Guests for this episode:

Christopher D. O’Connor is an Associate Professor in the Criminology and Justice program at Ontario Tech University. His primary research areas include policing, youth participation in crime, rapid growth communities, and emerging/disruptive technologies. He has researched public perceptions of a range of issues including crime, disruptive technologies, and attitudes toward the police. More recently, his research has examined police data quality and collection techniques, auxiliary police, and the use of facial recognition technology by the police.  

Andrea Slane is a Professor in the Legal Studies program at Ontario Tech University.  Her research focuses on privacy, data protection, and the variety of legal regimes that protect people from both individual and commercial wrongdoing online, over digital devices and via smart technologies. She uses a range of methods including doctrinal legal analysis, qualitative data collection and analysis, and cultural studies to contribute to determining more just means to regulate the flow of personal and community level information, whether between individuals; individuals and businesses; businesses and government; business to business; or to the public.

Links to Research:

Andrea Slane, “Privacy Protective Roadblocks and Speedbumps Restraining Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Software in Canada” (2021) 69:2 Criminal Law Quarterly 216-236. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4275241

Christopher O’Connor, Andrea Slane, Dallas Bouckley (Hill) and Victoria Baker, “Public Perceptions of Facial Recognition Use by Police in Canada” (2025) Policing and Society, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2025.2508192

Dallas Hill, Christopher O’Connor, and Andrea Slane, “Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology: The Potential for Engaging the Public through Co-Constructed Policy-Making” (2022) 24:3 International Journal of Police Science and Management, 325-335, https://doi.org/10.1177/14613557221089558.

Bradford, B., et al., 2020. Live facial recognition: trust and legitimacy as predictors of public support for police use of new technology. The British journal of criminology, 60 (6), 1502–1522. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaa032

Bragias, A., Hine, K., and Fleet, R., 2021. Only in our best interest, right?’ Public perceptions of police use of facial recognition technology. Police practice and research, 22 (6), 1637–1654. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2021.1942873

This episode was funded, in part, by Venture13 Policetech Accelerator

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

Executive Producer for this episode is:

Nuha Dwaikat-Shaer is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is also a Steering Committee member at the  Centre for Research on Security Practices. She recently completed her PhD at the School of Social Work at McGill University. Her research focuses on space and housing rights and how that's affected by settler colonial practices. Her broad research agenda focuses on access to social services for racial minorities in settler colonial contexts, rooted in a commitment to human rights and social justice.

Guests for this episode include: 

Ron Smith is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Much of his work is focused on Palestine, The West Bank and Gaza. 

Omar Jabary Salamanca 

 is a Research Fellow and Co-Director Of The Observatory Of The Arab and Muslim Worlds at the University of Bristol in Belgium. His research and teaching focus on questions of Political Geography, Political Economy and Political Ecology In Settler Colonial Contexts.

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

(00:07) Understanding Violent Extremism in Canada

(09:57) Preventing Violent Extremism Through Research

(26:28) Understanding Online Harm's Impact and Policy
 

A thank you to our guests for this episode:

Dr. Ghayda Hassan is a clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at UQAM university in Montreal and has several research, clinical and community based national and international affiliations. She is the director of the Canadian Practitioner Network for the Prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence funded by PS Canada and a UNESCO co-chair in Prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence. She currently sits as the Chair of the Independent Advisory Committee of the Global Internet Forum for Countering Terrorism. She is a member of the RCMP Management Advisory Board and was a member of the expert advisory group on online safety at the ministry of Canadian Heritage. She is a researcher and senior clinical consultant for the SHERPA subteam Research and Action on Radicalisation and Social Suffering at the CIUSSS Center in Montreal.

Dr. David Yuzva Clement is an adjunct research professor and contract lecturer in the School of Social Work, Carleton University (Canada), associate fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (Netherlands), co-founder of the inter-faith peace initiative Bonn (Germany), and research advisor at the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence (Canada). David’s research focuses on examining the nexus between social work and preventing and countering violent extremism, advancing knowledge on children, youth, and families who are affected by violent extremism and extremist ideologies, as well as the interplay between community organizing, civic education, and democracy.

Dr. Bree Akesson was the executive producer for this episode. 

