by Tom McKay CPTED Canada is a grass roots, non-profit, education and networking organization that is dedicated to promoting Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) throughout Canada. Since its founding in 2022, CPTED Canada has planned and delivered a number of open events which includes a Conference and Speaker Series. Members receive preferential treatment when […]
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What’s Your Story?
There is no question that storytelling has always been intriguing and especially as children. It’s become a bit of a phenomenon as of late with more and more people offering storytelling workshops. It seems rather fitting then that our upcoming conference theme is – CPTED Success Stories. In keeping with that idea I would like […]
CPTED – Above and Beyond
As practitioners of any kind, we can always tap into our creativity and explore other modalities that support our work. To pigeonhole ourselves limits the untapped potential for the work we do in our communities. There is no better way to reduce our limitations than to seek out new ways of doing business by improving […]
CPTED Benefits are Synonymous with Good Design
by Tom McKay I think that most CPTED practitioners have been called to or otherwise visited a property where our first impression is what were they thinking, only to find that it’s problematic and/or experiencing crime. But what about environments where our first instinct is to pull out the camera and start taking pictures, only […]
What Does CPTED Success Look Like? – It Depends Upon Who You Ask.
by Tom McKay One of the things that I like most about CPTED is its broad appeal across diverse user groups. That, along with its big net “proper design and effective use of the environment can lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime as well as improve the quality of life”1 […]