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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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ABOUT JIBC

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WORLD-CLASS INSTRUCTORS

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OUR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

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AREAS OF STUDY

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INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROFILE

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CONTRACT TRAINING & CUSTOMIZED EDUCATION

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ACCREDITATIONS

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

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PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
It is my privilege to introduce the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) and share how
our experienced faculty and staff can support your public safety education needs.
For more than 35 years, JIBC has continued to realize its vision and mission of being a leading
public safety post-secondary institution.
From its initial mandate in 1978 by the Government of British Columbia to coordinate the
public safety training programs in the province, the Institute has become a trusted world
leader in public safety education and training and applied research.

Every day, individuals who have received education and training from JIBC make a difference
in their community. Our programs contribute to the entire spectrum of careers in public and
community safety from prevention to response to recovery. We train the specialists who
educate the public on emergency preparedness in the event of natural disasters, and share
best practices in limiting the impact of accidents. When a critical incident does occur, a crime
has been committed or a conflict needs resolving, public safety professionals educated by us
are at the front lines of emergency response.
For more than two decades, we have prepared international learners for today’s complex
challenges, including the growing sophistication of crime and scale of natural and humancaused disasters. JIBC is an award-winning pioneer in the use of realistic simulations for
education and training that leads and advances the effectiveness and efficiency of community
services. Our programs are accredited by national and international bodies.
I invite you to read this guide to our international work and explore with us the potential for
collaboration to meet your educational goals and life-long professional learning needs.
We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,

Michel Tarko, PhD
President and CEO,
Justice Institute of British Columbia

ABOUT THE
JIBC
JIBC is an innovative, dynamic and trusted
leader in public and community safety
education, training and research.
Founded in 1978 by the Government of
British Columbia, JIBC has become one of
the top public safety institutions in the world.
Each year, 30,000 people, on average, from
nearly 30 countries advance their education,
skills and professional training through JIBC’s
nearly 1,000 courses and programs. No other
post-secondary institution in Canada offers
the range of programming, courses and
customized training in public safety.
In addition to providing leading-edge training
programs for essential community services
including police, fire, paramedicine, and driver
safety, JIBC is an award-winning pioneer in
the use of realistic simulations for education
and training that advance and improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of community
services around the world.

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Each member of our extensive faculty of
instructors has decades of experience as
active professionals in their respective fields.
Coming from various backgrounds, our
expert trainers are public safety specialists
who are culturally respectful and focus on
collaborative, inter-disciplinary training.
Our growing success in providing worldclass public safety education and training
is based on applying the latest research
and technology in our courses, based on
our collaborative approach with partner
governments, public safety organizations and
professional associations.
Educational excellence and student success
are the foundation of our training, education
and applied research that contribute to
creating stronger, safer communities all over
the world.

WORLD-CLASS
INSTRUCTORS
JIBC IS HOME BASE
FOR MANY OF THE
MOST-EXPERIENCED
INSTRUCTORS IN
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THEY ARE ON THE
FRONTLINES OF
THEIR PROFESSION,
TEACHING REALWORLD SCENARIOS
AND TAKING
A HANDS-ON
APPROACH TO
HELPING STUDENTS.

