Canadian Policing and Body-Worn Cameras: Factors to Contemplate in Developing Body-Worn Camera Policy

2021 ◽  
pp. e2020096
Author(s):  
Alana Saulnier ◽  
Jason Bagg ◽  
Bradley Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Police Services ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Canadian Content

Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are increasingly being used by police worldwide. This study demonstrates that, as of 2019, at least 36 percent of Canadian police services have considered or trialed BWCs. News reports suggest that this number continued to rise in 2020. In this article and the accompanying appendices, we strive to provide a comprehensive summary of all topics that Canadian police services should address in a BWC policy. These topics fall into six general categories: BWC program, users, supervisors, data management and retention, video disclosure, and other expectations. The summary was produced by situating the contents of existing Canadian BWC policies in relation to key international content (e.g., BWC research and policy guidelines) and Canadian content (e.g., domestic BWC research, policy recommendations, and legislation) relevant to BWC policy. The BWC policy summary we present is not prescriptive on topics that require further evidence or that would be best established by practitioners working in conjunction with key stakeholders (e.g., Canadian privacy organizations). We advocate for the continued development of increasingly standardized police BWC policy across Canada.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Food Waste Reduction in Sri Lanka’s Commercial Capital, Colombo

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 838
Author(s):  
Maren Reitemeier ◽  
Mohamed Aheeyar ◽  
Pay Drechsel
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Livestock Sector ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Open Markets ◽  
Management Challenge

In 2019, Sri Lanka introduced two policies that referred to food waste and the need to reduce it. To understand key stakeholders’ readiness in this context, this study analyzed the food waste perceptions of private and public sectors in Colombo (open markets, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, canteens, food caterers and key authorities). Interviews were carried out with operational managers and public officials, as well as other stakeholders who have roles in food waste redistribution and reuse, such as NGOs and the livestock sector. So far, the food-waste-related policy recommendations lack an operational inter-institutional home which can build on measures, like standards, regulations and incentives. Thus, most food waste reduction initiatives are initiated by NGOs or by the private sector, e.g., by larger hotels and supermarket chains. These entities were ready to lead by example, based on the understanding that urban food waste is an internal (financial) management challenge. Among smaller local entities, food waste was perceived more as an external issue to be handled by the city’s waste collection services. Although perceptions varied between entities generating smaller or larger quantities of food waste, there was general agreement that suboptimal capacities and mechanisms to quantify, monitor and cost food waste generation appeared to be obstacles for in-depth awareness creation and action. There was significant interest in communication platforms for cross-sectoral learning, win/win collaborations with reliable collection (reuse) services that are currently operational, such as those provided by piggeries, as well as surplus redistribution initiatives if food safety and related liabilities can be addressed effectively.

Hospital discharge planning for Canadians experiencing homelessness

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristy Buccieri ◽  
Abram Oudshoorn ◽  
Tyler Frederick ◽  
Rebecca Schiff ◽  
Alex Abramovich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hospital Discharge ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Discharge Planning ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Communication Privacy ◽  
E Mail

Purpose People experiencing homelessness are high-users of hospital care in Canada. To better understand the scope of the issue, and how these patients are discharged from hospital, a national survey of key stakeholders was conducted in 2017. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness distributed an online survey to their network of members through e-mail and social media. A sample of 660 stakeholders completed the mixed-methods survey, including those in health care, non-profit, government, law enforcement and academia. Findings Results indicate that hospitals and homelessness sector agencies often struggle to coordinate care. The result is that these patients are usually discharged to the streets or shelters and not into housing or housing with supports. The health care and homelessness sectors in Canada are currently structured in a way that hinders collaborative transfers of patient care. The three primary and inter-related gaps raised by survey participants were: communication, privacy and systems pressures. Research limitations/implications The findings are limited to those who voluntarily completed the survey and may indicate self-selection bias. Results are limited to professional stakeholders and do not reflect patient views. Practical implications Identifying systems gaps from the perspective of those who work within health care and homelessness sectors is important for supporting system reforms. Originality/value This survey was the first to collect nationwide stakeholder data on homelessness and hospital discharge in Canada. The findings help inform policy recommendations for more effective systems alignment within Canada and internationally.

scholarly journals Europe's Universities in the European Research Area

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-437
Author(s):  
John H. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Research Policy ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Green Paper ◽  
European Research Area ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
European Research ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Social And Economic Development

Universities are placed strategically at the interplay of research and technological development, educational and regional development policies at both national and European level. Universities are also unique environments in which interdisciplinary skills are being developed to tackle the complex challenges facing human, social and economic development in the twenty-first century. Future European research policy should take more account of this unique role of universities in building the ‘knowledge society’. The launching of the European Commission's ‘Green Paper on the Future of the European Research Area’ in 2007 provided scope for a new recognition of the place of Europe's universities as key stakeholders and gave the European University Association an opportunity to bring university needs and perspectives into the policy debate on new instruments and initiatives required.

scholarly journals The Relationships between Competitiveness and Economic Growth: A Study on the Countries of Central Asia and Caucasus

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cevat Gerni ◽  
Selahattin Sarı ◽  
Ayşen Hiç Gencer ◽  
Ziya Çağlar Yurttançıkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Production Relations

