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My time at the 2017 World Police & Fire Games in Los Angeles, USA
By Laurie Greenidge, Teacher, Collins Bay Institution
This is my fifth time competing in the World Police & Fire Games.
Ontario: Staff at RHQ and Staff College Donate Gifts to Children in Need
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For the past six years, Tracey Augustyn, Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Institutional Operations, has coordinated the Ontario Regional Headquarters/Staff Coll
How restoring vehicles is helping Canadians inmates
What do power tools, military trucks, and teamwork have in common? They are all part of the average workday for inmates working in the vehicle shop at Warkworth Institution in Campbellford, Ontario.
Quebec East-West District’s CAC hosts a successful awareness raising event
By Jean-Marc Hammon, Community Engagement Coordinator, Quebec East-West District
On November 23, 2016, the new Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) of the Quebec East-West District, in conjunction with t
My Experience as a Student at CSC
By: Jack Seymour, Student, Communications and Engagement Sector
As a recent university grad, I remember all too vividly that excited, yet immensely nervous feeling while striding across a stage to receive a confirmation of my academic achiev
Returning to the workforce: offenders graduate from training program in Pacific Region
By: Lisa Bayne, Project Manager, Employment to Empowerment
The demand for resource-based workers in British Columbia is expected to rise significantly in the next 10 years in areas such as forestry, logging, mining, oil and liquefied na
What Blueprint 2020 Means to Me
By Rhiannon Andrews
Blueprint 2020 challenges departments to engage employees in meaningful ways.
First Annual PTSD Run/Walk – Pacific Region
By: The Pacific Region Communications Team
*A note to the reader: We will be profiling CSC employees who have been diagnosed with workplace mental health injuries, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, in next mo
“It’s simply a matter of choices between them and I”
Meet Roxanne Fischer, Deputy Director, Willow Cree Healing Lodge
Roxanne Fischer started her career with CSC in 1996 and has held a range of jobs including Aboriginal Liaison Officer, Parole Officer, and Project Officer.
In Your Own Words – Eddy Grunig
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I was 14 years old when I first heard about Matthew Sheppard.
Emily Henry, Pacific Region
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I have trained program officers from one part of the country to the next to deliver the Aboriginal Integrated Correctional Program Model.
The Success of the Employment to Empowerment Project in the Pacific Region
By: Eileen Thoo and Donat Bilomba
When Employment to Empowerment (E2E) began in September 2014, the challenge was to create 400 jobs for offenders in the Pacific Region.
Making positive changes – CSC’s midyear results
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The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is making progress on its goals for this fiscal year (2016-17).
Improving health care services through technology
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We recently talked to Ian Irving, Regional Manager of Clinical Services, about how CSC is improving the ways it delivers health care services to offenders in the Ontario region
What Blueprint 2020 Means to Me
By George Manthorne
I have been a correctional officer for 18 years and during that time I have seen many initiatives, projects and ideas come and go in regards to addressing the issues within our
What Blueprint 2020 Means to Me
By Veronica Felizardo
“Be the change you want to see in the world” - I live and breathe by this motto, so when I first heard about Blueprint 2020, I had to be a part of it.
Commissioner Head reflects on CSC career
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Commissioner Don Head has accomplished a great deal during his time at the Correctional Service of Canada.
The Rescue of Ms. Owl
By: Trina Piche & Ursula Blood, Correctional Officers, Pê Sâkâstêw Centre
While completing a perimeter security check, Ursula Blood and Trina Piche were walking on the main road adjacent to Pê Sâkâstêw Centre when Ursula asked Trina if she could see w
How Can We Build A Better Correctional System?
By: The Hon. Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
On February 22, 2016, Minister Goodale addressed a Strategic Leadership Symposium of the Correctional Service of Canada in Ottawa.
NEAC Member Recognized by Governor General
By: Eileen Thoo & Donat Bilomba
When Luketa M’Pindou moved to Alberta in 1999, he signed up as a volunteer with the Association Multiculturelle Francophone de l'Alberta.
CSC's Research Branch wins pair of international awards
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There are a few more trophies to add to the mantle of the Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) Research Branch, after two members received recent international accolades.
Offenders at Pê Sâkâstêw Centre Help Renovate a Local Church
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Ponoka, Alberta resident Richard McKelvie had grand plans to renovate a local church to be used as both a church and community theatre for musicals and arts productions.
My Experience at the Vancouver Pride Parade
By: Trista Laderoute, Correctional Officer II, Pacific Institution
I have attended the Vancouver Pride Parade for several decades.