AARON JUNGLAS: BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND
COMPETENCE IN POLICE OFFICERS
Experience, patience and flexibility are just some of the valuable
qualities that make Aaron a great instructor at JIBC. Aaron
is adept at providing the knowledge and skills needed by his
students, whether he’s teaching at British Columbia’s Police
Academy, in the Law Enforcement Studies Diploma program at
JIBC or training police officers from the Middle East or China.
“Aaron’s strengths as an instructor are his listening and
communication skills and his ability to focus on the unique
needs of learners,” said Kevin Sanford, Program Director Office
of International Affairs at JIBC. “He reflects the type of faculty
ideally suited to provide training to international client groups,
possessing the social and cultural competencies to ensure that
the knowledge and information taught is clear and understood.”
A Sergeant with the New Westminster Police Department with nearly
30 years of experience in policing, Aaron has a wealth of experience
and training. In addition to serving in a regional emergency response
unit, he was a team leader for a multiagency tactical team, and was
involved in undercover drug enforcement and special operations
against organized crime. As an instructor overseas, he has taught
tactical surveillance, criminal intelligence and drug investigation
techniques. One of his first goals in a class is to understand
the specific needs of the police officers he’s about to teach.
“I do a little exploring to find out what they really need. It involves a
lot of questions. And I’m formulating ideas as we go about different
training scenarios. That way, students get what they need as opposed
to a rigid product. I try to be flexible and customize it within reason,”
he said. “And I do a lot of principle-based instruction, which I find
appeals to them, because they understand the principles and can use
them in their working environment.” To ensure that nothing he teaches
gets lost in translation, he follows the EDIP method of instruction.
“Explanation, Demonstration, Imitation and Practice. I use it all the
time. Instead of getting students to see something once and moving
on, I like to see them practice the skills they’ve learned,” he said.
“My goal is always to help them gain confidence and competence.
When they are done, whether I’m with them for a day, five
days or a few weeks, at the end of that time, I want them to
have more confidence in their abilities. The more confidence
they have, their competence goes way up. That’s what I really
like to see when I teach a course. I find that very rewarding.”

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DAVE HETYEI: INSTILLING LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN
PARAMEDICS

TOM LEWIS: GOING THE DISTANCE IN EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT TRAINING

David is passionate about teaching the next generation of paramedics.
An Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) with the BC Ambulance Service,
David doesn’t just teach the protocols and latest best practices in
paramedicine. He aims to inspire paramedics to constantly learn and
improve.

Tom’s energy is undeniable. His enthusiasm, intensity, and passion
for excellence have made him an internationally respected mentor in
the field of Emergency Management. In 2013, he was recognized as
JIBC’s Instructor of the Year. Tom retired in 2006 as Surrey’s Deputy
Fire Chief and City Emergency Coordinator. But his retirement didn’t
last long. Less than 100 hours after leaving Surrey’s fire department,
he co-facilitated his first course at JIBC.

“One of the things we’ve noticed is that success as a paramedic
and as an instructor is all about self-reflection. It’s about recognizing
an error, understanding the reasons for a mistake, and devising a
strategy to learn from it,” he said. “Ultimately, I want to empower
them to problem-solve for themselves, to find the best solution for
them. That’s the best way for them to learn.”
“David has an ability to create a learning environment that encourages
learners to seek answers and understand the content they’re learning,”
said Kevin Sanford, Program Director, Office of International Affairs
at JIBC. “Like many JIBC instructors for our international clients, he
possesses the social and cultural competencies required to effectively
teach abroad.”
A paramedic since 1997, David has been a JIBC instructor since 2005.
Over the past few years, he has been an instructor and evaluator
supporting new instructors in Hong Kong Fire Services Department’s
Ambulance Command. He has also been an instructor in Singapore
helping new paramedics get prepared for their field practicum by
developing their clinical decision-making judgment.
Whether he’s helping new instructors or teaching paramedic students,
he aims to make a lasting difference. For example, when he’s
teaching instructors in Hong Kong, he’s trying to help them recognize
the teachable moment for students in a simulation. “That’s one of the
most important parts of the job for an instructor, to see the moment
of learning for a student, the moment the light bulb turns on.”
In Singapore, he’s helping students deal with real situations that don’t
necessarily fit the paramedic protocols they’ve learned. David was
also involved in the development of the Singapore training program,
and each year, he helps to further customize the courses to benefit
the next wave of students. “Every year, we look at it and see what
we can do differently to make the students’ lives easier or help them
be better prepared,” he said. “Also, the best practices in medicine are
constantly changing. Part of my job is to say, ‘Consider this.’ I love it
and I just try to be better at it every year.”

