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PRINCE ALBERT
GRAND COUNCIL
Strength in Unity
ANNUAL
R EPORT
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P AGC O f f i c e s
Executive Office
Chief Joseph Custer Reserve #201
2nd Floor 2300 - 10th Avenue West
P.O. Box 2350
Prince Albert, SK S6V 6Z1
Tel: 953-7200 Fax: 764-6272
Agriculture
Dept of Agriculture, Box 3003
Prince Albert, SK S6V 6G1
Or
2300 - 10th Avenue West
P.O. Box 2350
Tel: 961-7405/953-2363/953-2755
Fax: 953-2440
Angus Mirasty School
P.O. Box 1988
Prince Albert, SK S6V 6K1
Tel: 953-7232 Fax: 763-9245
Child Care & Education Centre
851 - 23rd Street West, Cottage #5
P.O. Box 1988
Prince Albert, SK S6V 4M4
Tel: 953-7210 Fax: 763-1270
Education
Sturgeon Lake Office Complex
3601 - 5th Ave. East
P.O. Box 2770
Tel: 953-7234 Fax: 922-3135
2nd Site
2300 10th Ave West, Cottage #11
Tel: 953-7234 Fax: 922-3135
Housing & Technical Services
2300 10th Ave West, Cottage #12
Tel: 953-7242 Fax: 922-1710
Finance
P.O. Box 2410
Tel: 953-7217 Fax: 953-1045
Forestry
P.O. Box 580
Prince Albert, SK S6V 5R8
Tel: 765-5373 Fax: 763-2012
Personnel
P.O. Box 2410
Tel: 953-7217 Fax: 953-1045
Health & Social Development
851 - 23rd Street West
P.O. Box 1775
Prince Albert, SK S6V 5T3
Tel: 953-7248 Fax: 763-6611
Sakwatamo Lodge
James Smith Cree Nation #100
P.O. Box 3917
Melfort, SK S0E 1A0
Tel: 864-3631 Fax: 864-2204
Holistic Wellness Centre
2300 10th Avenue West, Cottage #10
Tel: 765-5305 Fax: 765-5223
Information Technology Services
851 23rd Street West, Cottage 4
Tel: 953-7281 Fax: 764-5388
Justice Unit
77 11th Street West
Prince Albert, SK S6V 3A8
Tel: 953-7254 Fax: 764-7295
Northern Lights Community
Development Corporation
P.O. Box 2350
Tel: 953-7259 Fax: 764-0765
Northern Spruce Housing
P.O. Box 777
Prince Albert, SK S6V 5S2
Tel: 922-4122 Fax: 764-9222
P.A. Development Corporation
Wahpeton Reserve #94A
P.O. Box 278
Prince Albert, SK S6V 5R8
Tel: 922-0099 Fax: 922-5075
PAGC Learn & Grow Daycare
2300 10th Avenue West, Cottage #9
P.O. Box 2350
Tel: 765-5308 Fax: 763-0838
(SIIT) Business Admin
710 15th Ave East
Prince Albert, SK S6V 7A4
Tel: 953-7225 Fax: 763-6899
Spiritual Healing Lodge
P.O. Box 2350
Tel: 953-2498 Fax: 953-2514
Sports, Culture & Recreation
Sturgeon Lake Office Complex
3601 - 5th Ave. East
P.O. Box 2770
Tel: 953-7234 Fax: 922-3135
Sprucelodge Boarding Home
807 - 15th Street West
Prince Albert, SK S6V 3S1
Tel: 953-1590 Fax: 922-2502
Urban Services
1410 B Central Ave.
P.O. Box 2350
Tel: 765-5300 Fax: 922-5544
White Buffalo Treatment Centre
Sturgeon Lake Reserve #101
P.O. Box 2500
Tel: 764-5250 Fax: 764-5255
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Contents
Tributes
Population Statistics
PAGC First Nation Chiefs
Grand Chief Ron Michel
Vice Chief Brian Hardlotte
Vice Chief Joseph Tsannie
Director of operations
Program Directors
Child Care & Education Centre
Education
Technical Services & Housing
Forestry
Health & Social Development
Information Technology Services
Human Resources
Justice
Valley Hill Youth Treatment Centre
Urban Services
Agriculture
SIIT Prince Albert Campus
Women’s Commission
Spiritual Healing Lodge
Boards & Commissions
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T r i b u t e to C h i e f
Wesley Daniels
The Prince Albert Grand Council honours the late
Chief Wesley Ray Daniels by dedicating the 20142015 Annual report to his memory.
Chief Daniels was elected as Chief of Sturgeon
Lake First Nation for seven terms. During this
time he made positive contributions to the First
Nations developments in the areas of economic development, education development, health
services, Child and Family Services and Women’s
Rights. He played a key role in the successful negotiations of Sturgeon Lake First Nation specific
and the treaty land entitlement claims.
He was an active member of many Prince Albert
Grand Council boards and commissions. He was
a long term member of the Board of Directors of
Prince Albert Development Corporation as well as
the Northern Spruce Housing Corporation.
Chief Daniels also served on numerous Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations boards
and commissions. He was the first chairman
of the National Aboriginal Minerals Association.
He was a strong advocate for Treaty rights
throughout his life, a loved father and husband.
After years of dedicating his life to First Nations causes and developments, Chief Daniels succumbed to his illness on May 22, 2015
with his family by his side.
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P op u l at i o n
S tat i s t i c s
FIRST NATION
2014
2015
Black Lake
Denesuline Nation
2,046
2,046
Cumberland House
Cree Nation
1,480
1,558
Fond du Lac
Denesuline Nation
1,924
1,948
Hatchet Lake
Denesuline Nation
1,744
1,779
James Smith Cree Nation
1,472
1,472
Lac La Ronge Indian Band
10,122
10,349
Montreal Lake Cree Nation
3,795
3,889
Peter Ballantyne
Cree Nation
10,019
10,151
Red Earth Cree Nation
1,652
1,689
Shoal Lake Cree Nation
950
950
Sturgeon Lake First Nation
2,822
2,835
Wahpeton Dakota Nation
506
519
TOTAL
38,532
39,185
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P AGC F i r s t N at i o n
Chiefs
Chief
Tammy Cook-Searson
Chief
Lorne Stewart
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Chief
Edward Henderson
Chief
Ian Mckay
Chief
Peter Beatty
Chief
Carlton Bear
Vacant
Chief
Justin Burns
Chief
Ricky Robillard
Chief
Leo J. Omani
Chief
Earl Lidguerre
Chief
Bartholomew J.
Tsannie
fond du lac denesuline
first nation
Black Lake denesuline
first nation
Hatchet Lake denesuline
first nation
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Grand Chief
Ron Michel
Tansi, I would like to express my gratitude to the
Elders, Senators, Leadership, Staff and the twelve
member First Nations for all their contributions
towards providing the necessary commitment,
strength and wisdom required for the improving
conditions within our communities for newborn
infants, children, youth, adults and seniors in all
areas related to the general well-being of all.
The Prince Albert Grand Council has made significant strides towards ensuring the continued
growth and sustainability of member First Nations
by steadfastly holding onto the wisdom of the
Elders, by embracing and protecting our Inherent
Rights and Treaty Rights to be a Self-Governing
and Sovereign Peoples within our ancestral homelands of Treaties of 5, 6, 8 and 10 within the Central, Eastern and Northern Saskatchewan.
The PAGC is committed to working on the strength
of those treaties to ensure ongoing control of the
Education Programs for our Youth, who comprise
over 65% of our populations within the PAGC
boundaries. All the investments that we make in
our First Nations Youth now will be an investment
that we make towards the long term growth and
well-being of our communities.
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In contrast Statistics Canada just released the
latest set of Canadian Demographics, which
show that for the first time ever in the history of
Canada, the population of Seniors 65 and over,
outnumber the youth age 14 and under. The PAGC
will continue to negotiate and lobby, until such
time, that there is equity for the education of our
children that is on par with that of the children
being educated within the Provincial and Separate
School Systems.
The PAGC is also committed to ensuring that all
of our member First Nations have full access to
health care both on and off-reserve both in the
short and long terms. This can be achieved by
looking at new and innovative ways to build on
existing services, looking at the feasibility of creating new speciality services and building effective
partnerships to look after the wellbeing and health
of all our First Nations People. We believe that this
can be achieved by;
■■ A First Nations Controlled Hospital within an
Urban Setting, whereby high end specialist
services can be provided, such as more access
to Dialysis Machines, MRI’s, and CT Scans, etc.
There have been ongoing efforts by our staff to
collaborate with the communities to ensure that
there are adequate programs offered throughout
the course of the year at the community level.
The PAGC Fine Arts and Cultural Festival has been
ongoing for many years and we are seeing higher
levels or participation at all age groups. We will
continue to encourage and celebrate the achievement of our youth.
■■ More Long-Term Care for our Elders,
■■ Cooperative efforts with Regional Health Au-
thorities to ensure proper input into services
that are responsive to First Nations in terms to
adequate prevention, acute care and primary
health needs,
The PAGC will always work towards the day when
each and every family has their own housing
needs, related infrastructure and safety. Housing has always been a huge issue for all First
Nations within our traditional territories and it is
still on the forefront of our agenda to ensure that
there is accessibility to on-reserve housing for all
members. This has been made tougher over the
years, due to lack of housing allocations, increasing number of First Nations populations and ever
changing housing polices at the national level.
However, that will not abate the efforts of the
PAGC to continue to support and advocate on behalf of the communities to both AANDC and CMHC
at all costs.
As an organization, we the Executive of the PAGC
continue to attend and support all community
functions, whether they be graduations, cultural
events, treaty days, sector gatherings and sadly,
funerals of our beloved members.
In closing, the PAGC will continue to work with
all levels of government, industry, our partners in
business and other stakeholders to work for the
betterment of all our PAGC First Nations.
Tiniki,
Grand Chief Ron Michel
The PAGC has supported our large First Nations
Youth by providing a wide range of Sport, Culture
and Recreation Programs by participating in both
the First Nations Saskatchewan Winter and Summer Games this past year.
