Academic Partners

Kwantlen Polytechnic University


Dr. Gira Bhatt, Psychology	Principal Investigator	Gira.Bhatt@kwantlen.ca
Steve Dooley, Sociology	Co-Investigator	Steve.Dooley@kwantlen.ca
Dr. Roger Tweed, Psychology	Co-Investigator	Roger.Tweed@kwantlen.ca
Dr. Nathalie Gagnon, Criminology	Co-Investigator	Nathalie.Gagnon@kwantlen.ca
Bob Basil, Communications	Communications Director	Bob.Basil@kwantlen.ca

Simon Fraser University


Dr. Kevin Douglas, Psychology	Co-Investigator	douglask@sfu.ca
Dr. Jodi Viljoen, Psychology	Co-Investigator	jviljoen@sfu.ca
Dr. Curt Griffiths, Criminology	Collaborator	griffith@sfu.ca

University of Victoria


Dr. Scott Macdonald, CARBC	Collaborator	ScottMac@uvic.ca

Langara College


Indira Prahst, Sociology	Co-Investigator	iprahst@langara.bc.ca

What is AT-CURA?

Acting Together (AT) is a federally funded project aiming to identify factors that protect youth from gang involvement and to support community resilience-promoting initiatives. The project, led by Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, B.C., Canada has brought together 12 community partner organizations and nine academic researchers from four post-secondary institutions.

We want your help!

If you are a parent, teacher, teenager, high school or university student, service provider, policy maker, law enforcement agent or community activist, and are concerned with the issues of gang involvement and youth violence, you are invited to participate in the project’s various activities, including research. Please contact us for more information.

The Quote Box

“Many academics study causes of crime. Our goal is to learn more about factors that keep youth away from criminal involvement.

This type of research takes time... [but] we hope to generate new knowledge about strategies that work.”

Dr. Roger Tweed
Co-Investigator of Acting Together-CURA