Northern Saskatchewan team travel to Balmertown for meetings
Lead by Grand Chief Gary Merasty, seven members of the Prince Albert Grand Council along with two people from the Keewatin Career Development Corp in La Ronge are meeting with the Keewaytinook Okimakanak team in Balmertown for two days. The visitors included:
- PAGC Grand Chief Gary Merasty
- Darrell Haysom – PAGC Special Projects Coordinator
- Larry Goldade – PAGC Director of Education
- Ernie Sauve – PAGC Director of Health
- Philip Bear – Director of Education – Stanley Mission
- Vincent Hill – Special Projects Coordinator – PAGC Education
- Don Dorè – Technology Consultant – PAGC Education
- Randy Johns – Manager, KCDC
- Ted Green – e-Learning Coordinator, Northern Lights / KCDC
Click here to see some pictures from the visit
The opportunity to share best practices and lessons learned between the two councils is building a relationship that will support the development of complementary efforts in a number of different fields. Three main streams, e-health, e-learning and network development were examined on the first day of the meetings. Demonstrations and discussions were conducted with different partner First Nations and team members. Acting Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic of Nishnawbe Aski Nation joined the group for the evening banquet.
On Thursday, both teams will gather to continue the sharing of information and experiences. A meeting between the PAGC group and the RICTA group that will be visiting Deer Lake First Nation is planned for the afternoon.
These meetings and exchanges are being supported in part by Industry Canada's First Nations SchoolNet program as a means to support the development of broadband solutions for the schools across Northern Saskatchewan.