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Vice Chief Brian
H a r d l ott e
Tansi, Edlanete, Washte
Welcome to Treaty Six Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Territory.
Welcome to the Chiefs, the Councillors, the Elders,
the delegates and families, the First Nation and
PAGC staff and the Women’s Commission.
The PAGC Annual Gathering is a powerful event that
brings us together in a proud confident way. We
participate in business but we also get together to
renew friendships and meet new people. It is this
sense of being one people that gives us strength
and motivates us to achieve a better future for all
our communities and families.
Individually we can be strong and confident but as
a group we become a powerful force with a voice
that speaks for all. For that reason I am proud to
be here with you and pray that our many minds
and eyes will find the best path for our people.
Over the past two years I have listened to the leadership and I have listened to the membership. I
believe I heard your voices and I believe I have
acted as a leader to make our peoples’ needs a
reality.
Each year is a challenge for us as First Nation people. Whether we call for a Missing and Murdered
Womens’ Inquiry in support of the Women’s Commission, call for better health care, call for better
education for our children, youth and adults or we
have to take on the role of supporter during disasters like the fire and smoke emergency we faced
this past summer. This year has been challenging
but each of our First Nations stood up and faced
the challenges without fail and the Prince Albert
Grand Council stood with you.
I say again our strength is found in the unity of our
First Nations.
We have strongly maintained the belief we have
in education as the foundation for our future. The
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words from our past leaders “Indian control of Indian Education” will always be our guide. These
words were crafted by one of members, Carol Sanderson, who based them upon the Rights of Treaty.
Our Education staff has worked tirelessly with our
First Nation staff to ensure that we will have the
best possible opportunities to access all manner of
education and achieve success. We know the best
path to the future and will always be wary of outside interests dictating our path.
In Health the First Nations of the Prince Albert
Grand Council are leaders. Each of our communities has established a history of providing culturally appropriate care. You created a second level
and direct support health system, the Prince Albert
Health and Social Development. You have created the only First Nation third level health support
system in Saskatchewan, the Norther Inter Tribal
Health Authority. We are discussing the creation of
a First Nation Hospital, a Dental Therapist School,
taking control of all third level delivery in Saskatchewan and stating that we are tired of the total lack
of commitment from federal and provincial governments to the quality of care they are prepared to
support. We know what is best for our people. We
will take the path that ensures we will manage our
own health care. Our Treaty Medicine Chest will be
one that we design, develop and deliver.
We have many resources in our territory. Forestry
is one that has long provided much work for our
people. We intend that this continues. To manage
this resource we signed First Nation Fire Crew tripartite agreements so that we can train fire fighters to protect our ancestral resource.
To achieve a just and fair society is the objective
we want for all our people. Our history tells a sad
tale of injustice but today we will not sit by and allow history to repeat itself. We have a dedicated
and committed staff that has struck agreements to
ensure our communities and urban members are
treated with respect and dignity. We opened the
Men’s Spiritual Healing Lodge. We have 12 federal relatives there who receive a wide range of
programs and support to help them re-enter their
home communities. Our Justice Department struck
agreements to Renew the Alternative Justice Program for our communities, we have gained the trust
of the provincial system in that they have asked us
to assume some of their community delivery related to justice and court workers, we have initiated
an anti-bootlegging strategy, we are re- negotiating Community Policing Tripartite Agreements so
that weaknesses will be corrected, with community
involvement, in searching for the best path so that
our people will trust the justice system.
Our Technical Services Department participated in
support and organizing the fire and smoke emergency many of our First Nations faced this past
summer. They established a command centre that
was essential to our response to the multiple disasters our First Nations were confronted with. We will
ensure our First Nations occupy a major role in future challenges. We will be dedicated to establishing our own Emergency Measures Organizations.
We are also aware of the risks our families face in
their homes related to house fires. We have lost
too many lives, many were children. We are putting smoke and fire alarms in every house in the
Tribal Council Territory. We will work toward ensuring that we have the permanent ability to fight
house and other fires in our communities.
Our First Nations have wisely required us to provide
a program of Sports, Culture and Recreation. Congratulations to Team Woodland for winning
the Saskatchewan Indian Summer Games!
These activities help keep our children in school
and develop a sense of pride for our First Nations
by being successful in events outside of our communities and PAGC Territory. We host and participate in all summer and winter games. We host
special cultural events. We represent the interests
of our First Nations in meetings and agreements
with other organizations. We have been and will
continue to be very successful in protecting and
enhancing all manner of Sports, Culture and Recreation.
We see success in our culture. We support the traditional pursuits of our people whether it is hunting, trapping, fishing or gathering. We worked with
our First Nations to be part of the North American Fur Auction and have hosted two such events.
We have dealt with individual cases where Treaty
Rights were threatened.
You have told us to protect our way of life and our
culture. The land and the resources of the land
are the foundation of our First Nation cultures. We
will continue to protect our ancestral and inherent
rights to all land based resources by following the
lead of our past leaders when they signed the Treaties. We have a responsibility and obligation to
protect their vision.
I am proud to have the privilege to serve our people. I respect the confidence you had in me when
you gave me this opportunity and responsibility. I
pray that I will always choose the right path to be
successful in pursuing our challenges.
Ninaskimon, Pidaymaya, Marsi Cho and thank you.
Let’s go forward with confidence and strength. Together we will succeed.
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Vice Chief Joseph
Tsannie
du Lac. The first Plains Cree Dakota Sector Meeting was hosted in Wahpeton.
As we reflect on the past year, we have much to
be proud of, celebrate and be thankful for. The
staff of the Prince Albert Grand Council are the
foundation of this organization and continue to
work hard to support all our member communities and people. As we move into another year,
it is important to remember the unprecedented
summer many of our communities faced with
regards to the protection against wildfires. While
the health and safety of our people was the top
priority, there was also an enormous impact to
traditional land and destruction of property. To no
surprise, our people rallied to support one another. Community leaders and fire fighters demonstrated courage and determination; neighbouring
communities and centres provided home comforts, accommodation and food; and there was an
outpouring of support from people and organizations across the country who supported our communities through special events, fundraising and
donations of their time and goods. To everyone
involved, we thank you for your strength, patience
and commitment to stand together! The opportunity now exists to learn from the situation and
improve on the experienced shortfalls including,
the number of trained community members available to work the front lines, community control
over support centres, access to adequate funding,
and ensuring the necessary equipment is available
to prevent such a large scale threat from happening in the future.
Throughout my term I have worked closely with
many of our communities. Both the Athabasca
and Plains Cree/ Dakota sectors expressed their
interest to host Sector Gatherings to better understand the vast array of programs and services
available through the Grand Council, as well as,
hosting a forum to discuss activities related to the
land, treaty rights, mining, industry development,
wildlife management, education and training opportunities. This year, the second annual Athabasca Sector Meeting was hosted in Hatchet Lake
and the third was held this past summer in Fond
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Much development continues in the far north, including the advocacy for roads. Hatchet Lake and
Fond du Lac are at different stages in the process,
but both are moving forward on the development
of all-weather roads into their communities. Black
Lake continues to explore options and partnerships for improvements and maintenance of the
existing road into their community.
The Mackenzie River Basin Board (MRBB) works
to establish common principles for cooperative
management of the aquatic ecosystem of the
Mackenzie River Basin. The board addresses interjurisdictional water quality, quantity and related
issues. As the Saskatchewan Aboriginal member
on the Mackenzie River Basin Board, we worked in
partnership with the University of Alberta, Government of NWT and other national and international partners to develop and submit a funding
proposal to collect traditional and local knowledge
in the Mackenzie River Basin. The MRBB anticipates this project will enhance the board’s capacity to consider the needs and concerns of our First
Nation communities.
In partnership with the Saskatchewan Research
Council, we have worked towards ensuring that
capacity is being built in the Athabasca Basin
through Project CLEANS – for the remediation
of abandoned mines in the area. Through this
project, the following initiatives have taken place
to ensure community involvement and benefit:
development of criteria that ensures AthabascaBasin companies and workers are selected for the
work; hiring of Athabasca community members to
monitor the work and report back to their communities; and a training initiative agreement with
PAGC to assess and develop training programs.
Other highlights and initiatives led by PAGC departments include:
The controversial Bill C-33 and the First Nations
Education Act continue to drive our Education
Department’s position for quality education for
our students. While the proposed bill does nothing
more than create ambiguity around the governance of on-reserve education, our goal remains
clear - improving achievement of our First Nation students. PAGC will continue to work towards
ensuring adequate funding and support for language and culture programs, special education,
standards and assessments, infrastructure, administrative support and incentives for improved
achievement results. Ultimately, to be on par with
our provincially funded counterparts - the gross
disparity has gone on for too long and it is our
youth who are suffering.
Our Sports, Culture and Recreation staff and
board, operating under the Department of Education, have made strategic efforts to support community needs and the success of our youth at the
local, provincial and national stage. Highlights include wonderful success at the First Nation Games
where Team Woodland placed first overall and
Team PAGC achieved a personal best in standings.
The first annual PAGC Cultural Gathering consisted of a week of cultural showcasing and was a
huge success. Other special events made possible
through the dedication of PAGC staff and partners
include, the Fine Arts Festival, Northern Spirits,
Remembrance Day Ceremony and numerous other
events, celebrations, rallies, walks and festivities.
All in an effort to build relationships, share our
culture and unite our people.
Our Health and Social Development Department
are committed to improving the quality of life in
our communities. A Community Safety Plan is under development to support community dialogue
about suicide and to help create a safety net for
people at risk. We hope RADA - Reserves Against
Drugs and Alcohol will become a PAGC wide
campaign similar to MADD and SADD. Progress
towards the establishment of a First Nations Hospital continue. A facility that will incorporate our
cultural philosophy, traditions and beliefs in the
medical treatment of patients. Best practices are
being sought out, including models and potential
partnerships for wholesale pharmacy distribution.
