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 Association of Police Educators
The Canadian Association of Police Educators conference is in Calgary, Alberta from June 20-22, 2023, in partnership with Calgary Police Service and Bow Valley College. Outstanding speakers discussed topics surrounding…
Sexual Violence Policies and Sexual Consent Education at Canadian PSIs
D. Scharie Tavcer and Vicky Dobkins. This book published by Routledge, is the culmination of three years of research into sexual violence policies and sexual consent education at post-secondary institutions…
Consent 101
The Consent 101 online module is one of the outcomes from my three-year research project about sexual consent education at post-secondary institutions across Canada. The other outcome is this book or…
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…
Courage to Act: Sexual Consent Education at Canadian PSIs
Dr. Tavcer asks what can be done differently to reduce the prevalence of sexual violence on campus, especially in the face of dwindling budgets and lack of access to programs…
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…
2020 Recipient of the Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teacher
The goal of the Outstanding Teacher Award is to recognize a full-time faculty member who has done exemplary pedagogical work in the previous academic year. The Faculty of Arts seeks…