Continuining Education

Dr. Shaffer has pursued continuing education in diverse areas, including financial crime, violence risk and threat assessment, and research and data analysis. She has completed training through post-secondary institutions and agencies both in Canada and internationally, including the Academy of Certified Money Laundering Specialists, Protect International Risk and Safety Services, the FBI, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and INTERPOL.

Financial Crime

Law Enforcement Introduction to Digital Assets
Blockchain Intelligence Group

Ending Illegal Wildlife Trade
Academy of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

Financial Crime in the Forest Sector
INTERPOL

Introduction to Money Laundering
INTERPOL

Terrorist Financing
Insight Threat Intelligence

Cryptocurrency
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Applying Anti-Money Laundering Best Practices to Casinos and Money Service Businesses
Academy of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

Anti-Money Laundering: Past, Present, and a New Future
Academy of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

Anti-Money Laundering Foundations Certificate Program
Academy of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

Violence Risk/Threat Assessment and Management

Interviewing and Consultancy Skills for Direct and Indirect Threat Assessments
Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals

Child Abuse
FBI

Special Topics in Adolescent Risk Assessment: Stalking
Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals

Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016 – 2020
U.S. Secret Service

Terrorism Threat Assessment Master Class
Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals

Threat Profiling
International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts

Interviewing a Serial Killer: Putting Evidence-Based Concepts Into Practice
Eastwood Consulting

Adverting Targeted School Violence
U.S. Secret Service

Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management – Essential Elements for Effective Practice
Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals

Developmental Issues in Risk Assessment and Management
Department of Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University

Specialized Violence: Extremist Violence
Department of Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University

What Role Does PTSD Play for a Threat Assessment Professional?
Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals

Assessing Anonymous Written Threats
FBI/Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals

Specialized Violence: Cyber Violence
Department of Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University

The Assessment and Management of Risk for Sexual Violence Using the Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol and the Sexual Violence Risk-20
Protect International Risk and Safety Services

Diversity Issues in Violence Risk Assessment: Youth and Emerging Adults
Department of Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University

The Assessment and Management of Child Abuse and Neglect
Department of Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University

The Assessment and Management of Honour-Based Violence
Department of Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University

The Assessment and Management of Group-Based Violence
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk: Adolescent Version Training Workshop
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability: Adolescent Version Training Workshop
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth Training
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Violence Risk Scale: Youth Version Training
Centre for Forensic Behavioral Science and Justice Studies, University of Saskatchewan

Violence Risk Assessment and Management Workshop for Post-Secondary Institutions
Protect International Risk and Safety Services

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Training
Drs. Gilles Cote and Michael Seto

Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability Training
British Columbia Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission

Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk Training
British Columbia Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission

Female Addition Manual Training
British Columbia Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission

Historical-Clinical-Risk Management Version 2 Training
British Columbia Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission

Crime Prevention

Criminal Profiling and Crime Linkage
European Association of Psychology and Law

Using the Internet as an Investigative Research Tool
Toddington International Inc.

Introduction to the Dark Web
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Introduction to Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Canadian Police Knowledge Network

Human Trafficking
International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators

Open-Source Intelligence Techniques Training Workshop
Intel Techniques

Research and Data Analysis

Data Exploration with Excel
FBI

The Future of Open Science: The Need for Culture Change
American Psychological Association

Time-Dependent AUCs
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Introduction to Text Analysis with NVivo 11 for Windows
QRS International

Summer Institute in Biostatistics: Propensity Scores: Methods, Models, and Adjustment Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Conducting Meta-Analyses in R
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Course Audit: Introduction to Applied Biostatistics: Statistics for Medical Research
School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

Analysis and Interpretation of Public Health Data Parts I and II
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Common Statistical Misconceptions in Violence Risk Training Webinar
Global Institute of Forensic Research

Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
Course on Research Ethics Training
Tri-Council Research Committee

Psychology and Health

Nature and Treatment of Trauma
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Knowledge Translation in Health Care
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Indigenous Methodologies
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Training
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Working with Diverse Populations Training Workshop
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Teaching

Centre for Online and Distance Education Tutor/Marker Orientation
Simon Fraser University

Instructional Skills Workshop Certificate
Simon Fraser University