TSAWWASSEN FIRST NATION WEEKLY PUBLICATION THURSDAY, OCT 24, 2019 COMMUNITY NOTICE NEW THIS ISSUE ■ Notice on Fall Legislature Important Dates to Remember ■ Call to Tsawwassen Members (Ages 19-25) ■ Advisory Council Agenda for Oct 28 Meeting OCT 28 ■ Advisory Council Meeting ■ Member Notice: RBT2 Project Community Meeting ■ Compliance Corner: Emergency Scams OCT 30 ■ Community Overdose ■ TFN Monthly Safety Moment: Trick-or-Treating Dialogue and Training Event ■ Natural Resources Update for Week Oct 24-30 ■ That ‘70s Party at TFN ■ Catering Opportunity: RBT2 Project Community Meeting NOV 5 ■ Member Employment and Training Updates ■ RBT2 Community Meeting ■ Construction Notice on Raven Lane NOV 8 ■ Aboriginal Veterans Day Table of Contents GOVERNMENT SUBMISSIONS WANT TO POST SOMETHING Call to Members (Ages 19-25) Pg3 IN THE COMMUNITY NOTICE? Notice on Fall Legislature Session Pg4 communications@ Advisory Council Agenda for Oct 28 Pg4 tsawwassenfirstnation.com Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project Community Meeting Pg5 ADRIAN MACNAIR Compliance Corner: Emergency Scams Pg6 604.948.5245 Enrolment Committee Quarterly Report Pg7 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: TFN Monthly Safety Moment: Trick-or-Treating Pg8 WEDNESDAYS at 12:00noon Late submissions cannot be Natural Resources Update for Oct 24-30 Pg9 accommodated. Submissions National Aboriginal Veterans Day Volunteers Wanted Pg10 received after NOON on Energy Conservation Assistance Program Pg15 Wednesday will be published Free Gym Membership at Club16 Fitness Pg16 in the following week’s issue. COMMUNITY SUBMISSIONS COMPLIANCE/ ENFORCEMENT ISSUE? Save the Date: Christmas Pancake Breakfast Pg17 Tuesday–Friday, 10 am-8pm Calling all Crafters for Christmas Craft Fair Pg17 Call San Uppal 604.803.9527 TFN Longhouse Kitchen Key Replacement Pg17 Saturday–Tuesday, 8am-6pm Happy Birthdays to Elders Pg17 Call Abu Ghafoori 604.785.4107 Matcon Civil: Construction Notice on Raven Lane Pg18 A Message from TFN Service Team on Overdose Pg19 NEW ADDRESS OR Delta Real Talk Overdose Event at Harris Barn Pg20 PHONE#? Safety Notice about Cannabis Edibles Pg21 Remember to forward your International Aboriginal Youth Leadership Pg22 updated contact information to Records Clerk Maryanne TFN Community Halloween Party Pg23 Adams. In Person or by Post: Trick-or-Treating at Tsawwassen Mills Pg24 1926 Tsawwassen Drive, Tsawwassen, BC V4M 4G2 EDUCATION, TRAINING & JOBS Phone: 604-948-5290 Toll-free: 1-888-943-2112 ext Catering Opportunity: ABCMTN Meeing Nov. 4 Pg11 290 By Fax: 604-943-9226 Catering Opportunity: RBT2 Meeting Nov. 5 Pg12 By Email: enrollinfo@ Catering Opportunity: Christmas Craft Fair Nov. 22 Pg13 tsawwassenfirstnation.com Employment & Training Opportunities Pg14 madams@ tsawwassenfirstnation.com CALENDARS Elders Events Pg25 Community Events Pg26 TFN Afterschool Program Pg27 TFN Pre-Teen/Teen Programing Pg28 2 TFN COMMUNITY NOTICE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 Government Submissions CALL TO TSAWWASSEN MEMBERS (AGES 19-25) TFN is looking for two Members (ages 19 to 25) to participate in a Treaty Negotiation and Implementation simulation event in Ottawa from February 8-11, 2020. The agenda will involve a dinner/reception, and two days of interactive sessions. TFN will cover travel and accommodation. This event is being held by the Gordon Foundation, in partnership with the Land Claims Agreements Coalition (LCAC). The LCAC is a national organization that works to ensure that the promises contained in modern treaties are realized (modern treaty refers to treaties negotiated after 1975, including Tsawwassen’s). If you are interested in participating, please submit the following to Tejas Madhur, Acting Manager of Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs (contact information below) by next Thursday October 31st at 4:30pm: 1. Name 2. Age 3. 2-3 sentences on why you are interested in participating The above can be submitted by: E-mail ([email protected]) Phone (1-888-943-2112) Administration Office front desk (1926 Tsawwassen Drive). TFN STAFFING ANNOUNCEMENT As of Monday October 21st, Manager of Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs (PIGA) Pepita McKee is no longer with Tsawwassen First Nation. