Justice Luncheon & Hero Awards
Once a year Mississauga stops for an afternoon to thank the people who quietly keep it safe. Celebrating everyday heroes, recognizing service, inspiring action.
How the two hours run
- 11:30 AM Arrival and networking Doors open half an hour early so there is time to find your table and meet the room.
- 12:00 PM Lunch, keynote presentation, and Hero Awards Lunch is served, followed by a keynote on the issues shaping crime prevention and the presentation of this year's Hero Awards.
- 2:00 PM Close Back to your afternoon by two.
LIVE Restaurant
Living Arts Centre
4141 Living Arts Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
Dr. Kirsten Madsen
Recognizing and Addressing Bullying between Older Adults
Bullying does not stop at the schoolyard gates. It is a critical, often hidden crisis quietly affecting our growing senior population and challenging community care standards.
Dr. Kirsten Madsen holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Sheffield, where her graduate research was carried out with the Sheffield anti-bullying project. After returning to Canada she worked with the Earlscourt Girls Connection, and later with Community Health Systems Resource Group and Population Health Sciences at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. She has been a faculty member at Sheridan since 2003, researching aggression, bullying, gender differences, and implementation science.
Six ways a neighbour becomes a hero.
The Safe City Mississauga Hero Awards celebrate residents who have made extraordinary contributions to crime prevention in their community.
Community Service
Volunteering time, goods, or funding to prevent crime.
Education and Awareness
Sharing educational content on crime prevention.
Youth Engagement
Demonstrating leadership in civic responsibility for a safer city.
Innovation
Implementing creative solutions or tools to address crime.
Advocacy
Promoting policies or initiatives that prevent crime.
Courageous Acts
Taking decisive action in dangerous situations to prevent crime.
Know someone who belongs on that stage? Nominations are open.
Nominate a heroWhat the room actually looks like.
Photographs from last year's Justice Luncheon: the awards, the speeches, and a full room of people who showed up for their city.
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What your sponsorship keeps running.
Safe City Mississauga has been working to stop crime before it happens since 1992. This is one year of that work, in numbers.
Program results as published in the 2026 Justice Luncheon sponsorship package.
- 12,962Program participants across Mississauga
- 2,842Attendees at our events
- 2,409Civics 4 Kids! workbooks distributed
- 329Local businesses on the SafeCityApp
- 230Neighbourhood Watches
- 212Volunteers giving time and talent
- 120Community events and engagements
Sponsor the 15th Annual Justice Luncheon.
Put your organization in the room with the community leaders, police, and advocates who work on crime prevention in this city every day.
Prevention, not reaction
Crime shapes how safe we feel on our own streets and how confidently our children, seniors, and businesses can get on with things. Sponsoring the luncheon funds the work that stops crime before it happens.
Straight into the programs
Your partnership supports the programs that educate, engage, and empower residents, children and youth, businesses, and older adults to reduce risk and build stronger neighbourhoods.
The right room
Stand alongside the leaders and advocates behind one of the safest large cities in Canada, in front of an audience that came specifically to see this work recognized.
- Bring greetings and welcome attendees on behalf of your brand
- Reach our 6,000+ member community through the SafeCityApp
- A dedicated thank-you across our social media
- Your logo displayed throughout the event
- Your logo featured on our website
- A dedicated space to engage attendees directly
- Reach our 6,000+ member community through the SafeCityApp
- A dedicated thank-you across our social media
- Your logo displayed throughout the event
- Your logo featured on our website
- A dedicated thank-you across our social media
- Your logo displayed throughout the event
- Your logo featured on our website
- Your logo displayed throughout the event
- Your logo featured on our website
The full sponsorship package
Every tier, every benefit, and the detail behind the numbers on this page.
Download the PDFTalk it through first
Not sure which tier fits? We are happy to walk through the options and what each one looks like on the day.
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Teresa Burgess-Ogilvie
Executive Director, Safe City Mississauga
905-615-4155 ext. 4144
Proudly Supported By
Fifteen years of thanking the people who make this city safer.
Join us at LIVE Restaurant for lunch, Dr. Kirsten Madsen's keynote, and the presentation of this year's Hero Awards. Tickets and sponsorships are open now.
Questions about the Justice Luncheon, sponsorship, or the Hero Awards? Get in touch with our team.