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Since then, he has facilitated emergency management courses in
B.C., across Canada and around the world. He’s taught everyone from
oil executives and First Nations leaders, to key stakeholders preparing
for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, and
the G8/G20 summits in Ontario.
Jerome Rodriguez, Program Manager of Incident Command and
Emergency Training at JIBC said, “What sets Tom apart is how
incredibly prepared he is for every course he teaches. Saudi Arabia
was a prime example. It’s a 30-hour trip just to get there. He travelled
with Captain Gavin Summers of the Burnaby Fire Department to
facilitate a workshop on Command Tactics at Major Fires. Upon arrival,
in spite of the jetlag, he met with conference organizers to confirm
that the content was appropriate. After that meeting, given that the
planning had been done from afar, he set about making tweaks to
better address the participants’ needs. He worked into the wee
hours of the morning and was up early the next day to facilitate the
workshop.”
Summers credits Tom for his ability to back up verbal explanations
with visuals and exercises that make it easier for students from
different backgrounds and cultures understand the principles
of Incident Command at major incidents. Rodriguez says Tom’s
emergency response experience at both the strategic and tactical
levels allows him to establish the relevant context for the audience,
select applicable case studies and examples, and then customize the
course. “He possesses an innate ability to bring the training to life,”
said Rodriguez.
He recalls the preparation before teaching an Incident Command
course at a large university in central Canada. When he arrived, he
walked the campus noting safety hazards. When the participants sat
down, he started showing photos of the hazards until the students
realized it was their environment that they were critiquing thereby
making the subject matter even more relevant.
“I ask myself what I would personally want to know, to take away
from a course and that’s how I develop my delivery,” said Lewis.
“Application of knowledge is the most important thing.”

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EXPERIENCE

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JIBC continues to expand its international
contract training services. To date, students
and public safety professionals from more
than 150 communities in nearly 30 countries
around the world have completed JIBC
courses and programs.

1) China
2) Hong Kong
3) Singapore
4) Malaysia
5) Taiwan
6) United Arab Emirates
7) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
8) Tbilisi, Georgia
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JIBC has worked
closely with our
Canadian embassy
and China’s federal,
provincial and civil
governments to
deliver programs
in most Chinese
provinces

JIBC has provided
fire training to 43
learners from the
United Arab Emirates
who are working
towards a Fire Service
Leadership Diploma

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JIBC has trained more
than 300 police and
military officers in
the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia

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For more than a
decade, JIBC has
trained instructors
and other staff with
the Hong Kong Fire
Services Department
Ambulance Command

JIBC has delivered 26
specialized
operational training
courses to the
Indonesian National
Police

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JIBC has partnered
with the Singapore
Armed Forces School
of Military Medicine
in developing and
delivering paramedic
training programs

9) Dushanbi, Tajikistan
10) Karachi, Pakistan
11) United States
12) Indonesia
13) Australia
14) Japan
15) Kazakhstan
16) Kyrgyzstan
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17) New Zealand
18) South Korea
19) United Kingdom
20) Ireland
21) Mexico
22) Yemen
23) Turks and Caicos Islands
24) Brazil

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26) Panama
27) El Salvador

AREAS OF
STUDY
JIBC offers customized curriculum for international
organizations in many areas of justice and public safety as
required by our clients. Some of our areas of expertise include:

CORRECTIONS

• Current correctional approaches
• Frontline supervisory and leadership for correctional staff
• Risk assessments of criminal offenders
• Offender intervention programs
• Dealing with special offender groups
• Supervising and managing sex offenders

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

• Incident Command System
• Emergency Operation Centre
• Emergency and Disaster Response Plan development
• Emergency Management Exercises design and development
• Business Continuity Management

