Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"

Communities say Indigenous-led, grassroots programs more effective than federal ones CBC Indigenous: The cerulean and indigo fabric on the twin bed provides the only pop of colour in a mostly grey and white room. Tacked on top is a letter with the words “made especially for you.” Each woman who stays at īkwēskīcik iskwēwak, a transitional...

The Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative (ICCI) supports alternatives to custody and reintegration projects responsive to the unique circumstances of Indigenous people in Canada. ICCI projects provide culturally relevant services that may include counselling, treatment, life skills coaching, family reunification, and addressing the effects of residential schools and involvement with child welfare systems. The Call for...

Recommendations: I recommend that the Minister of Public Safety engage the Public Health Agency of Canada to conduct an independent epidemiological study of the differential rates of COVID-19 infection and spread in Canadian federal prisons and report results and recommendations publicly. # 1(Indigenous individuals accounted for close to 60% of all positive COVID-19 cases in...

Nunatsiaq News – Jury recommendations to Correctional Services Canada after suicide of an Inuit inmate include: • Correctional Service Canada (CSC) should make the Anijaarniq Strategy, a holistic Inuit strategy to better understand the needs of Inuit in federal custody, publicly available and ensure CSC staff know how to implement it properly. • CSC should...

I recognize that many of the causes of Indigenous over-representation reside in factors beyond the criminal justice system. However, when I issued the statement, I noted that consistently poorer correctional outcomes for Indigenous offenders (e.g.) more likely to be placed or classified as maximum security more likely to be involved in use of force and...

The Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative (ICCI) supports alternatives to custody and reintegration projects responsive to the unique circumstances of Indigenous people in Canada. ICCI projects provide culturally relevant services that may include counselling, treatment, life skills coaching, family reunification, and addressing the effects of residential schools and involvement with child welfare systems. The ICCI provides contribution...

Annual report tabled in House of Commons. The following are ten key recommendations common between two parliamentary committees (the House of Commons Standing Committees on Public Safety and National Security [SECU] and Status of Women [FEWO]) as well as recommendations my Office has made, and continues to call on federal corrections to implement: Increasing the...

It has been nearly three years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) issued its final report Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future (December 18, 2015), to which the Government of Canada committed to implementing all of the recommendations. Little practical progress has been made on the TRC’s ‘Calls to Action’ impacting federal corrections: Eliminate the...

I recommend that CSC review its community release strategy for Indigenous offenders with a view to: increase the number of Section 81 agreements to include community accommodation options for the care and custody of medium security inmates; address discrepancies in funding arrangements between CSC and Aboriginal-managed Healing Lodge facilities, and; maximize community interest and engagement...

I again recommend that CSC appoint a Deputy Commissioner for Indigenous Corrections. I recommend that the Service develop new culturally appropriate and gender specific assessment tools, founded on Gladue principles, to be used with male and female Indigenous offenders. I recommend that CSC’s National Aboriginal Advisory Council (NAAC) review gaps and barriers to increased participation...