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Leonor Slavsky (leonorslavsky@yahoo.com.ar) is working with the National Institute of Anthropology (National Culture Secretariat) in Argentina.  She is also working with an IDRC-ICA support community project to develop connectivity services in the Indigenous communities across Argentina. The project web site can be seen at www.lofdigital.org.ar.

She is in Ottawa doing research on the Canadian cultural policies towards indigenous peoples. She is also networking with potential partners for developing broadband connectivity solutions for the rural and remote communities in her country. Luis Barnola, Senior Program Specialist at the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas/IDRC (http://icamericas.net) introduced Leonor to the work K-Net is doing. The 2003 ICA funded publication, "Harnessing ICTs: A Canadian First Nations experience - K-Net Program", detailing the K-Net story are available online at http://www.icamericas.net/Cases_Reports/K-Net/KNET-Final%20light%20ENG.pdf (it is also available in Spanish).

Leonor is spending a month in Ottawa learning about the cultural policies towards indigenous peoples on a grant from the Canadian Government. Working with Industry Canada's First Nation SchoolNet team, Leonor was able to connect via video conference with the K-Net team on Sioux Lookout on Thursday, Sept 14.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept 12 and 13), I travelled over to Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nations to meet with local officials to identify strategies to develop local broadband connectivity solutions.

Grassy Narrows First Nation is working with North One Communications (http://northone.ca) to develop their community connections to the internet. Robert Williamson, Project Manager is overseeing the development of this local resource for Grassy Narrows. A local wireless network is now operational with both businesses and homes being connected to it by a local team of technicians trained by Richard Lajeunesse (Richard5205@northone.ca). Richard is the owner of North One and is a Grassy Narrows band member.

Industry Canada's FedNor's Telecommunication program is funding K-Net to support First Nations across northern Ontario to develop local community broadband solutions. One investment of these funds was to fund North One and the Crescive network to install two radios on Bell towers that would connect Grassy Narrows to the Kuhkenah Network. This construction work was successfully completed over this past spring and summer, connecting the community to a broadband network that supports video conferencing and high speed internet access.

The K-Net visit provided everyone the opportunity to learn about how the connections are working and how Grassy Narrows can begin working to develop local economic initiatives using these connections. Trevor Ashopenace is working at the local school under Industry Canada's First Nations SchoolNet program. He is now working with Richard's and K-Net's team to get the video conferencing equipment and connections working at the school.

A meeting with the Wabaseemoong Independent Nation Chief and Council was an opportunity to introduce the concept for bringing a Bell Canada T1 connection into their community. An interest in working with Richard's team at North One and arranging a visit to Grassy Narrows to learn about their connectivity development work was expressed. Glen Cameron, Public Works Manager, is leading this work on behalf of the council.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak's K-Net team is working with Matawa First Nations Management in the construction of local community broadband networks in four Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities.

Constance Lake, Marten Falls, Pikangikum and Sandy Lake First Nations will be seeing local cable systems being installed throughout their communities over the next few months.

Meetings last week with K-Net and Matawa staff clarified roles and responsibilities as the Matawa team leads this community broadband network construction project.

Each First Nation is contributing support for the development of their community network. Matawa was successful in obtaining over $900,000 from Industry Canada's Broadband for Rural and Northern Development. Keewaytinook Okamakanak's K-Net Services received funding from Industry Canada's FedNor program to help support the purchase of the network equipment and support the construction work.

The initial meeting with Thunder Bay Telephone on Friday, Sept 8, resulted in many new exciting opportunities for the various projects that Keewaytinook Okimakanak and their First Nation partners are undertaking. Angela Crozier of NAN, Rob Wesley of Matawa, Franz Seibel of KORI, Brian Beaton and Adi Linden of K-Net, along with Carl Seibel of FedNor were able to meet with several key Thunder Bay Telephone officials (including John Lyon from Superior Wireless who is now on contract with T.Bay Tel for the transition period) to discuss the various initiatives that K-Net and our partners are developing.

Thunder Bay Telephone officially took over ownership of all Superior Wireless assets on September 1, 2006.

The Superior Wireless team was working over the past few years with the K-Net team to develop broadband connectivity solutions in a number of First Nations and locsl organizations. All indications from our initial meeting with Thunder Bay Telephone, is that everything will "business as usual" with our new partner.

