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Frontline Communications Survey
#Wearecollaborative
This spring, in an effort to improve internal communications at CSC, Chelsey Donohue and Amanda Gordon, both Communications Advisors, did a short survey of frontline staff in CS
Meeting with our international colleagues
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On January 10, 2017, representatives from correctional systems across the world gathered in Ottawa to discuss successes and challenges they’re experiencing within their institut
A great year for Citizen Advisory Committees (CAC)
Citizen Advisory Committees (CACs) are a legally mandated presence within the Canadian federal corrections structure, set up to ensure representation from the public in the administration of correctional activities. Across federal institutions and parole offices, CACs are there to observe, liaise, and advise on CSC’s day-to-day operations, with members representing a wide cross-section of the public.
Hockey with a purpose
In the late 1990s, the Kenora Prison Outreach began an outreach ministry at the Kenora Provincial Jail in Ontario. Each month, the outreach group would travel to Stony Mountain Institution (SMI) in Manitoba to follow up with inmates who transferred from Kenora to SMI to serve their sentence. It was during one of these visits that the idea for a hockey game was born.
Sharing the Joy of Gardening with Offenders
A Citizen Advisory Committee Success Story
* A note to readers: Citizen Advisory Committees (CAC) bring a valuable community perspective to federal corrections.
Reforestation for Earth Day - 5,000 trees to be planted in Quebec Region on CSC property
By Frédéric Bussière, Institutional Environmental Officer, Quebec Region
Correctional Service Canada (CSC), in partnership with Jour de la Terre, an organization whose mission is to help citizens and organizations reduce their environmental impact, w
October is Canada’s Healthy Workplace month
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October is Canada’s Healthy Workplace month – an annual celebration designed to promote workplace health.
Growing Success – Offenders Give Back
By: Kim Ezzard & Alex Holden
Last summer there was a special project underway at Stony Mountain Institution’s Minimum Security Unit.
Fire Relief Fundraiser Held by CLDC
By: Arlene Thygesen, Director, Learning and Development (Pacific)
The Correctional Learning and Development Centre (CLDC) in Abbotsford, British Columbia hosted a Fire Relief Fundraiser on July 25, 2017 to help those affected by wild fires in
CSC Employees “Fill the Cruiser”
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CSC staff from Mountain Institution held their first ever “Fill the Cruiser” event last month.
Triumph: CSC Employees at Ironman
Never let up, focus on your goal and pace yourself to reach the finish line.
Book clubs that inspire and transform
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The Rev. Dr. Carol Finlay, a retired educator, has always had a passion for helping others and giving back to the community. In 2008, while searching for life’s purpose, she found herself reaching out to Correctional Service Canada (CSC) Collins Bay Institution in Ontario, to propose a new program: a book club for inmates. Carol got the idea from scholars she met online in London, England who had started book clubs in their local penitentiaries.
Digifest Wins GTEC Distinction Award
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Members of the Correctional Service of Canada were awarded with a medal of excellence at the 2016 GTEC Distinction Awards for last year’s Digifest.
Offenders Giving Back
A Citizen Advisory Committee Success Story in the Pacific Region
* A note to readers: Citizen Advisory Committees (CAC) bring a valuable community perspective to federal correctio
CSC Employee Walks 200 KM for PTSD Awareness
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What were you doing from July 19th to the 22nd?
The James A. Murphy Award of Excellence for 2018
Since 2003, Lori Ebbesen, this year’s recipient of the James A. Murphy Award of Excellence, has been an active, engaged member of CACs, both regionally and nationally. An advocate in the Prairie region for enhancing the role of CACs in supporting CSC’s mandate, Lori’s dedication and commitment to public safety has served as a positive motivator for others and made her an effective leader.
CSC employee Kelsey Charlie brings home the gold!
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Aboriginal Liaison Officer Kelsey Charlie, who works at Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village in Harrison Mills, attended the 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Toronto from
OMG We Won! Hackathon2: The App Challenge
After her team won CSC’s mental health app challenge last fall, we asked Robyn Gay to put the experience in her own words. Here is what she had to say…
Are you a new(ish) employee at CSC? We want to hear from you!
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If you are a correctional officer, primary worker, or health care professional that started working at CSC six months to one year ago, we want to hear from you, especially if yo
Learning to be leaders
Three employees share their experiences with career development courses
When Robert Rittwage, Alvin Ma and Stephane Brisson were given the opportunity to participate in career development programs through the Canada School of Public Service, they di
Group Leader at Forum for Young Canadians
By: Reg Amyotte, Correctional Officer II, Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village
Every generation has its leaders.
A Few Months with CSC
By: Jami Therrien, Student, Communications and Engagement Sector
My time at CSC started in January 2016 when I was employed through the Federal Student Work Employment Program (FSWEP) for two days a week.
Success! CSC introduces women prisoners’ gender-responsive training program in Liberia
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On an international level, how should you address the specific needs of women offenders when they only comprise between 2-to-9 per cent of your prison population?
Transition from the military to CSC: challenging but worthwhile
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Shortly after Anne Marie Joyce first started at Correctional Service Canada (CSC) in 2000, she sent around an email that she later realized offended almost every person who received it. She didn’t understand what had upset them until it was pointed out that her military-style directness was not how people communicate in the public service.
Staff and Inmates at Nova Institution Support the Push for Change Campaign
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When Janice Blenkhorn, an aboriginal liaison officer at Nova Institution for Women, saw a man pushing a shopping cart down the side of the highway on her way to work, she wanted