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Presents

Youth Invitational Hockey Tournament

Dates:  March 30, 31 & April 1st                

Two Divisions:  Pee Wee (ages 11 & 12)

                        Bantams (ages 13, 14 & 4 - 15 year olds)

Entry Fee  $200.00 per Team

Prizes: depending on number of teams entered along with trophies and medallions

Accommodations and meals will be provided!!!

Contacts:  David B. Fiddler @ 774 1300 (hm) 774 3421 (wk)

                Kennedy Fiddler @ 774 9958 (hm) 774 3421 (wk)

"hey, let's not forget about our future hockey stars!!!"

Sioux Lookout Womens broomball Tournamet

Wednesday March 29th to Sunday April 2nd 2006

24 teams have confirmed

The Schedule is post on my home page

Travel day for teams Tuesday March 28th 2006

Bring your Status Cards and Health Cards

The rules & Regulations will be at the admission table

each team is guaranteed four games

Top 16 will advance to A Side and the losing teams from A Side knockout games will drop to C Side and for the A Side Semi Final losing team will drop to B Side Championship

from 17th place to 24th place: C Side

points system: goals for/goals against/shoot out

for more information

807 537 9711

E-Mail marcelmckay@knet.ca

INFO http://marcelmckay.myknet.org/

Good Luck teams and have fun

An Internet Community Facility is now being constructed in Pikangikum.

This Internet facility will include:

• a conference room for meetings,
• a lab with 25 computers for anyone who wants to use the internet for surfing, online banking, edit their homepages, etc.
• 2 private meeting rooms will be available for students who are doing their Post-Secondary Education or attending the Internet High School for those who wish to complete their High School Education.

This facility will be serviced by a small restaurant. We're expecting the grand opening to be in early May.

A Big Thanks to FEDNOR/Carl Seibel for partnering with our community and providing some of the funding for this important local development!!!

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Community Liaison & Student Recruitment Officer

The Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute established by Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) offers post-secondary education and training programs.  We offer choice, accessibility, flexibility, opportunities and support services for our students.  The Institute is an independent institution and currently offers courses in business, social services, website development and early childhood education.

We are inviting applications for a Community Liaison & Student Recruitment Officer.  Under the supervision of the Program & Student Service Coordinator, the successful candidate will liaise with NAN community members through regular community visits and actively promote Oshki’s education and training programs to achieve or exceed minimum enrollment numbers for our programs.

Responsibilities will also include:  1) promptly contacting new learners referred by community agencies, and making timely responses to enquiries from prospective students, 2) provide counseling and information services to prospective students with regard to career and education al options and choices to ensure students are recruited into programs appropriate to their interests and needs.

The qualifications for this position include:
• Possess a diploma in the following disciplines:  Business Administration or Social Services;
• One to three years of Marketing, placement and/or career clarification/guidance experience;
• Excellent verbal communication and active listening skills;
• Presentation and public speaking skills;
• Knowledge or experience in counseling techniques;
• Organization and time management skills;
• Experience in one or more of:  student recruitment; administration of enrolment, registration or application processes; career counseling; adult education or training;
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with First Nations communities and organizations.
• Ability to travel the First Nations;  both remote and road access;
• Fluency in either Oji-Cree or Cree would be an asset.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a letter of interest and a resume, with three references, to:

Executive Director
Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute
106 Centennial Square, 3rd Floor
Thunder Bay, ON  P7E 1H3

Fax:  (807) 622-1818

For a copy of this job description, please contact:
Valerie Nabigon
Administrative Assistant
(807) 626-1880

Closing date: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 12:00 p.m.

While we appreciate all applications for this position, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Program & Student Service Coordinator

The Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute established by Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) offers post-secondary education and training programs.  We offer choice, accessibility, flexibility, opportunities and support services for our students.  The Institute is an independent institution and currently offers courses in business, social services, website development and early childhood education.

We are inviting applications for a Program & Student Service Coordinator.  Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for the identification of opportunities and develop proposals related to current and proposed programs and projects to advance funding, accreditation, student services, curriculum design and development, and program delivery to members in the NAN Territory. 

Some of the responsibilities will include:  1) Consult with NAN community members to identify community educational program needs deliverable through the Institute and its partners.  2) Establish and build positive working relationships with partner post-secondary educational institutions to facilitate and enhance programs and services which further our mandate.  3) Source and review, coordinate or carry out curriculum design as necessary to meet identified needs, within approved program plans and budgets.

Qualifications for this position include:
• Possess at minimum an undergraduate degree or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience in management;
• Track record of successful proposal writing, in particular to secure funding;
• Demonstrated ability to research and identify program and funding needs and opportunities;
• Project management skills, including team leadership, program and budgetary planning and reporting;
• Knowledge or experience in curriculum design and training needs assessment;
• Experience in any: student recruitment; administration of enrolment, registration or application processes; career counseling; adult education or training;
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with First Nation communities and organizations;
• Be a highly energetic self-starter with excellent interpersonal, strong analytical, communications and problem solving skills;
• Fluency in either Oji-Cree or Cree would be an asset.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a letter of interest and a resume, with three references, to:

Executive Director
Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute
106 Centennial Square, 3rd Floor
Thunder Bay, ON  P7E 1H3

Fax:  (807) 622-1818

For a copy of the job description, please contact:
Valerie Nabigon
Administrative Assistant
(807) 626-1880

Closing date: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 12:00 p.m.

