Canada Border Services Agency
Various locations
FB-02
$78,769 to $87,708
https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?poster=2145334
Closing date: 27 June 2025 – 23:59, Pacific Time
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) – Police Officer
Click the link below to apply today!
https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?poster=2302039
Closing date: 30 June 2025 – 23:59, Pacific Time
Apply now: Police Information Coordinator – Permanent Part-time
Police Information Coordinator – Permanent Part-Time
The West Vancouver Police Department is looking to fill a Permanent Part-Time Police Information
Coordinator position to provide confidential clerical support within the Records Section.
The Police Information Coordinator position is responsible for providing clerical front-line support to the
Department and various outside Agencies by updating police file information to share within Canadian Law
Enforcement.
Basic requirements are Grade 12 supplemented with clerical/administrative experience. Previous employment in Law Enforcement, with experience in Police Records Information Management Environment (PRIME), JUSTIN and Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) databases would be considered an asset.
Applicants must possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in order to be effective in
requesting and delivering information; be adaptable in responding to changing conditions and priorities; must be a team player with a positive attitude who collaborates with others; have the ability to deal courteously, tactfully and diplomatically with the general public as well as internal and external customers. Attention to detail to critically evaluate data and information with accuracy and perception is essential in the performance of the assigned duties.
The successful applicant will be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance, including a polygraph
examination.
Position Status: WVMEA (Union) – Permanent Part-Time
Hours of Work: In Office – Rotating Schedule (Eg 2 on 3 off, 3 on 2 off)
Sat-Thurs 7:00AM – 2:00PM, Fri 9:30AM – 4:30PM
Including Statutory Holidays
Rate of Pay: WVMEA Paygrade 19, $31.55 – $37.15
Closing Date: Noon, June 21, 2022
For more information on the application process please visit the West Vancouver Police Department website at https://westvanpolice.ca/join-wvpd/civilian-opportunities
FSCT 7005 – Solving a Crime Scenario! (prereqs: FSCT 7001 & FSCT 7002)
Students put their crime scene skills to the test in FSCT 7005! Their mission: to solve a crime scenario, then testify their findings on the stand in this hands on law course at BCIT.
The journey begins with FSCT 7001 (offered in the Fall term for students enrolled in: FS ACert or BTech, CIA BTech, and DF&C ACert or BTech programs). This course is followed by FSCT 7002 in the Winter term and finishes with FSCT 7005 in the Spring/Summer for those in the FS ACert/BTech and CIA BTech programs.
Apply to one of these exciting programs today to receive some of the best education in Forensic Investigation!
BCIT Forensics “Virtual” Research Day
Every year BCIT Forensics hosts a “Graduation Research Presentation Day” to showcase the hard work of our current graduating class across the Forensic Science, Crime and Intelligence Analysis, and Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity options. This is a day where our students have an opportunity to showcase their capstone graduation research project in a live 15-minute presentation.
Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, this year we were unable to host our research day in a in-person format. This year the students submitted “virtual” video presentations of their research topics. Due to this “virtual” format we decided to add a second element whereby the top 2 presentations for each option area would be showcased on the BCIT Forensics YouTube channel.
There were many great presentations to chose from and all our students did a great job presenting their chosen topic, however in the end the panel has chosen the following student presentations to represent BCIT Forensics “virtual” Research Day on YouTube:
Crime & Intelligence Analysis
- Exploring the Difference Between Domestic Terrorism and Homegrown Terrorism, Emily Bator
- Exploratory Study to Examine If There Are Differences Between Eco-Terrorism and Eco-Fascism, Jazmyn Borgel
Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity
- How Certain Components Factor into the Admissibility of Social Media Evidence in Court, Celia Lee
- Using forensic tool comparison will user data be retrieved from factory reset Apple and Android smartphones, and will identical data be extracted from each tool? Shelley Eijbersen
Forensic Science
- Proficiency Testing in Forensic DNA Labs for DNA profiling with Third-Party test kits: Error Rate Study, Jackson Nguyen
- From Nurturers to Murderers: Roles and radicalization of female extremists, Valerie Tsang
Congratulations to the above students and congratulations to all our students who completed a graduation research project this year. Well done!
