Tom McKay – President
Ontario
Tom McKay is the founding President of CPTED Canada and a retired member of the Peel Regional Police. He is also the Immediate Past President of the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners (ISCPP), having served on the Board since 2006, and a member of the International Chiefs of Police (IACP) Crime Prevention Committee, a former Director of the International CPTED Association, the Brampton Safe City Association and the Etobicoke Crime Prevention Association as well as past co-Chair of the Central Ontario Crime Prevention Association.
Tom holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Certificate in Law Enforcement and Administration from the University of Toronto. Tom has lectured extensively throughout the province on CPTED and is responsible for developing and teaching a basic and Level II CPTED courses which he has taught throughout North America and Bermuda.
Tom also serves in the capacities of a crime prevention and CPTED consultant through his professional affiliations and has frequently appeared in the local and national media as a CPTED expert.
Tom enjoys learning about and collecting vintage items including Canadian banknotes in his leisure time.
president[at]cptedcanada.ca
Steve Woolrich – Vice President
British Colombia
Steve Woolrich is an award-winning Crime Prevention and Community Safety Practitioner. He is passionate about creating safe and healthy built environments and has always considered himself a ‘boots on the ground’ consultant. Steve’s background is diverse and after graduating from Justice Administration and majoring in Police Science he went on to work closely with many different police services throughout Alberta. Trained in both CPTED and SafeGrowth ™ he has utilized these practices in many roles throughout his career, including corporate security and asset protection.
Steve is proud to have worked closely with the Alberta Government and was part of their provincial Gang Reduction Network, working as the Central Alberta lead. It was during this time that he became a trained Circle Facilitator and continues to use this process in all his community engagement work, including his previous work with high-risk youth.
Steve leads the largest Community Safety and Well-Being collaborative in Canada – Rethink Urban (RU). He is instrumental in the co-creation of RU’s signature approach – full SPECTRUM Community Safety and Well-Being fusing best practices, including CPTED, Placemaking and Healthy Built Environments to address complex community safety issues.
Steve lives off-grid on Galiano Island, BC and enjoys hiking, archery and cold water swimming.
Steve’s dream is that CPTED is embraced and adopted by both urban and rural communities across Canada.
vp[at]cptedcanada.ca
Wayne Nishihama – Treasurer
Ontario
Wayne is a retired landscape architect of the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. He is one of the Founding Directors of CPTED Ontario (2001) and remains as one of the directors, today.
In 2013, Wayne retired from the City of Mississauga after thirty-eight years in which he served as the Manager of Urban Design for the Planning and Building Department. During this time, he formed and chaired the Mississauga CPTED Advisory Committee and developed the Mississauga CPTED Principles document, which provides the City with principles and strategies to create a safer and more livable City.
In 1996, Wayne received a Civilian Citation from the Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services Board for his contribution in the development of CPTED in the Peel Region. In 2001, Wayne received the Public Practice Award from the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, recognizing his outstanding leadership in public practice.
In 2013, Wayne opened his own consulting practice under WGN Collaborative, specializing in urban design and CPTED. In the same year, Tom McKay and Wayne created the CPTED Professional Training Centre, which provides CPTED training for the police services, the security industry, municipalities, property managers, community leaders, planners, landscape architects, architects and engineers.
treasurer[at]cptedcanada.ca
Sgt. Avery Bassett – Director
Ontario
Avery joined the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in January of 1995 and began her career at the Midland OPP general duties detachment, then spent several years as a Detective Constable in the crime unit. Avery then worked in the Intelligence Bureau and Security Bureau until 2014 when she was promoted to Sergeant in Community Safety Services (CSS). She is currently working in the Community Mobilization and Engagement Operations section.
This role manages community safety and crime prevention programs and ensures that the OPP’s Community Safety Officers have the tools they need to deliver community-based programming. Avery works with various community stakeholders and represents the OPP in these partnerships; CPTED Ontario being one of them. Over the years Avery has conducted several property security reviews at both residential properties and small businesses to include a hospital, environmental office, rural township office, community housing property, a library, and a farm property.
Avery has completed the CPTED level 1 and 2 courses offered by the CPTED Professional Training Centre
In her spare time, Avery enjoys volunteering in the community and outdoor activities such as biking, swimming, tennis, and skiing.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/avery-bassett-07094a47
Danette Dalton – Director
Ontario
Danette has a passion for community building & design and encouraging safe and healthy communities. She has held a variety of community planning and development roles throughout her career, where she has worked closely on many new design projects. Danette is a Registered Professional Planner and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners.
Brian Page – Director & Registrar
Ontario
Brian Page is a Landscape Architect with a passion for ensuring urban development meets the needs of the users of the space from a live, work, play and feeling safe perspective.
Brian is a Full Member of the Canadian Society and Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, and the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists. Brian has completed the Advanced CPTED Training Program with the National Institute for Crime Prevention. The Ontario Association of Landscape Architects bestowed the Public Practice Award to Brian for his outstanding leadership in public practice.
Brian has over forty years of experience in urban design and municipal affairs. Brian managed the Site Plan Development Approvals Section for the City of Kitchener. He Chaired the Site Plan Review Committee that was made up of a multi-disciplinary departmental team in providing solutions to design problems and ensuring CPTED principles were implemented into proposed developments. Brian led the development of the City’s award-winning Urban Design Manual, in which he included a section on CPTED, making a CPTED report of proposed developments be a requirement for Site Plan Approval.
Most recently Brian was the Vice President of Municipal Affairs and Urban Design for Molok North America Ltd.
