CSI Oshawa - UOIT opens innovative Crime Scene House
October 11, 2007
OSHAWA, Ont. - Homicides, break and enters, shootings, hit-and-run accidents and suspicious deaths - students at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) investigate them all at the university's innovative Crime Scene House. Media are invited to come out next week and learn more about this leading-edge facility during the official opening of the house, which will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, speeches, tours, staged crime scenes and sample collection demonstrations.
The only university facility of its kind in Ontario, the Crime Scene House is where the UOIT Faculty of Science stages crime scenes as part of the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Forensic Science program. Students receive hands-on training in the practical skills required to excel in a career involving forensic investigation, including learning to collect and analyze data such as DNA, fingerprints, footwear impressions and tool marks.
Who:
Dr. William Smith, dean, Faculty of Science, UOIT;
Dr. Richard Marceau, provost, UOIT;
Inspector David Kimmerly, Major Crimes Unit, Durham Regional Police Service;
Dr. Ray Prime, director, Centre of Forensic Science; and
Dr. Shari Forbes, assistant professor, Faculty of Science, UOIT
When:
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
11 a.m.
Where:
UOIT Crime Scene House
Camp Samac
275 Conlin Road East
Oshawa, Ontario
Parking:
Enter Camp Samac off of Conlin Road East.
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Media contact
Melissa Levy
Communications and Marketing
Ontario Tech University
905.721.8668 ext. 2513
melissa.levy@uoit.ca
