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October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee It is similar, except that, in the case of indigenous offenders, of course, the elders take part in delivering the services and the programs. So that is a difference. Moreover, the programs have been developed in collaboration with the elders. So there are more cultural aspects,
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee No. Once again, there are large gaps in outcomes between indigenous and non-indigenous offenders. The law also requires us to address the specific needs of indigenous offenders, which we do. Also, of course, indigenous offenders come to us with their social background, culture an
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee Offenders who are classified maximum security go to a maximum security institution, and there are programs offered there as well. In terms of our programs, we have what we call the aboriginal integrated correctional program model. It's a multi-target program. Earlier we used to
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee In prisons we have all sorts of gangs, but in the prairie region I would say it's mostly street gangs. The names are horrible, like Terror Squad.
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee Yes, they exist in the community and they exist within our institutions.
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee The largest proportion...?
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee Are you talking about gangs?
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee Clearly, the initiatives that Ms. Connidis mentioned complement what we are trying to do. The offenders we deal with have received sentences of two years or more, most of the time for serious crimes. In our institutions, offenders are still well supported. With indigenous offen
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee When the director general of aboriginal initiatives goes to some of the colleges, she is extremely passionate about what she does. There is one in Prince George, I believe, that's mostly centred on aboriginal people. People get interested. I think there are some people who apply
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee Larry is the expert on classification.
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee When I was in the Pacific region, at Kwikwèxwelhp, the relationship we had with the Sts'ailes community was excellent. The community, I believe, had the capacity to deal with some of the challenges. You're quite right: there is absolutely no question that there needs to be some
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee Currently, 9.5% of our employees, our staff, have self-identified as being indigenous peoples. That's above the workforce availability estimate of 6.2%. In terms of aboriginal staff, we have approximately 140 elders that we contract with. We have aboriginal liaison officers, abo
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee Right now we have healing lodges in B.C., the prairie region, and the Quebec region.
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly
Public Safety committee Again, we continue to engage indigenous communities. If they express an interest, we work with them. Maybe Mrs. Connidis wants to talk about this aspect. She mentioned that with the communities it's often a question of willingness and capacity and having the supports that are in
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Anne Kelly