Please find Hugh “Buzzy” Big Canoe Youth Entrepreneurship Program poster and Hugh “Buzzy” Big Canoe Youth Entrepreneurship Program Application Form here
Program Objective:
To continue with the spirit of Hugh Big Canoe’s dedication to assist Youth understand and enter into business and to provide an assistive mechanism for the purposes of starting a new business or expand an existing business for Youth between the ages of 15 – 29 on an annual basis.
Criteria:
• Individual must be nominated from someone who is from the OTC First Nation membership;
• Individual nominated must be between the ages of 15-29;
• Application must be accompanied by a Letter of Support stating how the nominee demonstrates qualities of a role model such as leadership, the ability to communicate, dedication and perseverance;
• The business must be operated, at a minimum , between April and September;
• Nominee must have demonstrated role model qualities;
• Nominee must be willing to attend the OTC AGM; and
• Nominee may be requested to consider being a part of a role model program for other OTC First Nation Youth.
Timeline of Program:
• Call for Nominations will be announced to the communities the last day in February each year.
• Nominations and applications are due the last day March.
• Selection of a candidate will occur April.
• The successful nominee will receive funding in May.
• The business will be operated over the summer months with a final report/presentation to be provided at the OTC AGM.
Selection Process:
The Panel will review the outline of the business, a budget that includes operating costs and how the funds will be used, and the nomination letter.
Financial Assistance:
Funds distributed to a maximum of $2,500.00
Funds can be used to offset costs of running and operating a business other than direct payment to the selected participant in lieu of wages. Specific area of interest include service costs such as bookkeeping, development of a business/marketing plan, marketing costs and capital purchases.
Ogemawahj Tribal Training and Employment Resources(OTTER)
The candidates were contacted and invited to send in a letter so it could be posted. Below you will find the ones who responded. Should you have any questions please direct them to the candidates, they will have their contact information on each submission. All candidates were given a chance to submit a letter to explain their platform and any views or opinions expressed are from the candidates and not the First Nation.
David Migizance Big-Canoe for Council
“Notice to GIFN members: The Aazhaawe (ferry) is up and running! Welcome Spring!
We will be monitoring the winds however are happy that we have an open channel to get members across safely. It will run the same schedule as last fall with the last run to be 7pm from Virginia each night until further notice.
We continue to urge membership to only travel for essential needs.
December 15, 2020
Notice to Georgina Island Leaseholders
Georgina Island Entering Lockdown December 21, 2020 for Minimum 30 Days
Ferry boat restricted to GIFN members and GIFN staff only
As of Monday December 14, 2020, York Region has joined Toronto and Peel in the Grey – Lockdown Zone. This is due to continued high number of COVID cases, continued community spread and inability to trace the source of infections, a high proportion of positive tests, and increasing pressures on hospitals in the region. Although Health Canada approval of a COVID vaccine is a positive step, people must continue to implement social distancing and other virus prevention strategies to prevent spread of COVID-19.
Under the Grey Lockdown Zone, it is illegal to gather indoors with anyone you do not live with. You must limit contact to your household (the people you live with) and stay at least 2 metres apart from everyone else. Do not visit any other household or allow visitors in your home. Only go out for essential reasons, such as work, school, groceries, pharmacy, health care, helping vulnerable people, and outdoor exercise. People are asked to work remotely, where possible. Non-essential businesses must be closed, except for curb side pick-up and delivery.[1]
Chief and Council are announcing that Georgina Island will be in lockdown as of Monday, December 21st, 2020 and the ferry boat will be restricted to GIFN members and GIFN staff only until further notice. Transportation staff will continue to inspect vehicles and walk-on passengers prior to loading onto the ferry. The Band Office is currently closed to the public, and will be closed to staff as of December 16, 2020.
As was previously communicated, Chief and Council would like to strongly discourage leaseholders from visiting or staying in their cottages on Georgina Island for the winter. Everyone is being asked to stay home, limit contact with others, and only go out for essential reasons.
Chief and Council will continue to monitor the situation together with our Emergency Task Force and will implement additional measures as required. The lockdown will be reviewed after 30 days (January 21).
Thank you for your cooperation and for helping to keep our community safe from the virus.
Sincerely,
Chief Donna BigCanoe
The Band Office is closed to the public
Please call 705-437-1337 for permission to enter the building
Face Masks are Required.
Fever
Cough
Difficulty breathing
Thank you for helping to keep our community safe!
COVID 19 FERRY SCHDULE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOTIFIED
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY REDUCED TO 4 RUNS
Band Members and Essential Services Only Permitted on the Ferry
Waubageshig (Harvey Andrew McCue) of Georgina Island First Nation in Ontario was appointed as a member for his contributions to the health and well-being of Indigenous youth in Canada and for his leadership in education.
“I’m thrilled to the moon and it came as a real shock and surprise. I’m quite honoured,” he said.
Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, he said he noticed there weren’t many programs in schools for Indigenous kids.
“There certainly wasn’t any academic content and that’s weighed on me quite heavily after I completed my education.”
He helped found and develop the Native Studies Department at Trent University in 1969 and taught there for 14 years.
Two years ago he and a small team created a 24-module curriculum on suicide prevention for First Nations youth, which has been brought into a number of First Nations school in Canada and the United States.
This year he created a kindergarten to Grade 12 history curriculum for the Long Lake 58 community, located 250 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.
“That curriculum will help the young people at Long Lake really strengthen their understanding of who they are, where their roots are, how their community came to be, and their connection to their Anishinaabe history and culture,” he said.
“These activities and projects have been very fulfilling for me and their objective is to work to increase the health of very young people and contribute to their further self knowledge.”
Photo submitted by : Waubageshig was appointed to the Order of Canada after working in education for over 50 years. (Submitted by Waubageshig)
The Band Office is closed to the public
Please call 705-437-1337 for permission to enter the building
Face Masks are Required.
Fever
Cough
Difficulty breathing
Thank you for helping to keep our community safe!
It is with our sincerest condolences Chief and Council say goodbye to Greg Buffett. For many years Greg served on Georgina Island as not only our Police Sergeant, but a welcomed member of the community. You would regularly see him volunteering for barbeques and other community events, most remembered will be the Easter festivities. Our hearts go out to the family off and on our reserve during this difficult time.
The family appreciates any donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association.
Chi-Miigwetch
Obituary of Gregory Michael Buffett
This project involves implanting lake trout (up to 50 this fall) with internal acoustic transmitters
and releasing them back into the lake.
Your participation in this project is greatly appreciated. We hope that you are as interested as we are to learn more about the movement, habitat usage and behaviour of lake trout in Lake Simcoe. Happy angling!
Please click on the links for more information…
Lake Simcoe Acoustic Telemetry Tagging Project : Letter to Chief Donna Big Canoe and Council
Chippewas of Georgina Island