Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective, 3rd Ed.
Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective, 3rd Edition is the only text of its kind to address the experiences of female offenders, victims, and workers in a…
Canadian Criminal Law and the Criminal Code: An Introduction
Expected spring 2023 in print and ebook editions. Forthcoming publication with Oxford University Press, my text grew from my years of teaching in an undergraduate criminal justice degree program and…
“Good People with Good Intentions”: Deconstructing a Post-Secondary Institution’s Sexual Violence Policy Construction
New research by Dr. Irene Shankar and Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer finds that despite members’ intentions, the committees that construct post-secondary institutions’ sexual violence policies lack essential expertise and produce flawed…
I’m tired of talking about consent
For years I have studied sexual violence. It’s an issue that divides people in the room. Whenever I tell folx what I research they either dive in, discuss, and debate,…
S1:2 Addressing Your Inner Critic with Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer
In this episode, mom, writer, professor, and social justice advocate Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer speaks about her inner critic and the importance of recognizing where those scripts come from and…
2019 MacEwan University Distinguished Alumni
Skip to 1:57:37: https://youtu.be/Q8m0Bb_nZ28 The write up: 2019 recipient The annual Distinguished Alumni Awards celebrate accomplishments in areas such as community development, lifelong learning, and business innovation. The awards honour…
Faculty of Arts Outstanding Service Award 2018
The Outstanding Service Award is designed to recognize an individual (faculty or administrative staff), whose contributions to service in the previous academic year are considered exemplary, such as in terms…