All the staff and resources from Superior Wireless are now moved into the Thunder Bay Telephone resulting in many more options and efficiencies in how best to design and deliver the planned connections. Some of the planned work will now be able to migrate to existing fibre connections.

Existing connections will be maintained and developed in partnership with Thunder Bay Telephone, the new owners of Superior Wireless. All new connections will be developed in partnership with Thunder Bay Telephone and their partners. One example of this is the new fibre interconnection at the water tower in Sioux Lookout. This new connection that was installed last week will now support a redundant route for K-Net’s existing 100Mb connection back to Thunder Bay.

The K-Net team is looking forward to working with Thunder Bay Telephone to develop these opportunities for improved broadband connectivity in the First Nations.

Forest fires moving to within 10km of Deer Lake are forcing the evacuation of more residents. There are now only 100 to 150 people left in Deer Lake, a community of one thousand, reports Jeremy Sawanas.

People with breathing problems are also being evacuated from Sandy Lake and Keewaywin.

The two stories below describe the challenges for everyone.

From http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/09/13/ontario-fires.html

700 leave homes as Ontario forest fires burn
Sept 13 2006

Hundreds of people have left their homes in "bone-dry" northwestern Ontario, where fire crews are struggling to control more than 300 fires burning in the region.

 Ontario Thunder Bay Deer Lake Sandy Lake Lightning strikes have caused most of the fires burning in the area northwest of Thunder Bay, including the 60 new fires that started on Tuesday, said Debbie MacLean, with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

"Currently, there are about 300 fires burning," she said of the region north of Lake Superior, stretching from Thunder Bay to Rainy River. "It's bone-dry in Central Canada."

About 700 people have left their homes in the northern communities of Deer Lake, Sandy Lake and Keewaywin because of heavy smoke from the fires.

The evacuees, who include children, seniors and people with respiratory problems, are being housed in various communities in the municipality of Greenstone, said its mayor, Michael Power.

"It's a terrible thing to say but we're old hands at this," said Power. "For many years the community of Geraldton in Greenstone has been doing this, acting as a host to people who flee their homes from fires."

Power said nurses from the various communities travelled to Greenstone with the evacuees to look after their daily needs.

Dozens of new fires daily

The influx is a challenge for Greenstone's resources and public employees, he said, but it's something they feel they have to do.

"You can't stand by and see your fellow human being in a time of need not being welcomed and not do everything you possibly can to ease the stress they face when they flee their home and they don’t know what they're going back to," Power said.

He said the municipality is expecting additional evacuees as emergencies are called in other communities.

MacLean said local fire crews are working long hours to battle the dozens of small blazes popping up daily. Firefighters are managing to contain about 40 fires per day, but anywhere from 60 to 100 new fires start daily, she said.

"The sheer number of fires is outpacing the resources we have," said MacLean.

Heavy smoke a problem

David Cleaveley, a fire officer with the Natural Resources Department, said the situation is one of the worst department staff can remember this late in the year.

Many of the problems in the northern communities are caused by heavy smoke from the fires.

"The smoke is so thick we can't even land planes there to talk to the people," Cleaveley said.

He said 21 heavy water bombers are being used to fight the fires.

Local crews were cut in half after student firefighters returned to school, Cleaveley said, but crews are starting to trickle in from other provinces, including Saskatchewan and Quebec.

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From http://www.tbsource.com/localnews/index.asp?cid=86672

Wildfires are straining resources
Tb News Source - 9/12/2006

Fire concerns continue to grow across the northwest and have now led to more evacuations.

Almost 300 residents of the remote community of Deer Lake were flown to Geraldton Monday and more are on the way.

Smoke from nearby fires has been drifting into the community, located about 600 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, for over a week but the fires have moved to within ten kilometres of the town, forcing even more residents out.

Plans call for about 260 more residents to be flown out Tuesday and Wednesday.

About 70 residents of Sandy Lake and 120 from Keewaywin are also being flown to Geraldton because of smoke concerns. All this comes as fire crews continue to battle the large numbers of new fire outbreaks. There were 54 new starts recorded Monday and are now over 250 active fires across the region, burning over 30,000 hectares.

