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clear understanding of Métis culture and Métis-specific needs. Moreover, staff generally felt dissatisfied with their understanding and identified several ways to heighten their awareness. Enhanced cultural training was clearly important to staff. Findings suggest that additional training in culture and Métis-specific needs may help staff better serve Métis offenders. In sum, the project provides a better understanding of Métis offenders, their families and the front-line workers who assist them in the institutions. Results have implications for improved correctional programming inside federal facilities. Furthermore, results can help correctional administrators identify service gaps in the community for Métis offenders and the families. iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank the members of the working group for providing valuable expertise on the project. Committee members included: Shelley Trevethan, John-Patrick Moore (CSC-National Headquarters), Crytsal Pinay (CSC-Prairie region), Patricia Stirbys (Solicitor General of Canada), Frankie Berland (Métis National Council), Alex Maurice, Lyn Larose, Bonnie Start, Kim Laliberte, Jennifer Conley (Métis Family and Community Justice Services), Denise McCafferty (Saskatchewan Social Services), Linda Clements (Corrections and Public Safety) and Michael Maurice (Métis Elder). Special thanks to Brandy Laronde for assisting in the offender and staff interviews. This project was also made possible by the efforts of CSC staff who provided their assistance and expertise at various stages of the project: Michael Jeffery (development of databases and spreadsheets, data entry), and Collette Couisneau (data retrieval from OMS). The authors would like to express sincere appreciation to the institutional administrators who made the study possible. The efforts of the wardens, assistant wardens of correctional programs and other institutional staff greatly facilitated the research process. Finally, special thanks to the participants in the study who helped us address sensitive, yet important issues. The experiences shared by offenders, families and staff greatly contributed to the study. The knowledge they have imparted has provided CSC and Métis organizations with a greater understanding of the needs of Métis offenders and their families. v
Page 1: —————— Research Report
Page 5 and 6: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Métis offenders
Page 7: Needs of Métis Offenders Métis of
Page 11 and 12: INTRODUCTION The project was a coll
Page 13 and 14: In addition to comparative research
Page 15 and 16: METHOD This project is a descriptiv
Page 17 and 18: Family Interviews Each of the offen
Page 19 and 20: Interviews were conducted with offe
Page 21 and 22: offenders did not complete high sch
Page 23 and 24: were currently incarcerated for att
Page 25 and 26: potential. In contrast, significant
Page 27 and 28: elease from federal custody. Result
Page 29 and 30: currently attached to their Métis
Page 31 and 32: marital/family need, approximately
Page 33 and 34: Figure 5 Some or Considerable Need
Page 35 and 36: ased programs (i.e. anger managemen
Page 37 and 38: having mental health issues (11%).
Page 39 and 40: The amount of experience staff had
Page 41 and 42: CONCLUSION The objective of the stu
Page 43 and 44: the means necessary to further thei
Page 45 and 46: to families can serve to facilitate
Page 47 and 48: Saskatchewan Métis Justice Review
Page 49 and 50: Table 1 Demographic and Socio-econo
Page 51 and 52: Table 3 Offence Characteristics Cur
Page 53 and 54: Table 5 Community Information # % #
Page 55 and 56: Table 7 Cultural Information # % #
Page 57 and 58: Table 9 Institutional Program Parti
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Table 11 Program Participation by H
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Table 13 Family Needs # % Offender
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