November 2024: Thank you to the Toronto Police College for hosting students from the Police Foundations program for an interactive seminar.  A group of 64 students enjoyed the opportunity to learn about careers in law enforcement with the Toronto Police Service, review the fitness requirements for a career in policing and learn about PREP testing. Thank you to the Seneca Alumni Affinity Fund for supporting student participation in this professional development opportunity.

September 2023: The School of Public Safety welcomed over 700 students to the new student orientation sessions (online, flex and in-person) for the Public Safety and Behavioural Studies programs at King Campus.  As part of the orientation, students were introduced to 18 employers and industry partners on day one through a Career Ready event with Seneca Works.

April 2023: Over 100 industry professionals from the law enforcement, security, intelligence and education sectors came together on April 27, 2023 for the Future of Crime Intelligence & Analysis event. The event was presented in partnership by FutureShield, CAP Index and Flashpoint, and hosted by Seneca Polytechnic at King Campus. Participants and students were introduced to new technologies and analytical approaches alongside networking and professional development opportunities.

February 2023: Students from Seneca’s Police Foundations students took part in the Peel Regional Police “Pin Test” College Challenge in Mississauga.  Eight colleges participated in the challenge and the event provided an opportunity for our students to meet serving officers and learn more about careers in policing. Curtis Thomas from Seneca’s team placed first in the male competitor category.

October 2022: Students and faculty from across the Public Safety programs attended the Blue Line Expo at the Vaughan Eventspace.  This conference offered an opportunity to hear from expert speakers and network with industry professionals from across police services and law enforcement organizations.  Seneca students and faculty have been regular attendees at the event over the last three years for both virtual and in-person events.

October 2022: Congratulations to Natasha Esmail who presented a poster presentation at the national conference of the Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (CATAP).   Thank you to the CATAP for providing this opportunity for students from across Canada to present their work to professionals, peers, and academic experts.

April 2022: Seneca volunteers helped several training exercises with York Regional Police in October 2021 and April 2022, where over 25 students from Seneca attended training scenario delivered by York Regional Police (YRP) at the Community Safety Village.

April 2021: Student leaders from the School of Public Safety raised funds to help the homeless and vulnerable during Winter 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic. Kelly Frapporti-Tobin from the Honours Bachelor of Crime & Intelligence Analysis degree program raised more than $7,500 for the Men’s Street Ministry in Hamilton and Brantford through sleeping outdoors for two nights to help members of our communities in vulnerable housing and the homeless. Kaitlin Campbell, a first-year student in the Police Foundations diploma program organized a team of 30 Police Foundations students and faculty for the Coldest Night Walk who raised more than $1,600 to support the Inn from The Cold (Newmarket) charity.

April 2021: Police Foundations student Emma Dagher led a personal initiative to collect 2,500 pounds of dry goods for The Food Bank of York Region from February to April 2021. Ms. Dagher was motivated to help after she saw a report stating there had been a 50 per cent increase in first-time food bank usage. Ms. Dagher’s contributions were also featured on Global News to celebrate International Women’s Day.

March 2021: Student leaders from Seneca’s Public Safety programs participated in two online workshops (September 2020 and March 2021) on the “Power of Mentorship and Next Steps” offered by ASIS Toronto and their industry members. In late March 2021, we also hosted an online workshop for more than 60 students, community partners, professionals and faculty on “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Crime Prevention: The Future of Community Safety” through a partnership with CPTED Ontario.

October 2019: The Honours Bachelor of Crime & Intelligence Analysis degree offered a professional development day to students, faculty and community partners. Brent Bergeron (Ret. OPP Detective Sergeant) of Soteria Consulting provided a training workshop on how to detect and counter the latest operational tactics used by terrorists. The seminar also covered active measures to mitigate the impact of active shooters. Seneca welcomed visitors to the campus including York Regional Police, OPP, Rogers, Xpera, along with several members of the Program Advisory Committee.

October 2019: Students from Seneca's Honours Bachelor of Crime & Intelligence Analysis program attended the ESRI Canada conference in Toronto in October 2019. The conference allowed students to learn more about the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to assist criminal investigations and community safety. This development opportunity was facilitated by the Seneca Alumni Student Affinity Fund and our partners at ESRI.

