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January 2016 SFN News • Volume 12 • Issue 1 January 2016 SFN News • Volume 12 • Issue 1 Inside SFN News Top News.................................2 Events & Activities...................6 Training Opportunities............17 SFN Survey Results.................4 Department Updates..............10 Announcements.....................18 www.selkirkfn.com Happy New Year! Top News We look forward to working WELCOME TO NEW STAFF with you and for you in 2016! Cody Gill - Education Assistant Kiefer Johnny - Administrative Assistant SFN has a new website! Department of Lands and Resources We want to welcome our new Executive Advi- sor, Sandra Roach, back to the community. Sandra is originally from Fort Frances, On- tario and is of Ojibway and Irish ancestry. In 1987-1999 she worked in the community of Pelly Crossing, as the Recreation Coordinator. One of her memorable highlights is helping to organize the 1st Annual Yukon Indian Stickgam- bling Championships and advocating for youth to actively engage in sport and recreation. Several youth from Pelly Crossing went on to participate in the North American Indigenous Games and Arctic Winter Games. During the past 25 years Sandra has held a num- ber of senior positions with the Governments of Visit us at Yukon, Canada and Nunavut. During her public selkirkfn.com service career Sandra has worked as a Senior/ Policy Program Advisor for Sport Canada, Region- al Manager, Aboriginal Programs for Canadian Chief and Council Heritage, and most re- Meetings 2016 cently Manager, Sport and Recreation Pro- January 12 grams for the Govern- February 9 ment of Nunavut. February 23 Jennifer Lee is March 8 very excited to be March 22 joining Selkirk First Nation as Director of Governance. 2 SFN NEWS • January 2016 Top News Jennifer has worked for many years in natural resource and land management. She recently completed a term assignment with Council News Yukon government’s department of Energy, Mines and Resources and has worked for New Deputy Chief a number of Yukon First Nations including Vuntut Gwitchin and Kwanlin Dun First Nations. Lori Sims stepped down from her term on Jennifer is married and has a 5-year-old son. September 1, 2015. Lori will continue to play an integral role as Councillor, while focussing her energy on managing the Early Childhood FAREWELL TO PAST STAFF Development Center, ‘Dunya Ka K’ats lnt Kù. Last November we We would like to thank Lori for her dedication said goodbye to and commitment to our Citizens and Albert Drapeau, government during her role as Deputy Chief. SFN’s Executive Director for the past Chief and Council appointed George Magrum two years. Deputy Chief on September 1, 2015. He will hold that position until March 31, 2016. We were sad to see him go. During In accordance with our Constitution, section his tenure, Albert 10.13, “The Council shall choose the Deputy oversaw the daily Chief from amongst its members and may operations of our fix the term of office of the Deputy Chief government while at the time its selection is made or as the moving forward Council may subsequently decide.” important files. SFN is grateful for his dedication and support Council decided in April 2014 to rotate the during those two years. position. This provides an opportunity for Albert has returned to Whitehorse to be members of Council to gain significant closer to his growing family. We will miss you, leadership and political experience. Albert, and we wish you and your family all the best! Debbie Trudeau, SFN’s Executive Assistant for the past three years, moved to Whitehorse last November for family reasons. During her tenure, Debbie was always willing to help and assist her colleagues and Citizens. She acted as Executive Director and Mine Manager during her employment. Chief and Council would like to express their heartfelt thanks to Debbie for all her hard work with and for Selkirk. She often went above and beyond her job description and brought a lot of good advice to the table. We wish Debbie all the best in her future endeavors. January 2016 • SFN NEWS 3 Top News SFN Leading the Way – “Knowing Ourselves” Survey Results In February and community of Pelly Crossing and SFN Citizens March 2015, SFN throughout the Yukon. This is the first instance conducted an Knowing of a multi-party program to undertake socio- important survey Ourselves economic monitoring and reporting of an of current living SFN Survey of Living Conditions approved mine project in the Yukon. During February and March 2015, Selkirk First Nation Citizens will be asked some questions about their living conditions. Your answers will help paint a picture of the conditions of SFN strengths and weaknesses of our community, and will help us respond to the needs of our people. Citizens in the Yukon. Your voice matters. “How well does SFN owns the survey information, which Have your say and WIN! the community Upon completing the survey, participants will receive a work together?” All SFN citizens, ages $25 gift card from Canadian Tire means the results are confidential. Some