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AUGUST 2013
By Fadeke Adegbuyi
Autumn 2013 will mark the
opening of the new Foren-
sic Services and Coroner’s
Complex in Downsview, To-
ronto. The best of its kind
anywhere in the world, the
FSCC will conduct work that
will support the criminal jus-
tice system and public safety
in Ontario. Spanning 550,000
square feet, the FSCC replaces
previous offices in downtown
Toronto that have become in-
creasingly outdated and offer
no room for expansion.
The state-of-the-art complex
is a marvel to view, and will
accommodate increased ca-
pacity for more than 2,500
autopsies and over 15,000 fo-
rensic science cases per year.
“Advanced technology has
been incorporated into vari-
ous aspects of the new FSCC,”
says a representative from the
Office of the Chief Coroner.
The innovation demonstrated
within the FSCC, such as se-
curity systems using biomet-
rics, will surely place the com-
