Renewal of CLIENT FILES for Social Assistance Recipients

To: Social Assistance Recipients


Re: Renewal of CLIENT FILES

 

In reference to above, please note with our new Fiscal Year approaching each client is requested to call for an schedule an appointment with Jessie to renew your files. All files must be completed by April 1, 2011.

 

Required Documents for each file:

      The applicant & spouse must provide 2 pieces of identification, one has to be a Picture, the other could be, Medical Card, Social Insurance, Birth Certificate

 

Shelter:

  •       Signed document with Lorna for Social Housing.
  •       BC Hydro Bill for March, 2011
  •       Most recent Bank Statements
  •      NCB Revenue Notice

 

Please Note: we will not see anyone on the Cheque issue Day. It is your responsibility to come for your appointment. You will not be issued a cheque until your file is complete!

 

Gilakas’la,

 

Patricia Dawson Hunt

Social Development Administator

Japan nuclear info on VIHA and BCCDC website

(forwarded from Bob Swain, GN Public Works & Emergency Planning)

The VIHA website, www.viha.ca, now has links to info for the general public that you may find useful.  The first, Radiation from Japan Poses No Health Risk in BC, has a link to the BCCDC website and the second, No Need to Stockpile Potassium Iodide in Response to Radiation Risk, deals specifically with the question about potassium iodide tablets(KI).

For those working in communities you may want to print off the background bullets from the BCCDC as an info hand out.
Hopefully, folks will use this time of awareness to ensure they as individuals and families are as prepared as possible for our own earthquake. 
 
charmaine
 
 
Charmaine Enns, MD, MHSc, FRCP(C)
Medical Health Officer
Vancouver Island Health Authority
355-11th St.
Courtenay, BC V9N 1S4
Tel:  (250) 331-8591 or direct line 331-8592
Fax: (250) 331-8513

TREATY OPEN HOUSE ON MONDAY, MARCH 21

When: Monday March 21, 2011

Time: 3 pm to 7 pm

Where: Gwa’sala Nakwaxda’xw Elders Center (not Wakas hall as originally planned)

Presentations:
  • Treaty Issues
  • (Lands, Governance, etc.)
  • Treaty Communication
  • (Website, Treaty Advisory Committee, YO NEWS)
  • Natural Resources
  • (Forest, Fish)
  • Library Presentation

Dinner Served, Door Prizes, Child Minding available
(separate dinner for children with child minder )

Emergency Planning Update

Emergency Planning update:
At the end of February I attended an Emergency Management session in Fort Rupert. Present at the meeting were First Nations Emergency Services Society (FNESS), Indian and Northern Affairs of Canada (INAC) and Provincial Emergency Program (PEP).
 
Also in attendance were representatives from surrounding First Nations.
 
The different organizations each did a presentation which was followed by a question and answer period.
One of the suggestions that came out of this event was to have North Island First Nations meet and do some networking. As the Emergency Coordinator of our community I have set up a meeting on March 15, 2011 from 10:00 - 12:00 at Wakas hall. I’ve invited Sharon Alfred (Emergency Coordinator for Cormorant Island) and Chuck Lox (Emergency Coordinator for Mt.Waddington Regional District). Also invited are the First Nation representatives that attended the session at Fort Rupert in February.

- Bob Swain, Public Works Coordinator

GN Elders Update

Hello everyone! 

I am please to let all the Elders know that the Grant proposal to the Trust was voted on & approved on March 3, 2011. Thank you to all those of you that made it out to vote! There will be a lot of change for the better here @ your Elder's Centre! I am excited to get the ball rolling as soon as possible. I would like to thank those of you elders that have been coming out to help with the catering jobs we have had in the last little while. WE WILL PROCEED TO FUNDRAISE FOR OUR EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AS IS! March 17th & 31st @ 2pm Bakwamkala Tea @ Elder's Centre!