Fire information officer Deb MacLean says bone-dry conditions have created a critical situation and warns that any one fire could become a ``big problem.''

MacLean says the fires are straining firefighting resources to the limit and a depleted staff is unable to keep up with the workload. Quebec has sent in crews to help out, but she says most other provinces face similar challenges and don't have anyone to spare. 

From http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=uri:2006-09-07T221311Z_01_N07285342_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-ENVIRONMENT-CANADA-WATER-COL.XML&pageNumber=0&summit=

Native groups join to protect water supply
Thu Sep 7, 2006 6:13 PM EDT
 
By Jeffrey Jones
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Booming oil and gas development in Western and Northern Canada has prompted native groups to build a united front to better protect the vast region's water resources, aboriginal leaders said on Thursday.

About 200 First Nations representatives from Alberta, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories gathered in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., this week for a three-day conference on how to stem worsening water quality and diminishing supplies as a result of industrial development.

It was hosted by Deh Cho First Nation Grand Chief Herb Norwegian, who is holding out against the C$7.5 billion ($6.8 billion) Mackenzie Valley pipeline that would cross his people's land.

As many as 60 aboriginal groups live on a huge watershed that encompasses much of the oil- and gas-rich provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Norwegian told Reuters by telephone. The resource is considered sacred in native cultures.

"The idea here is that this becomes a catalyst so people can actually start focusing on this really serious issue of water," he said.

"In Canada we have an abundance and we take it for granted, but I think we need to be very serious about what we have at our doorsteps. First Nations have been using it for thousands of years and now we want to have something done about the problems that are coming our direction."

Poor water quality on native reserves across Canada has made international headlines in recent years. In 2005, 1,200 people from the Kashechewan Cree reserve in northern Ontario were evacuated due to contaminated water.

A top concern is water availability in northeastern Alberta, where surging oil prices have sparked an oil sands investment boom valued at more than C$100 billion. The industry uses huge volumes of water to extract the tar-like bitumen.

The level of the Athabasca River has dropped and residents have been told to avoid drinking the water or eating the fish, said Jean L'hommecourt of the Fort McKay First Nation, which is located in the midst of most of the developments.

"I'm not sure about what can be done to replenish the water again, because that's something that probably can't be fixed unless all the industry stops taking water from the Athabasca River to produce their oil," L'hommecourt said.

The Athabasca flows more than 1,500 km (935 miles) from the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains to Lake Athabasca in northeastern Alberta. Those waters then flow north more than another 2,000 km (1,200 miles) via the Slave and Mackenzie rivers to the Arctic Ocean.

The leaders said they aim to hold another water conference next year, and invite industry and government representatives to what could become a regular round-table session.

However, Pat Marcel, an elder and tribal chairman from Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, said he believed governments with visions of rich royalty and tax revenues have ceded at least some of their protection powers to industry, forcing native groups to forge their own coalition.

"First Nations are seeking help by joining with the Deh Cho territories and (British Columbia native groups). I think we can have a very successful caucus here," Marcel said.

Water supply is already a major issue in northeastern British Columbia, site of a deep natural gas and coal development rush, as well as hydroelectric dams, said Chief Roland Wilson of the West Moberly First Nation.

Much of the activity is geared for export to satisfy the immense energy demand of the United States.

"It's so California can run their air conditioners 24 hours a day down there and keep them all nice and cozy, while the First Nations people up here have to suffer the impacts," he said.

© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

The CBC news story, "Reserve schools worried about internet cuts", (see below) highlights a funding problem that will be affecting First Nation schools across the country starting in early 2007.
 
Keewaytinook Okimakanak has delivered Industry Canada’s First Nations SchoolNet program in its present format in partnership with First Nation schools across Ontario since December 2002. The program has included working with the schools to develop subsidized broadband connections to better serve the students, staff and community. These connectivity subsidies from the Industry Canada’s First Nations SchoolNet program will end as of December of this year for the First Nation schools across Ontario.

Presently there are no other plans in place from the Federal government to support First Nation schools to sustain these broadband connections starting in January. Many schools have T1 connections that support video conferencing and other broadband applications. Some of the schools are sharing the costs of these connections with other local community organizations (the health centre and the band office). The school connectivity subsidy is helping remote and rural schools to access resources too often taken for granted in urban centres.

