CORRECTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

The implementation framework provides for an Oversight Committee and subcommittees.

The role of the Oversight Committee is to oversee the work that is done to:

1. Address the recommendations in the Corrections Action Plan relating to the Whitehorse Correctional Centre. The WCC Building Advisory Committee has been established to do this work.


2. Address the recommendations in the Corrections Action Plan for new approaches to programs and services. The Programs and Services Advisory Committee, co-chaired by Yukon government and CYFN, is providing advice on this aspect of correctional redevelopment.


3. Address the recommendations in the Corrections Action Plan regarding legislative and administrative matters, including a review of the Yukon Corrections Act. The Legislation and Administrative Environment Advisory Committee is overseeing the public consultation on a new Yukon Corrections Act.

A number of subcommittees report to the Oversight Committee.

The Building Advisory Committee (BAC) members include Norma Davignon (Chair, Department of Justice), Rosemary Rowlands (Council of Yukon First Nations [CYFN]), Ray Santa (Kwanlin Dün First Nation [KDFN]), Ta'an Kwäch'än Council (representative to be determined), Glen Dahl (Whitehorse Correctional Centre), and Blaine Demchuk (Whitehorse Correctional Centre).

The Programs and Services Advisory Committee (PASAC) currently includes Robert Riches (Co-chair, Department of Justice), Rosemary Rowlands (Co-Chair, CYFN), Lori Duncan (CYFN), Carmen Gibbons (KDFN), Agnes Ball (Kaska Tribal Council), Deb Evensen (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society of Yukon [FASSY]), Norman Drynock (Committee on Abuse in Residential Schools Society [CAIRS]), Larry Kwiat (John Howard Society/Blood Ties Four Directions), Debbie Parent (Yukon Learn), Cindy Chaisson (Elizabeth Fry Society), Marilyn Wolovick (Many Rivers Counselling Services), Barb McInerney (Kaushee's Place), Michelle Kolla (Skookum Jim Friendship Center), Capt. Robert Sessford (Salvation Army), Larry Whitfield (Alcohol & Drug Services), Dale Gordon (Alcohol & Drug Services), Dr. Paula Pasquali (Community Health Services), Lareina Twardochleb (Women's Directorate), Ron Brown (Yukon Housing Corporation), Charles Stuart (Yukon College), Tricia Ratel (Department of Justice), Joanne Lewis (Department of Justice), and Deborah McNevin (Department of Justice).

The Legislation Advisory Committee (LAC) currently includes Dan Cable (Chair, Department of Justice), Daryn Leas (CYFN), Beth Theriault (CYFN), Emma Donnessy, (Kaska Tribal Council), and Robert Riches (Department of Justice).