In the Justice Department, strides are being made
in an anti-bootlegging movement that better engages communities, local businesses, RCMP and
the Province. An action plan has been drafted to
move forward in a strategic direction and ultimately reduce the negative impact that drugs and
alcohol have in our communities.
The Urban Services department continues to provide for our members living in the city – extending them the supports they need while living away
from their home community and family. The staff
are in the midst of working through a multi-year
strategic plan, including the development of an
Urban Services Commission.
In highlighting just a few of our organizations
initiatives, successes and opportunities that have
occurred this past year - it is with great pride that
I am able to be a part of this team. We will keep
moving forward, opening new doors, doing new
things, exploring new paths - and as long as we
do it together, success is inevitable!
Marci-Cho,
Vice Chief Joseph Tsannie
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D i r e cto r
of
O p e r at i o n s
The year we leave behind was one of many successes. The Prince Albert Grand Council achieved
many things, but notably, as a team. Last April
we successfully hosted the Saskatchewan First Nations Winter Games here in Prince Albert. With
our Sports Culture & Recreation Department leading our staff and volunteers, our leadership knew
we would ensure all in attendance would feel welcomed and be in awe of the calibre of athletics and
sportsmanship.
By far the most exciting events that took place this
past year would have to be the PAGC Youth Conference and the fact that one of our schools placed
fifth in Canada in “Mathletics”. This past March,
the PAGC hosted its first youth conference with the
theme, “Suicide Prevention, Bullying and Technology” there were over 75 youth from across the PAGC
that participated in this two-day event. Students
from Father Porte Memorial School placed fifth in
Canada as a result of a math program that was
purchased and implemented for K – 12 students.
This on line programming has been instrumental
in improving numeracy skills for our students while
they have the opportunity to have fun.
Within the personnel department work was done to
secure funding to continue the Strategic planning
process for three more years. We are also happy
to have completed the final draft of the 2015 edition of the PAGC Personnel Manual.
The department of Health and social development
reports a successful residential school support conference. They have been making use of social media such as YouTube and Facebook communication.
We are also happy to report the development of
Shoal Lake Cree Nation new daycare, Headstart facility as well as a new dental facility. Our PAGC
Communities have one of the highest immunization
rates in the province.
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Housing and Technical Services were able to do
great work as well, they have established a contract for 10,000 smoke detectors in every first nation house on reserve in Saskatchewan. They have
also developed their own fire extinguisher fill and
test facilities.
Regular Program Manager Meetings are held to
keep all department up to speed with each department and promote that teamwork we are so proud
of. Together we have created policies and decisions that will help our staff to do the stellar work
they do so well.
This past year we continued to show the strength
of PAGC through a combination of dedication and
teamwork. We can all stand back and be proud of
what we have accomplished. Great strides have
been made towards the betterment of the PAGC
and our member communities. Good work to you
all and I look forward to working with you in all our
exciting upcoming endeavors!
P r og r am D i r e cto r s
Front Row
Diane Knight, CCEC / Carol Connolly, Spiritual Healing Lodge
Betty Marleau, Agriculture / Marilyn Highway, Urban Services
Sandy Mclachlan, Personnel / Leona Sorenson, CCEC
Back Row
Al Ducharme, Health & Social Development / Rick Sanderson, Justice
Ernie Sauvie, White Buffalo Treatment Center / Vince Robillard, SIIT
Frank Bighead, Housing and Technical Services / Mike Wells, IT Services
Ed Mirasty, Education / Johnny Walker, CEO
Missing
Gene Der, Finance / Cliff Buettner, Forestry / Blake Charles, NLCDC
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Child Care and
E d u cat i o n C e n t r e
Program Mandate And
Governance
The Child Care and Education Center provides therapeutic care and specialized education programming to children placed by their respective Child
and Family Service Agencies and the Ministry of
Social Services. The Child Care and Education Center is under the governance of the Prince Albert
Grand Council.
Program Components
The Child Care Program assumes responsibility
for the care and supervision of the thirty children
placed at CCEC. Childcare staff perform daily childcare functions that include basic parenting duties
along with establishing structure and routines in a
safe and nurturing environment. There are currently three cottages in operation with a staff of thirty
Child Care Workers, three Cottage Case Managers,
four Shift Supervisors, and three Housemothers.
The Counselling Program provides service to all
children and youth in care at CCEC. Services include individual counselling, group counselling,
family support, and consultative support to both
education and cottage environments. Present staff
includes two Counsellors.
Angus Mirasty School offers special education programming to the thirty children and youth placed
at CCEC. Individualized Education Plans are developed for each student in order to accommodate individual learning needs after a range of educational
and behavioral assessments are completed. Social
skills and life skills development are important aspects of educational programming along with academic achievement. The school staff consists of
three teachers and six teacher associates.
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Admissions / Accommodation
The CCEC has capacity for thirty placements. A
waiting list has been established to accommodate
additional referrals when at full capacity.
Cottages 6, 7, and 8 continue to be used for Child
Care purposes. Cottage 3 is used for the Family
Visitation aspect of the CCEC program. The CCEC
Administrative staff offices are located in Cottage
5. Educational programming continues at Angus
Mirasty School.
Admission referrals are made by ICFS or Ministry
of Social Services Workers for children who are in
care and are identified as requiring the programming offered at CCEC. Considerations for acceptance include the reason for referral and appropriateness for the CCEC program and the age group
for which CCEC has current openings.
Family Visitation
The CCEC recognizes the importance of family
involvement in programming for the children at
CCEC. Regular family involvement through visitation and family therapy is an important factor in
determining success of treatment at CCEC after
discharge from the program. The Family Visitation cottage is booked on a regular basis with most
families visiting on weekends. Extended visits are
booked for families whose children are near discharge for transitional planning purposes.
Case Review Reports
The CCEC reports on the children’s progress four
times per year. The final reports for the year are
held in the communities in May and June. Families
are invited to attend along with CFS representatives.
Staff Training
The Child Care and Education Center continues to
provide training to staff on a regular basis. Staff are
trained in Crisis Prevention Intervention, CPR First
Aid, Suicide Intervention, and Life Space Crisis Intervention. Additional specialized training, relative
to various aspects of treatment is provided as well.
Special Education Training
Special Education training is offered as it becomes
available through PAGC Education or other educational departments. This year all of the Angus
Mirasty School staff will receive training in Crisis
Prevention Intervention and CPR / First Aid. They
also attended a conference in Edmonton, Alberta
that offered a range of workshops relative to special education.
Practicum Placements
The Child Care and Education Center continues to
provide for practicum placements in various aspects of the program. In the past, students from
the Bachelor of Indian Social Work Program from
the First Nations University of Canada have completed training at CCEC.
Future Plans
Long Term Programming
CCEC provides programming for many special
needs children with conditions such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, chronic health conditions,
developmental delays, and psychological and psychiatric disorders. Some of these children will require specialized care and intervention for the rest
of their lives. Establishment of a long-term care
component to the CCEC program continues to be
a goal.
Accreditation
The CCEC program continues to prepare for accreditation through a recognized accrediting organization (CARF Canada). Accreditation assures
payers and regulators that internationally recognized standards have been met in the provision of
services for children and youth. The Co-Directors
and Cottage Managers received training in order
to learn about the requirements and process of accreditation.
The Child Care and Education Centre program was
reviewed by a team of experts from the Ministry of
Social Services. All requirements suggested have
been met.
Highlights And Special Projects
Fine Arts Festival
The children from CCEC participated in the Fine
Arts Festival held in Prince Albert in April. Angus
Mirasty School won over one hundred seventy
awards, highlighting the many special talents the
children and youth have in the arts. Many of the
children won several individual awards, making the
CCEC, Agencies, and families very proud.
CCEC Year End Trip
The Year End trip took place on the week of June
29 - July 3, 2015. The children and staff went to
various locations in Alberta, including Edmonton,
Calgary, Banff and Jasper.
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E d u cat i o n
Overview
The 2014-2015 fiscal year has been a very good
year for our First Nations’ schools. There have
been a lot of positive results with the various programs and services that have been delivered to our
communities. Most of these success stories have
been a result of hard work, coordinated workshops
and in-services based on results-oriented strategies. Most of our programs, such as New Paths,
Special Education, 2nd-level services and First Nations School Success Plans programs played a key
role in developing these initiatives.
One of the key events that took place this past year
was a result of the New Paths program’s strategic plan, “Reducing School Violence.” This initiative
prompted the PAGC to hold it’s first Youth Conference held in March. There were over fifty grade 10
students along with over twenty young adults from
the PAGC communities participated in the event.
The major themes were suicide, bullying and information technology. Many youth were provided an
excellent array of presenters and ‘hands-on’ activities and are making plans to continue this again.
Another important event that took place during the
year was initiated through the First Nations School
Success Plan. For instance, the on-line program
called Mathletics is an on-line math program that
allows students to compete against other schools
on various math concepts. The nice thing about
this program is that it allowed students to work at
their own level while engaging with other schools
across the country. Christina Clarke and her grade
five class from Black Lake placed fifth in Canada
against other schools across the country.
In closing, the success stories and victories would
not have been possible from many of our key stakeholders in education. Along with our specialists in
the education office, we have to also give credit
to the Education Directors/coordinators who are
the driving force behind these initiatives. Furthermore, the local administrators, such as principals,
vice-principals provided a wealth of knowledge and
expertise within the schools. We also want to acknowledge the parents, elders and other community members who have engaged with the students
throughout the school year. Last but not least, we
want to thank the dedicated teachers, T.A.’s, librarians, bus drivers, secretaries and janitors for
working so hard to make our experience in school
a positive one.
Ed Mirasty, Director of PAGC Education
New Paths
Bob Magee, New Paths Specialist
The role of the New Paths consultant is to oversee all aspects of the New Paths for Education program. This entails: proposal writing, ensuring final
reports are completed by the deadlines, dispersing
funds and collaborating with First Nations about
their projects.