I have the charter bus already book for our annual Elder's Conference this year, which is in Abbotsford this year! I am looking at hotel accommodations at the moment. I need exact numbers as to how many of you Elders are coming for sure this year, as we will not receive refund on room is someone does not show up. 
Here is who I have that signed up with me: Marion Wamiss, Spruce Wamiss, Mable James, Calhoun Walkus, Mary McDougall, Ernie Henderson, Willie Walkus, Charlotte Walkus, Lillian Johnny, Doug Johnny, Emma Olsen, Sally Bruce, David Bruce, Kenny Brotchie, Kathy Walkus, Mary henderson, Ernie Hanuse, John King Sr., Irene Sheard, Sara Walkus, Richard Charlie, Harry Webber, Gertie Walkus & Joe Pielle. 

If your name is not on this list and you would like to RSVP, please contact me as soon as possible so I can get the exact amount of rooms we will be needing. Escorts will be nominated & voted on again this year. We will determine when that will happen in the next few weeks to a month. We had great help from the escorts last year! I do hope to see the same this year. Activities are on the Calendar of events on the back of this newsletter! :) If you have further questions about anything, please don't hesitate to call or come see me. 

Gilakasla
Silena George
 
Stuff for Calendar: Mondays @ 1pm Elder's & Diabetics Walking Club meet @ bridge 
Tuesday: 11am-2pm Life Skills Workshop, 2pm Diabetes Prevention exercise 1st choice fitness
Wednesday: 1pm Elder's & Diabetics Walking Club meet @ bridge. Aqua fit 7pm @ swimming pool (Diabetic program)
Thursday: 11am-2pm Grief & Loss support group, 2pm Diabetes Prevention exercise 1st choice fitness 
Friday: Aqua fir 11am-12pm swimming pool

Strengthening Connections - Aboriginal Health & Science Recruitment Career Fair

Date:      Monday, March 7, 2011
Time:      4 to 7:30 pm
Place:     U'gwamalis Hall

Transportation will be provided, leaving the Youth Centre at 3:30 pm
and 7:30 pm after this event is over.

The Kwakiutl, Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Bands invite students and parents
to visit various college and university stations. Participants will
hear first hand about the personal education journey from a panel made
up of graduates from the health & science disciplines.

For more information please call Marion at 949-6012, Grace at
949-8343, or Danita at 949-6245

New Photos of Tsulquate on Website

Snow is not something we normally get in Tsulquate, but over the last couple of days we've had several inches of the fluffy white stuff, making everything look wintry and clean. Today I decided that I should wander around our community and take some pictures of it before it completely melted away. It is an interesting time of year to take a close look at our community... many things are still green, like the cedar boughs and salal bushes. Some things are still looking pretty shriveled up, like the rose hips and blackberry bushes. And some things, like the dandelions I saw out at Thomas Point last week, are already starting to bloom!


As I walked around Tsulquate, I noticed that many of our houses are quite colourful, like Herb and Sarah's, Dorey and Betty's, Richard & Silena's, and many others. I also noticed that people are good at building sheds, dog houses, fences etc. from whatever scrap wood they can find. The Eke Me-Xi students are going to be working on a community smoke house in the next while, so any of you builders out there that want to help out, please talk to Jamaine at the Eke Me-Xi school (949-8332).

I had a visit with Dorey (who was working on the handle for a shovel to go clear snow out of his boat), where we talked about the need to be more involved in the four seasons: harvesting foods all year round, at the proper times; getting to know the different places in our home lands where you can gather and process foods; learning about who comes from which areas; and using the gifts that we each have to give back to the community. We also talked about how we need to make information coming out of the band office more visual, maybe in the form of cartoons or other graphics. Any cartoonists out there that want to share your talents?

After the visit, I went up to the school to take some pictures up there. The children's artwork is so beautiful, it's pretty neat to see all of the different projects that they work on. I think it' so neat to see projects from years past, like this quilt that we worked on when I was a student there, and I'm sure many of you worked on it as well. The four corner patches, with the buttons, were done by elders (including my grandmother, Lucy Smith) to represent how our elders are like the four posts in the big house, holding up the whole community with their wisdom and strength.


