Peter Sloly
Biography:
PETER SLOLY is the founder and CEO of Sloly Solutions Inc. providing strategic advice to governments, private sector organizations and public sector agencies to help them achieve differentiated outcomes that contribute to smarter safer cities, and more inclusive just societies.
Peter has enjoyed three successful but different careers as a professional athlete, a partner at a professional services firm, and as a police officer who rose through the ranks to become Chief of Police.
He is an expert in the areas of security convergence, police/justice modernization, community safety, and well-being. Peter is a Massey College Visiting Fellow, recently appointed as “Change Maker in Residence” in recognition of his extensive expertise and experience leading organizational and cultural change and his life-long role as a champion for diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.
Peter has travelled to five continents and more than 50 countries including participation in international development missions and two tours of duty in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo. He is a recipient of the UN and Canadian Peacekeeping Medals and invested as an "Officer of the Order of Merit" (Police Forces) by the Governor General of Canada.
Peter has BA, Sociology, from MacMaster University (1989), and MBA from York University’s Schulich School of Business (2004). He is also a graduate of the FBI’s “National Academy” and a graduate of the Canadian Forces College “National Strategic Security Studies” program.
Born in Jamaica, Peter has lived in Toronto and Ottawa. He now lives in the Niagara Region with his wife and two children. His personal motto is “others before self, compassion for all”.
Activities:
- The Future of Public Safety
- What’s Driving Crime Today: How Old School Criminals are Using New School Technology
- Ethics Series — The Ethics of Protest: How Far is Too Far?
- What’s Driving Crime Today: How Old School Criminals are Using New School Technology
- Ethics Series — The Ethics of Bail Reform: Do We Need Corrections in the Corrections System?
- Walter Gordon Symposium — Making Policy Count: The Social Implications of Data-Driven Decision-Making