Contact 4-3-1997 E-eng
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Contact 4-3-1997 E-eng
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Le présent document a une valeur archivistique et fait partie des documents d’archives rendus disponibles par Sécurité publique Canada à ceux qui souhaitent consulter ces documents issus de sa collection. Some of these documents are available in only one official language. Translation, to be provided by Public Safety Canada, is available upon request. Certains de ces documents ne sont disponibles que dans une langue officielle. Sécurité publique Canada fournira une traduction sur demande. • Contact For those who work with the Correctional Service of Canada Volume 4, N°3 BILL C-55 TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE On December 11, Commissioner Ole Ingstrup appeared before the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The Committee is considering Bill C-55, which proposes new measures to deal with high-risk offenders and earlier day parole for offenders currently eligible for accelerated parole review. The English and French transcripts can be found on the Internet under the following address: www.parl.gc.ca (under Parliamentary Business and Publications). For CSC employees at NHQ, the transcripts are located in the Cotnmunications General Inforniation drawer in TeamLinks. Contact: Lynn Cuddington (613) 995-3027. IN MEMORY René Rousseau, Warden at Archambault Institution, passed away on January 27 after a long illness. He started his career with CSC in 1967 teaching at Cowansville Institution, and held various positions within the Service over the past 30 years. • Arnold Harrison, age 52, passed away on January 28 as a result of a motor vehicle accident. He was a member of the Canadian Army and for the past 30 years worked as a Correctional Officer at the Springhill Institution. RISK MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CSC is sponsoring a national conference for case management and program staff from institutions and community offices across the country, to be held in Cornwall, Ontario, from February 25-27. The conference will provide staff with the most recent knowledge and developments in all major aspects of risk management (assessment, intervention, supervision and communication). Key speakers include CSC Commissioner Ole Ingstrup, NPB Chairman Willie Gibbs and CSC S enior Deputy Commissioner Lucie McClung. Contact: Gilbert Taylor (613) 996-9609. • ARCHAMB AULT INSTITUTION A parmership between CSC and the Regroupement des personnes aveugles du Montréal-métro began in January 1997. Two inmates have volunteered to record weekly features, such as circulars and television listings, for visually-impaired people. This partnership will be publicized in February during White Cane Week. Contact: Sonja Ellefsen (514) 478-5960, ext. 8500. February 7, 1997 ABORIGINAL CULTURE DAY On December 18, several inmates, volunteers and employees from La Macaza Institution took part in an Aboriginal Culture Day. There was a sharing circle led by guest Elders, followed by a communal meal of caribou, beaver and traditional bannock bread. A sweat lodge was held the next day for the residents to close the season's activities. Contact: Marie-Paule Brisebois (819) 275-2315. BOWDEN INSTITUTION On January 30, ten staff members competed against ten inmates in a hockey match which took place at Bowden's outdoor hockey rink. Fifty Bowden employees and 250 inmates cheered them on. The staff won 6-2. The two referees were drawn from the personnel and the inmate population. A rematch is being planned to give the inmates a chance to even up the score. Contact: Bill Peet (403) 2273391. Bowden's inmates are helping out a young boy in their community. The inmates have set up a trust fund for three-year-old Jaycen Semenyna, who was the sole survivor of a house fire that killed his family. Donations are being accepted at Royal Bank branches. Contact: Barry Forhan (403) 2273391, ext. 304. FEDERAL TRAINING CENTRE The exhibition Tout près d'ici ... nos prisons, presented by the Observatoire international des prisons, under UNESCO sponsorship, was held fromJanuary 13 to February 2 at the Federal Training Centre. Thirty-one graphic artists from twelve countries cast a critical outsider's eye on conditions in prisons worldwide. Contact: François Lagarde (514) 661-7786, ext. 4620. INTERNET Contact is available on CSC's Internet website at http://csc-scc.gc.ca . We are trying to reduce our distribution list; if you can access Contact through Internet, please inform us in order to have your name removed from the distribution list. Suggestions for future issues are welcome. Please forward your articles or comments to Janna Shumila (613) 9475309 and Laura Zasada (613) 995-3412, or by facsimile to (613) 947-0091. LIBRARY SCLIO!TOP, GENERel MADA MAY Mel 6 UT ;AdRloi Correctional Service Service correctionnel 1+111 Canada Canada 11 I anada