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SUMMARY:CACP Strategic Foresight 2027
DESCRIPTION:-- --\n\n-- Quick Links: --\n\nRegistration Fact Sheet\n\n--
  Program Objectives --\n\n* To offer early/mid-career police members a u
 niquely challenging and high value professional development option.\n\n*
  To embed Design Thinking skills and expand the members’ understanding
  of the interplay between factors external to policing, and how they can
  impact society today and in the future.\n\n* To build capacity for Stra
 tegic Foresight in Canadian police members to improve their recognition 
 and navigation of seismic shifts in public policy. \n\n* To develop evi
 dence-informed trends and plausible future scenarios, each with their ow
 n implications. These can be shared for consideration by the CACP and po
 licing agencies. \n\n* To advance the goals of authentic inclusion thro
 ugh the empowerment and development of more diverse middle ranks & civil
 ian populations\n\n-- Target Audience --\n\nThis program applies a colla
 borative, creative, and design-thinking problem-based learning model tha
 t will develop new and enhanced lateral thinking skills, and an ability 
 to see connections and their impacts differently. It will require resear
 ch, including the learning and application of new qualitative methods, a
 nd a fair degree of rigour and scholarship.  In the absence of resident
 ial sessions in this fully virtual model, candidates must be able to dev
 ote sufficient time to attend periodic virtual engagement learning sessi
 ons, along with the self-directed online study and team collaboration in
 volved, anticipated to require about 4 hours minimum per week in total t
 hroughout the program’s duration.\n\nThe program aims to include a mix
  of sworn and civilian members of Canadian police services, widely repre
 sentative of all demographics and police functions, and with at least 10
 -15 years of career runway remaining ahead of them.  Ideal candidates w
 ill be at the ranks of Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, or similar sw
 orn or civilian equivalents.  Exceptions on rank may be made on the dis
 cretion of nominating agency executives, and on approval by the CACP.\n\
 nAll candidates for the program are subject to CACP approval. \n\n-- On
 line Self-Study, Sub-Team Projects and Scheduled Virtual Sessions --\n\n
 This program includes extensive online interactions that will commence o
 n December 15, 2026 and will continue framed around periodic virtual e
 ngagement learning sessions to be held via MS Teams.  Asynchronous (24/
 7) self-study and sub-team collaborations will occur as scheduled by the
  cohort members between January 12, 2027 and April 27, 2027; cohort mem
 bers may also be involved in presenting deliverables to the CACP Board a
 nd/or select audiences after which the program will conclude.\n\n-- CACP
  Guidance on Candidate Selection --\n\nThis program applies a collaborat
 ive, creative, and design-thinking problem-based learning model that wil
 l develop new and enhanced lateral thinking skills, and an ability to se
 e connections and their impacts differently. It will require the learn
 ing and application of new qualitative methods of research, and a fair d
 egree of rigour and scholarship.  In the absence of residential session
 s in this fully virtual model, candidates must be able to devote suffici
 ent time to attend periodic virtual engagement learning sessions, along 
 with the self-directed online study and team collaboration involved, ant
 icipated to require about 4 hours minimum per week in total throughout t
 he program’s duration.\n\nThe program aims to include a mix of sworn a
 nd civilian members of Canadian police services, widely representative o
 f all demographics and police functions, and with at least 10-15 years o
 f career runway remaining ahead of them.  Ideal candidates will be at t
 he ranks of Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, or similar sworn or civi
 lian equivalents.  Exceptions on rank may be made on the discretion of 
 nominating agency executives, and on approval by the CACP. \n\nAll cand
 idates for the program are subject to CACP approval. To assist with cand
 idate approvals, nominees are required to include a 1-2 paragraph bio, o
 utlining relevant work and study experience, along with reasons for thei
 r own and their agency’s interest in the CACP Strategic Foresight prog
 ram. This can be submitted upon registration or by email to janet@cacp.c
 a.\n\n-- --\n\n-- Program Registration Policy --\n\nRegistrations can be
  immediately held by agencies, with candidate name(s) to follow if requi
 red.  All nominated candidates must be named and approved by the Progra
 m Director no later than December 11, 2026 after which registrations w
 ill be considered final and not subject to a refund.
LOCATION:CACP Head Office 
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