How To: Integrate with CanCan for roles management - heartcombo/devise GitHub Wiki

Here is a detailed guide about how to implement Devise with CanCan:

http://www.tonyamoyal.com/2010/07/28/rails-authentication-with-devise-and-cancan-customizing-devise-controllers

Setting up CanCan 1, Ruby 2, Devise 3, and Rails 4

You might also want to do it the easy way :

How to: Use cancan devise, the easy way.