SFU Criminology

Justice Institute of British Columbia has partnered with China's Public Security Bureau to facilitate a one-way exchange of students to Canada that critics say is ripe for espionage and contrary to Canadian values. Professor Rob Gordon is quoted in this Vancouver Is Awesome article. Learn more: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com//chinese-police-trainin

Congratulations Surena Bains on your academic achievement. Surena defended her MA thesis, Shots fired: Unraveling the 2015 Surrey gang conflict using social network analysis on Friday, January 22nd. Senior Supervisor: Martin Bouchard Supervisor: Zachary Rowan External Examiner: Gisela Bichler, California State University... Chair: Bryan Kinney Learn more about our grad programs: http://www.sfu.ca/criminology/grad.html

B.C. is seeing a rise in radicalization and extremist views spurred by #COVID_19 and an increasingly tense political atmosphere, experts say. Associate Professor Garth Davies is quoted in this CBC article. Learn more: www.cbc.ca//radicalization-extremism-hate-crimes-online-bc

As we begin the new year, the School of Criminology would like to reflect on events in the past year and issue a public statement indicating our support and commitment to change for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour condemning acts of injustice and racism. We are aware of the incident that happened on campus in December involving a Black SFU alumnus and the RCMP. We support a full and thorough investigation to evaluate the actions taken by the RCMP and campus security ...to promote transparency, accountability, and fair treatment of racialized individuals by legal authorities. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XXWZ7R Simon Fraser University SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Congratulations to Assistant Professor, Maaike Helmus on receiving the 2020 Saleem Shah Early Career Award by the AAFP, the American Psychology - Law Society (AP-LS; APA Division 41), and the Saleem Shah Award Selection Committee. Maaike was nominated by Dr. R. Karl Hanson, Dr. Daniel Murrie, Dr. Mark Olver, and Dr. Michael Seto for the award. This award recognizes early career excellence and contributions to the field of psychology and law. The focus on the nominee’s contributions may be in any area of forensic practice, research, or public policy. More about Saleem Shah is available at the following links: https://www.apadivisions.org/division-41/awards/shah & https://aafpforensic.org//saleem-shah-award-for-early-car/

Tomorrow is the first day of the West Coast Virtual Fair (Tue 17th & Wed 18th November, 2020)! Albert and Jocelyn from SFU Career and Volunteer Services Virtual Fair team discussed tips on how to best navigate the fair on Instagram Live last Friday, which you can now watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kaTDmv1jbrE Learn more about the fair: www.westcoastvirtualfairs.com You’ll have the opportunity to network over 450 representatives from the public & private sectors, charities and graduate schools at this fair. Students and alumni will be exposed to a wide range of career, volunteer and educational opportunities.

Assistant Professor Rylan Simpson's new article, co-authored with The University of Arizona's Dr Alyssa Croft, published in Women & Criminal Justice is available for download! As part of article, they blend crim/psych to explore the effect of uniforms on perceived aggression of officers. 50 free copies avail via: https://tandfonline.com/eprint/PV54PIFRTBZZTMT2MWIY/full

#UpcomingVirtualEvent - Dec 5-6: Join Assistant Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Lysova at the 5th International Conference on The Intersection of Shared Parenting and Family Violence. This online event will have 14-hours of current, relevant plenary and workshop sessions live-streamed to you. Sasha will be a plenary speaker and also a moderator/chair in the plenary section on the Current State of Family Violence Research at the International Conference on Shared Parenting 2020. FREE Registration: www.vancouver2020.org

Join Associate Professor Brenda Morrison along with Gema Varona, Brunilda Pali and Clair Aldington at the National Restorative Justice Symposium 2020 on Tuesday November 17th from 10:45am-12:15pm PST. For more information on this session, and others, visit: www.crjc.ca/nrjs-program | https://www.crjc.ca/nrjs-workshop-presentations

Co-founder and #SFUCriminology undergraduate student, Taylor Wilson’s slow fashion brand, Charlie & Paisley shines in Simon Fraser University’s annual #MadeBySFU product entrepreneur competition. Her brand focuses on creating new sustainable standard for hair accessories. Learn more: https://www.sfu.ca//local-makers-shine-in-sfu-s-annual-pro Charlie & Paisley website: www.charliepaisley.com... SFU Bookstore Spirit Shop

Join Professor Martin Bouchard at the TEDxSFU on November 14 & 15. His work focuses on all the ways in which social networks relate to gangs; how networks help understand the dynamics of gang violence, who gets into gangs, but also getting out of gang life. Learn more: www.tedxsfu.com His mentorship has been recognized with the SFU Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision. He is also the 2018-2019 recipient of the WSC Fellows Award for individuals associated with the Western region who have made important contributions to the field of criminology.

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Simon Verdun-Jones! Simon is the 2020 President’s Award recipient, for contributions to the field of criminology and positive influence on the current Western Society of Criminology president’s career: www.westerncriminology.org The School of Criminology recently commemorated the life and work of SFU Professor Emeritus Simon Verdun-Jones by installing a plaque in the Saywell Hall Courtyard. Dr Verdun-Jones regards his teaching and superv...ision among his major contributions for which he was awarded the University's Excellence in Teaching Award (2004). Over the years, he acted as a senior supervisor in helping approximately 50 graduate and honours students complete their theses. Learn more: https://www.sfu.ca//commemorating-the-life-and-work-of-sfu

#HappeningToday: Join #SFUCriminology PhD student, Vienna Lam as she takes over Science World's Twitter account Nov 18th for #LGBTSTEMDay! Vienna Lam is a PhD student and a forensic anthropology researcher. Her research focuses on aquatic body detection and decomposition to help investigators and the bereaved find closure. Twitter: @viennatweets | @scienceworldca

#StudentSpotlight: Good luck to #SFUCriminology MA student, Rachelle Louden. Rachelle is leading an International CyberCrime Research Centre (ICCRC) project on disinformation, foreign interference and criminal activity during the 2019 Canadian federal election. For more on Rachelle's research, visit: https://sfu.ca//members/memberprofiles/Rachelle-Louden.html