About CPKN

National Advisory Group

In addition to its Board of Directors, CPKN relies on the expertise, advice, and guidance of a National Advisory Group to meet organizational objectives. It is comprised of volunteer members representing various sized and geographically diverse police and law enforcement organizations across Canada. The Advisory Group:

  • Serves as the Steering Committee for the Police Sector Council’s national e-learning initiative and any other Steering Committee projects on an ad hoc basis;
  • Contributes to the evolution of processes to identify appropriate topics and Content Providers for the development and delivery of CPKN courses;
  • Advises on methods of evaluating the impact of CPKN courses on learner performance;
  • Identifies trends within the police training community;
  • Proposes areas of research that should be explored to advance CPKN products and services;
  • Contributes to the development of a reporting mechanism that can be used to monitor progress of e-learning in the policing community; and
  • Champions partnerships with appropriate organizations in support of the objectives of CPKN, its partners, and its stakeholders.

Current members of the Advisory Group are:

D/Chief Brent Shea, Chair
London Police Service
Jane Naydiuk
Police Services Division, BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Portia Dewhirst
Police Sector Council
Lisa Gilliss
RCMP National Learning Design and Evaluation Services
Roline Malan
Calgary Police Service
Luc Pellerin
École Nationale du Police du Québec
Duncan Foot
Halton Regional Police Association
Jon Schmidt
Ontario Police College
Matt Lewandowski
Ontario Provincial Police Academy
Lucie Tremblay
Canadian Forces Military Police
D/Chief Bruce Herridge
York Regional Police
Chief Mark Mander
Kentville Police Service
Simon Paré
Public Safety Canada
Lawrence Smith
Toronto Police Service