ‘Do You See My Trauma?

Convenor: Dr Caroline Hughes, Associate Dean, Wrexham University
Chair: Dr Caroline Hughes
Venue: CRX C407 

• Do You See My Trauma? Developing an Approach to a Racially Trauma-informed Wales
  Dr Joanne Hopkins, Programme Director, ACEs, Criminal Justice and Violence Prevention, Public Health Wales
  Co-authors: Dr Tegan Brierley Solis, Mark Jones, Helal Uddin, Selima Bahaddur, Eithne Nightingale

• Taking the Hospital to the Community – An Engagement Experiment using Community Conversations
  Joseff Bromwell, Programme Manager, ACE Hub Wales, Public Health Wales
  Co-authors: Bryony Parry, Dr Caroline Hughes, Dr Joanne Hopkins

• Opportunities for Trauma-informed Practice – Second Language tuition
  Dr Kat Ford, Bangor University and Public Health Wales
  Co-authors: Natasha Judd, Kat Ford, Katie Cresswell, Rebecca Fellows, Karen Hughes

• Being Sectional in an Intersectional World Requires a Different Approach – Learning for Public Services
  Dr Tegan Brierley Sollis, Wrexham University
  Co-author: Dr Caroline Hughes

M1.5 Bridging the public health and public safety divide: perceptions, reality and solutions

Convenor: Lt (Rtd) Diane Goldstein
Chair: TBC 
Venue: CRX C408
Panellists:

• Rob Kenter, Albany Police Department
• Lisa Daugard, Co-Executive Director, Purpose Dignity
• Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance
• Chief Brandon del Pozo, Assistant Professor, Brown University

P1.1 Vulnerability

Chair: Larissa Engelmann
 Venue: CRX C442

• The Criminalisation of Vulnerability: Bail Refusal, Remand, and the Widening Health Gap
  Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, Associate Professor, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies (UTAS)
  Co-author: Emma Colvin

• Thinking About the Concept of Vulnerability in Encounters Between Autistic Individuals and Police
  Lisa Whittingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Disability Studies, Brock University

• The Hidden Barrier: Low Literacy Skills as a Forgotten Vulnerability in Policing and Justice
  Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, Associate Professor, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies (UTAS)
  Co-author: Amanda Neil, Associate Professor, Menzies Institute, UTAS*

• Virtual Reality for Exonerees: A Path to Healing
  Nemesia Kelly, Associate Professor, Chair, Criminal Justice and Health, Public Health Program, College of Education and Health Sciences, Touro University California, Co-Principal, CJH Lab, Vallejo, CA, USA
  Anika Lee, Research Associate & Project Manager, Criminal Justice and Health Lab, Touro University California
  Co-authors: Gayle Cummings, Obie Anthony, Kim Codella, Aaron McMath

P1.2 Health states, health care and law enforcement

Chair: Adam Vaughan 
Venue: CRX C140

• Proactive Paramedicine – Inside the Byward Market Medic Initiative
  Eric McMahon, Acting Superintenent and Advanced Care Paramedic, Ottawa Paramedic Service
  Co-author: Logan Martin

• From Marginalization to Inclusion: Medical Outreach Advances Health and Social Justice in Laminga, North Central Nigeria
  Dr. Chinedu Damian Nzeh, Health and Medical Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Abuja.
  Co-authors: Dr. Kazeem Mustapha, Dr. Remi Alege

• Empowering Security Agencies for Pandemic Response: A Case Study of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps’ COVID-19 Sensitization Efforts
  Dr. Hannatu Janada Dimas, Epidemiologist, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps

• Interaction with Law Enforcement as a Health Crisis: The story of LGBTQIA+ individuals in India and the hopes for the future
  Vikas Bhuvana Muralidharan, Senior Lecturer, Sai University
  Co-author: Namithaa Jayasankar, independent researcher

MoI 1.1

Chair: Charlie Lloyd
Venue: CRX C010

• Soul Space Ottawa – Collective Care for Community Workers
  Convenor: Danielle Rolfe, Director and Co-Founder, Soul Space Ottawa
  Co-presenters: Jo-Anna D’Cruz and Kim Sheldrick, Soul Space Ottawa

Burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue are real and ongoing risks to community health, public safety, harm reduction, and social service workers who support people experiencing homelessness, complex substance use, and mental health issues. Collective care may be of benefit to these workers to address the emotional and spiritual wellness of these individuals and their ability to continue their work in the sector in the long term.

• Examining Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Risk and Coercive Control: A Collaboration Between Police, Health and Academia
  Convenor: Angela Wyatt Eke, Research Coordinator, Criminal Behaviour Analysis Section, Ontario Provincial Police
  Co-authors: N.Zoe Hilton, Mary Ann Campbell, Sandy Jung, Elke Ham, Soyeon Kim, Karl Hanson, Tracey Bednarczyk

We have partnered to study and share evidence-based approaches for assessing IPV risk and developing risk management guidelines tied to risk levels. We are also working together to identify how police can recognize and respond to coercive controlling behaviours.

• From Harm to Hope: Panel Discussion – How CORE Transforms Public Safety
  Convenor: James Kennedy, Constable, Ottawa Police Evidence Based Policing and CORE Strategy
  Co-author: Wendy Stewart

Public health and safety share a mutual aim of preventing harm. Crime and overdose are concentrated in particular places, disproportionately affecting vulnerable, and marginalized groups. Traditional responses seldom address the systemic barriers fueling these problems. CORE is a ground-up, evidence-based initiative that unites community members, frontline service providers, and emergency responders. Its central feature is the Integrated Community Situation Table—created by those on the ground—to steer at-risk individuals away from repeated criminalization and into coordinated care.

MoI 1.2

Chair: Arun Sondhi
Venue: CRX C040

• Addressing the High Frequency of Mental Health Calls Within Canadian Policing: Promoting a Priority Shift in Educational Policy to Direct Practice

  Convenor: Lisa Deveau, PhD candidate, Queen’s University

Policing today highlights a gap between officer training and preparedness, and the realities of responding to vulnerable populations, particularly individuals with mental illnesses or in crisis. Research can address these challenges and reveal opportunities for discussions on how to address the realities. In this discussion, I will share research using Statistics Canada data showing that mental health-related calls often occupy more of a patrol officer’s time than traditional criminal matters.

Lighting the Fire Within – N’Debwewin (My Truth) – A curriculum to address Gender Based Violence from a Proactive Approach

Convenor: Taylor Sayers, Director of Corporate Services, UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service
Co-convenors: Teresa Nahwegahbow & Dr. Lorrilee McGregor, UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service

The UCCM Police developed the N’Debwewin curriculum as a part of the Lighting the Fire Within (LTFW) project. LTFW was created with a specific goal to reduce the gender-based violence (GBV) statistics in the Indigenous communities that the police served. The curriculum was created to teach individuals about their roles in a relationship, and what a healthy family structure looks like. It uses Indigenous cultural teachings to teach about the roles and responsibilities of individuals in a family unit.