FIRE & SAFETY

• Fire service leadership, management and administration
• Practical hands-on specialized firefighting training
• Fire prevention, investigation and public education
• Incident Management (Strategies and Tactics)
• Marine Fire Fighting
• Industrial Fire Fighting
• Technical Rescue Operations

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• Organized Crime Intelligence
• Cybercrime
• Forensics
• Emergency Tactical Response
• Drug Investigations
• Collision Investigations
• Major Crime Management
• Major Event Planning and Risk Assessment
• Anti-Corruption and Professional Standards
• Introduction to the Canadian Justice System

LEADERSHIP & CONFLICT RESOLUTION

• Counselling and Capacity Building – building and refining
counselling and other community safety skills
• Leadership – from theory to practice
• Conflict Resolution – building stronger organizations and
communities

For detailed information about how we can customize our
programs and courses to fit your public safety training needs,
visit www.jibc.ca or contact us at international@jibc.ca.

HEALTH SCIENCES

Continuing Professional Health Education
• Custom continuing health education for paramedics and allied
health professionals
Paramedicine
• First Responder
• Emergency Medical Responder
• Primary Care Paramedic
• Diploma in Health Sciences (EMS)
• Advanced Care Paramedic

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INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING PROFILE
In the early 1990s, Hong Kong was looking
for an internationally respected, public safety
training provider to develop its ambulance
service.
Alex Wong, Senior Ambulance Officer for the
Hong Kong Fire Services Department, said
it was vital to find a provider with instructors
that had the right attitude, skills, knowledge,
experience and expertise. Instructors had
to be enthusiastic and focused on providing
training that would inspire students to learn
proactively.
“Unlike other industries, public safety
involves a lot of human interaction, and work
experience is a must,” he said. “As such, we
expected the trainer to use plenty of field
experience examples to demonstrate the
theories, not simply copy and paste book
knowledge into students’ minds.”
Hong Kong’s Ambulance Command found
their training partner in JIBC. Since 1993,
JIBC has been providing training and
certification for Hong Kong’s paramedics
and instructors within the city’s Ambulance
Command.
“As a training institute at the provincial
level in North America, JIBC had gained its
reputation, not just in its own country, but
also in the Asia Pacific region,” said Wong.

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“The Hospital Authority and some other
emergency training agencies in Hong Kong
had also invited JIBC to provide training
years ago. This had attracted us to start the
joint venture with JIBC.”
Every year, instructors from JIBC go to
Hong Kong to train local paramedics and
instructors in Ambulance Command. They
also provide certification for the training done
by Hong Kong’s instructors. “This training
mechanism keeps snowballing and currently
we have 54 EMA II instructors and more
than a thousand EMA II providers,” said
Wong.
From a service that initially focused on
providing patient transportation to a hospital
for emergency care, Hong Kong’s Ambulance
Command now provides immediate
treatment and performs a wide range of
protocols that reflect the most common
paramedic calls. “With the expertise from
two locally-employed medical directors of
the Department, coupled with the training
expertise and experience from JIBC, the
Department is able to continue training
and the provision of high-quality paramedic
ambulance service to the city of 7 million
people,” said Wong.

CONTRACT TRAINING &
CUSTOMIZED EDUCATION
For more than 25 years, JIBC has been
the trusted leader in contract training
and customized education for public and
community safety organizations.

EIGHT STEPS

In addition to providing training for law
enforcement agencies, fire services,
paramedics and emergency management
agencies across Canada, JIBC has developed
training programs for similar agencies and

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organizations in nearly 30 countries around
the world.
JIBC offers fully-customized programs that
fit the specific needs for each international
client. Developing a culturally-respectful,
flexible and sustainable program begins by
understanding your needs in an eight step
process.

