BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.2// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.2128.events_uoft_date.0@www.crimsl.utoronto.ca CREATED:20240930T145227Z DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nWednesday, November 20, 2024 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm \n CG 265 seminar room \n Canadiana Gallery \n 14 Queen's Park Cre scent West, Toronto, ON M5S 3K9 \n\nSpeakers \nAdina Radosh Sverdlin, P hD candidate, CrimSL Roxy Shlapak, PhD candidate, CrimSL Sara Fruchtman , PhD student, CrimSL Sara Ali, PhD student, CrimSL (moderator) \n\nDe scription: \nJoin us for 'Reimagining Community Safety,' the first semina r in the 2024-2025 Seminar Series presented by the CrimSL Research Cluster for the Study of Racism and Inequality.The safety and well-being of a com munity goes far beyond on-the-street policing. Doctoral students Sara Fruc htman, Roxy Shlapak, and Adina Radosh Sverdlin present their current res earch in health, self-administered-policing, and police families with pa rticular communities in Northern Ontario, the Akwesasne Mohawk community\ , and in Mexico, discussing the implications of re-imagining community sa fety.Sara Ali will moderate.This is a free event, however, registration is required.Prior to the seminar, join us for a light lunch from noon to 12:30 pm in the Centre Lounge. Please indicate your lunch RSVP for caterin g purposes when you register. PresentationsAdina Radosh Sverdlin - Ciucad Civil Housing Project: Affordable housing for police families in Mexico Ro xy Shlapak - A Critical Understanding of Indigenous Policing in Mohawk Nat ion Territory, Akwesasne. Sara Fruchtman - From Punishment to Public Heal th: Addressing the Toxic Drug Crisis in Northern Ontario About the speaker s Adina Radosh SverdlinAdina Radosh Sverdlin is a PhD candidate at the Cen tre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies. Currently, she has three lines of research: 1) working conditions and institution-family dynamics among t he Mexican police, 2) how the Mexican police deal with uncertainty, and 3) police collective action through unions and associations in Latin Ameri ca. Previously, she worked as a research coordinator in the project “Buil ding Effective, Resilient, and Trusted Police Organizations in Mexico” ( PI: Rodrigo Canales, Boston University), where she conducted comparative research about police reform in Mexico and designed a study about the res ponse of Mexican municipal and state police departments to the COVID19 pan demic. For her master’s thesis, she inquired about local political practi ces, the spatial dimension of gang formation, and the life trajectories of former gang members in Western Mexico City. Before her master’s studies , she worked as a researcher, workshop facilitator, and trainer in an a ction-research project on food and community health.  Roxy ShlapakRoxy Shl apak is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Centre for Criminol ogy and Sociolegal Studies. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Toronto, majoring in Sociology, Political Science, and Cr iminology, and later pursued a Master’s degree in Criminology.Roxy is ded icated to collaborative knowledge building and sharing about First Nations policing in Canada, with a current focus on the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service (AMPS). She hopes to advance evidence-based and informed policymak ing in the realm of First Nations policing through research partnerships w ith First Nations police leaders and community stakeholders. Supported by multiple academic institutions and scholarships, including the Intersecti ng Institutions of Criminal Justice and Injustice Partnership at the Unive rsity of Alberta’s Centre for Criminological Research and the CrimSL Resea rch Cluster for the Study of Racism and Inequality at the University of To ronto, Roxy strives to increase actionable knowledge of First Nations pol icing in Canada, and to work towards positive change and a more equitable criminal justice landscape. Sara FruchtmanSara Fruchtman is a PhD student at CrimSL studying the intersections of health, law and justice. She cur rently works a policy analyst at the Canadian Mental Health Association - Ontario and is the vice-chair of the Board of Directors at Sistering, a T oronto-based multi-service agency that supports women and gender-diverse p eople.  About the moderator Sara AliCrimSL PhD student Sara Ali is a Black , queer scholar whose primary research interest lies in examining how Equ ity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) can be reconceptualized in a way tha t can be applied beyond organizational settings, and how EDI can be deplo yed as a framework for fostering effective methods of coexistence. For her doctoral work, she will be using gender identity as a point of departure for exploring the mechanisms that facilitate forms of belonging and ident ity negotiation that go beyond inclusion.   Sara graduated with a BA in So cial Development Studies from the University of Waterloo and an MA in Poli tical Science from Carleton University. About events from the CrimSL Resea rch Cluster for the Study of Racism and InequalityThis event is presented by the CrimSL Research Cluster for the Study of Racism and Inequality. Acc essibilityPlease note that our Centre Lounge and CG 265 seminar room are o n the second floor of the Canadiana Gallery building, with stair access o nly as there is no elevator. If you have any access needs or if there are any ways we can support your participation in this session, please email crimsl.communications@utoronto.ca and we will be glad to work with you to make the appropriate arrangements. Notice of photography and videographyPh otography, audio and video recording may occur throughout this event. The refore, by attending, you hereby authorize the University of Toronto to take your photograph, video and/or record your voice and grant the univer sity all rights to these sounds, still or moving images in any medium for educational, promotional, marketing, advertising or other such purpose s that support the mission of the university. If you do not consent to thi s, please speak with a university representative upon your arrival. Healt h & SafetyWe are following health and safety measures outlined by the Univ ersity of Toronto and the Government of Ontario. Should there be changes i n protocols related to health and safety of our guests and community, reg istrants will be advised. \n\nContact Information: \n csri@utoronto.ca \n \nSponsors \nCrimSL Research Cluster for the Study of Racism and Inequalit y \n14 Queen's Park Crescent West, Toronto, ON M5S 3K9 \n\nCategories \n Research ClusterSeminars \n\nAudiences \n Alumni and FriendsCommunityFacu ltyGraduate StudentsGraduating StudentsStaffUndergraduate Students DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T203951Z LOCATION:14 Queen's Park Crescent West, Toronto, ON M5S 3K9 SUMMARY:Reimagining Community Safety | Adina Radosh Sverdlin, Roxy Shlapak , and Sara Fruchtman URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/events/reimagining-community-sa fety-adina-radosh-sverdlin-roxy-shlapak-and-sara-fruchtman END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR