Dr. Michael Young is a newly appointed professor emeritus, and a long-time faculty member in the School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University.
Young joined Camosun College in 1998 where he was the head of the Criminal Justice program. In 1998, he took a faculty position in the BA in Justice Studies program at Royal Roads. In 2015, he began work on the development of a MA in Justice Studies program, which was approved in 2019.
His academic experiences and expertise are underpinned by a desire to work with students, colleagues, policy makers and government to improve justice in society. Away from academic life, Young enjoys fitness, motorcycling and travel.
Experience
Dr. Michael Young has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience in post secondary settings. His research spans the agencies of criminal justice, police courts, and corrections, and the intersections of those agencies with homelessness, health and addictions.
Young has been involved in research on homelessness, addictions and mental health in urban rural settings, and helped organize the development and delivery of therapeutic community approaches to addiction.
Young’s involvement with the organization and implementation of the MA in Justice Studies program at RRU highlights the importance of transdisciplinary approaches to justice studies to bring about positive and “just” social change.
Education
2017
Indigenous Health (CORE ICS)
Government of British Columbia
2015
Concurrent Disorders Certificate
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH)
2006
PhD Under Special Arrangements
Simon Fraser University
1994
Master of Arts in Criminology
Simon Fraser University
1992
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology
Simon Fraser University
1990
Diploma in Criminology
Douglas College
Awards
2022
Certificate of Best Presentation
International Conference on Community Mental Health (Thailand)
Research
Research interest
Social and criminal justice
Addictions and mental health
Homelessness
Publications
Young, M. & Horton, A. (2024). Connecting criminology and criminal justice: People, places and processes. Cambridge Scholars Publishing Limited.
Van Tuyl, R. & Young, M. (2023). New and Expanding Populations of People Experiencing Homelessness in British Columbia, Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic. international Journal on Homelessness, 2023, 3(2): page 1-12. DOI: 10.5206/ijoh.2022.2.15042|
Young, M. & Van Tuyl (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 Isolation Practices on Service Delivery to Persons Experiencing Homelessness and Concurrent Disorders. Austin anthropology, 6(1). https://austinpublishinggroup.com/austin-anthropology/fulltext/anthropology-v6-id1028.php
Young, M. & Van Tuyl, R. (2021). Identifying the impact of COVID-19 isolation practices on persons experiencing homelessness with concurrent disorders. Research and review insights, 5 1-4. https://www.oatext.com/pdf/RRI-5-168.pdf Received certificate for best presentation award: ICCMH 2022: XVI. International conference on community mental health (certificate).
Young, M.G. 2019. Teaching Global Legal Traditions Using Inside-Out: Support for Student Engagement in Learning. The International Journal of Adult, Community and Professional Learning 26(2) 1-10. https://doi:10.18848/2328-6318/CGP/v26i02/1-10
Young, M. (2018). When results from survey instruments do not make sense: Reflections on using mixed methods in remote communities with Indigenous, marginalized populations. Journal of addictive behaviors and therapy,2(3) 1-3. http://www.imedpub.com/articles/when-results-from-survey-instruments-do-not-make-sense-reflections-on-using-mixed-methods-in-remote-communities-with-indigenous-ma.pdf
Young, M., Abbott, N. & Goebel, E. (2017). Telling their story of homelessness: Voices of Victoria’s tent city. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 26(1) 79-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2017.1324358
Young, M., & Manion, K. (2017). Harm reduction through housing first: an assessment of the Emergency Warming Centre in Inuvik, Canada. Harm Reduction Journal, 14(8), 1-11. doi:10.1186/s12954-016-0128-8
Young, M., Dueck, P. & Malisius, E. (2016). The role of curriculum committee related to the learning and teaching model and curriculum development at Royal Roads University. Chapter 15 in Engaging students in life-changing Learning: Royal Roads University’s learning and teaching model in practice. Grundy et al. Victoria, BC: Author.
Young, M. & Manion, K. (2016). A preliminary assessment of the Emergency Warming Centre in Inuvik, Canada: Qualified support for harm reduction through housing first from an international comparative perspective. Housed by Choice, housed by force – Homes, conflicts and conflicting interests. Web publication by Architecture_MPS. Available from, http://architecturemps.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/YOUNGM-MANION-K_-A-PRELIMINARY-ASSESSMENT-OF-THE-EMERGENCY-WARMING-CENTRE-IN-INUVIK.pdf
Young, M. (2016). Help Wanted: Can the nonprofit sector make a difference in the lives of hard-to house persons with concurrent disorders in the Western Canadian Arctic? The Extractive Industries and Society, 3(1), 41-49. Available from, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214790X15300022
Young, M. (2016). Homelessness, addictions and mental health in a northern, rural context: Using focus groups and observation to identify gaps in services. Sage Research Methods Cases. Available from, http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/978144627305015595398
Young, M. (2015). Friend not foe: The role of curriculum committee in supporting the development of curriculum at Royal Roads University. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 3(12), 1070-1073. Available from, http://www.hrpub.org/download/20151130/UJER16-19505107.pdf
Young, M. (2014). Educating justice up close and from a distance: Reflections on the first 10 years of the BA Justice Studies Program at Royal Roads University. The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Research, 4, 170-181.
Young, M. & Moses, J. (2013). Neoliberalsim and Homelessness in the Western Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 4(2) 7-22.
Young, M. (2012). Assessing the effects of therapeutic curriculum on staff and volunteers in a new therapeutic Community: Implications for educators in addiction services for homeless persons with co-morbid disorders. International, Quarterly Community Health Education, 33(3) 233-50.
Young, M. (2012). Incarceration in Canada: History, Development and Practice. Chapter 3 in Adult Canadian Corrections. Winterdyke, J. and Wienrath, M. (eds.). Toronto, ON: de Sitter Publications.
Young, M. (2012). Necessary but insufficient: NIMBY and the development of a therapeutic community for homeless persons with co-morbid disorders. Local Environment, 3(17) 281-293.
Young, M. (2011). The development of a therapeutic community for homeless persons with co-morbid disorders: Moving beyond the binary imperative implied by NIMBY. Environmental Economics.2(1) 76-84.
Dhillon, C. & Young, M. (2010). Environmental racism and First Nations: A call for socially just public policy development. Canadian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 1(1) 23-37.
Ogden, R. & Young, M. (2003). Washington State social workers’ attitudes toward voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide. Social Work in Health Care. 37(2) 43-70.
Young, M. (2001). Incarceration in Canada: Past and present. In Corrections in Canada: Social Reactions to Crime pp. 102-128. John A. Winterdyk (ed.). Toronto: Pearson Education Canada Inc.
Young, M. & Ogden, R. (2000). The role of nurses in AIDS care regarding euthanasia and assisted suicide: A call for further dialogue. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 31(3) 513-519.
Young, M. (1999). Win lose or draw: The battle over site selection in British Columbia. Corrections Compendium. 24(3) 3-5, 25-30.
Ogden, R. & Young, M. (1999). Understanding assisted death decisions: Proposal for an interdisciplinary approach. Mature Medicine. 2(5) 283-285.
Ogden, R. & Young, M. (1998). Survey on euthanasia and assisted suicide: BCASW members’ views. Perspectives. 19(2) 1-8.
Ogden, R. & Young, M. (1998). Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A survey of registered social workers in British Columbia. British Journal of Social Work. 28(2) 161-175.
Young, M. & Ogden, R. (1998). End of life issues: A survey of Canadian nurses in AIDS care. Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care. 9(2) 26-33.
Young, M. (1998). Rethinking community resistance to prison siting: Results from a community impact assessment. Canadian Journal of Criminology. 40(3) 323-327.
Ogden, R. & Young, M. (1997). L’Euthanasie et l’aide au suicide: Sondage aupres des travailleurs sociaux agrees de la Colombie-Britannique. Travailleur Social. 65(2) 3.
Young, M. & Hackler, J. (1997). Pitfalls in sentencing". Provincial Court Judge's News. 3(5) 12-13.
Ogden, R. & Young, M. (1997). Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A survey of registered social workers in BC. The Social Worker. 62(2) 3.
Young, M., Jackson M. & Ekstedt, J. (1996). A Community Impact Assessment Study on Prison Siting. Simon Fraser Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy.
Young, M. (2022). What are the impacts of COVID-19 isolation practices on service provision to PEHCD regarding the transformation of agencies providing services to this population? Submitted to BC Ministry of Health.
Wallace, M. and Young, M. (2021). Assor Report: Community and Justice Services (diploma). Submitted to Niagara College Canada.
Young, M. & Adorjan, M. (2017). Review of an Application from Sheridan College: for consent to offer an Honours Bachelor of Community Safety. Submitted to PEQAB, Ontario.
Young, M. (2011). Results from the delivery of therapeutic curriculum training to staff and a review of the operation of Guthrie House therapeutic community and Nanaimo Correctional Centre. Contract: $8,000 funded by Justice Institute of British Columbia.
Young, M. & Moses, M. (2013). Rural migration and homelessness in the north. Research grant: $74,989 funded by HRSDC.
Young, M. (2016). Methods in Action: Participatory and Community Research. METHODSPACE: Sage Publications.
http://www.methodspace.com/methods-in-action-participatory-and-community-research/
Young, M. & Blair, B. (2013). A Cold Place to Live Outside. Part of research on Rural migration and homelessness in the north. Research grant: $74,989 funded by HRSDC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ne95FzkWeo
Young, M. (2018). No home in a homeland: Indigenous people and homelessness in northern Canada. By: Julia Christensen. Arctic, 79(2) 229-230.
Young, M. (2013). The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Counter Terrorism. By: Kent Roach. Terrorism and Political Violence. 25(5): 852-54.
Young, M. (2008). Magistrates, Police, and People: Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837. By: Donald Fyson. International Criminal Justice Review