A thorough needs assessment to understand your goals and objectives

A review of our programs and courses with you to determine how they can be customized

Design of a curriculum based on your feedback

Development and submission of a detailed proposal that may include:
• Our understanding of the scope of services to be provided
• A description of the customized curriculum to be provided
• A description of assessments and evaluations
• A description of the flexible options for delivery that can include:
• Short-term study tours for visiting delegations at our campuses in B.C.
• Learners studying at our campuses in B.C.
• JIBC faculty teaching in your country
• Learners studying online
• A “train the trainer” approach where our faculty teach your instructors how to
deliver the curriculum
• An accreditation of program

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Proposal of a professional development plan that maps out ongoing education and training, which can lead to credentials including degrees, certificates and diplomas

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Submission of proposed contract terms and conditions with competitive program pricing

Information tailored for international learners on:
• Recognition of prior learning
• English language training
• B.C. housing arrangements
• Other available services for students

Coordinating delivery of courses and programs

Our collaborative, client-centered approach to education and training is central to our success
and a key element of maintaining our mission of providing educational excellent for student
professional success.
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ACCREDITATIONS
Our programs are internationally recognized and accredited. We maintain accreditations with
the following organizations:
Imagine Education au/in Canada is a joint program by the Canadian Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian provinces and territories through the Council
of Ministers of Education Canada that recognizes the high value of Canadian educational
experience.
www.educationau-incanada.ca
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has accredited the Primary Care Paramedic and
Advanced Care Paramedic programs delivered by JIBC’s School of Health, Community and
Social Justice.
www.cma.ca

The International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) is a non-profit, peer-driven, selfgoverning system of both fire service certification programs and higher education fire-related
degree programs. IFSAC’s mission is to plan and administer a high-quality, uniformly delivered
accreditation system with an international scope.
www.ifsac.org
Through accredited agencies such as JIBC, the Pro Board Fire Service Professional
Qualifications System provides a national and international level of recognition for members
of the fire and emergency service who have demonstrated proficiency in meeting NFPA
professional qualifications standards.
www.theproboard.org
British Columbia Education Quality Assurance (BC EQA) is a designation that identifies B.C.
post-secondary institutions that have met or exceeded quality assurance standards set by the
provincial government.
www.bceqa.ca
The British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education Degree Quality Assessment Board has
approved all degrees offered by the Justice Institute of British Columbia.
www.aved.gov.bc.ca

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BRITISH COLUMBIA
British Columbia is Canada’s gateway to
the Asia Pacific region. It is one of the most
culturally diverse communities in Canada and
one of the most livable cities in the world.
With a population of more than 4.6 million,
B.C. is home to people of many different
origins, cultural traditions, languages,
ethnicities and religions. Each year, more
than 34,000 immigrants from around the
world come to B.C.
It is home to a diverse population of
Aboriginal Peoples, including approximately
200 First Nations including the Gitxsan,
Haida, Nisga’a and Squamish.
Geographically, B.C. is bordered by the
Pacific Ocean on its west coast, the Rocky
Mountains along its eastern border, and the
Yukon Territories and the U.S. state of Alaska
to the north. Its southern border with the
U.S. neighbors the states of Washington,
Idaho and Montana.

B.C. is also one of Canada’s largest and most
robust and diverse economies that includes
a mix of resource-based industries and a
diverse range of services-sector companies.
It is Canada’s third largest generator of
hydro-electricity, and the country’s secondlargest natural gas producer. It is the financial
centre for Western Canada and is one of the
top tourist destinations in the country. In
addition, more than 98% of the province’s
businesses are small businesses and provide
more than half of the province’s privatesector jobs.
JIBC has six campuses throughout British
Columbia, including its main campus located
in the city of New Westminster, which is part
of the Metro Vancouver region.
Metro Vancouver has consistently been
ranked as one of North America’s most
livable cities and has consistently ranked as
one of the most livable cities in the world by
the Economist magazine since 2002.

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Office of International Affairs
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Canada

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email international@jibc.ca

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Columbia (JIBC) is recognized
nationally and internationally
for innovative education in
public and community safety. We
educate the people whose work
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to live, work and play.

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