Carla Hotel

Carla Hotel is the Chair and faculty member for the Criminology and Legal Studies Department at Douglas College. She holds master’s degrees from UBC (Counselling Psychology) and from SFU (Criminology). Her professional experience includes extensive policy analysis and program evaluation, and research has focused in areas such as victimization, resiliency, post-traumatic stress injuries in first response professions, and access barriers for marginalized youth. She is currently a co-investigator with McGill university (IMPACTS), in an international partnership to address sexual violence and misconduct in university settings. In 2020, she was awarded the President’s Excellence Award for her work on the development and approval of the first Bachelor of Arts in Applied Criminology and Honours degrees at Douglas College. Her past board experience includes the New Westminster Police Board, the British Columbia Association of Police Boards, and the New Westminster Victims Assistance Unit Board.