Advanced Correctional Practice for Complex Populations: Ontario College Graduate Certificate
Today’s complex offender population includes those who could be characterized by at least one of the following descriptors:
- Transgendered
- Two-spirited
- Experiencing mental health issues or chronically ill
- Impacted by trauma
- Has substance abuse issues or addictions
- Female, youth, Indigenous, person of colour
- Of senior age
As our federal and provincial offender populations have become more complex, the need for more targeted workforce capacity has grown, both for those who desire to enter the corrections services workforce, as well as those employed as correctional officers, community corrections workers, and parole officers.
The goal of this project is to create an Ontario College Graduate Certificate in both English and French, focused specifically on strategies for working with complex offender populations.