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Behind the Investigation:  Exploring Roles, Realities & Responsibilities in Medicolegal Death Investigation
Developed by Dr. Shelby Scott, MSc., PhD, in partnership with CSFS.

Time: Dec 18, 2026 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada), 60 minutes total

“The Art of Identification – Forensic Art as a Valuable Tool in Medicolegal Death Investigation.”

Forensic art can play an important role in the identification of persons of interest and unidentified remains through, for example, sketches and/or facial reconstruction. This webinar explores the role of the Forensic Artist, including how forensic art contributes to identification and investigation, the landscape of forensic art in Canada, how artistic interpretations are developed and used alongside other forensic evidence, and the limitations and ethical and professional considerations associated with the discipline.

Speaker:  Detective Constable Duncan Way
Forensic Artist/Forensic Facial Imaging Specialist
Ontario Provincial Police

Bio: Duncan Way is in his 27th years as a sworn Police Officer and has been with the OPP since 2015. He has been a practicing Forensic Artist for 17 years and assigned full time as such for 11. He works throughout the Province, assisting OPP and municipal agency investigators with Identifying wanted persons, missing persons and unidentified human remains.

Duncan also provides forensic art training to Law Enforcement agencies from around the globe through his company FASElinks and he sits as the Chair of the International Association for Identification’s (IAI) Forensic Art Science & Practice Subcommittee.