Introduction to Community Safety & Well-Being (CSWB)

Are you or your colleagues new to the field of community safety and well-being? Are you working on the development of a community safety and well-being plan in your municipality? Join us for this free presentation on Community Safety and Well-Being for Beginners!

In recent years, there has been greater emphasis nationally and internationally on the importance of developing comprehensive and integrated upstream strategies to prevent crime and enhance community safety. What all these efforts share is an emphasis on the importance of not only addressing the root causes and risk factors of crime, violence, and insecurity through evidence-based practice, but simultaneously contributing positively to the social and economic development of the community.

The current paradigm shift in Canadian human services away from siloed, reactionary measures towards upstream, multisector collaboratives, is becoming increasingly recognized as Community Safety and Well-Being. The Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General (2017) describes CSWB as “the ideal state of a sustainable community where everyone is safe, has a sense of belonging, opportunities to participate, and where individuals and families are able to meet their needs for education, health care, food, housing, income, and social and cultural expression” (p. 46).

This session provides an introduction to community safety and well-being, including root causes and risk factors, upstream prevention, intersections of social challenges and safety, examples of CSWB plans, CSWB planning process, as well as tools and resources.

Host or Publisher Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention