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Jean Oakes, a highly respected Elder from the Nekaneet Reserve near Maple Creek in southwest Saskatchewan, counsels women offenders at the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge.
Inside this issue of Let’s Talk you will read about the transformation in Aboriginal corrections that has occurred in recent years as the criminal justice system tries to narrow the gap between the rates of incarceration of Aboriginal people and mainstream offenders.
Features
The CSC Mission – A Renewed Emphasis on Public Safety
Commissioner’s Editorial
CSC’s Aboriginal Initiatives
Focus on Effective Interventions for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Offenders
A Rendez-vous with Success
The Pathways Unit at La Macaza Institution – The Path to Personal Growth and Healing
Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge – No Walls, No Wire, But I Will Never Run Away
Aboriginal Employment Training Initiatives
Addressing Infectious Disease Issues for Aboriginal Offenders
2005 Taylor Award Ceremony
Moving Towards Purging the Paper Trail
Organizational Transition – Responding to a More Diverse Inmate Population
A Problem That Hasn’t Gone Away – Here Comes the Rain Again
As Part of Strengthening Management Practices: New CSC Internal Communications Advisory Committee
Leadership Renewal
Assistant Commissioner, Communications and Citizen Engagement Sector - Lisa Hardey
Editor-in-Chief - Daniela Rusu
Production - Martin Bélanger
English Writing, Editing and Photography - Bill Rankin
Writing, English/French Editing - Djamila Amellal
English Writing - Graham Chartier
Inquiries - Josée Deschambault
Translation Services - Translation Bureau
Graphic Design - Accurate Design & Communication Inc.
Editorial Committee
Nadine Archambault
Cathy Barnes
Julie Fournier-Elrefaie
Christina Guest
Ellen Henderson
Raymond Labelle
Jim Laplante
Ginette Leclerc
Suzanne Leclerc
Marty Maltby
Julie McGregor
Shereen Benzvy Miller
Sandra Molineux
Lucie Poliquin
Mary Beth Pongrac
Bill Staubi
Lisa Watson
Contributors
Travis Boone, Jodi McDonough, Jaimie Banks, Alessandria Page, Trent Kane, Paul Provost, Lisa Hardey
Let’s Talk is published by the Communications and Citizen Engagement Sector of the Correctional Service of Canada.
Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commissioner.
Articles may be reprinted in whole with the permission of the Correctional Service of Canada.
Let's Talk welcomes letters to the editor, suggestions for articles and contributions from readers. Material submitted may be edited for style and length. Please include your electronic mail address and a daytime telephone number. Address all correspondence to:
Let's Talk / Entre Nous
Correctional Service of Canada
340 Laurier Avenue, West
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P9
Telephone: 613-995-5364
Fax: 613-947-1184
Internet: www.csc-scc.gc.ca
ISSN 0715-285X
© Correctional Service of Canada
August 2006