of and get their name entered in a draw for a chance to win one of two grand prizes: A generator valued at $1,200 “How often the information from the survey will help to 16 and over, were 2 return tickets from Whitehorse to Vancouver! do you How to participate: move?” invited to participate The survey is open to all SFN citizens 16 years and fill some of the gaps in the Minto Mine Socio- older living in Yukon. All interviews will be conducted between mid February to end of March. Citizens in Pelly and Whitehorse can expect a face-to-face “How active in the survey called interview and citizens in other Yukon communities are you on Economic Monitoring Program and assist SFN a phone interview. “Knowing Ourselves.” the land?” in discussions with the Minto Mine to address All responses are confidential and anonymous. Overall results of the survey will be presented to Selkirk First Nation Citizens once all the data has been compiled. problems and reap the benefits. For more information about the survey, contact The purpose of the Jean VanBibber at 867.537.3331 survey was to better SFN CITIZENS PARTICIPATE understand the social, economic and cultural More than 75% of the Citizens living in Pelly conditions of SFN Citizens and how resource invited to participate in the survey were projects are impacting them. Information from interviewed. For any type of survey, this level of the survey will help SFN better respond to participation represents an enormous success. developments in our traditional territory; the Almost 60% of SFN Citizens living in the Yukon needs of our Citizens that must be addressed outside of Pelly participated in the survey. Again, and the ways of life that need to be protected this is a very high participation rate for a survey. and promoted. The information collected from this survey This is the first time a survey of this nature represents the most detailed and complete has been conducted in the Yukon. The survey information of living conditions of any provides us with the most complete snapshot community in the Yukon. of community-level living conditions of a Yukon First Nation. The survey was conducted as part The SFN community survey collected of the Minto Mine Socio-Economic Monitoring information in a number of areas, such as: Program. The Minto Mine is required to • Household make-up and mobility implement this program to monitor the effects • Mental and physical health conditions of the mine on SFN Citizens. • Social conditions and networks • Housing conditions The result of the survey combined with data • Education and training from the Minto mine on employment, income, • Employment and income training, business contracts and programs • Material well-being and harvesting of country and social and economic information from the foods Yukon Government will paint a larger and better • Cultural attachments to the land and picture of how the Minto mine is affecting the community cultural vitality 4 SFN NEWS • January 2016 WHAT WE LEARNED: Crossing was higher than Whitehorse. SFN Citizens indicated a high level of attachment • Generally, wherever they lived, most SFN and commitment to Dooli law and customs. Citizens felt “safe” or safer (over the previous five years) in their current environment. SFN Citizens’ knowledge of Northern Tutchone • for over 40 per cent of SFN families and Citizens customs and laws is very high (greater than 80 living in Pelly Crossing more than half of the percent), especially in Pelly Crossing where it food that they consumed was country food. increases with age. • A large majority (over 75 per cent] of SFN Citizens and households living in Pelly Crossing Generally the ability of SFN Citizens to fluently indicated satisfaction with the quality and speak and understand Northern Tutchone is low. availability of country food that they obtained In Pelly Crossing, older Citizens and especially and their access to it. Elders are most capable. More than half of all • Amongst the wide variety of country foods Citizens in Pelly Crossing speak only a few words that SFN citizens depend on to support their or not at all. households, moose, Chinook salmon, grayling and trout and berries were key sources. In the Yukon, SFN household are characterized by • 77 per cent of SFN participants across the the following notable features: Yukon responded that they were in good health • small size (mostly two-person) in 2014 both physically and mentally. • a majority have no young (under 17 years) • a majority of SFN Citizens across the Yukon children indicated high levels of participation in activities • a large majority (70 per cent) of SFN Citizens that contribute to being healthy. live in Pelly Crossing, followed by Whitehorse • Most Citizens are satisfied with their job or main • a large majority of SFN Citizens who don’t live in activities although the satisfaction level is higher Pelly Crossing have never lived in Pelly Crossing for Citizens living in Whitehorse and those • a strong attachments by Citizens to the place employed with higher incomes.
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