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Pepita for her valued contributions over the past two months with TFN and we wish her all the best in her future endeavours. Tejas Madhur will be the Acting Manager of PIGA until further notice. hay čxʷ q̓ə Braden Smith Chief Administrative Officer Tsawwassen First Nation 3 TFN COMMUNITY NOTICE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 Government Submissions ADVISORY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR OCT 28 MEETING Agenda Advisory Council Meeting October 28, 2019 5-7pm Elders Centre 1. Approval of Agenda 2. Review of October 7th Minutes 3. Cultural Grant and Longhouse Rental Policy 4. Emergency Housing Assistance 5. AC Cultural/Spiritual Procedures 6. Addictions Post-Treatment Care 7. New Business 8. Adjournment NOTICE ON FALL LEGISLATURE SESSION Due to a lack of pending legislation, other Under Tsawwassen Law, the Tsawwassen agenda items and a short time frame before the Legislative Assembly must be called into start of the spring session, a fall session of the session at least one time per year. Legislative Assembly will not be called. The spring session is essential because the The next legislative session will continue as Legislature must review, debate and pass the usual in the spring of 2020, with an anticipated Appropriations Act, also known as the budget. start in early February, where legislators will More information on the spring session is have the opportunity to review and debate any forthcoming and will be made available via the legislation that arises over the next six months, community notice. bring forward and consider resolutions and consider the budget. 4 TFN COMMUNITY NOTICE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 Government Submissions MEMBER NOTICE RBT2 Project Community Meeting WHAT: Community Meeting on the proposed RBT2 Project WHEN: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 from 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm WHERE: TFN Recreation Centre WHO: All TFN Members Tsawwassen Government invites TFN Members to a territory management community meeting on the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) project, facilitated by TFN’s Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs (PIGA) department. The purpose of the meeting is to provide Members with an update on the RBT2 project and a proposed Memorandum of Agreement between TFN and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in respect of the Project. The update will include the staff presentation on the project made at the 2019 Members Gathering. The meeting will also include a discussion of the Environmental Assessment process for the project. TFN has been involved in the Environmental Assessment for the project since November 2013, when the assessment process first began. Members unable to attend the meeting are invited to send their thoughts to Victoria Williams, Territory Management Coordinator, or to Tejas Madhur, Acting Manager of Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs, in-person, or through the contact methods listed below. DINNER & HONORARIUM WILL BE PROVIDED TO MEMBERS For questions or to share your thoughts: Tejas Madhur, Acting Manager, PIGA | 604-948-5213 | [email protected] Victoria Williams, Territory Management Coordinator, PIGA | 604-785-3491 | [email protected] 5 TFN COMMUNITY NOTICE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 Government Submissions Compliance Corner A message from TFN’s Compliance and Enforcement Officers Emergency Scams Caring grandparents, Tips to protect yourself: don’t act too quickly! • Take time to verify the story. Emergency frauds usually target loving grandparents, Scammers are counting on you taking advantage of their emotions to rob them of wanting to quickly help your loved their money. one in an emergency. The typical scam starts with a grandparent receiving • Call the child’s parents or friends to find out about their a phone call from someone claiming to be their whereabouts. grandchild. The “grandchild” goes on to say they’re • Ask the person on the phone in trouble—common misfortunes include having questions that only your loved one been in a car accident, getting locked up in jail, or would be able to answer and verify trouble returning home from a foreign country— their identity before taking steps to and they need money immediately. help. • Never send money to anyone you The caller will ask you questions, getting you to don’t know and trust. reveal personal information. They’ll also swear you • Never give out any personal to secrecy, saying they are embarrassed and don’t information to the caller. want other family members to find out what’s happened. If you suspect a scam, always One variation of this plot features two people on the report it to the police. phone, one pretending to be a grandchild and the other a police officer or lawyer. In other cases, the scammer will pretend to be an old neighbour or a family friend in trouble. Santokh Uppal Abu Ghafoori Supervisor, Compliance Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement and Enforcement Officer 604-803-9527 604-785-4107 6 TFN COMMUNITY NOTICE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 Government Submissions July q̓ʷəleʔəntən August cəłtenəmən ̓ Enrolment Committee QuarterlyJuly Report q̓ʷəleʔəntənSeptember sewənten 2019 Enrolment Committee August cəłtenəmən Valerie Cross-Blackett - Chemkwaat September sewən̓ ten QuarterlyMelinda Report Cassidy July q̓ʷəleʔəntən - Sxwamiye July2019 q q AugustJulyJulyJuly cəqłten̓ʷə̓ʷleqə̓ʷleəʔəə̓ʷmʔəleəntəleʔəntənʔənəntnntənən Bryce Williams – Yaahl