The New Paths for Education program provides
funding for 11 activities that provide services to
PAGC schools. Another 29 activities were developed and completed by individual schools based
upon their needs.
New Paths for Education is a very worthy program
that provides communities with educational workshops, resource people and equipment for their
schools. We hope and pray that this program will
continue to provide the much needed funds for the
PAGC communities.
Physical Activity for Life Project
Vision: “To provide our PAGC students the support that they need to develop a positive lifestyle
through fun, fitness and role modeling, so that
our students create a sense of pride, within themselves, the community and their culture.
Five key areas of our Action Plan:
1. Communication to be improved
2. Interschool Athletics / Extra- curricular Activi-
ties / Physical Activity- provide more for the
children.
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3. Training – support the school staffs.
4. Resources – purchase fun, innovative resources.
5. Traditional Games & Culture – provide training
in this critical area & create Pride within the
First Nations Culture.
PAGC School Championships 2014 - 2015
Achievements in 2014-2015
SPORT
CHAMPION
■■ Recess Guardians workshops to help schools
Golf
Sturgeon Lake
Cross Country Running
Sturgeon Lake
Midget Boys Volleyball
Grandmother’s Bay
Midget Girls Volleyball
Montreal Lake
Junior Boys Volleyball
Stanley Mission
Junior Girls Volleyball
Montreal Lake
Senior Boys Volleyball
Sturgeon Lake
Senior Girls Volleyball
Sturgeon Lake
Overage Boys Volleyball
Senator Myles Venne, Air
Ronge
Overage Girls Volleyball
Senator Myles Venne, Air
Ronge
Midget Girls Broomball
Cumberland House
Junior Girls Broomball
Deschambeault Lake
Senior Girls Broomball
Deschambeault Lake
Archery
Stanley Mission
Wrestling Boys
Senator Myles Venne
Wrestling Girls
Senator Myles Venne
High School Hockey
Stanley Mission
Midget Badminton
Montreal Lake
Junior Badminton
Hall Lake
Senior Badminton
Hall Lake
structure recesses to help eliminate bullying &
violence within the schools. Workshops at Bell’s
Point Elementary School, Senator Myles Venne
School, Father Megret Elementary School, Sturgeon Lake Central School and Red Earth.
■■ Trained 28 participant’s in NCCP Part A coaching Theory
■■ Purchased Recess kits for K-5 classrooms, and
1 middle year kit for our schools.
■■ Trained 26 participants in NCCP Part B coaching
theory
■■ Trained 26 participants in Track & Field Officiating.
■■ Trained 6 First Nations participants in Track &
Field coaching.
■■ Did Recess Guardians follow-up visits to see
how the schools were doing @ Senator Myles
Venne & Bell’s Point Elementary schools.
■■ Trained 14 students and adults in Soccer Officiating.
A BIG Thank you to all the Coaches!!!
Language and Culture
During this past fiscal year the language and culture department has been involved with continued
efforts to support initiatives which protect, promote and enhance language and culture programming. We have distributed a draft language and
culture curriculum, which was developed based on
the Western Canadian Protocol for Basic Education.
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Teachers have been using this document, as well
as other curricula to plan for their day to day programming needs.
Planning support services are offered through our
office should the teachers require this assistance.
We also visit the teachers within their communities
on a regular basis to provide on-going support in
curriculum actualization, unit/lesson planning and
teaching strategies.
The team also prepared for and hosted two 2-day
workshops for the language and culture teachers
within the PAGC schools. Both workshops were very
well received with a participation count of twentyfive for each workshop. We are anticipating future
workshops in this coming year.
As part of our roles we occasionally provide translation services for Elders. This year we had the
opportunity to offer this assistance at the Annual
Assembly where there were Elders in attendance
from within the various PAGC communities.
In the language resource development and production aspect, we have been busy researching
and obtaining relevant resources for the language
programs, developing essential word lists, phrase
books, charts, dictionary and computer applications. We continually research and implement
technological tools which may be applicable to language programming. Take a minute and visit our
blog: http://www.ablang2013.blogspot.ca/
As part of our upcoming strategic plan we will research ways to identify and compile templates to
assess and evaluate speaking, reading and writing
in the language programs. Assessment and evaluation tools and resources have been a constant demand from language teachers everywhere and it is
our hope we can assist in this area to help make
language programming efforts more sustainable.
Special Education Coordinator
G Tyrone MacPherson
Reporting directly to the Director of Education and
the Associate Director of Education, the Special
Education Coordinator supervises the day to day
operations of the RMO staff. This position is also
responsible for contracting additional services and
supports to meet the needs of our schools and chil-
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dren. This past year, the RMO operated a multidisciplinary team of six educational psychologists,
four speech and language pathologists, an audiologist, an occupational therapist, two early years’
specialists, a behavioral interventionist, a Mental
Health Therapist and several itinerant consultants.
The unit also employs a Students Records Coordinator who manages both finance and student data.
The Special Education Coordinator also attends the
PAGC Special Education Focus Group that convenes
several times a year to discuss/address topics of
common interests in Special Education. The concerns and/or recommendations of this table are reported to both the PAGC Principals’ and Directors’
groups.
Additionally, the Special Education Coordinator is
responsible for the organization, coordination and
delivery of all special education professional development offered by PAGC Education.
The Special Education Coordinator assumes responsibility for the RMO Finance Unit. The RMO Unit
manages an annual budget of just over 10 million
dollars for direct service delivery in our schools.
Field duties include providing itinerant support
services to Special Education staff in our PAGC
schools. Working closely with individual staff members at the school level to design and implement
programming for Special Needs children has also
been an integral part of this position.
The Special Education Coordinator is also responsible for conducting special education program reviews in all 28 PAGC schools. During the 2014-15
school year, a total of 12 PAGC schools were formally reviewed in their special education departments.
Early Literacy Project
The goal of the Early Literacy Project is to narrow
the Grade 3 literacy gap with resources, workshops
and implementation support that targets teachers,
children, parents and community.
■■ Early Literacy Project investments in resourc-
es supported resource-based learning, guided reading, classroom libraries, read-alouds,
Handwriting Without Tears and play-based centres in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten.
■■ Early Literacy Workshops 2015 have focused on
Handwriting without Tears, phonological awareness, readiness to learn, Daily 5, literature circles, Saskatchewan Reads and mathematics in
the early grades. Over 150 PAGC teachers attended the three Early Literacy Workshops this
past school year. This training will impact over
1700 students in Pre-K to Grade 3. Training and
support were also provided for the Early Years
Evaluation in participating schools.
■■ A multi-disciplinary team (early learning spe-
cialist, early literacy specialists, oral language
specialist, readiness to learn specialist), has
provided in-class support for teachers implementing the balanced literacy framework.
FNSSP Retention
Goals of Student Retention: Prince Albert Grand
Council Education Student Retention aims for students to remain in school and achieve goals meaningful to them.
Two Key Factors in Student Retention:
1. Engagement
a. Social
b. Academic
c. Intellectual
2. Instruction
a. Innovative practices
b. Positive school and classroom climates
c. Effective leadership
d. Early interventions
e. Career and academic awareness
PAGC Education services and projects that
support Student Retention:
■■ School-Family Activity Nights
■■ Take Home Reading Programs
■■ School Leadership Support: Administrator’s PD,
grouping project
■■ Orientation to Kindergarten
■■ Guidance Counsellor Training and Support
■■ Student Voice: surveys, TTFM, EYE
■■ Engaging Education: Technology - ipads, Mathletics
■■ Literacy/Numeracy Contests
■■ Engaging Education: First Nation Resources –
library materials, take home books
Performance Measurement
Specialist
M. McKenzie
The role of the FNSSP Performance Measurement
Specialist is to provide support to all 28 First Nations Schools that are associated with the Prince
Albert Grand Council organization with the help
they need with the Student Outcomes System (DADAVAN).
A system that provides school teachers and administrations with information on their students attendance, progress, and performances as well as providing teachers with the necessary tools to assist
their students.
DADAVAN is able to compile: student data and produce easy read reports that include monthly attendance reports, principal’s and teacher’s monthly
reports, daily attendance reports, calculate and
produce data on school days, attendance rates,
dropout rates, graduation and retention rates, and
gender and student grade reports.
Teachers are able to produce and generate their
report cards, create their day, units, and year plans
and also maintain their daily student records in
their marl books.
Performance Measurement Specialists is responsible for the following duties:
■■ Collect, analyze, and report student data to the
appropriate personnel
■■ Provide help desk support, train schoolteachers
and DADAVAN Technicians with the necessary
skills they need to make the system successful.
■■ Attend PAGC Focus Group Meetings and initiate
DADAVAN workshops
■■ Provide Education Directors and school Principals with reports.
■■ Visit PAGC schools to provide one-one or group
supports.
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T e c h n i ca l S e r v i c e s
and Housing
Program Summary
The 2013/14 year has been very busy for all of
the twenty PAGC Housing & Technical Services staff
members. This office has seven departments and
each department is responsible for delivery of services to the First Nations and Communities. There
have been continued projects, services, and inspections completed this past year.
Capital Planning
Community Development Studies
Updates are provided for each Community on a five
year rotational basis. Annual updates for the capital plans are to be conducted with each community.
In the 2015/16 FY it is planned to meet with each
Band in early summer to update the five year capital plan in preparation for the fall meetings held
with AANDC to prioritize the next fiscal year capital
projects.
Community Plan Updates have been completed for
Shoal Lake, Hatchet Lake, Sandy Bay, Southend,
James Smith, Montreal Lake 106 and 106B, and
Fond du Lac. Updates are in progress for Sturgeon Lake, and Red Earth. New requests for updates are planned for this fiscal year in Wahpeton,
Black Lake, Deschambault Lake, Pelican Narrows,
Sturgeon Weir and Kinoosao. We are awaiting new
Terms of Reference from AANDC
Asset Condition Reports
Asset Condition Reports are updated on a 3 year
rotational schedule for each Community. Compliance reports are now being conducted as part of
the Building Maintenance and Water/Wastewater
Trainers and will be submitted September 30th, of
each fiscal year.
