Bachelor of Community Safety at Sheridan College at

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:

• Government, law enforcement and emergency planning
• Building partnerships between police and community groups
• Speaking up for traditionally marginalized groups and vulnerable people
• Empowering citizens to build safer and more resilient communities

This program offers a new model for community wellness. It combines the social sciences, leadership, policing and crisis management. Projects span classes and subjects, so students are able to develop a broad perspective.
Learning Outcomes:

• 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.