Links to Resources:

• Public Safety Canada: Public Safety Canada
• Moonshot: Moonshot CVE
• Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Violent Extremism (CPN-PREV): CPN-PREV
• Canada’s proposed Online Harms Bill: Online Harms Bill Information
• Dr. Barbara Perry's Research: Barbara Perry
• Campbell Collaboration: Campbell Collaboration

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

Click here to see the image called "From Roots to Home" that we discuss in this episode.

More about our episode co-hosts:

Erin Dej is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Erin is a critical criminologist who has been researching homelessness for 15 years. Erin received a PhD from the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa and an MA in Legal Studies from Carleton University. Before joining Laurier, Erin held a SSHRC funded postdoctoral fellowship with the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, York University.

Jason Webb is the Senior Policy Researcher at the BC First Nations Justice Council. He's developing a pre-arrest diversion program for Indigenous peoples experiencing homelessness in Prince George, BC. Jason earned a PhD from York University and held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Wilfrid Laurier University. Jason brings a wealth of knowledge and experience on topics ranging from criminalization, homelessness, and citizenship. With his extensive background in qualitative research, Jason contributes unique insights from a critical sociological lens to the policy domain.
 

A thank you to our advisory group members who lead the storytelling in this episode:

Barb McPhee: Lived experience expert for over 50 years providing communities, families and individuals facing challenges in their lives with supports  and direction.  Focusing on the poverty pillars of housing, food and health insecurities using care and kindness.

Deborah Hill: is a mom of four. She is a survivor of substance use, domestic violence, and homelessness.  Deborah is an Indigenous who has returned to school and received a diploma and an undergraduate degree in Community Services.  She is determined to advocate for the vulnerable population experiencing mental health and substance use.

Simon Lazanja: Was a former football player at high level. Built a tool and die company from nothing. Recovering alcoholic.

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

Nicholas Blomley is a Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University, and a researcher in a cross-Canada research project on homeless people’s belongings. 

Connie Long is an advocate for vulnerable communities with lived experience who organizes in Chilliwack and Abbotsford. She has experience with addiction and is passionate about what she does.

Claire Shapton recently completed an MA in Geography at Simon Fraser University, and worked closely with Drug War Survivors, an peer centred organization in Abbotsford. 
 

Chapters

(00:11) Loss of Personal Belongings in Homelessness

(10:17) Trauma of Losing Home and Belongings

(19:29) Effects of Trauma and Loss

(27:59) Dehumanization and Dispossession of Belongings

(38:50) Addressing Homelessness and Belongings Advocacy

(51:36) Importance of Addressing Property Loss

Resources:

"Homeless people deserve a right to belongings" by Nicholas Blomley and Connie Long

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

Executive Producers for this episode are:

Dr. Jessica Braimoh is a critical sociologist and an assistant professor in the Social Science Department (Criminology) at York University. Her research is focused on the ways social institutions  and systems respond to experiences of marginality. She studies the link between criminalization, racialization and class among other systems of domination. She is interested in the ways social institutions are coordinated in their response to marginality.  

Dr. Marcus Sibley is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. His research critically examines intersecting forms of policing and surveillance in the context of homelessness, sex work and human trafficking, and gender-based violence. 
 

Guests for this episode include: 

Dr. Carrie Anne Marshall is an assistant professor at Western University in the School of Occupational Therapy. Her research focuses on the intersection between poverty and mental wellbeing. The majority of her research focuses on homelessness and the transition between unhoused to housed. 

Brian Hart is a retired parish priest. In 2006, he bought a property on Big Island in Prince Edward County that is now known as Kate's Rest. He's been living on the property with his friends for 17 years. Kate's Rest is owned and operated by the Kate's Rest Foundation and those who call the property home, which also hosts a 50,000 square foot aquaponics farm. Kate's Rest provides permanent housing and support for people who were homeless or at risk of homelessness.

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

Executive Producers for this episode are:

Dr. Robert Ame is an Associate Professor of Human Rights and criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University.  He teaches children's rights, crimes against humanity, youth justice and transitional justice. He is a criminologist and human rights scholar. He holds an MA and PhD from the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, and a BA in criminology and MPhil in sociology from the University of Oslo, Norway. He also earned a BA (Hons.) in Sociology with Psychology from the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra.

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This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

Executive Producers for this episode are:

Dr. Katrin Roots is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has been researching human trafficking in Canada for over 10 years. Her research examines the ways in which international human trafficking laws are translated into Canada's legal context and are subsequently interpreted and enforced within the criminal legal system. 

Guests for this episode include: 

Dr. Kamala Kempadoo is a professor in the Department of Social Science at York University in Toronto, with graduate appointments in gender, feminist and women's studies, political science, social and political thought and development studies. 

Alison  Clancey is the Program Director at SWAN Vancouver, which promotes the rights, health and safety of newcomer migrant and immigrant women engaged in indoor sex work through frontline service and systemic advocacy. She also works in the area of trafficking policy. 

Shane Martinez is a criminal defence lawyer in Toronto and is an adjunct professor of prison law at York University. His work is involved with justice for migrant workers. 

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This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

Executive Producers for this episode are:

Dr. Debra Langan  - Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. Carrie Sanders -  Director, Centre for Research on Security Practices (CRSP) and Professor, Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University

Guests for this episode include: 

Dr. Marisa Silvestri is a reader in Criminology at the University of Kent. Her research interests lie at the intersection of gender, crime, justice, policing and organizational cultures. She is currently working on two books: Police Leadership: Changing Landscapes and Police Leadership: Critical Perspectives.

Dr. Tim Prenzler is a professor of Criminology in the School of Law and Society at the University of The Sunshine Coast in Australia. His research interests include crime and corruption prevention, police and security officer safety, security industry regulation and gender equity in policing. 

Dr. Jenny Fleming is a professor of Criminology at the University of Southampton and is the Co-Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Research at the University of Southampton. She is the Editor-In-Chief of Policing and Society, an international journal of research and policy.  Jenny has worked on an informal and formal basis with police agencies and police associations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Scotland, Canada, The Netherlands, the United States and New Zealand. 

Dr. Jennifer Brown is a visiting professor in the Manheim Centre at the London School of Economics. She is also a chartered forensic and chartered occupational psychologist. Her research interest is in police occupational culture especially with reference to stress experienced by officers and diversity -- particularly women's roles and coping strategies. 

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This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

About our guests in this episode: 

At the time of this recording Mr. Greg Hodge was a Peer Support Specialist with the Canadian Mental Health Association, and has since accepted a position as a Peer Support Specialist in the Forensics Program at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. We thank Greg for sharing his lived experience with us for this episode. 

Dr. Krystle Martin is a clinical and forensic psychologist. At the time of this recording, she worked as a research scientist at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. She conducts research at the intersection between mental health and the legal system. Krystle currently has her own clinical practice and continues to consult with local police services on issues related to mental health.

Sgt. Paul Wilson is a police training instructor with the York Regional Police, assigned to the Training and Education Bureau in the Practical Skills Unit. 

Contributors to this episode's production:

Avery Moore Kloss - Reporter, Host and Producer

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Jennifer Lavoie - Executive Producer

Carrie B. Sanders  - Executive Producer
 

Support and Funding:

Brant Community Foundation
 

Related research:

Huey, L., Ferguson, L., & Vaughan, A.D. (2021). The Limits of Our Knowledge: Tracking the Size and Scope of Police Involvement with Persons with Mental Illness. Royal Society of Canada. https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/MH%26P%20PB_EN_0.pdf

LaVoie, J.A.A., Alvarez, N., & Kandil, Y. (2022). Developing community co-designed scenario-based training for police mental health crisis response: A relationship policing approach to de-escalation. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-022-09500-2

Livingston, J.D. (2016). Contact between police and people with mental disorders: A review of rates. Psychiatric Services, 67(8), 850-857. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500312

McNeilly, G. (2017). Police interactions with people in crisis and use of force. Office of the Independent Police Review Director Systemic Review Interim Report. https://www.oiprd.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/Police-Interactions-with-People-in-Crisis-and-Use-of-Force-Systemic-Review-Report-March-2017-Small.pdf

Mental Health Commission of Canada - https://mentalhealthcommission.ca

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This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online.