There is a need to make sure that all Members of Parliament are made aware of the impact of this decision. Hopefully additional press coverage and discussions in Parliament will provide the pressure required to ensure the Federal government announces an alternative program and the dollars necessary to help First Nation schools to stay connected with the rest of the world.

For more information, contact ...

Brian Beaton
Coordinator, K-Net Services
Keewaytinook Okimakanak
Box 1439, 115 King Street
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B9
Tel: 807-737-1135 or toll free at 877-737-KNET(5638) ext 1251
Fax: 807-737-1720
IP and ISDN Video conferencing available
e-mail: brian.beaton@knet.ca
web: http://knet.ca

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From CBC Online ... http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2006/09/08/schools-net.html

Reserve schools worried about internet cuts
Sept 8, 2006 - CBC News

Some cash-strapped schools on Saskatchewan First Nations reserves are worried they may soon lose their internet connections — a move some educators say could be a disaster for learning.

Early next year, the money will run out for the federal First Nations SchoolNet program, which providing internet access to reserve schools across Canada, including 170 in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The program has been in place since 2002.

A spokesperson from Industry Canada, which runs the program along with regional  management groups, said there's no plan to reinstate funding. The department doesn't know if there will be more money available later.

With the program gone, some schools would need to come up with an extra $1,000 a month — money they say they don't have.

Brian McCarthy, a teacher in the northern community of Patuanak, said he's not sure how the school will adapt when the money runs out, although research materials are always a crucial requirement.

"Our whole media studies program is based on the internet," he said. "Our library is very ill-equipped, so all of our classes use the internet access for research."

Teachers, too, are dependent on the net connection.

"Between eight and nine in the morning, at least two-thirds of our teachers are on the internet researching material for the classes," McCarthy said.

ONTARIO's ABORIGINAL TOBACCO STRATEGY
 Tobacco Wise 
Request for Proposal 2006

Proposal Deadline Date:  September 29, 2006 12:00 pm

For a downloadable version of this document please go to:
www.tobaccowise.com
Or
http://www.cancercare.on.ca/index_AboriginalCancerStrategy.htm

Introduction - Be Tobacco Wise …..Keep It Sacred

To honor the role of Aboriginal young people as the future of Aboriginal people and the initiators of change in their communities the Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy (ATS) is pleased to announce the availability of project funds for action-oriented Tobacco Wise Projects for young people between the ages of 8-14.

Project funds are available for projects that empower young people;  provide experiential opportunities that engage young people; and that build community capacity in tobacco wise knowledge, skills and resources.

Background

The ATS is a program with the Aboriginal Cancer Care Unit in the Division of Preventive Oncology at Cancer Care Ontario.  Cancer Care Ontario is the Ontario Government’s principal advisor on cancer care and is a provincial resource for the cancer prevention and care system.

The purpose of the ATS is to promote “tobacco wise” communities. A tobacco wise community knows the difference between traditional tobacco and commercial tobacco and has the knowledge, commitment, resources and skills to mobilize and implement strategies to promote and protect the well being of its members.

The Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy Working Group (ATSWG) is a group of Aboriginal people identified for their commitment to and knowledge of tobacco issues in the Aboriginal community.  These members represent a cross-section of Aboriginal communities across Ontario. This body of Aboriginal Tobacco Champions, provide guidance to the strategy that is rooted in community-based knowledge and action.

In 2005 the ATSWG developed the Seven Generations Plan.  This plan established a vision for addressing the problem of commercial tobacco in our communities.  Aboriginal Elders provided knowledge, guidance and input into the plan.  The most immediate priorities identified in the plan include: a focus on Aboriginal youth, traditional tobacco, and continued community based capacity building.  The committee also identified a need to empower youth through skill development.  The 2006-2007 ATS RFP is another step toward fulfilling the Tobacco Wise Seven Generations vision.

For more information regarding the Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy (ATS) please visit:
http://www.tobaccowise.com

For more information regarding the Aboriginal Cancer Strategy please visit: http://www.cancercare.on.ca/index_AboriginalCancerStrategy.htm

The Approach - Integration

Studies have shown tobacco messaging is more effective when combined with other issues affecting youth. 