Brian loves to downhill ski, bike, and travel in his leisure time.
registrar[at]cptedcanada.ca
Gregory N. Smith, CPP, CHPA, CPD – Director
British Columbia
Greg is a dedicated and passionate practitioner of CPTED and currently applies his skills in Public Sector Healthcare as well as an owner of an established security management consultant; Urban Security Innovation Inc.
Greg has established himself as an innovative leader in the security industry for over 27 years, establishing best practices in Physical Security, Life Safety, and Crime Prevention Programs. Greg has been recognized for his efforts by Security Magazine for Best Practices in Security and a Safety Recognition Award for Best Practices in Parkade Security and Safety by the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Police and featured in several newspapers as a local resource in crime prevention.
Greg is a lifelong learner with three professional security designations in CPTED, Healthcare and Security Management, formal education in Security Management and Leadership from the University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan University and Wharton School of Business.
Greg has volunteered on the board of Directors for the Edmonton Downtown Business Association, Chair of the Edmonton Safer Cities CPTED Committee and served on the local chapter of ASIS International. Greg is a regular facilitator for the Edmonton Police Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Crime Free Multi-Housing programs for the Edmonton Police Service.
Greg loves to tour around on his motorcycle, find great golf courses, meet friends down at the range for friendly target competitions and settle down at many of the world-renowned Vineyards in the Okanagan Valley.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/urbansecurity/
Kyle Eltherington – Director
Ontario
Kyle is no stranger to CPTED principles, as he has spent 25 years working in a Risk Management based transportation organization. He also holds a certification from ISCPP and has attended multiple CPTED courses and seminars.
His current role as a Country Security Manager makes him responsible for developing and enhancing internal physical security programs while offering assistance and guidance to key suppliers and customers utilizing CPTED.
Kyle is a member of CACP (Canadian Associate of Chiefs of Police) and sits on various committees for ULC and ISO.
With an ongoing dedication to education, Kyle is affiliated with ASIS, IAFCI as well as other Security Management organizations.
Kyle enjoys going on motorcycle adventures in the US and Canada, as well as travelling internationally with his family.
http://linkedin.com/in/eltherington
Sgt. Kelly Prebble – Secretary
Ontario
Kelly began her policing career in 1992 with the Waterloo Regional Police Service as a Cadet and became a sworn member two years later. Throughout her career Kelly’s focus has been on fostering positive community relationships. She has served as a constable on patrol, community resource officer, criminal investigator, service recruiter, domestic violence investigator and field supervisor. In 2013 she was assigned to the Service’s Rural Detachment and in 2017 she became the Officer in Charge, overseeing three municipal townships consisting of several bedroom communities, agricultural areas and a Mennonite community.
Kelly completed her CPTED Level 2 training in 2017 through the CPTED Professional Training Centre in Ontario and was designated as an International Crime Prevention Specialist through the ISCPP in 2018.
Kelly continues to foster trusting relationships with community partners and the public as part of the Community Engagement Unit. As part of a team she continues to promote important proactive concepts and improve community safety.
In 2021 Kelly was honoured to receive the Blue Line Lifetime in Law Enforcement Achievement Award.
Kelly loves to travel the world and enjoys motorcycle adventures, on and off the road in her leisure time.
secretary[at]cptedcanada.ca
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-prebble-a5971027
Khatereh Baharikhoob – Director
Ontario
Khatereh is a passionate urban designer who strives to make the world a better place to live, work and play. Khatereh has a bachelor’s degree in architecture and master’s degree in urban design and is currently an associate senior urban designer at DIALOG.
Khatereh is also a member of Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA). Her experience encompasses urban design, landscape architecture, land use planning and ecological urbanism, at regional, municipal and development scales. Given her interdisciplinary background, Khatereh tries to view the elements of design, never in isolation and always as a system of relationships. This multi-layered approach to design enables her to identify the unique challenges and opportunities in planning and design process.
In 2021, Khatereh completed the CPTED level 1 course at CPTED Professional Training Centre in Ontario. In her work, she promotes both CPTED first and second generations and employs a careful, human-centric and context-sensitive approach to applying CPTED principles to her projects. In her view, it is a critical time to be an urbanist and a very special moment to plan for a better and safer future.
Khatereh loves to read nonfictional books and listening to podcasts in her leisure time.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khatereh-baharikhoob-7443553a
Barry Horrobin – Director
Ontario
Barry Horrobin has worked as a professional planner since 1988 and is currently employed as both the Director of Planning & Physical Resources for the Windsor Police Service and as an independent safety design consultant. He specializes in the field of environmental criminology, assessing the impact the design, construction, and usage of built environments have on crime, disorder and comfort/wellbeing.
Barry holds a Master’s degree in Geography (Resource Planning) and an Honours B.A. in Resource Management from the University of Windsor, a two-year diploma in Municipal Administration from St. Lawrence College, and possesses both an advanced certified law enforcement planner designation (from IALEP) and the Certified Municipal Manager, Level III (Police Executive) designation from the Ontario Municipal Management Institute.
Barry is a board-certified expert in the field of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED); receiving his formal training under Timothy Crowe at the University of Louisville in 1991 and regularly testifies as an expert witness in the field of Environmental Criminology. His collective experience and training has contributed to several published articles in the public safety field, consulting assignments throughout Canada and the United States, and as a regular trainer of CPTED to a wide variety of clients.
Barry is actively involved in various volunteering and community activities with Windsor and Essex County United Way, the Alzheimer Society of Windsor and Essex County, Windsor Historical Society serving Canadian veterans, Crime Stoppers, and Habitat for Humanity. He also enjoys playing volleyball, pickleball, mountain biking, golf, and baseball.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-horrobin-199602200