About us

Role

• Information, communication and liaison

  • Producing information and liaison material, including the Porte ouverte magazine, En deux mots and Destination communauté.
  • Providing a regularly updated website.
  • Hosting brainstorming and discussion forums.
  • Organizing activities geared towards the promotion of the community network.
  • Maintaining a relationship with the media.
  • Creating communication material to bring awareness to the public to preoccupying social issues, such as the criminal record: conferences, pamphlets, websites, postal cards, etc.

• Representation and negotiation

  • Acting as a representative of the members to the public and governmental authorities.
  • Participating to forums at the federal and provincial levels.
  • Giving out opinions to the governmental authorities.
  • Taking an informed look at all legislation and bills of the federal and provincial governments.
  • Actively participating in public debates on important questions, such as death penalty.

• Training

  • Analyzing the community network needs.
  • Negotiating deals and establishing partnerships.
  • Developing and implementing the annual training program.

• Coordination and development

  • Coordinating and supporting working committees on operating questions.
  • Coordinating the services and programs offer in accordance with the needs of adult offenders and their community.

• Research and analysis

  • Making political analysis documentation on criminal justice.
  • Collaborating on social research projects.
  • Supervising social research projects.