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NISHNAWBE-ASKI LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Employment Opportunity EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (One-Year Term) Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation was established in 1990 by the Chiefs of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation to provide legal services to the 49 member First Nations in the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). The geographical territory covered by NALSC is one-third the size of Ontario and spreads from the borders of Manitoba to Quebec with James and Hudson Bay to the north and above the CNR track line. This is the area covered by Treaties Number 9 and Number 5. The purpose of the Corporation is to plan, develop, deliver, coordinate and administer the provision of legal and paralegal services including community legal education, for the people of NAN in a manner sensitive to and respectful to their unique cultural heritage. The mandate of the Corporation includes legal, paralegal, public legal education and law reform services. Position Description: Under the direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will have the overall responsibility of planning, assessing and implementing the future direction and operation of the Corporation. During a 1-year transitional period, the Executive Director will examine and analyze the structure that is presently in place and make recommendations to the Board of Directors of organizational structures that could work for the Corporation. Salary: To commensurate with experience. Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario Qualifications: Applicants should have any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge. - University/College degree in management, law, social services or equivalent. - Experience in management preferably in an Aboriginal organization. - Ability to speak Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree is preferred. Closing Date: February 22, 2002 by 12:00 p.m. Please submit a resume and cover letter including 3 references to: Mail: Attention: Hiring Committee Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation 86 Cumberland Street South Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2V3 Fax: (807) 622-3024 Email: nalsaski@baynet.net Please note only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

NISHNAWBE-ASKI LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Employment Opportunity PART-TIME AREA DIRECTOR (1-year Term) Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation was established in 1990 by the Chiefs of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation to provide legal services to the 49 member First Nations in the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). The geographical territory covered by NALSC is one-third the size of Ontario and spreads from the borders of Manitoba to Quebec with James and Hudson Bay to the north and above the CNR track line. This is the area covered by Treaties Number 9 and Number 5. The purpose of the Corporation is to plan, develop, deliver, coordinate and administer the provision of legal and paralegal services including community legal education, for the people of NAN in a manner sensitive to and respectful to their unique cultural heritage. The mandate of the Corporation includes legal, paralegal, public legal education and law reform services. The Corporation is also an Area Office of Legal Aid Ontario. Duties: - Supervises and directs the application of eligibility criteria and determines eligibility for legal aid. - Supervises and directs the determination of coverage, reads opinion letters and authorizes legal proceedings. - Supervises the scheduling and coordination of all Duty Counsel for the fly-in courts held in NAN communities. - Makes decisions on applications and requested amendments. - Maintains legal aid panels and ensures panel members fulfill qualifications established by Convocations. - Provides summary legal advice to the Community Legal Workers, Restorative Justice Workers and members of NAN. - Prepares a written report once a year for the Board of Directors on the activities of the Area Office. Salary: To commensurate with experience. Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario Qualifications: - Must be a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada or eligible for membership. - Experience in criminal and family law an asset. - Five years of legal experience. Closing Date: February 22, 2002 by 12:00 p.m. Please submit a resume and cover letter including 3 references to: Attention: Hiring Committee Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation 86 Cumberland Street South Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2V3 Fax: (807) 622-3024 Email: nalsaski@baynet.net Please note only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

The first full day of the workshop dealt with Health Planning using ICT's. View pictures from the first day. The turn out for the Health Part of the workshop was good. People from Health Committee were in attendence, as well some of the Nursing Station Staff. The second day dealt with Education. The turn out for this one was exceptionally good, with the Education Board present, school principal, Chief George Kakekaspan, and various people tied into education. View pictures from the second day.

Keewaywin has finally started their winter road. The weather seems to be going against the completion of the winter roads this year. The road had to be made to hug the coast line as the ice is not yet thick enough on the lakes. In some places the ice is so thin that cracks form and slush forms on top of the ice. This just makes it harder for the completion of the winter road. I dread to think what will happen if there is no road this year. Imagine if the road is not completed, there will be no oil for the generators to produce our electricity, the oil for the homes will have to be airlifted. The prices of food will certaintly almost double. I went to see the progress of the road and it doesn't look too good. But considering the weather it is progressing. One of the loaders went through the ice this past weekend. The other loader is there to try to get it out. It is getting tougher every year for the road to be completed as so much depends on it. I took some pictures of the tractor half of it in the ice - for everyone to see.

