Virtual Resource Centre
As part of the Building Safe Communities (BSC) program, this Virtual Resource Centre offers a wide range of resources on crime prevention, safety, community engagement, and more.
Featured Resource:
BSC Community Engagement Resources: |
Community engagement is often described as getting to know your neighbours, building relationships, and fostering a sense of belonging. Communities where neighbours look after each other often experience less crime. The below resources offer ways of engaging your residents to make your community safer and help reduce crime. |
Around The Block: Let’s Walk! |
Benefits of Membership |
Human Bingo Engagement Tool |
Little Libraries |
Love Where You Live: Host a Block Party |
My Neighbour Card |
Meet Your Neighbours |
People Centered Initiatives |
Snow Angels Helping Communities |
Community Newsletter Article Bank: |
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Have you ever needed an extra article for your communtiy newsletter? BSC now offers a variety of articles on crime prevention and safety topics. |
Canadian Crime Stoppers Association:
Crime Stoppers is a civilian, non profit, charitable organization that brings together in a triparte relationship, the police services of a community, the media and the community in the fight against crime.
Crime Stoppers provides citizens with a vehicle to anonymously supply the police with information about a crime or potential crime of which they have knowledge. Cash rewards are offered to people who call the program and their information leads to an arrest.
View their website and resources here.
Translated Tip Sheets and Resources: |
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The Federation of Calgary Communities has partnered with Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) to bring you various BSC tip sheet and resources that were translated by the CIWA Labour Market Bridging for Volunteers: Interpretation and Translation program students. Popular resources from BSC were translated into the top 12 most spoken languages in Calgary. Find out more about CIWA and what they offer by clicking here. | |
Arabic Translation | Punjabi Translation |
Bust Graffiti – Arabic | Around the Block: Let’s Walk – Punjabi |
CA info Federation – Arabic | Auto Theft – Punjabi |
How to Report Crime – Arabic | Bust Graffiti – Punjabi |
Little Libraries – Arabic | Drug House – Punjabi |
Meet Your Neighbours – Arabic | Graffiti Vandalism – Punjabi |
Slow the Flow of Traffic – Arabic | How to Report Crime – Punjabi |
Snow Angels Helping Communities – Arabic | Little Libraries – Punjabi |
Slow the Flow of Traffic – Punjabi | |
Farsi Translation | Snow Angels Helping Communities – Punjabi |
Auto Theft – Farsi | |
Bust Graffiti – Farsi | Hindi Translation |
Drug Houses – Farsi | Auto Theft – Hindi |
Graffiti Vandalism – Farsi | Drug Houses – Hindi |
How to Report Crime – Farsi | Graffiti Vandalism – Hindi |
Meet Your Neighbours – Farsi | How to Report Crime – Hindi |
Slow The Flow of Traffic – Farsi | Walking Guide Final – Hindi |
Snow Angels Helping Communities – Farsi | |
Russian Translation | |
Chinese (Simplified) Translation | Auto Theft – Russian |
Auto Theft – Simplified Chinese | Drug Houses – Russian |
Around the Block: Let’s Walk – Simplified Chinese | Graffiti Vandalism – Russian |
Drug Houses – Simplified Chinese | How to Report Crime – Russian |
Graffiti Vandalism – Simplified Chinese | |
How to Report Crime – Simplified Chinese | German Translation |
Little Libraries – Chinese | Auto Theft – German |
Love Where You Live – Host a Block Party – Chinese | Around the Block: Let’s Walk – German |
Meet Your Neighbours – Chinese | Graffiti Vandalism – German |
Slow the Flow of Traffic – Chinese | How to Report Crime – German |
Snow Angels Helping Communities – Chinese | |
Spanish Translation | |
Mandarin Translation | Auto Theft – Spanish |
Bust Graffiti – Mandarin | Around the Block: Let’s Walk – Spanish |
CA info – Mandarin | Bust Graffiti – Spanish |
How to Report Crime – Mandarin | Drug Houses – Spanish |
Graffiti Vandalism – Spanish | |
Italian Translation | How to Report Crime – Spanish |
Bust Graffiti – Italian | Love Where You Live – Block Party – Spanish |
CA info Federation – Italian | Meet Your Neighbours – Spanish |
Little Libraries – Italian | Slow the Flow of Traffic – Spanish |
Meet Your Neighbours – Italian | Snow Angels Helping Communities – Spanish |
Slow the Flow of Traffic – Italian | |
Snow Angels Helping Communities – Italian | Tagalog Translation |
Bust Graffiti – Tagalog | |
Romanian Translation | CA info Federation – Tagalog |
Bust Graffiti – Romanian | How to Report Crime – Tagalog |
CA info Federation – Romanian | Little Libraries – Tagalog |
Little Libraries – Romanian | Meet Your Neighbours – Tagalog |
Meet Your Neighbours – Romanian | Slow the Flow of Traffic – Tagalog |
Slow the Flow of Traffic – Romanian | Snow Angels Helping Communities – Tagalog |
Korean Translation | Ukrainian Translation |
Auto Theft – Korean | Auto Theft – Ukrainian |
Around the Block: Let’s Walk – Korean | Drug Houses – Ukrainian |
Bust Graffiti – Korean | Graffiti Vandalism – Ukrainian |
CA info Federation – Korean | How to Report Crime – Ukrainian |
Drug Houses – Korean | Around the Block: Let’s Walk – Ukrainian |
Graffiti Vandalism – Korean | |
How to Report Crime – Korean | Vietnamese Translation |
Little Libraries – Korean | Auto Theft – Vietnamese |
Love Where You Live – Block Party – Korean | Drug Houses – Vietnamese |
Meet Your Neighbours – Korean | Graffiti Vandalism – Vietnamese |
Slow the Flow of Traffic – Korean | How to Report Crime – Vietnamese |
Around the Block: Let’s Walk – Vietnamese | |
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Contact:
Tyson Bankert
Building Safe Communities Coordinator
(403) 244-4111 ext. 225
bsc@calgarycommunities.com
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