Sessional - Faculty - JUST 1140-01, JUST 2450-02, & JUST 2510-01
About the role
The Department of Environment, Culture and Society seeks instructors to teach a number of courses in the Police and Justice Program as follows:
JUST 1140 Interpersonal Communications in Criminal Justice
Students analyze elements of human behaviour from the criminal justice perspective. Students examine four fundamental themes: the importance of self-awareness in developing effective communication in a team-based environment; the development and enhancement of critical communication and conflict resolution skills; elements of psychological distress and dysfunction as well as support strategies for people in crisis; and aspects relating to a justice-related career including mental health, harassment, and multicultural issues.
JUST 2450 Police Skills
Building on verbal communication skills developed in previous courses, students practice the use of force techniques. Students engage in hand-to-hand self-defense training, including handcuffing techniques, pressure points and control tactics, defensive baton techniques, and subject control techniques. In this physically intensive course, students gain hands-on practical experience.
JUST 2510 Introduction to Policing
The objective of this course is to provide the foundation for students on policing in Canada, from the principles of Sir Robert Peel to policing in the present. Students explore navigating the Criminal Code, identify offences, prepare reports on criminals, learn about Community Policing principles, and discover various departments within police organizations. Students also participate in crime scene investigations, including the taking of fingerprints, the collection of evidence, and recording information in their police notebooks.
QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s degree (preferred) or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, with a minimum of 15 years operational experience in a Policing, Corrections, or Public Safety environment.
Extensive (more than 15 years) of operational experience in a Policing, Corrections, or Public Safety environment, that includes a minimum of 5 years of delivering sessional like in-service training experience to operational staff, may be given consideration.
Experience or certifications towards instruction of current Public Safety officers would be beneficial.
Evidence of an interest in continuous learning in the field of expertise.
About Thompson Rivers University
We are a comprehensive, learner-centred, sustainable university that serves its regional, national and international learners and their communities through high quality and flexible education, training, research and scholarship.
Our students have access to traditional undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates and diplomas. Robust laddering options mean flexible degree completion through online, distance education with TRU Open Learning.
We are community-minded with a global conscience, boldly redefining the university as a place of belonging—Kw’seltktnéws (we are all related and interconnected with nature, each other, and all things)—where all people are empowered to transform themselves, their communities, and the world.
TRU is a public post-secondary institution, funded by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Advanced Education. We are a full member of AUCC (Association of Universities and College in Canada) and ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges).
We are based in British Columbia, Canada. Our two campuses are located in Kamloops and Williams Lake.
Sessional - Faculty - JUST 1140-01, JUST 2450-02, & JUST 2510-01
About the role
The Department of Environment, Culture and Society seeks instructors to teach a number of courses in the Police and Justice Program as follows:
JUST 1140 Interpersonal Communications in Criminal Justice
Students analyze elements of human behaviour from the criminal justice perspective. Students examine four fundamental themes: the importance of self-awareness in developing effective communication in a team-based environment; the development and enhancement of critical communication and conflict resolution skills; elements of psychological distress and dysfunction as well as support strategies for people in crisis; and aspects relating to a justice-related career including mental health, harassment, and multicultural issues.
JUST 2450 Police Skills
Building on verbal communication skills developed in previous courses, students practice the use of force techniques. Students engage in hand-to-hand self-defense training, including handcuffing techniques, pressure points and control tactics, defensive baton techniques, and subject control techniques. In this physically intensive course, students gain hands-on practical experience.
JUST 2510 Introduction to Policing
The objective of this course is to provide the foundation for students on policing in Canada, from the principles of Sir Robert Peel to policing in the present. Students explore navigating the Criminal Code, identify offences, prepare reports on criminals, learn about Community Policing principles, and discover various departments within police organizations. Students also participate in crime scene investigations, including the taking of fingerprints, the collection of evidence, and recording information in their police notebooks.
QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s degree (preferred) or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, with a minimum of 15 years operational experience in a Policing, Corrections, or Public Safety environment.
Extensive (more than 15 years) of operational experience in a Policing, Corrections, or Public Safety environment, that includes a minimum of 5 years of delivering sessional like in-service training experience to operational staff, may be given consideration.
Experience or certifications towards instruction of current Public Safety officers would be beneficial.
Evidence of an interest in continuous learning in the field of expertise.
About Thompson Rivers University
We are a comprehensive, learner-centred, sustainable university that serves its regional, national and international learners and their communities through high quality and flexible education, training, research and scholarship.
Our students have access to traditional undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates and diplomas. Robust laddering options mean flexible degree completion through online, distance education with TRU Open Learning.
We are community-minded with a global conscience, boldly redefining the university as a place of belonging—Kw’seltktnéws (we are all related and interconnected with nature, each other, and all things)—where all people are empowered to transform themselves, their communities, and the world.
TRU is a public post-secondary institution, funded by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Advanced Education. We are a full member of AUCC (Association of Universities and College in Canada) and ACCC (Association of Canadian Community Colleges).
We are based in British Columbia, Canada. Our two campuses are located in Kamloops and Williams Lake.