David McKay, Program Head
Fall Courses – Crime Analysis & Questioned Documents
Forensic Investigation Courses at BCIT
Our Fall term is starting soon and space is still available in a few courses.
See the full schedule on our website.
Interested in taking a course for professional development?
Contact BCIT_Forensics@bcit.ca for more information on approval to register.
This course focuses on the application of crime analysis tools, techniques and methods to support crime reduction initiatives, criminal investigations, and effective deployment of police resources. Students will learn how to prepare crime statistics and crime maps, identify crime patterns, develop concise and effective written products, and attain a thorough understanding of the current state of the Crime Analysis field in Canada.
Class Meeting Times: Saturdays, September 8 – October 13 from 08:00 – 17:00 at the BCIT Downtown Vancouver Campus.
FSCT 8310 – Questioned Document Examination
This course provides a broad overview of forensic document examination. It is intended for anyone who may have a need to interact with forensic document examiners, e.g. investigators, lawyers, corporate compliance officers, police and crime scene officers. The course will include the requirements needed to enable forensic document examiners to conduct examinations of signatures, handwriting, office printers, printing and other physical evidence relating to documents. NOTE: This course will not train students to become forensic document examiners.
Class Meeting Times: ONLINE September 16 – December 2 with two in-class sessions on Saturday December 1 and Sunday December 2 from 09:00 – 16:00 at the BCIT Burnaby Campus.
Interested in learning more about Forensics at BCIT? Join as at our next Info Session on September 17 starting at 6pm at the BCIT Downtown Vancouver Campus. Register here to attend.
BCIT News: A bare bones look at crime scene investigation
Post by Maegan Matthews on BCIT News:
A team of 23 Criminal Justice undergrads from California State University spent the afternoon at BCIT Burnaby Campus combing through an extensive crime scene, collecting evidence, and searching for the missing pieces to solve the crime.
The scene consisted of a crashed vehicle, dead body, and skeletal remains which may have looked real, but the faux crime-scene was all a part of the kick-off to the third annual, two-week field school, hosted by the Forensic Science and Technology department.
“The students come up here to get a Canadian perspective on forensic science,” comments Dean Hildebrand, Associate Dean of Forensic Science and Technology. “We take them through a mock-crime scene where they search for and collect evidence, then they process the evidence in the lab, and we finish the two-weeks with them on the stand at a mock trial to present their evidence.”
The scene takes on elements that they might find on the job, and for these students this is the first time they are in the field suited up and playing the part.
“The field school follows the applied-learning model at BCIT, the students receive the hands on learning while exploring all areas of the field including cyber crime, crime scene analysis, and forensic biology/chemistry,” comments Dean.
“We have to learn something beyond our borders, we have to have a global perspective and prepare our students to have a comparative understanding of different processing techniques at the crime scene and forensic analysis methods in the lab,” says Professor John Wang, California States Long Beach, who has taken his students to BCIT for the third year now to take part in the field school.
Learn more about the various areas to study within Forensic Science at BCIT.
IT for Forensics
Ever wonder how police and intelligence agencies solve crimes or terrorist threats?
FSCT 5104 will introduce you to the tools and techniques used by police, media journals, fraud investigators, and national justice and public agencies to gather intelligence and conduct analysis to prevent crime and identify potential threats to national security and public safety.
BCIT Forensics Associate Dean on Daily Plant
Dean Hildebrand, Associate Dean of BCIT’s Forensic Science & Technology programs, speaks about the role of DNA evidence in the Golden State Killer case.
In Discovery’s Daily Planet video, The DNA Killer, looks at the genetic DNA testing that lead to an arrest.
“After more than 30 years without an arrest, the Golden State Killer is believed to be behind bars. And it’s all thanks to the DNA evidence.”
Updates from BCIT Forensics: 2017 Highlights
New edition of THE INVESTIGATOR is now available!
From financial crimes and cybersecurity to helicopter crashes and insect evidence, 2017 was an exciting year for BCIT Forensics.
Highlights include the launch of a new Graduate Certificate program in the Forensic Investigation of Fraud & Financial Crime, a newly designed Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity program, and another successful field school with California State University.