Key Issues and Measures to Improve Safety and Functionality The whole issue of achieving safety within urban alley environments has long been an intriguing challenge for me throughout my career as a … [Read more...] about Applying Environmental Criminology to Optimize Safe, Functional Utilization of Public Alley Spaces
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Risk Terrain Modeling – The Universe Just Answered Back!
Guest Feature by Tom McKay, CPTED Canada President and ISCPP Past President While I’m familiar with the saying “put it out in the universe”, I can’t say that I previously had the experience … [Read more...] about Risk Terrain Modeling – The Universe Just Answered Back!
Kelowna’s CPTED Cohort
My first introduction to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) occurred back in 2004 as a member of South Australia Police. As a general duty member, I was expected to use basic CPTED … [Read more...] about Kelowna’s CPTED Cohort
Diving Deep Into the Abyss of our Built Environments
Living on the West Coast has certainly been an adventure, alluring in so many ways. It's hard to imagine after growing up in Calgary, Alberta and spending many years in Central Alberta that I would … [Read more...] about Diving Deep Into the Abyss of our Built Environments
A National Shift Towards Improving our Built Environment
There has been a lot of buzz over the last few years about how we can improve community safety and well-being without always being so dependent on our police services, and other levels of government. … [Read more...] about A National Shift Towards Improving our Built Environment
A Community Success Story
The Knottwood Community League was formed on Mar. 14, 1977, at a meeting in Satoo Elementary School, where the residents resolved to provide programs and a community hall for the three neighbourhoods … [Read more...] about A Community Success Story
The Next Chapter
As we venture into another year ahead we can't forget the path left behind us for it helps us forge the journey we will all take in 2022. Last year marked our first Community Safety Practitioner in … [Read more...] about The Next Chapter
A New Story Unfolding
Growing up as young children many of us will remember being told stories. They were often shared through family and friends, some of them passed down through the ages while others were made up on the … [Read more...] about A New Story Unfolding
Building a Preventative Wellness Festival to Celebrate Mental Health
What began as a policy paper has been curated into a Saturday, as we fill a neighbourhood with our micro-events. Calgary Bliss Mind/Art Adventures have been designed to evolve into a travelling annual … [Read more...] about Building a Preventative Wellness Festival to Celebrate Mental Health
Art in the City
It seems a little strange that after a very long haul through the pandemic that we might actually be returning to some kind of normal this summer. We've been cooped up for over a year, and various … [Read more...] about Art in the City