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ACRS updates were completed for the communities of Southend, Sandy Bay, Pelican Narrows, Deschambault Lake, Sturgeon Weir, Kinoosao, Wahpeton and James Smith. In the 2015/16 FY PAGC
is participating with AANDC in a pilot project to
complete ACRS updates using our own forces. It is
expected to update the reports for Wahpeton, Deschambault, Pelican Narrows, Sandy Bay, Sturgeon
Weir and Kinoosao.
Advisory Services
Advisory services are provided for each Band or
Community for major capital projects and for Band
projects by Brian Phaneuf. A.Sc.T. Services in the
2014/15 FY provided include:
Water and Sewer, Infrastructure Projects
for 2014 - 2015
■■ Design Phase for the Fond Du Lac Water Treatment Plant Expansion and upgrade. Construction phase for the new lagoon is complete and
the subdivision expansion is also complete.
Construction Phase for First Nations Infrastructure Funding (FNIF) Roads Project. Fuel spill
remediation project on-going with interim work
in progress and full remediation in the future.
Construction phase for new landfill has begun
and decommissioning of existing landfill will be
completed when the new landfill is on line
■■ James Smith Water Treatment Plant Upgrade
Design was completed in March 2015.
■■ PBCN Deschambault Lake has Water Treatment
Plant study has been completed.
■■ The Pelican Narrows Landfill is being reviewed
for costs and options.
■■ The Southend Landfill is being reviewed for cost
and options.
■■ Red Earth Natacam Raw Water intake upgrade
has been completed. A new intake and raw water storage pond was completed in 2014.
■■ Carrot River Flood Task Force – the continuous
issues of flooding from the Carrot River & a high
ground water table continues to be problematic. The Band has been successful in obtaining
funding for a comprehensive study for short,
intermediate and long term mitigation and is in
the process developing the plan
■■ Water Plant Upgrade designs are in progress
for Sturgeon Lake, Hatchet Lake and Montreal
Lake.
■■ Shoal Lake WTP Upgrades are in construction
with completion in 2015.
Schools Projects 2014 - 2015
■■ The new Red Earth Elementary School has been
completed.
■■ The Pelican Narrows High School design is in
construction and near completion.
■■ Pelican Narrows Teacherage relocation project
is in progress.
■■ The new school at Deschambault Lake had boilers installed for supplementary heating.
■■ Hatchet Lake School High School heating system upgrading which is expected to be completed in this fiscal year.
Other Projects 2014 - 2015
■■ ADCFS Group Home located in Black Lake was
completed in the spring of 2014
■■ The Hatchet Lake Propane Farm has received
upgrading with work continuing in this fiscal
year.
Project or Construction Management
Services provided in the 2014 -2015
■■ Athabasca Child and Family Services Group
Home.
Capital Projects 2015-2016
■■ Black Lake WTP Upgrade and Expansion
■■ FDL SPS 2 & 4 Upgrades
■■ Hatchet Lake WTP Upgrades
■■ James Smith Lagoon Expansion; Road Recoery
& Bridge Repairs
■■ Cumberland House Lagoon; WTP & Wells;
School Renovations
■■ Lac La Ronge –Air Ronge SPS Upgrades
■■ Stanley Mission WTP Upgrades
■■ Black Lake Portable Classrooms are nearing
completion.
■■ LRR 106A – Well Upgrades & WTP Upgrades
■■ Southend School roofing Repairs are presently
under review by Region.
■■ Deschambault Lake WTP Upgrades
■■ Southend Teacherage Project is in progress.
■■ Cumberland House School Renovation project
is in progress.
Fire Protection Projects 2014 - 2015
■■ Hatchet Lake Fire Protection Project has been
completed
■■ Montreal Lake WTP Upgrades
■■ Pelican Narrows SPS & Repairs; Firewall Renovations
■■ Red Earth Water Supply Study; WTP & SPS Upgrades; Bridge
■■ Shoal Lake WTP Upgrade
■■ Sturgeon Lake WTP Upgrade
■■ Pelican Narrows Teacherages
■■ Southend Teacherages
■■ Sucker River Bridge Replacement
■■ LLR – LRR Bridge & Fire Hall
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Emergency & Protective Services
Population growth on First Nation communities
continues to see growth in housing and populations. We must ensure First Nations communities
are prepared to deal with the Fires and other Emergencies that their fire fighters must deal with. This
means the Fire Fighters must be properly trained
to ensure the safety of not only the First Nations
and Community, but the Fire Fighters themselves.
Currently AANDC funding is inadequate to cover
the cost of training for Fire Fighters and the PAGC
Engineering & Technical Services Department has
to obtain the funding for this training from other
sources.
Fire inspections must continue to ensure that safety of the buildings and occupants. Inspection requirements for buildings such as the Daycare and
Head start buildings are required to release federal funding to First Nation communities. Federal
budget cuts have offloaded the larger commercial
building fire safety inspections to our branch with
no change in funding. Failure to complete inspections in commercial buildings creates a huge liability issue for host Communities
The number of emergencies First Nations and
Communities are enduring continues to rise both in
number and severity. Flooding, Forest Fires, Spills
and other Emergencies threaten our First Nations
and Communities every year and this department
must ensure that the First Nations and Communities have the training to mitigate the damages to
their Community. AANDC does not fund PAGC for
this training and response in these types of Emergencies. We must put pressure on AANDC to fund
these services to the Bands
The Fire & Safety Services department has been
mandated by the PAGC Chiefs to set up Search
and Rescue teams throughout our PAGC area and
this process has already started. The Search and
Rescue Training has been completed in Red Earth,
Shoal Lake, Montreal Lake, Lac La Ronge, Fond du
Lac, Wahpeton, Stanley Mission, Hall Lake, Sandy
Bay, Pelican Narrows, Sturgeon Lake, James Smith
HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES 2014 - 2015
FIRST
NATION
SECTION
95 & NEW
RRAP
2014/15
INVENTORY
DATABASE
CMHC
PCR
Black Lake
10
0
0
0
Cumberland House
6
9
0
29
Fond du Lac
0
0
0
0
Hatchet Lake
3
7
0
0
James Smith
0
9
0
0
Lac La Ronge
15
17
1463
0
Montreal Lake
4
4
0
0
Peter Ballantyne
3
17
0
0
Red Earth
0
0
0
0
Shoal Lake
6
0
0
14
Sturgeon Lake
0
6
0
0
Wahpeton
0
1
0
10
Out of Region
28
12
0
2
Northern Spruce
0
0
0
28
TOTAL
*75
**82
1463
83
BAND UNITS
***1000+
*Total housing units listed but important to note that new units receive up to 6 inspections and
renovations average 3 inspections per unit.
**127 units inspected for RRAP with 82 approvals.
***Band units column estimated due to too numerous ongoing inspections.
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and Little Red. We want to train them to a level
where they will eventually become trainers themselves.
PAGC fire and protective services:
■■ Has collaborated with Saskatoon Fire to develop
a training program for home safety surveyors.
The satellite images are currently available and the
air-photos that have been captured to date cover
approximately 85% of the Province. Beginning in
2008, this project has been extended until 2016.
For more information visit www.flysask2.ca.
■■ Have been contracted by AANDC to install
10,000 smoke detectors in First Nation Homes
throughout the province
Housing and preliminary building design. A number of communities have been requesting architectural blueprints for new housing and building construction. This service is on a fee for service basis
and is completed as time allows.
■■ Continue to work with AANDC to sponsor and
host the provincial Emergency management forum
GPS Surveying and Training continues to be available for our communities when time and personnel
allow.
■■ Are working with PAGC Health communication
personnel to create home fire safety videos to
be posted on You tube
■■ Have just completed support for the evacuation
and repatriation of approximately 15000 people
in northern Sask. Due to forest fire threat
■■ Are working as part of the lead team to develop
Emergency Action Plan for PAGC as well as develop the necessary structure for an Emergency
Operation Center.
Information Systems
This office can now provide the PAGC First Nations
and Communities and their membership with an
array of map products suitable for Resources Applications and Community Development, these maps
are continually updated throughout the year.
Community Infrastructure & Housing Annual Report has replaced and combined the Capital Asset
Inventory System (CAIS), and the Capital Management Database (CMDB) annual reports. As in previous years, our department visits each community
to update each report and submit our results by
mid-October to AANDC. This information is used to
assist the PAGC First Nations in their Operation and
Maintenance of Capital Assets. The housing portion
gives the community a snapshot of current housing
stock and there conditions.
As a member, The Saskatchewan Geospatial Imagery Collaborative (SGIC) is made up of Provincial,
Federal, Municipal Governments, Industry, First
Nations, Academic and Scientific organizations.
This collaborative share the same technology and
uses for satellite imagery and aerial photography.
Housing Services
CMHC Inspections: PAGC Housing Services Department signs a yearly fee-for-service contract with
CMHC - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
on the RRAP - Residential Rehabilitation Assistance
Program, Section 95 Subsidized Housing Projects
and other existing programs as needed.
AANDC Inspections: For units identified as needing $5,000 or more repairs as identified through
Band Based Capital Work-plans, AANDC requires
pre-inspections, progress and final inspections be
performed on those housing units. PAGC performs
these inspections throughout the year and make
recommendations as needed (example: related to
health and safety)
Housing Inventory: There are 4462 active units
recorded in PAGC’s Housing Inventory database.
Housing Services visits each unit once every 3
years to provide AANDC and First Nations an update of overall housing conditions, fire safety and
demographics such as overcrowding.
Housing Training and Development
through CMHC’s Aboriginal Capacity Development
– Saskatchewan Housing Liaison Committee. First
Nations with PTIO – “Plans to Improve Operations”
agreements with CMHC are given priority on available training. PTIO agreements are targeted to
First Nations on a cyclical basis of close to a third
a year.
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Housing Advisory Services
Provide advice, orientation and training on
housing programs and issues, to Chiefs,
Councilors, Housing Committees and New Housing
Coordinators.
■■ Provide assistance and advice in housing
capital – new & renovations
■■ Provide assistance and advice on housing
policy development
■■ Provide technical advice on engineering and
building design issues
■■ Provide technical advice in contracting,
construction & estimating issues.
■■ Provide training and advice to First Nation
home maintenance staff
■■ Organize New Home Owner’s Workshops
■■ Provide Building as a System Maintenance
Training
■■ Participate on pre-construction meetings as
requested
■■ Provide advice with Youth Internship Initiative
applications
■■ Ensure inspectors certifications are up to date
through required courses
■■ Organize annual Housing Conferences (as and
when feasible).
Circuit Rider Training Program
Facilities Maintenance Operations
Maintenance plans have been prepared and distributed for each of the nineteen schools: James
Smith, Wahpeton, Sturgeon Lake, Little Red River,
Montreal Lake, Hatchet Lake, Black Lake, Fond du
Lac, Pelican Narrows, Deschambault Lake, Southend, Cumberland House, Shoal Lake and Red Earth.
The Maintenance Training Program is continuing
with scheduled site visit training. The Maintenance
Workers have done a good job of maintaining the
capital asset value of the facilities in the PAGC First
Nations Communities.
Water & Wastewater Trainers
The Circuit Rider Training Program has continued
with site visit training. Our trainers; Calvin Bird,
Stan Merasty and Mervyn Keleman continue to visit the communities on a rotational basis. Maintenance Management Plans have been updated for
each of our communities and will be continued to
be reviewed with the local operators.
This program will continue to offer CEU training
opportunities to help the operators get their CEU
credits. CEU training is required in order to re-certify the operators every two years. We are again
planning to offer a fall and spring CEU training session.
The Circuit Rider Training Program is continuing
with scheduled site visit training. The Water Operators have done a good job of operating the Water and Wastewater Facilities in the PAGC First Nations Communities. Our goal is to have a certified
operator at the level of the water plant at every
community
Lac La Ronge Better Builder Training
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Summary of Program Activities
■■ This department offered a Janitorial Training
Workshop for the PAGC Communities building
maintenance personnel in 2014 and 2015
■■ Developed maintenance schedules for the
schools of the PAGC district
■■ Provide direct assistance in shut-down and annual maintenance of Boiler heating systems for
the schools
■■ The Circuit Rider Training Program is continuing with scheduled site visits and is always
available to assist with operation problems and
emergencies
■■ The Circuit Rider training program is a valuable training tool for maintenance personnel
and provides a place to call for help with their
facilities
■■ Training is provided to 12 Bands and 21 communities in the PAGC District as listed in the
table below.
CIRCUIT RIDER TRAINING
FIRST NATION
COMMUNITY
Black Lake
Denesuline Nation
Black Lake I.R. 224 & 225
Cumberland House
Cree Nation
Cumberland House I.R. 20
Fond du Lac
Denesuline Nation
Fond du Lac I.R. 227
Hatchet Lake
Denesuline Nation
Hatchet Lake I.R.
James Smith I.R. 100
Montreal Lake Cree Nation
Montreal Lake I.R. 106
Paskwawaskihk I.R. 106B
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation
LaRonge
Stanley Mission
Grandmother’s Bay
Morin lake
Sucker River
Little Red C & D
Kitsakie
Deschambeault Lake
Pelican Narrows I.R. 184B
Sandy Bay I.R.
Southend I.R. 200
Kinoosao (Thomas Clark)
Kiskaciwan
Sturgeon Weir I.R. 184F
Denare Beach
Red Earth I.R. 29 & 29A
Sturgeon Lake First Nation
Sturgeon Lake I.R. 101
Shoal Lake I.R. 28A
Wahpeton I.R. 94A
Maintenance Management
Plans
Maintenance Management Plans have been updated for each of our communities and will be continued to be reviewed with the local Water Waste Water operators and Building Maintenance personnel.
At the present time most of the management plans
which are in place are part of the Operation and
Maintenance Manuals which were provided to the
operators at the completion of the Capital Project
and subsequently added to as further assets were
completed.
We have also provided the operators with a generic
Maintenance plan which outlines required activities on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis.
Recent requests by AANDC for a more proactive
maintenance plan have caused us to begin working on a maintenance plan in compliance for these
requests. It is our plan to develop a plan more
specific to the community infrastructure outlining
a more detailed operational chart on which completion dates may be recorded. It is our plan to implement these in our smaller communities first as per
the schedule noted below.
2012 / 2013
Wahpeton, Sandy Bay, Shoal Lake, James Smith,
Hall Lake, Sturgeon Landing, Sturgeon Lake, Montreal Lake, Deschambault Lake, Grandmother’s
Bay, Cumberland House, Little Red, Sucker River.
2013 / 2014
Pelican Narrows, South End, Hatchet Lake, Fond Du
Lac, Black Lake, Stanley Mission, Lac La Ronge.
It is also our intention to work with the Band personnel to implement a strategy for completing
ACRS deficiencies as part of the maintenance plans.
At the present time copies of all the O & M Manuals
and copies of the record drawings for PAGC community capital projects are maintained at the offices of PAGC Engineering and Technical Services.
They are referenced on an on-going basis during
the course of assisting Band maintenance and water waste water personnel in completing repairs to
their respective systems. Copies are also provided
to the First Nation communities at the completion
of the capital projects.
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Forestry
Introduction
The mandate of the Forestry Program is to locate
and identify Forestry and Resource sector opportunities for member First Nations. With the inception
of this Program and staff positions, specific priorities have been established:
Current Environment
The Forestry Program Director currently reports directly to the CEO – Johnny Walker. The Program
Director provides staff direction, discipline, and financial administration and coordinates current duties and projects.
Identified areas of responsibility are, but not limited to, the following:
■■ Report on all Forestry activities on First Nations
Lands as depicted in the Indian Act.
■■ Raise the profile of Forestry within PAGC, and
provide mentorship to First Nation youth in pursuing forestry careers through education, training and skill development. This is currently accomplished through representation on a wide
range of Forestry Committees and attending
Meetings and Conferences on behalf of member
First Nations.
■■ Boards and Commissions
■■ Program Manager – Cliff Buettner
■■ Board of Directors – Vice President – Prince Albert Model Forest
Locate opportunities within Forestry for member
First Nations by:
■■ Assist First Nations with the development of
harvesting and reforestation plans and permitting process for timber permits or licenses both
on and off reserve lands.
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■■ Provide technical assistance to member First
Nations upon request. This includes compilation of funding proposals and fiscal reports.
■■ Facilitate the transfer of Forestry Policy - atten-
dance at Provincial Forestry Advisory Committee meetings, participation in Land Use Planning and discussions on the Forest Fire Values
Protection, Forest Disease and Insect Policy.
Saskatchewan First Nation
Forest Fire Protection Services
Agreement
The PAGC Forestry Program provides administrative and technical assistance for the Saskatchewan
First Nations Forest Fire Protection Services Agreement. This is a 4-year agreement from 2013 –
2016, negotiated with Saskatchewan Ministry of
Environment and AANDC employing 33 - 5 man
crews within PAGC totaling 165 personnel. The
most important aspect of this agreement is in respect to the training requirements that are essential to further develop individuals within the current
agreement terms.
Through this agreement “Firesmart” Fuel Management Projects are contracted and provide employment and Wildfire Protection to Communities and
Provincial Recreation Sites.
Prince Albert Model Forest/
Forest Communities Program
The Prince Albert Grand Council along with other
organizations including individual First Nations
form a partnership called the Prince Albert Model
Forest. The Vision Statement of the Model Forest
is “We envision the Prince Albert Model Forest as a
landscape demonstrating the spirit of Sustainable
Forest Management through the power of working
together”: Ma Maw Wechehetowin - working together/ helping each other.
The Forestry Program Manager is the current Vice
–President of the Prince Albert Model Forest. The
PAMF is a non – profit partnership of forest users
who are committed to enhancing forest sustainability through research, education and the equitable sharing of forest resources.
Junior Resource Ranger Program
The financial administration of this program is the
responsibility of the host community, and supported through funding proposals submitted and approved through various agencies.
It is accomplished with assistance from Prince Albert Grand Council, individual First Nations and the
Prince Albert Model Forest along with contributions
from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment.
The initial direction of this program was to give Aboriginal Youth an introduction into careers in Integrated Resource Management. The program has
an itinerary of training in place for the youth to
participate in and involve many areas related to the
Forest Industry. This involves areas of reforesta-
tion, inventory, cultivation, and preservation of our
forests.
This program has given young First Nation individuals a chance to plan their future and how they
view their environment and their involvement within society. These achievements require involvement from the community, support from its Chief
and Council, and the individuals desire to assist in
their personal future development, and most importantly, the parents support in their own youths’
aspirations.
The Environment and Renewable Resources are an
ever-increasing issue within the PAGC area. First
Nations may not have the financial ability to secure
investment capital and technical advice on Environment and Renewable
Resource issues and
may not have the capacity to provide this expertise
internally. Through the PAGC Forestry Program we
will continue to assist First Nations in sustainable
economic and cultural benefit.
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H e a l t h & S oc i a l
Services
Program Summary
Prince Albert Grand Council’s Health and Social Development has completed its 24th year in providing
health and social programming and services to our
12 member First Nations. Our department continues to display excellence and innovation through
the implementation of the latest in technology and
best practices in health care.
Our Treaties serve as a foundation for our health
care programs and services at PAGC, and, even
though the current health environment has shifted
from an exclusive federal Treaty-based premise to
a collaborative inter-jurisdictional approach, we
continue to promote and protect our Treaty rights
when building partnerships with external health
and social agencies. An example of our collaboration with our communities is evidenced through
regular engagement, participation, and feedback
from the PAGC’s Health Directors Working Group,
Health Commission Chiefs, and Women’s Commission.
