Executive Team
& Advisory Board

Executive Team & Advisory Board / SRIS Team

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Gary Galbraith is the Chair of Justice Studies with the University of Guelph-Humber. Mr. Galbraith has over 15 years of administrative and teaching experience in the post-secondary sector, specializing in the areas of public safety and justice studies. Mr. Galbraith was previously the Chair of the School of Public Safety & Behavioural Studies and the School of Recreation & Environmental Studies at Seneca Polytechnic from 2017 to 2024, where he managed a portfolio of 12 programs with over 2,200 students and 120 full-time and adjunct faculty across multiple credential levels (certificate, diploma, and undergraduate degree programs). This period included the launch and implementation of a new Honours Baccalaureate degree in Crime and Intelligence Analysis, the first degree in this area in Ontario. Mr. Galbraith was previously a faculty member at Sheridan College teaching across multiple programs for over seven years, where he also coordinated the Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and the Investigation: Public & Private program.
From 2000-2009, Mr. Galbraith worked for the British Government as a Diplomatic Service Officer where he received two civilian service medals for his overseas postings in 2003 and 2004, and he was a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) in a reserve unit of the British Armed Forces (2000-2004).
Mr. Galbraith holds a Master’s degree in Disaster and Emergency Management from York University, and worked as a research coordinator at the Centre for International and Security Studies, York University from 2009-2011. In 2014, Mr. Galbraith received the Security Educator of the Year award from the Toronto Chapter of ASIS. Mr. Galbraith is an active member of several professional associations related to emergency management, public safety, and business continuity, and he previously served as the Director of Education for the Ontario Association of Emergency Managers (OAEM) from 2015-2016. Mr. Galbraith was also a member of the Ryerson University’s Research Ethics Board (REB) for two years (2015-2017) and joined the Board of Directors for CPTED Canada in 2022.