Past Conferences

In partnership with Vancouver Police Department

• Building Stronger Cases: Crown Insights from Four Essential Hate-Crime Files

  Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General · Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service · BC Ministry of the Attorney General

• Beyond Our Borders: How Foreign Actors Are Driving Criminal Activity in Canada

  Public Safety Canada · RCMP INSET

• Documenting Atrocity: The Forensic and Investigative Response to October 7

  Chief Superintendent Yael Richert, Israel National Police

• Critical Insight: What One Case Teaches Us About Effective Investigation

  Detective Sergeant Kiran Bisla, Toronto Police Service

• Building Training Together: Partnering with Diverse Communities for Better Policing

  Canadian Police Knowledge Network · Ontario Police College · West Vancouver Police Department

• On the Front Lines: Hate Crime Investigators Share Challenges and Best Practices

  RCMP · Vancouver Police Department · BC Prosecution Service

• Capturing Community Harm: Strengthening Cases Through Impact Statements

  Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General · Toronto Police Service

• Seeing the Signs: Best Practices for Identifying and Classifying Hate Crimes

  Statistics Canada · Toronto Police Service

• Hate Crime or Terrorism? A Research-Informed Guide for Operational and Investigative Clarity

  Organization for the Prevention of Violence

• Converging Threats: How Hate Crime, Extremism and Terrorism Intersect

  Jeff Pearson, Crown Law Office – Criminal, Ontario

Remarks included: Assistant Commissioner Elija Rain, RCMP · Hon. Terry Yung, BC Minister of State for Community Safety · Deputy Chief Andrew Chan, Vancouver Police Department

“Global Conflicts, Local Responses”

• Mission in the Middle East: Recovering Canadian Victims of October 7

  Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, RCMP Pacific Region

• Khalistani Extremism: An Overview

  Canadian Security Intelligence Service

• On the Frontlines of Protest: Navigating International Conflicts on Our Streets

  Senior Deputy Commissioner Bryan Larkin, RCMP · Vancouver Police Department · Ottawa Police Service · Toronto Police Service

• Hate Crimes and Justice: The Power of Criminal Law

  Rochelle Direnfeld & Joseph Neuberger, criminal law experts

• Beyond the Headlines: An Israeli Police Perspective on the October 7 Attack

  Brigadier General Dror Avda, Embassy of Israel

• Behind the Screen: Investigating Cybercrimes and Combating Online Hate

  Detective Sergeant Lindsay Riddell, Toronto Police Service

• The 2021 London Van Attack: Listening to the Family of the Victims

  Dr. Ali Islam & Hina Islam

• Holding Hate Accountable: Think Big

  Richard Warman, human rights lawyer

Remarks included: Hon. Rachel Bendayan, Associate Minister of Public Safety · Commissioner Thomas Carrique, Ontario Provincial Police

In partnership with Ontario Police College

• Addressing Radicalism: Hate Crime Trends After October 7

  CSIS Counter Terrorism, Toronto Region · Andrew Kirsch, former CSIS intelligence officer

• Case Study: Travis Patron

  Detective Sergeant Tracy Shepherd, Saskatoon Police Service Hate Crimes Unit

• Signs of Hate: A Deeper Dive

  Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center

• Online Hate: Uniting Communities Against Discrimination

  Meta Canada · Hamilton Police Service · CCNC-SJ

• The ‘Save the Children’ Movement and Resurgence of Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Hate

  Waterloo Regional Police Service · R. Douglas Elliott, Cambridge LLP · Hamilton Police Service

Remarks included: Hon. Arif Virani, Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada · Hon. Michael Kerzner, Ontario Solicitor General

“Confronting the Evolving Challenges of Hate Crime Policing”

In partnership with Ontario Police College

• A Briefing on the Colleyville Synagogue Hostage Incident

  Chief Michael Miller, Colleyville Police Department

• Contending with Hate Speech: The Your Ward News Case

  Richard Warman · Toronto Police Service Hate Crimes Unit · Ministry of the Attorney General

• Tops Supermarket Shooting

  Buffalo Police Department · FBI Buffalo

• Signs of Hate

  Arno Michaelis, former white nationalist

Remarks included: Jeff McGuire, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police

“Confronting Hate-Motivated Crime and Extremism Through Robust Investigations”

In partnership with Ontario Police College

• Hate Crime Trends During the Pandemic, Both Online and Offline

  RCMP Ideologically Motivated Criminal Intelligence Team

• Prosecuting Hate Speech: The Your Ward News Case

  Crown Counsel

• The Toronto Van Attack: Lessons Learned

  Inspector Graham Gibson, Toronto Police Service

• Charleston Church Shooting: Tradecraft and Methodology That Proved Valuable After the Arrest

  Charleston County Department of Public Safety

• Investigators Panels

  York Regional Police · Toronto Police Service · RCMP · OPP · Edmonton, Halifax, Vancouver and Waterloo Regional police services

Remarks included: Commissioner Brenda Lucki, RCMP · Hon. Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety Canada