CORCAN success stories

At CORCAN, we are proud of the offenders who participate in our programs. For many of them, this is the first time they have ever experienced success in the workplace. We are happy to provide them with an opportunity to discover new skills and build confidence, while preparing them for employment and successful reintegration into the community.

It is important to note that while CORCAN provides the training experience offenders require to succeed in the workplace, what they do with that experience is up to them.

We invite you to read some great CORCAN success stories:

• Creating a new future with leather and textiles (August 2024)
• Laundry helps inmate sort out life (July 2024)
• Beekeeping 101 (May 2024)
• CORCAN participants rebuild historic fence (April 2024)
• Offenders build area bleachers, skills, and community pride (August 2023)
• St. John's Indigenous Bike Program: Collaboration, Rehabilitation and Giving Back to the Community (February 2022)
• "Buzzing" Around at Stony Mountain Institution! (August 2021)
• Building Skills with CORCAN's Beekeeping Program (July 2021)
• From inmate to supervisor: A stunning success story! (April 2021)
• An Innovative Partnership with Build Inc (March 2021)
• CORCAN Team Helping Veterans' House in Ottawa (March 2021)
• CORCAN and OOHL Build Relationships with Nekaneet First Nation (February 2021)
• Construction Course Helps Two Communities (February 2021)
• Inmates Make Reusable Masks for the Less Fortunate (December 2020)
• The Digital Education Project: A Success Story (December 2020)
• Forklift Simulator Provides More Than Just Employment Training (November 2020)
• Offenders Build Doghouses for Pups in Manitoba (July 2020)
• How Restoring Vehicles is Helping Canadian Inmates (January 2020)
• A Gardening Project and Learning Experience (September 2019)
• From Offenders to Beekeepers: A First Beekeeping Initiative in Ontario (September 2019)
• The Positive Impacts of CORCAN Work Experiences on Reintegration (July 2019)
• Nova Institution, the New Smartpods Pulse Assembly and Testing Site (July 2019)
• Building Structures and Skills: How Employees at CSC Are Helping Offenders Become Employable Upon Their Release (December 2018)
• Building Structure and Skills: Piapot Video (Construction) (September, 2018)
• Bowden and Drumheller Institutions Support Local Minority Language Communities (August, 2018)
• Horticulture: Nova Institution (July, 2018)
• How Offenders Benefit from CORCAN apprenticeships (June, 2018)
• Calgary Employment and Resource Fair (January, 2018)