Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable WANDA ELAINE THOMAS BERNARD
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Issue No. 32
Twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh meetings:
Study on the issues relating to the human rights of prisoners in the correctional system
WITNESSES
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
As individuals:
Lisa Neve;
Clare McNab, Retired, Warden of Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge and former Deputy Warden of Bowden Institution, Correctional Service Canada;
Toni Sinclair;
Travis Dugas.
John Howard Society of Alberta:
Chris Hay, Executive Director.
Correctional Service Canada Regional Ethnocultural Advisory Committee:
Anoush Newman;
Maria Morales.
Correctional Service Canada:
Sue Coatham, Parole Officer Supervisor, Calgary Area Parole Office.
Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta:
Arthur Noskey, Grand Chief.
Saturday, August 11, 2018
As individuals:
Wendy Bariteau;
Renee Acoby;
Aaron Devor, Founder and Inaugural Chair in Transgender Studies; Founder and Academic Director of the Transgender Archives; Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria;
Seamus Heffernan, Manager, Office of Jati Sidhu, M.P. for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon;
Kenneth Peterson;
Alia Pieriwi;
Eddie Rouse;
Marian Zadra.
West Coast Prison Justice Society:
Jennifer Metcalfe, Prisoners' Legal Services.
Correctional Service Canada Regional Ethnocultural Advisory Committee:
Siu Man (Sherman) Chan, Co-Chair.
B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition:
Dylan Cohen.
South Asian Bar Association of British Columbia:
Rubinder Dhanu, Lawyer, Dhanu Dhaliwal Law Group.
Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education:
Alison Granger-Brown, Independent Co-Investigator.
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies:
Gillian Gough, Regional Advocate.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard, Chair
The Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Jane Cordy, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, Cormier, *Day (or Mercer), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Hartling, Martin, Ngo, Pate, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (June 18, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Andreychuk replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (June 18, 2018).