April 2019: Seneca celebrated the 50th anniversary of Law Enforcement studies. Over 100 alumni, faculty, staff, students and community partners attended an evening reception in Magna Hall where President David Agnew presented the ‘Senecan of Distinction’ Award to Thomas Carrique (Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police - OPP) and Constable Monica Rutledge, Aboriginal Peacekeeping Unit, Toronto Police.

May 2019: Over 50 Seneca students from the School of Public Safety volunteered to help York Regional Police (YRP) with their crowd management training in early May 2019. Students participated in a large-scale public order exercise over two days in Port Hope. Thank you to our friends at YRP for involving Seneca students in this great training opportunity.

May 2019: Shannon Toomey, a graduate of the AIE and Police Foundations program was nominated by Canadian Security magazine as one of the “Top Ten Under 40” security professionals.

March 2019: The School of Public Safety held a student appreciation night in partnership with ASIS Toronto and Condor Security. More than 120 students and faculty from seven colleges across Ontario, along with security and public safety professionals attended the networking event to learn about future technologies and the use of drones in the security industry.

March 2019: Seneca's School of Public Safety welcomed officers from the OPP, York Regional Police and YRP auxiliaries to its first Coffee with the Cops event on Friday, March 22 2019 at King Campus. More than 40 students had the opportunity to discuss careers in policing through an information chat with officers and recruiters.

April 2024: Students and faculty from the Behavioural Studies and Psychology programs came together for a celebration of degree graduates’ capstone research projects. This was the largest research fair delivered by the Behavioural Psychology program in partnership with the Behavioural Exploration Club. The presenters also used electronic posters to enhance sustainability.

April 2024: the Behavioural Exploration Club held an end of the year virtual gala event. The gala is a highlight of the academic year held virtually and in-person over the last four years. This student-led event celebrated achievements in applied research, Work-Integrated learning, and academic studies and included a performance by the ‘Anxious Acrobat’.  Over four years the club has expanded to a current membership of over 200 students.

November 2023: Through the kind generosity of the Seneca Alumni Experience Fund, students from the Honours Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology attended the annual conference of the Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in November 2023.  Thank you to the Alumni Fund for supporting student attendance at this major national conference for Behavioural Studies practitioners and researchers.

November 2022: Ten student leaders from the Honours Bachelor in Behavioural Psychology and Behavioural Sciences diploma had the opportunity to attend the Geneva Centre for Autism International Virtual Symposium.  The symposium is an international conference on autism, which brings together professionals, educators, parents and researchers from around the world to discuss the latest research and clinical practices.  Thank you to the Seneca Alumni Affinity Fund for funding the participation of our students at the conference.

January 2022: Laura Cavanagh, Co-ordinator and Professor, Behavioural Sciences, provided expert contributions across national radio and TV over 2020-2021 to assess the behavioural aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the psychological impacts of the pandemic ( CBC News; CTV).  #senecaproud

June 2020: Laura Cavanagh, Professor and Coordinator of the Behavioural Sciences diploma program, was interviewed on CBC’s The National in early June about the impact of the Toronto Raptors success on fan psychology. Professor Cavanagh is one of the co-authors of the Canadian edition of the textbook “Essentials of Understanding Psychology”.

November 2019: Second-year students from the Behavioural Sciences program shared knowledge from their placements with first-year students through a Placement Poster Fair held in the Alumni Atrium at Magna Hall. This event was followed by a placement employer panel where our community partners discussed placement success and professional practices with the students. 

May 2019: Students and faculty from Seneca’s Behavioural Studies programs presented research into augmentative and alternative communications systems at the Discovery event (May 2019) hosted by the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE).   Garnering over 3,600 attendees and more than 550 exhibitors, Discovery is Canada's leading innovation-to-commercialization conference.  Discovery brings together key players from industry, academia, government, the investment community as well as entrepreneurs and students to collaborate.  The team from Behavioural Studies won 2^nd place at a Seneca ARIE research event in April 2019 and were asked to attend the OCE event.  Thank you to Professor Ling Ly Tan for leading the team.