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Katrina German

SREDA is proud to announce Katrina German as the 2023 Wanda Hunchak Leadership Award recipient.

Katrina is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker and mentor, and generous and enthusiastic community leader. She has served on the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce Board, is currently an active Board Member for UNICEF Canada, and is a founding member of Seeds for Dreams. Katrina has been recognized locally and internationally through organizations such as the YWCA Women of Distinction, the CBC Saskatchewan Future 40 Under 40, and as a representative of Canada at the G20 Summit in 2017.

The Wanda Hunchak Leadership Award was created in 2020 to honour the dedication and passion Wanda showed without fail while serving on SREDA’s Board of Directors. The award recognizes emerging leaders who are passionate voices for the Saskatoon Region business community and demonstrate strong volunteerism with local boards.

Katrina was presented with the award on May 16 at SREDA’s AGM. “I have such a deep respect for Wanda, and I am so proud and touched to be able to accept this award in her name,” she said upon receiving the news.

“Katrina truly embodies the spirit of this award, and I am so thrilled to be able to honour her contributions to our local business community,” said Wanda.

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Whitecap Dakota Nation Signed Self-Government Treaty with Canada

The Whitecap Dakota Nation signed a historic treaty with the Government of Canada on May 2, 2023 in Ottawa. The Self-Government Treaty recognizes the Whitecap Dakota Nation (Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate) as one of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada and affirms their inherent right to self-government under the Constitution Act, 1982. This treaty concludes the 14-year negotiation process between the parties and is the first of its kind in Saskatchewan.

The Whitecap Dakota Nation Self-Government

Treaty will now go through Canada’s federal legislative process before coming into effect in the fall. Under this treaty, the Whitecap Dakota Nation has law-making powers on their reserve lands with respect to governance, land, natural resources, membership, cultural matters, language revitalization and preservation, education, financial management and accountability, and health and social services. However, these law-making powers must also comply with federal and provincial laws. This treaty signed by Chief Darcy Bear, councillors Dwayne Eagle and Frank Royal and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, opens the door wide for the Whitecap Dakota Nation to build upon the successes already achieved in terms of economic and business development, and community well-being enhancement for the benefit of its members for generations to come. Upon signing this treaty, Chief Darcy Bear said, “I am incredibly proud of our community as we make history together to better the lives of generations to come. Our Governance Treaty with Canada affirms our place as Dakota peoples alongside all other Aboriginal Peoples in Canada with constitutional protections. It also establishes a Whitecap Dakota government with the tools and status to continue to build our nation and contribute to Saskatchewan and Canada as whole.” www.whitecapdakota.com