Economic Development
Can you help make movies? Name a boat? Read on! We are gearing up for a new project this summer- The Nakwakto Rapids Cultural Tour. This tour is a trip from Port Hardy out to the Rapids and back using the Hook Tender (we still need a much better name for the Band’s boat!!) This tour will use the rapids as its environmental focus but while customers are on board they’ll learn about the culture and history as well.
Y O! NEWS
Feb 6 2012
3 Irene Sheard Update + Misc. Notices 4
Natural Resources + Elders Update
5
Employment training + from cathy
6 public works + suicide prevention
Customers will have the option of downloading information onto their mobile device (smartphones, iPads etc.) to watch and listen on their own. We will also have a flat screen TV and headphones to watch 4 ten-minute movies. The movies are to help us represent what we want to share. One movie is complete that was sponsored by the Treaty department. It shows the homelands and some of the Band members going there.
7
patient travel + ministerial guarantees
8
invitation: EA signing
9-10 VIU ICR fellows program 11
U’mista doug cranmer exhibit notice
12-13 sasamans update 14-15 digital jam invite + reg 16-17
maze + word search
18-19
local job postings + money smart kids
20 mark your calendar I am asking for the community’s help to make the other three movies that we require. There are band members with experience making films so I encourage you to ask around and team up to create some- important piece of the Bands equipment. The contest thing that you would like to share with the world!! will end on Feb. 24th. The winning name will receive a full day’s use of the boat with its certified skipper The boat will be taken out of the water in the next few which will include a trip out to see the rapids. It will weeks for some upgrades; Washroom installation, flat also include a $250 donation to a charity or special screen TV, wiring for sound, as well as a fresh coat of interest group (sports teams, cultural groups, Elders paint. This would be a good time to rename the ETC.) on your behalf. Please have fun with this, interact boat so…. with each other and have a conversation about it, you never know where the best name will come from!! Email entries to ecdev@gwanak.info or drop off to me at the Band office.
We had a CCP meeting to talk about Economic Development last Thursday evening. Thanks to Dorey, Betty, Mary and Bird for coming out, and Jessie Hemphill for organizing it. I shared information about the Nakwakto Rapids Tours, and other plans for future ec dev activities.
Let’s have a contest!!!!
We are looking for a name for our boat. The name must be in Kwa’kwala/Bakwam’kala. It should represent both of the Nations, Gwa’sala and ‘Nakwaxda’xw, and it should be a strong, powerful name. Please work with your Elders and other members of your family and community to come up with a fantastic name for this
There will be more economic development news to come in the weeks ahead.
Conrad Browne Economic Development Officer
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