Students will learn how global events, like war and climate change, affect people at the local level. Throughout this program, students will develop a strong understanding of the challenges communities face. And they will explore new ways to address those issues.

In the Community Safety program, students will learn about:

• Create logical, thoughtful and coherent policy recommendations and proposals based on the safety needs of communities.
• Discriminate between the roles and responsibilities of various public, private and not-for-profit actors and their interconnectedness working toward community safety.
• Assess the features of agencies involved in the Canadian justice system, their programs and practices and how these operate in developing community safety.
• Exemplify integrity and ethical conduct through respect for the principles and legislative framework of human rights, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Defend appropriate research methodologies and data collection techniques used to support evidence-based community safety policies and practices.
• Apply research techniques to critically analyze community safety programs.
• Assess major theoretical contributions within the social sciences as part of an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the factors that improve the quality of life in diverse communities.
• Critically assess the interconnection of theory, policy and practice within the justice sector and other social systems.
• Evaluate the social, political, economic and ethical challenges that members of the local community, private organizations and governmental agencies must address within rapidly changing and diverse communities.
• Construct evidence-based intervention strategies that promote community wellness, equity, inclusion, and diversity.
• Prescribe specific investigative techniques to promote community safety.
• Exhibit collaboration, facilitation and negotiation skills required for delivering services in the public and private sectors.