As we plan for the future, we are considering options to improve our health system. One path could
lead to an engagement with the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region, related to their hospital renewal plans. The other path may lead to the development of an independent hospital, which we believe
has strong potential of becoming a reality with the
support of the community, our leadership and joint
partners. We are also working on plans to establish
a First Nations wholesale prescription drug distribution company. While these projects are a work in
progress, we will continue to retain service agreements with health professionals, pertaining to vision care, dental care, physician services and all
manners of professional medical services to “occupy the field.”
We pride ourselves on providing the best in health
care, and one vital component in ensuring we
achieve our goals is through the recruitment of
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staff who understand the health status of our First
Nations communities and have the desire to make
a difference.
Most recent to join the team:
■■ Moe Elrafihi – Environmental Health Supervisor
■■ Shirley Woods – Assistant Nursing Supervisor
■■ Patricia Hunter – TeleHealth Coordinator
■■ Melanie McKay – Receptionist
■■ Lauren Stahl- Tobacco Coordinator
We thank everyone for their hard work and dedication, and for going above and beyond the call of
duty to serve our member First Nations as we work
collectively with our communities to ensure that
First Nations health programs are delivered from a
Treaty Right to Health foundation. Over the coming
year, we will continue our commitment to providing and promoting quality programs and services
to our First Nations of PAGC.
PAGC Aboriginal Diabetes
Initiative (ADI)
Funded by the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI)
of First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB),
PAGC’s Diabetes team consists of one part-time
Registered Nurse/ADI Coordinator and two fulltime Registered Dietitians and 1 CPNP Coordinator.
Our Diabetes Program is designed to build capacity
within each community to help prevent and manage diabetes. Our team provides individual and
group education on topics, such as healthy eating
and chronic disease prevention and management.
The program is delivered to the communities of
Wahpeton Dakota Nation, Little Red River Reserve,
Montreal Lake Cree Nation, Shoal Lake Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation, Cumberland House
Cree Nation, and Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation.
Screening clinics cover diabetes as well as kidney
disease and heart disease.
Over the past year, Food Security initiatives have
been undertaken in several PAGC communities.
Projects have included community and container
gardens, cooking classes, baby food-making workshops, and breastfeeding workshops. We also participate with our Head Start On-Reserve and Daycare Programs to implement new menu planning
guidelines, and, in conjunction with Maternal Child
Health, we offer healthy living programs to families.
The ADI team provides presentations and displays
at PAGC initiatives, such as conferences, assemblies, and workshops. We also participate with
health promotion committees in order to enhance
the work of the ADI team in sharing the knowledge, resources, and partnerships with the communities. We routinely collaborate with other
health agencies to provide an interdisciplinary and
intersectoral approach to client care. In particular,
we have mentored students from the University of
Saskatchewan Nutrition and Dietetics Program and
the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan.
Dental Therapy
Our Dental Therapy Program is focussed on patient education and oral health. We acknowledge
and recognize that the health of the mouth and the
body are integrally linked with one another, so it
is important to visit the dental team on a regular
basis to keep your teeth and gums healthy.
Over the past year, we have been progressing both
proactively by seeing as many community members as possible, and by adapting to changes within
staffing. In 2015, we welcomed aboard two Registered Dental Therapists (RDTs) to our communities:
Amy Settee in Red Earth Cree Nation and Curtis
Joyal in Shoal Lake Cree Nation. They complement
our current RDTs: Adelaide McKenzie - Cumberland
House Cree Nation and Melanie Martell - Hatchet
Lake Denesuline Nation. Since they have joined
our team, they have been kept busy, performing
procedures, providing oral health education to the
children, and tending to adult patients on an emergency basis.
Dr. David Climenhaga, DMD, is the supervising
dentist. He travels to the communities of Cumberland House Cree Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline
Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation and Shoal Lake Cree
Nation to provide dental treatments not only to
patients who require treatments but also to any
community member who books an appointment (or
walks in).
PAGC Diabetes Team/Dietitian Visits 2014 - 2015
Individual Counselling
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Client Workshop
Staff Inservice
Prenatal Workshop
Prenatal - Individual
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■■ Knowledge Keeper Janet Fox facilitated the
workshops: “Fatherhood is Sacred and Healing
the Caregiver,” as well as the “Importance of
Self Care.”
■■ Home Visitors trained with resources from the
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society, including the
video, “The Best Start in Life,” and the facilitator’s toolkit, “What Youth Need to Know about
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?”
Head Start 2014 - 2015 Enrolment
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All aspects of the MCH program are voluntary,
strength-based and culturally safe. Home Visitors
(HV) spend 70% of their time conducting home
visits with their clients. The HV spends the rest of
their time researching, planning, and scheduling
home visits, as well as organizing and facilitating
parent programs in the community. In addition,
MCH and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
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MCH services is critical to the improvement of the
health of pregnant First Nations women and families with young children.
■■ Elders regularly attended our MCH meetings
where they provided guidance and wisdom
on healthy relationships, especially traditional
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The vision of Maternal Child Health (MCH) is to support pregnant First Nation women and families with
families with young children reach their fullest developmental and lifetime potential. This is achieved
by providing access to a local, integrated, and effective program grounded in First Nations culture
that responds to the needs of the individual, family,
and community.
As an integral component of MCH, Elders from the
communities share teachings about culture and
traditions. Some of the activities included the following:
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The most influential time on the healthy growth
and development of a child is from the period of
conception to the age of six. This is a critical time
for brain development, parent-child interaction,
family functioning, and culture practices. It is also
vital for the mental and physical health outcomes
for the child, mother, family, and ultimately, the
community.
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Overall, HVs provided home visits to 90 families
who learned about parenting and early childhood
development, culture, traditions, and the importance of retaining two languages. In these sessions, parents also learned the importance of secure attachment and bonding, which promotes
healthy families and children.
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Through continued education and training, Dr. Climenhaga and the rest of our Dental Therapy team
will continue to provide PAGC communities with
dental services to the best of their ability.
programs that acknowledge and respect cultural
differences in each community.
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In addition to our doctor and RDTs, we receive
support from our Dental Aides, who are responsible for contacting patients, booking them, and
filing charts. Currently, each of our communities
has a dental aide and we welcome you to contact
them to schedule an appointment. They are Isabel
Whitehead (Red Earth Cree Nation), Kayla Carriere
(Cumberland House Cree Nation), Brenda Benonie
(Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation), and Tasha Bear
(Shoal Lake Cree Nation).
■■ Home Visitors were trained as facilitators for
the Fempower, 2BBoys, and Girl Power program. Some of the topics were about healthy
moms, healthy babies and children, building
the future, challenges for young moms, being
assertive, and historical trauma.
the Saskatchewan Indian Training Assessment
Group (SITAG). This is a fee-for-service program
offered to children aged 0-12 years.
The goal of the Head Start is to provide all children with a safe, nurturing and enjoyable learning
environment that supports their development with
the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in
school and life. Head Start is funded by FNIHB, and
is free for families with children aged 0-6 years.
Overall, Head Start has six components incorporated into the program: culture and language, health
promotions, nutrition, parent and family engagement, social support, and education.
Nippissing District Development Screening
Tool
MCH continues to utilize the Nipissing District
Development Screen, which is a developmental
screening tool used by the parents. Geared for children and infants from zero to six years of age, it
provides a snapshot of their child’s development in
areas, such as vision, hearing, emotional, fine motor, gross motor, social, self-help, communication,
learning, and thinking.
PAGC staff is committed to providing high quality
programming for both the programs. Staff respects
children as individuals, cultural values, and families
of the community.
In our work to integrate culture into MCH with FASD
programs, we are currently researching health promotion practices and encourage our HVs to initiate or assist with the prenatal and youth-focussed
FASD prevention.
Childcare enrolment is based on allocated seats.
The chart shows the pre-determined maximum
seat capacity at each PAGC community compared
to its average monthly intake. Even though attendance rates may be growing, there are available
seats in most of the communities.
Childcare and Head Start
In general, the maximum enrolment is based on
the physical dimensions of the facility size in each
community. Even though the program is offered to
children between the ages 0-6, many communities
only offer it to 3 to 4 year olds. Overall, enrolment
is high at each of the centres.
The goal of the Childcare program is to provide a
healthy and safe environment for children to grow
socially, emotionally, physically, intellectually, culturally and spiritually. This program is funded by
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Environmental Health
Environmental Health Services were provided in all
the parameters of Public Health to all communities
and urban facilities. A team of three Environmental
Health Officers, a supervisor and an Administrative Assistant were directly responsible in maintaining and delivering the program. Adhering to
the requirements of Health Canada, we provided
programs in water quality, food hygiene, housing
and communi¬cable disease investigation. As well,
our team responded to various requests by Chiefs,
Health Directors, Home Care nurses, Community
Health representatives and residents.
Water Quality Program
Environmental Health continues to make safe
drinking water its main focus. This program demands maximum attention because of the possibilities of water borne illnesses spreading. Overall,
it accounts for 60% of the workload. Having concentrated on maintaining safe drinking water in accordance with AANDC protocols has resulted in the
up¬grade and frequency of bacteriological testing
and the addition of sampling for chemical parameters, in order to ensure a safe water supply to all
communities.
■■ 4,487 bacteriological samples were field tested
■■ 984 chemical samples were laboratory analyzed
In addition, precautionary boil water advisories
were issued to eight communities who experienced
mechanical failures and power outages. The Drinking Water Quality of each community continues to
meet the guidelines of Health Canada.
Housing
There has been a high demand for various services in this area. Requests for inspections continue
to increase due to overcrowding, disrepair, lack of
maintenance, plumbing defects, dampness, poor
indoor air quality, mold growth and presence of
pests. Advice on corrective measures was given,
and in a few cases, relocation of families was recommended. Overall, staff responded to 194 requests or complaints. They included the following
areas:
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■■ 101 for moulds
■■ 34 for pest control, such as insects and rodents
■■ 17 for air quality
■■ 17 for disrepair, lack of maintenance or plumbing defects
■■ 25 for other or miscellaneous issues
Food
The team continues to keep a surveillance of safe
food and hygiene practices as well as follow up with
the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Recalls and alert notices were rigidly maintained at
all food premises, including convenience stores and
full-scale, band-owned grocery stores on reserve,
as well as those in urban areas. Prior to PAGC sports
and cultural events, Environmental Health officers
conducted 101 inspections at all food premises and
food preparation activities.