I hope you have enjoyed this walk through our community with me today! Please leave your comments below! You can see many of the pictures I took today in the banner slideshow on our website, www.gwanak.info

Jessie Hemphill

 

 

 

Job Posting - Construction Labourers

February 23, 2011

The Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Band Council is accepting applications for labourers for the construction and training of the new GPS wall system that the band is trying this year for 3 - CMHC 2010-11 UNITS. (single F.D)

Global Panel Systems will be training crew members on the 1st house, then it will be our responsibility to build the other 2 units.
This project is exempt from the Government of BC’s fair wages and skills development Policy.

The prequalification process is intended to establish a list of Construction labourers with the necessary qualifications and experience necessary to perform this work.

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Experience & knowledgeable in the construction field is an asset (includes interior finishing)
· Knowledgeable in the safe use of all tools associated with construction
· Capable of working as a team member or unsupervised on tasks given

Consideration will be given to those with the most experience and knowledge in the field. Please submit your resume and include all your tickets & certificates, so that all the pertinent information is there for consideration.

2 – References required

Sealed submissions, clearly marked Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Band Council CMHC 2010-11 Project C/O Lorna Henderson dropped off at the Band Office or mailed to the above noted address on or before Submission deadline: March 23, 2011

Please Note: Late submissions will not be considered

Thank you From Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Band Council

Tsulquate: The Demographic Story (Introduction)

[From Tsulquate: The Demographic Story by Dara Culhane, 1984. Typed in 2011 by Jessie Hemphill]

Introduction:

What follows in this report is a summation of demographic data (records of births, deaths and migrations) pertaining to the Tsulquate Indian Band, located on Northern Vancouver Island near the town of Port Hardy. Data has been gathered from a wide range of sources, the detailes of which are presented in a “NOTE ON THE DATA” in Appendix A. It is a Demographic Profile which means that it is, essentially, a statistical skeleton. In order to make the vast array of numbers a little more meaningful, I have tried, very briefly and generally, to place the figures regarding past events within a historical context and recent, present and future data within a comparative context. However, I must stress that the primary objective of this research project has been to locate, record and compile facts and figures regarding demographic trends in order to provide the Tsulquate Band Council and band staff with a solid data base in order to facilitate their planning in a wide range of areas. To add flesh to this skeleton in any reliable or thorough way would be far beyond the scope of this project.

Much of the data presented here is taken from documents classified as confidential (See Appendix B, “BANDS’ RIGHTS TO INFORMATION”) and I have tried to protect the privacy of individuals in the way I have presented the data. The final decision, however, as to the dissemination of this data, rests with the Tsulquate Band Council.

The report is divided into two sections. Section I – Tsulquate: The Demographic Story, sets out in detail, on a decade-by-decade basis, the information contained in the various records I consulted. Section II – A Demographic Profile of the Tsulquate Indian Band, summarizes the data presented in Section I and compares it to similar data on the British Columbia Registered Indian Population (B.C.R.I.)  and the British Columbia Non-Indian population (B.C.N.I.). Since the nature of the data and the degree of detail in the two sections are quite different, I have designed the report so that each section may be used independently of the other or in combination, depending on the use to which the band wishes to put the report.

Finally, as everyone knows, peoples’ lives cannot be reduced to numbers on tables and dots on graphs. Demographic data, perhaps because it records events which are often very tragic and very personal, sometimes appears offensively inhuman and cold, not to mention prying. In a report such as this one, whose primary purpose is, as stated above, to present data, it is hard to avoid this feeling while reading. To put the contents of this report into perspective, I offer the following quotation from the demographer, S.F. Hartley:

“Human life is precious. Each birth introduces some unknown potential, not only for the development of that single human being but also for some contribution to the social group into which the child is born and possibly for the betterment of the human species as a whole. Similarly, each death reduces the potential richness of life for us all.” (Harlety, S.F., 1982)