1. In 2006 the ATS asked Aboriginal youth across Ontario if and how they would like to be involved in an Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy.  The survey results indicated arts, media and sports activities were preferred by youth as methods for involvement.  We strongly encourage applicants to involve young people in promoting the tobacco wise message through these mediums.
2. We recognize the importance of collaboration with local schools when working with young people.  We encourage applicants to link with their local schools to identify  in-school components to their project.  Some examples of linkages are: school based recruitment of young people to participate in project activities, classroom based sessions, and/or school based events.   

Meaningful Involvement  

We are looking for projects that engage young people in meaningful and empowering experiences.   This type of approach will require creativity, support and an investment from project leaders. 

Examples of meaningful involvement include but are not limited to:

• Projects building knowledge and skills, helping to prepare young people for healthy lives as capable, contributing and caring members of their family, community and nation 
• Projects engaging young people in planning through active and informed participation and are not designed by adults alone
• Projects involving young people in making the decisions that affect them personally and their communities as a whole.  

What kinds of projects are eligible?

In order to support Aboriginal young people on their path to becoming tobacco wise we encourage all applicants to focus their proposals in one or more of the following areas:
 
Focus Area: Sports and Recreational/Fitness Activities

Projects promoting sports or other fitness activities/events as a healthy and positive alternative to commercial tobacco use; or projects incorporating sports and physical programs into tobacco wise activities.  

Some examples include:

• sports/fitness activities including tobacco wise awareness activities during or after games
• tobacco wise sports clinics
• development and circulation of materials to help promote the importance of a tobacco-wise lifestyle as a factor in sports performance
• smoke-free sports and recreational/fitness events
• messages about tobacco wise lifestyles promoted throughout community events

Focus Area: Media

Projects promoting youth created media that provide young people with a place to voice their opinions about tobacco related issues and be heard in the media; or projects promoting education about mass media and its influence on young people.

Some examples include:

• News articles, investigative stories, ‘zines, opinion pieces, personal essays, radio announcements, poetry, photography publications
• Young people learning how to use video cameras and audio equipment to document the issues related to tobacco in their communities
• Young people learning skills needed for interviewing, reporting and writing fiction to express their views related to tobacco use
• Young people increasing their awareness of the influence the commercial tobacco industry has on young people through the media
• Young people receiving training to produce a creative radio program. Skills may include: interviewing, how to plan and host a live show, reporting and writing for radio

Focus Area:  Art

Project promoting the arts as a healthy and positive alternative to commercial tobacco use; or projects incorporating arts into tobacco wise activities (e.g. activities that promote a positive and powerful tobacco wise message).  

Some examples include:

• art activities (e.g.  moccasin making, painting, collage, drum making sculpture, mask making) including tobacco wise awareness activities during or after the activity
  performance art (e.g. theatre, traditional dance, drumming, music) promoting tobacco wise messaging
  creation of art pieces (e.g. traditional arts, murals, installation pieces, music, photography) promoting tobacco wise messaging
• smoke-free multi media art events
• messages about tobacco wise lifestyles promoted throughout an art event

Who can apply?

We are looking for applications from but not limited to youth groups, health workers, recreational leaders, teachers, coaches and child and youth workers interested in empowering youth to be good decision makers about their health and initiators of change in their community.

Any Aboriginal community or non-profit organization
Groups of children and youth not affiliated with an established organization may apply on their own if they have:

a)An agreement with a non-profit organization, school or library, to act as their “Fiscal Sponsor” (see Attachment C).  A Fiscal Sponsor is an established group that agrees to hold and manage project funds. 

* Please note: If we receive two or more applications from the same community, we might ask you to collaborate with the other applicant(s) to prevent duplication.

What activities are not eligible?

• Projects that duplicate programs or resources that already exist
• Projects that are delivered for profit (organization or individuals)

Amount of funding available: There is approximately $10,000 available per project.

How will groups be selected to receive funding?

1. We receive the RFP’s
2. We check to see the application is complete and pass it on to the Selection Committee
3. The Selection Committee rates and then selects the  projects to be funded

Due to funding limitations, it is possible not all eligible proposals will be selected.  Preference will be given to those projects that do not require additional funding for staff.

How will projects be rated?