Dr. Adams the Optometrist from Dryden is here is Keewaywin examining the students and the community members' eye sight. With him is his trusty assistant Mary Goodman who came here with him from Sandy Lake. They have the use of the clinic's conference room for the eye examinations. We are thankful that he is able to come here. I also took the liberity of taking some pictures. So if you want to take a look click EyeDoctor

Anna Owen opened the second day of the workshop with a prayer. Most of the local Health staff attended this planning session to share their community’s ideas and needs around the vision of “Good Health in Poplar Hill”. Lots of information was recorded as everyone began to understand the process of putting together our different goals and strategies to achieve this vision. The highlight was how everyone agreed that we need a new and larger Nursing Station to serve our community as soon as possible. Having 2 full-time nurses will help to achieve our community’s vision. See the Workshop Pictures and read the report on-line. New Health programs, services and training support were also identified and included in the list of things we would like to see in our community. The need for training of local staff to do all the work in these new programs and services will ensure we are successful in achieving our vision of “Good Health in Poplar Hill”. The final step in the planning process involved identifying which communication technologies we would require in the future for each of these programs and services. This information is being posted on the web, so everyone can review it and add more information whenever the need arises. Bella Moose closed the ICT planning workshop for the Poplar Hill Health programs and services. We thank everyone who participated and shared their ideas during this session.

Community members met on the evening of January 21, 2002 to begin their week long ICT planning workshop. The meetings are being held in Poplar Hill's new Smart Business Centre where the local e-Centre is located. The Introduction workshop turned out great with Chief and Council, Health Dircetor, Prenatal / Nutrition worker, NNADAP, Band Constable and the E-Centre staff attending. Galin showed us the surveys that were done in the years 2000 and 2001. One of the things these showed was the changes in the use of the Native language spoken in the homes. They also showed how computer use is climbing as more people are using it in their workplaces and to access information on the Intrenet. Dan Pellerin explained the network and how we're able to connect with other First Nations and organizations. He also explained how the cable system is being put into place in Poplar Hill. Video conferencing and telehealth services are being set up in all the KO communnnities to connect to other specialists. This network will support more wide open communication to the outside world. Dan also explained how much money is spent to operate the network and how we can charge different users of the networkso we to hire pay for the new staff like the E Centre staff and so forth. For the complete story on the work covered during this first evening of the workshop, visit the day 1 photo gallery.

On January 16, Ghassan Dbouk (Adcom Technician) and I travelled to Fort Severn to set up, test and provide training in the use of the new telemedicine suite at their local Nursing Station. This work is part of the NORTH Network and Keewaytinook Okimakanak Smart / Telehealth Project. See the pictures at http://photos.knet.ca/FStelehealth

January 14, 2002 marked a historic date for the evolution of training for Water Treatment Plant Operators in the north. Keewaytinook Okimakanak in conjunction with the Keewatin Patricia District School Board, Northern Waterworks Inc. and the Municipality of Red Lake played host to the first of a series of Water Plant Operator evaluations designed specifically to provide data that will ensure future training is specific to their needs. Keewaytinook Okimakanak is presently pursuing options for the establishment of a permanent training centre located in Red Lake that will be designed to provide the communities with an affordable and sustainable source for training services. The long term objective of this project is to ensure that all northern communities have a safe, reliable source for drinking water being operated and maintained by Provicially Certified Water Treatment Plant Operators. Read the newspaper article and see the picture in the January 16, 2002 issue of the Red Lake District News.

Hello! I'm Wanda Good assistant to Phil Beaumont, Conference Coordinator for the next World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education 2002(WIPCE-2002). The hosts of the next WIPCE are The First Nations Adult and Higher Education Consortium and the Nakoda Nation of Alberta, Canada. The conference will be held on August 4th-10th, 2002 in Calgary. This conference will attract 3000 to 5000 Indigenous Peoples from around the world. Conference activities include some of the following: - Workshops/seminars by Indigenous Peoples from around the world on Education, Indian Movements, Treaties, Traditional Practices. - International Indigenous games, such as canoeing, lacross, horse events. - Cultural entertainment, with groups from Hawaii, Maoris from New Zealand, Australian Aboriginees, Africans. This conference may not come back to Canada for many years to come. It may be a once in a lifetime opportunity for some of our people. Check us out at www.fnahec.org/wipce2002. Early registration has been extended to February 28, 2002. So get your registrations in. Inform you elders groups, etc. Anyone who may be interested! You may contact me at (403) 212-2676, or by email wipce@fnahec.org. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.