Ben Roebuck

First Name: Ben
Last Name: Roebuck
Email: roebucb1@algonquincollege.com
Phone: 613-727-4723
Extension: 6328
Title: Professor
School/Department: Police and Public Safety Institute
Campus: Ottawa

Benjamin has been teaching in the Police & Public Safety Institute since 2010. A full-time professor in Victimology and Public Safety, he serves as the Research Chair for the Victimology Research Centre housed within the Office of Applied Research, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship (ARIE). Benjamin holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of Ottawa and is co-author of Staying Alive While Living the Life: Adversity, Strength and Resilience in the Lives of Homeless Youth, published by Fernwood in 2018.

Benjamin’s professional passion is centered on resilience, having served on numerous committees and Boards of Directors for agencies supporting youth, survivors of violence, and people experiencing homelessness. Currently, Benjamin is an academic advisor to the Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO) Youth Reference Group, the External Advisory Council for the Sexual Misconduct Response Center with the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence, as well as a member of the Academic Advisory Circle for the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime.

Benjamin is the principal investigator for a national SSHRC-funded study on victim services and vicarious resilience, as well as an NSERC-funded study on COVID-19 and system responses to homelessness. His research has been featured nationally on CBC and in the Globe & Mail.