Meaningful Involvement of Young People (25 pts)

Clearly explains how the project meaningfully involves young people in the overall project
Preference will be given to initiatives that clearly explain what tools and skills will be developed and what experiential activities the young people will be engaged in

Project Narrative (15 pts)

Describes the beginning, middle and end of the project
Demonstrates your preparation, organization, and thoughtfulness 
Includes one or more of the three key areas of focus (see page 3-4)

Action Plan (10 pts)

The Action Plan shows clear steps that lead to project completion by February 28, 2007
The Action Plan clearly identifies how the project will be evaluated
Action Plans must include, by March 15th, a Final Report which includes project evaluation findings

Budget (15 pts)

Budget is clearly linked to all activities identified in the project narrative and action plan
All funds allocated must be spent by February 28, 2007

Community Integration (15 pts)

Clearly explains how your project is linked with other initiatives/programs within your community. 

Evaluation Plan (20 pts) 

Clearly explains what is intended to be accomplished as a result of the project and what will be done to accomplish those ends.
Clearly describes the impacts/benefits/changes (project outcomes) that will occur as a result of the proposed project.  Some examples of impacts, benefits, changes include but are not limited to:

1. New knowledge/perceptions/attitudes (e.g.youth who realize smoking makes it difficult to breathe, making it more difficult to play sports; or youth who increase their knowledge regarding the manipulative behavior of the tobacco industry )
2. New skills (e.g. youth develop skills to resist peer pressure to smoke; or youth acquire media skills to develop their own media messages.
3. New conditions (e.g. increases in smoke free environments)

Clearly describes how the impacts/benefits/changes (project outcomes) identified will be measured.

* We recommend that you contact Theresa Sandy, Project Coordinator, for technical support regarding evaluation planning prior to submitting your proposal. 

What happens after my project has been selected?

We consider ourselves a resource for your project. We will stay in contact with you to ensure that you receive the technical support you need for project success. An initial telephone meeting will be held with the project contact to discuss project details such as:

• funding agreement
• evaluation.
• reporting 
• communication

How does my group apply?

To apply, submit an original application along with required attachments (see application Checklist – Attachment C) to the Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy at Cancer Care Ontario by:

Applying on line at www.tobaccowise.com
Or
http://www.cancercare.on.ca/index_AboriginalCancerStrategy.htm
Or
By faxing a copy to 416-971-6888

Please send an original signed copy by mail with all electronic or faxed applications.

Send in your completed application by:
12:00 p.m. on September 29, 2006

Please fax, courier, or mail your completed application to Pamela Johnson, Manager, Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy.  All applicants who submit their proposals by fax or on-line will be required to forward the original application package by mail or courier.

Fax:       416-971-6888 

E-mail:     Pamela.Johnson@cancercare.on.ca
Mail:

Pamela Johnson, Manager,
Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy
Aboriginal Cancer Care Unit,
Cancer Care Ontario
620 University Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2L7

If you have any questions please contact:               
Theresa Sandy,  Project Coordinator,
Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy 
Telephone: 1-416-971-9800 Ext: 3372.
Email: theresa.sandy@cancercare.on.ca

Regional Aboriginal Community Coodinator

Consider a career with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine

A new medical school for the whole of Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine is a joint initiative between Lakehead and Laurentian Universities. With main campuses in Thunder Bay and Sudbury, we will have multiple teaching and research sites distributed across Northern Ontario, in large and small communities. The School contributes to improving the health of people in Northern Ontario.

Regional Aboriginal Community Coordinator
Competition 2006-283-BH
1 year contract Closing: September 15, 2006
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario

Reporting directly to the Director, Aboriginal Affairs and indirectly to the Associate Dean – Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) on specific assignments, the incumbent will be responsible for assisting in annual preparation of and arranging for first-year medical student placements within Aboriginal communities.

Further information about this position is available at: http://www.normed.ca/units/human_resources/index.htm

Candidates are invited to submit a resume quoting the competition number no later than 4:00 p.m. on the closing date to:

Northern Ontario School of Medicine
935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6
Attention: Human Resources
Email: Human.Resources@normed.ca
Fax: (705) 671-3880

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is committed to equity in employment and encourages applications for all qualified applicants, including women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

While all responses will be appreciated and handled with the strictest confidence, only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.