While we appreciate all applications for this position, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

On Sunday, March 19, the Lac Seul Eagles won the A-Side Championship game of the First Nations Hockey tournament in Sioux Lookout. They were playing the Mishkeegogamang Falcons team in the championship game.

In the B-Side Championship game the Michikan Mavericks defeated the Hudson Bay Cree team. While in the C-Side Championship game, Nibinamik Flyers won this division over the Keewaywin Hawks team.

For all the game details visit http://firstnationshockey.ca

Geordi Kakepetum, executive director of Keewaytinook Okimakanak, is pleased to announce that a research proposal co-developed by KORI and the Lakehead University Faculty of Education has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) competition, in the Knowledge Cluster Strategic Grant category.

"This reinforces our relationship with the Lakehead University Faculty of Education which began with a face-to-face visit by Dean O’Sullivan to our offices in Balmertown last year," said Geordi. "We can work with people like Julia and her team who are committed to working with us to improve the quality of life in the KO communities."

Following O’Sullivan’s visit to Balmertown, John 0’Meara arranged a tour of KORI’s offices for several members of the Faculty of Education. During the tour, they participated in a video conference with KIHS principal, Darrin Potter and several teachers, principals and directors of education working in remote and isolated First Nations communities.

The Principal Investigator of the research is Lisa Korteweg, with Co-Investigators Seth Agbo, Ethel Gardner, Margaret Haughey of the University of Alberta, John O'Meara, and Brian Walmark of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute.

The title of the project is: Digital Education with Remote Aboriginal Communities.  "This is an exciting collaborative venture with Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute, a department of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Tribal Council, which is a leader in the use of communication technologies in Northwestern Ontario," said John O’Meara, the Director of Graduate Studies at the LU Faculty of Education. "The project is intended to leverage other research opportunities, and we are looking forward to more collaborative ventures," he said.

Click here to read the Dec, 2005 story about this application proposal

Tony Belcourt, president of the Metis Nation of Ontario and Gary Lipinski, chair of the MNO took time during their visit to Thunder Bay for the 5th annual Metchief Conference to visit the KORI offices.

During the stop, Tony and Gary talked with Brian Beaton and Carl Seibel in Sioux Lookout via videoconference and with Kevin Houghton in Balmertown via IP telephone. Discussions about MNO's mental health initiative using video conferencing provided an opportunity for everyone to learn about this new initiative.

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic welcomed the two leaders to Northern Ontario and will address the language conference on Saturday morning.

Wes McKay briefed the Metis leaders on a variety of KO applications including G8, KiHS, KOTH and the on-line special education workshops for classroom teachers in remote and isolated First Nation schools. Franz Seibel briefed the guests on the "Meet Me" initiative and the business case for IP telephony.

Brian Walmark thanked the Metis leaders for visiting the KO offices and presented them with KORI shirts.

Click here to see photos from this visit. 

The

Neskantaga First Nation Spring Traditional Powwow

March 23 to 26, 2006

We are pleased to annouce our Powwow coming up on March 23 to 26, 2006. Everyone is welcome to join us with our celebration, dancers, singers, story and legend tellers, elders, children and women, visitors and all the nishinawbe people.

Visitors are required to the following:

• bring sleeping gear
• be alcohol and drugs free
• proper arrangement and supervision for your children
• Provide list of names your group and fax to 807 479 2505

For more inforamtion call Aleck at (807) 479 2530 Thank you very much and we are looking forward in hearing from you!

Kitchi meequetch

in Spirit,

Aleck

From the Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Walk 2006 web site at http://www.yspw.org

The Youth Suicide Prevention Walk will cross Canada started March 14, 2006 in Sydney Cape Breton, and will bring our people in Eastern, Central, and Western Canada together in the shared vision of addressing and ending youth suicide.

These are some of the things we want to accomplish in 2006:

• To continue to remind the Government of Canada about the high rate of suicide within Canada's Aboriginal communities, and the need for ongoing prevention funding and programs. We hope the new Government will hear our voices, and honour committments made to us in 2005.
• To convince the Government to create a Youth Crisis Treatment Facility for those at risk for suicide. A facility which provides access to short and long-term counselling, treatment, and support. A facility which will educate our communities on how to deal with the issues around suicide. We hope that the government will recognize the dire need for such a facility with trained Staff, Elders, and a Crisis Response Team.
• To create a National "Aboriginal, Inuit and Youth Suicide Prevention Awareness Day" which would be recognised on calendars, and with a walk in communities across Canada to raise awareness, and funds for local suicide prevention, much like the Terry Fox Day.
• To make Tribal Journeys so that we can visit and raise awareness in those communities that we may have missed on our Walks, and to help youth who are struggling with suicide issues.
• We feel that if youth partake in the walk, Tribal Journeys and other ceremonies, such as sweats, it will help them to deal with their problems in a safe, cultural environment. We plan to create a place where our youth can come and learn about their culture and the importance of ceremonies.
• To reach out across Canada, and across cultures and borders to recognize how suicide impacts all indigenous people and all youth, and work globally towards prevention and building hope and esteem within our youth.