The relationships among input, production and market suddenly broke down after the collapse of the USSR in 1991. The reflections of this disintegration are deeply felt in the Central Asian and in the Caucasian economies, which lack the traditions of being a government. The imbalances in the supply and demand, such as shutting down of factories due to breakdown of production relations and the resulting severe rise in the unemployment rate, caused a transition recession. As well-known in the literature, the main reason behind this is the interdependency of the production structures in these newly independent former Soviet countries. Large industrial establishments were left alone due to lack of sufficient raw materials and other inputs, due to lack of new technologies, and/or due to political void resulting from the transition period. In the newly established economic and political system, all of these countries, namely Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, try to realize their economic growth and development by specializing in the production of goods in which they have an economic advantage in terms of competitiveness. In this study, the effects of competitiveness on economic growth is investigated for these 7 countries during the 1995-2010 period using panel data analysis based on the Lafay index. In the light of the results of this research, policy recommendations are attempted in order to determine the sectors in which these countries are more competitive and hence to suggest ways of increasing their economic growth rate.

scholarly journals Canadian Science Policy and the Retreat from Transformative Politics: The Final Years of the Science Council of Canada, 1985-1992

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 107-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Brent Clowater
Keyword(s):  
Science Policy ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Transformative Politics ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation ◽  
Research And Policy

The Science Council of Canada (1966-1992) operated as an ‘arms-length’ agency providing science policy advice and recommendations to the federal government. The Council was always a voice for state interventionism. In the late 1970s, it turned to the politically sensitive issue of industrial policy and advocated a nationalistic, ‘transformative politics’ through its defense of technological sovereignty. An examination of its research and policy recommendations, and the controversies they excited, reveals that the Council’s struggle against new policy trends in its final years paralleled larger transitions in public perceptions of the role of government in Canadian society. Its 1992 dissolution symbolized Canada’s reorientation from a state-directed to a market-oriented approach to science and technology policy-making. This paper reviews the Council’s guiding philosophy and discusses its history within two larger contexts: the Canadian political debate over continentalism, and evolving conceptions of science, technology, and innovation, and the prospects for their management.

scholarly journals Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, resilience and social justice in the COVID era

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Michael Penkler ◽  
Chandni M Jacob ◽  
Ruth Müller ◽  
Martha Kenney ◽  
Shane A. Norris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Environmental Stressors ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Developmental Origins ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Considerable Debate ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Do So

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on how health outcomes are unequally distributed among different population groups, with disadvantaged communities and individuals being disproportionality affected in terms of infection, morbidity and mortality, as well as vaccine access. Recently, there has been considerable debate about how social disadvantage and inequality intersect with developmental processes to result in a heightened susceptibility to environmental stressors, economic shocks and large-scale health emergencies. We argue that DOHaD Society members can make important contributions to addressing issues of inequality and improving community resilience in response to COVID-19. In order to do so, it is beneficial to engage with and adopt a social justice framework. We detail how DOHaD can align its research and policy recommendations with a social justice perspective to ensure that we contribute to improving the health of present and future generations in an equitable and socially just way.

scholarly journals A policy response to workplace innovation for the rail sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
GARAZI CARRANZA ◽  
Oihane De la Rua ◽  
Begoña Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Policy Response ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Reference Framework ◽  
European Industry ◽  
Workplace Innovation ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
Research And Policy

The rail sector is a sector with a significant impact on European industry and it is therefore important that it follows the current innovative trends. We live in an increasingly digitised society but, until now, digitisation has not been a priority issue for the sector as the rules that apply to the entire value chain have hindered the digitisation process. Even so, technologies are not enough, and innovation must be implemented in companies at the organisational and employee level. The RailActivation project has experimented with workplace innovation to foster innovation capabilities in the railway sector, providing elements for companies to remain as innovative and competitive as possible, as well as to have additional tools to adapt to these challenges. In order to help in this process, this article proposes a series of recommendations based on the lessons learnt during the implementation of the project. These recommendations establish a link between policy and workplace innovation practices and could be a reference framework for further research and policy. The suggested policy recommendations are focused on companies and policy makers and are based on the results obtained from the different consultations with the stakeholders involved in this research.

Coleman's Desegregation Research and Policy Recommendations

1976 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 352-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley S. Robin ◽  
James J. Bosco
Keyword(s):  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Research And Policy

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GOVERNANCE IN THE ARAB REGION — A REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE TO PRIORITIZE POLICY CHALLENGES

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (01) ◽  
pp. 2050006 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOUNIR MAHMALAT ◽  
DENISE SUMPF
Keyword(s):  
Recent Literature ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Priority Policy ◽  
Research And Policy

The “Arab Spring” drew attention worldwide to the dire socio-economic conditions in many Arab countries. Efforts to explain, address and resolve these challenges led to a surge in both academic research as well as a plethora of policy recommendations from very different perspectives. By focusing on a crucial area for employment and growth in the Arab region — economic governance and entrepreneurship — the present paper consolidates the vast research and policy recommendations available based on a ‘best evidence’ approach and identifies three priority policy challenges to facilitate entrepreneurship: competition policy, access to finance and entrepreneurial education. We argue that improvement of economic governance tailored to improve these policy areas is a crucial lever for promoting entrepreneurship and creating employment in Arab countries. Highlighting interdependences between these areas, we derive a set of recommendations for each of the identified policy challenges.

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