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The ICPC attended the 2nd Montreal Forum on Combating Armed Violence
We were pleased to be invited, on October 25 and 26, to the second edition of the Montreal Forum on Combating Armed Violence, organized by the City of Montreal and the Montreal Police Service (SPVM).
This Forum was an opportunity for nearly 150 participants, including many representatives from institutions and community organizations working in the field of health, safety and school sectors, to assess the state of armed violence in Montreal, with a focus on joint commitments and concrete prevention initiatives in the public environment, as well as in city neighbourhoods and schools.
The event addressed a range of issues, including the public health approach aimed at protecting the health of individuals who are victims of violence, the fight against all forms of online violence, the dangers of cyberspace and more.
Also, in order to promote the Montreal model for a safe city implemented in February 2022 by the city and the SPVM, which includes the active participation of youth, the Forum provided a platform for the dissemination of projects “By and for young people” from a number of Montreal associations and organizations, which provided insights into solutions to combat armed violence.
Thank you to the City of Montreal for the invitation!
Discover our new Media Centre on our website
We are thrilled to introduce our new Media Centre, which features all our media appearances in Quebec, Canada, and internationally.
In this section of the website, you can have access to our press review since 2020, highlighting the work of the ICPC (publication releases, special reports, expert interviews, major projects, conferences, etc.), as well as our press releases.
Media requests:
The person in charge of media relations will respond to your request as soon as possible. Please send your contact details and the purpose of your request to the following address: vreggio@cipc-icpc.org (to Vanessa Reggio, Director of communications and public relations).
The ICPC participated at the annual conference of the Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention
From October 23 to 25, 2023, we had the honor and pleasure to take part in the annual conference of our partner, the Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention (CMNCP), in Regina, Saskatchewan, which focused on “Community Safety. Together. Igniting Change”.
This event, attended by nearly 150 people, was an opportunity for Canadian urban safety stakeholders, university executives, and representatives of Canada’s First Nations, as well as urban and rural municipalities, to discuss new safety practices in terms of governance and prevention locally and internationally.
Ann Champoux (ICPC) and Irvin Waller (consultant)
This event was a great opportunity to meet with key community representatives. Ann Champoux, Director General, met with Irvin Waller, former Director General of the ICPC, retired professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa, and renowned consultant in fighting crime throughout the world. This was also an opportunity to continue our collaboration with some of our partners and collaborators, among them Felix Munger and Audrey Monette, Director General and Director of Projects and Research at CMNCP.
Ann Champoux (ICPC), Felix Munger and Audrey Monette (CMNCP)
Thank you to the Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention for the invitation and to all the collaborators and partners for the constructive discussions.
Our local safety audit for the borough of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension highlighted in the news
As part of our local safety audit for the Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension borough in Montreal (Canada), we invite you to listen to an interview broadcast on Radio-Canada’s “Tout un matin” programme focusing on many problems and safety obstacles that women and elders may face on a daily basis in this borough.
This evaluation is an integral part of a programme aimed at improving the well-being of women exposed to various forms of violence, by increasing their sense of safety. In this context, suggestions and proposals for actions aimed at strengthening their sense of safety, which could be implemented, were developed.
The ICPC in the media!
As part of our local safety audit conducted for the Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension borough, we encourage you to listen to an interview held on Radio-Canada which focused on the various issues and safety challenges that girls, women, and elders face daily in the borough.
The diagnosis is part of a project to improve women’s sense of safety facing various forms of violence. Furthermore, this report led to recommendations and initiatives that could be implemented to help strengthen their sense of safety.
To listen to the interview: https://bitly.ws/X67S
More information about our local safety audit: https://bitly.ws/X6bG
Participation of the ICPC in the City of Montreal’s 2nd “Solidarity, Equity and Inclusion” event
The ICPC was pleased to take part in the Vers l’avant, le deuxième grand rendez-vous montréalais sur la solidarité, l’équité et l’inclusion event organized by the City of Montreal as part of the deployment of its 2021-2025 Solidarity, Equity and Inclusion Action Plan.
Featuring several panels, the city presented the progress it has made, as well as the challenges, lessons learned, and success stories it has uncovered in promoting social inclusion in order to foster equal opportunities for marginalized and disadvantaged communities.
Thank you to the City of Montreal for the invitation!
Participation of the ICPC in a working meeting of the CPSU
On September 29, the ICPC was pleased to take part in a working meeting of the City of Montreal’s Communauté de pratique en sécurité urbaine (CPSU) on the issue of women and urban safety. The event was aimed at various players from the city’s 19 boroughs.
Through the participation of various stakeholder from these boroughs, this meeting was an opportunity to explore and collectively understand the essential challenges, fundamental values, and good practices relating to the safety of women in the urban environment.
The first activity consisted of an interactive group exercise session, during which participants were encouraged to explore different approaches and ideas for enhancing safety in public, private, and digital environments. Maxime Raulet, analyst and project officer at the ICPC, moderated this activity.
The ICPC also presented the results of a quantitative analysis of the ten most common offenses in their respective boroughs, according to the age and gender of the victims.
Thank you for the invitation!
Participation of the ICPC in the Laval Synergie initiative
The ICPC was happy to take part in the Synergie Forum held in Laval from 27 to 28 September, the theme of which was “Urban Violence Dialogue”.
Organized by the Pôle Lavallois d’enseignement supérieur en arts numériques et économie créative, the purpose of the Synergie Forum was to bring together members of the Laval community to examine the problems, challenges and best practices for reducing gun violence and juvenile delinquency in the city.
During the two days, the ICPC participated in two innovative presentations. On the first day, which focused more specifically on the theme of urban violence, Michelle Côté, scientific advisor, took part in a panel to present the organization, its Urban Safety Lab, and examples of inspiring practices aimed at developing a shared vision in the combat against crime. Then, on the second day, with discussions focusing on prevention and intervention, Janny Montinat, analyst, discussed various possible issues linked to the glorification of firearms among young people on social networks and presented local and international approaches on how to prevent this phenomenon.
This participation enabled the ICPC to reaffirm its mission to prevent crime with its partners in Laval and to learn more about prevention practices in the area of urban violence.
Thank you for the invitation!
The ICPC attended a conference on violent radicalization in Cégeps in Quebec, offered by IRIPII
The ICPC had the pleasure of attending a virtual conference organized on September 21, 2023, by the Institut de recherche sur l’immigration et sur les pratiques interculturelles et inclusives (IRIPII) on the current situation of violent radicalization in Quebec’s Cégeps (Canada).
In the current context of social destabilization caused by the rise of radicalization movements within societies, this conference was an opportunity to explore the tools and various means of raising awareness to combat this phenomenon of extremism in Montreal’s Cégeps.