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The CRSP engages in research that works to examine and understand the co-existence of security with insecurity and their interconnected nature. We do this by thinking through global and state-level practices of security and securitization that uphold structural forms of power and which, paradoxically, leaves particular populations vulnerable. The CRSP takes this tension as the heart of its work and the place through which a more fulsome and productive notion of security and security practices may be generated. The research produced within CRSP recognizes that asking questions regarding the effectiveness and impact of security practices requires an understanding of peoples perceptions and experiences of them.
Our Research Framework
To create a meaningful understanding of safety, we believe research must:
- Be Locally Defined: Rooted in cultural relevance and community context.
- Analyze Practice: Critically study and examine the technologies and practices used in the pursuit of security.
- Center Experience: Prioritize the perceptions and experiences of those engaging in or subject to security practices.
- Develop Intimate Insight: Build deep, context-specific knowledge of the individuals and groups involved.
Using both traditional and innovative methodologies, CRSP bridges the gap between how security is enacted by the state and how it is felt by the community.
Ongoing Research Projects
A community-engaged research project that explores local experiences of race/ethnicity/religion-based hate crimes and/or hate speech in Brantford.
This project will develop evidence-based, engaging, and accessible learning materials for secondary students (grade 9–12) to promote critical thinking, civic dialogue, and problem-solving skills, empowering youth to better understand the complexities of homeslessness in their communities.
Our mission is to amplify the voices of precarious migrants and equip organizations like CLC-BHN with evidence-based strategies to improve legal support and social inclusion.
Cities across Canada, like Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, face increasing pressure to service people and places with complex needs. These high-need populations are also often wrongfully equated with crime and disorder. The goal of this project is to enable service providers within the City of Saskatoon to develop a clear understanding of the common needs of their community and to provide more meaningful interventions and prevention strategies to support high-need clientele.
Read more about the project.This project empirically investigates the craft of intelligence analysis. The research involves an innovative mix of analytic scenarios and observational analyses, semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis
Public libraries are often ignored in conversations about community safety and security. This project works to address the challenges and issues faced by mid-sized public libraries in Canada.
Completed Research Projects
For over a decade, North Battleford, Saskatchewan held the record for Canada's highest crime severity index. In order to begin to address these incidents, a fulsome picture of crime and safety is necessary in this community. Following up on an initial community safety survey conducted in North Battleford in 2018, this report captures current perspectives on safety and well-being in North Battleford. These findings provide an important comparison point, and should be used by policy makers and practitioners to continue to create and evaluate community safety strategies.
A documentary screening we hosted to show new insights on homelessness, exploring solutions to build safer, more inclusive communities.
A knowledge synthesis review that mapped peer-reviewed academic and grey-literature contributions to three areas related to homelessness.
A knowledge synthesis project that focused on socio-spatial initiatives that help refugee families maintain their cultural identities and connections with their country of origin and establish a new sense of beloning in their communities of resettlement.
A pilot evaluation where teams engaged and supported street-involved people without police enforcement.
Our team collaborated with Brantford Police Services to empirically investigate crime and perceptions of safety in downtown Brantford.
A knowledge synthesis project that explored and summarized literature linking digital interaction and loneliness to the involuntary celibate (incel) ideology.
To look at perceptions about people experiencing homelessness as inherently deviant and dangerous, and to build a new narrative premised on knowledge sharing and enhancing community resiliency.
This project interrogates perceptions about people experiencing homelessness as inherently deviant and dangerous, and build a new narrative premised on knowledge sharing and enhancing community resiliency.
This project examined whether, how, and to what extent COVID-19 exacerbated the challenges and inequalities experienced by women in law enforcement, at work and home.
Focus on illuminating the methodological challenges and opportunities in human security research and highlight strategies for effectively managing these challenges.
Gaming Predictive Subscription Algorithms was a one-year project that examined how content streaming services users make sense of the recommendation algorithms these services employ.
This project investigates (mis)perceptions of homelessness, crime, and safety among different groups of people in a mid-sized suburban city in British Columbia.
Carrie Sanders, Director
James Popham, Associate Director
Molly Phillips, Project Coordinator