Institutional Health
The number of public premises in PAGC communities is on the rise. New start-ups in eating establishments, recreational and educational facilities
have increased. As a result, routine Public Health
inspections were completed at health, community
care, general and recreational facilities as indicated
below, all facilities had 100% inspection coverage.
■■ Health Facilities, (health centres, nursing stations and hospitals), 28 Inspections
■■ Community Care (day cares and Head Start
facilities), 54 Inspections
■■ General Community Care (schools, group
homes, long term care, senior homes and
treatment centres), 28
■■ General Facilities (offices and public facilities), 46Inspections
■■ Recreational Facilities (arenas), 12 Inspections
Solid & Liquid Waste
The Solid Waste Disposal program concentrates on
inspecting solid waste disposal sites and evaluating
the methods of waste collection, the site operation
and waste containment, types of waste, pest control, soil conditions, groundwater conditions and
leachate analysis. Landfills and solid waste disposal sites continue to be an environmental hazard.
Crude dumping, lack of covering up material and
inadequate maintenance at the sites tend to create
an environment that lends itself to spontaneous
combustion with its resultant odours and smoke
that contaminate and alter the air quality.
Twenty-one inspections were made at sanitary
landfill sites and transfer stations that included responses to complaints. While the Wastewater Disposal program focuses on community wastewater
treatment plants, it also covers on-site sewage disposal systems. Altogether, 28 inspections were carried out in response to new or existing on-site sewage systems and 26 inspections were completed
as part of routine visits to waste water treatment
plants. During this reporting period, two sewage
spills incidents occurred. Both incidents were investigated, follow-up recommendations were provided, and remedial work was completed at both
sites.
Vector-borne Disease Investigation
From August 6 to November 23, 2014, an extensive investigation into the Hantavirus disease was
conducted at Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation. Our
EHOs inspected several public buildings and affected residences, and then provided information,
education, and training sessions on setting up bait
stations, mice trapping, handling dead mice, and
cleaning rodent droppings.
Training & Education
Altogether, we developed and provided comprehensive training in the areas of water quality testing
and monitoring. Training in food hygiene was also
provided to several community groups, schools and
other institutions.
In addition, WHMIS training was provided to janitorial and maintenance staff.
■■ Safe Food Handling courses were provided to
420 participants in 28 sessions.
In general, Environmental Health was provided
routinely and regularly with no unusual circumstances. Overall, Environmental Health functioned
without much disruption and was able to provide
100% coverage in all areas to all the communities.
Nursing Services
PAGC’s Nursing Services provide first-level nursing services in Public Health, Home & Community
Care, and Primary Care to six PAGC First Nations
communities, including Shoal Lake Cree Nation,
Red Earth Cree Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline,
Little Red River Reserve, Wahpeton Dakota Nation and Cumberland House Cree Nation. Support
at the secondary level is also provided Sturgeon
Lake Cree Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, and
Montreal Lake Cree Nation. Comprehensive nursing services are provided through an integrated,
holistic Population Health and Primary Health Care
models. These models empower and promote wellness and independency amongst individuals, families and communities.
PAGC Nursing Services are responsible for the following functions:
■■ Nursing administration, including management/
supervision of nursing and diabetes initiative
personnel, obtaining supplies and equipment,
and capital resources;
■■ Recruitment and retention of Registered Nurses
and Licensed Practical Nurses for PAGC communities;
■■ Program development and implementation that
reflects current Standards of Practice;
■■ Program monitoring and evaluation to ensure
high quality nursing service delivery;
■■ PAGC representation on NITHA Working Groups,
FNIH and FSIN Working Groups;
■■ Liaising with other health agencies, including
three regional health authorities; and,
■■ Collaboration with other PAGC service providers
in ensuring an interdisciplinary team approach.
■■ 17 hands-on training and refresher sessions
were provided to Water Quality Monitors
■■ 10 sessions on WHMIS were provided to 143
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Public Health
Public Health (Community Health) focuses on these
essential nursing functions: health promotion,
disease and injury prevention, health protection,
health surveillance, population health assessment,
and, emergency preparedness and response.
PAGC also had a successful Community Influenza
Program. As we work to encourage more individuals to be immunized, this year most communities
have been immunized at a similar rate as previous
years.
Public Health nurses complete these functions
through programming in immunization, communicable disease, maternal child health, school health
and the chronic disease program.
One of the goals of our immunization program is to
achieve rates over 95%. Once this rate is achieved,
we will have herd immunity, which means that
enough people have been immunized to prevent
the bacteria or virus from being able to spread. The
following graph shows that, overall, PAGC communities are below this rate. While some communities
have all their children protected in this age, there
is a low of 47% in one community.
Communicable diseases, including immunization,
are mandatory programs. This year, our Influenza Program included an “immunize or mask” policy similar to the province and other jurisdictions
across the country. This program requires that any
staff having contact with clients must either receive
the influenza vaccine or wear a mask during client
care from October to April. Most of our communities were successful in implementing this program,
resulting in better health for our communities.
The charts below illustrate the number of cases of
communicable disease in PAGC communities over
the past eight years.
Primary Care Statistics - Monthly
Primary Care Statistics - Yearly
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Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus
Aureus
(MRSA) infection continues to be a challenge in
PAGC communities. It is difficult to determine when
a person has cleared the bacteria and when a new
infection is acquired and, therefore, only newly diagnosed cases are included in this report. Hepatitis
C (Hep C) is a chronic liver disease caused by a
virus. Sharing contaminated drug paraphernalia,
such as syringes, is the main mode of Hep C infection. Twelve cases were reported during the year
under review. Influenza comprises the majority of
vaccine preventable diseases. Enteric diseases are
diarrheal diseases that are often spread through
contaminated food and inadequate handwashing.
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea continue to be high in
PAGC communities.
Home & Community Care
The Home & Community Care Program is based
on five essential elements, including assessment
(case management, linkages, referrals, medical
supplies and equipment), nursing services (education, medication monitoring and health assessment), personal care (by Certified Home Health
Aides), home management (house cleaning, water
delivery, reassurance visits), and in-home respite.
Program management, supervision, and data collection are also included.
The goal of the Home & Community Care is to assist clients to maintain optimum health and remain living independently in their communities by
assisting clients and family members to meet the
client-assessed care needs. The program supports
and improves the care provided by family and community but should not replace it.
Primary Care
Services for primary care are provided in the community of Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation. Generally, these services are provided by Registered
Nurses with advanced clinical skills under the Transfer of Medical Function. These services include 24hour medical emergency care and advanced clinical
nursing services.
The policies and procedures for Transfer of Medical
Function will soon be replaced by Clinical Decision
Tools, developed by various health professionals,
including the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association and physicians. The implementation of
clinical decision tools will begin in December 1,
2016. Registered Nurses currently working in this
expanded role have also been taking extra courses
to meet the competencies required by the Sas-
PAGC Cases of Sexually Trans. Diseases
Chlamydia
Syphilis
HIV
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2009
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Enteric
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katchewan Registered Nurses Association in order
to obtain the Advanced Authorized Practice in December 1, 2016.
PAGC’s Registered Nurses with advanced clinical skills dedicate their services to the community
of Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation. The following
graphs demonstrate the provided services compared to other primary care service providers.
Tobacco Control
In partnership with NITHA, we are delivering a Tobacco Control Program to address tobacco control
in PAGC communities. From March 2 to 5, 2015, a
Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS) meeting
was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba aimed to discuss
the strategy and indicators for the duration of the
funded project, which began in 2014 and ends in
2017. Guided by FTCS, PAGC is set on reducing the
extremely high rates of tobacco misuse, protecting non-smokers from exposure to Environmental
Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and preventing youth from
starting an addiction to nicotine. The six essential
elements incorporated into tobacco control activities are protection, prevention, education, cessation, reducing access to tobacco products, and data
collection and evaluation.
Four PAGC communities are serving as “pilot” communities, which will involve survey dissemination
and collection. They include James Smith Cree Nation, Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation, Little Red
River Reserve and Wahpeton Dakota Nation.
Since the beginning of the project, research has
been done in the areas of tobacco knowledge, cessation, behavioural changes and best practices. In
addition, presentation material has been developed, collected, informally evaluated, and adapted
to best suit target audiences. Collecting posters,
pamphlets, videos, and additional resources for
each community is in progress. Partners include
the Saskatchewan Lung Association, Government of Saskatchewan, Canadian Cancer SocietySmoker`s Helpline, Cancer Care Ontario-Aboriginal
Tobacco Program, and the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute.
Continuous communication and partnership is vital
to addressing the nicotine addiction that pertains
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to a majority of the population in our communities.
To meet common goals, we are working closely
with the Northern Healthy Community Partnership
(NHCP)’s Northern Tobacco Strategy (NTS) in developing resources and delivering its campaigns.
Holistic Wellness
Responsible Gambling Program
The Responsible Gambling Program provides education about gambling responsibly to the communities. Our staff provides one-on-one counselling for
gambling as well as drugs and alcohol. We have a
10-bed inpatient treatment program at the Holistic
Wellness Centre, which is available for in-patients
as well as day patients. It is offered once a month
with four days of education.
Our program made up of three phases. The Controlled/Risk Reduction Model maintains that people
can be social gamblers and can gamble for recreation and not have a problem with gambling. The
Disease/Abstinence Model recognizes that there
will be individuals who will develop major gambling
problems and their only recourse is abstinence.
The Circle of Care Model encompasses the Medicine
Wheel teachings and taking a holistic approach to
healthy living.
Presentations
Gambling Awareness Presentations, # of
participants
■■ MACSI (8 presentations), 88
■■ Northern Lights Casino (open house), 150
■■ Waterhen First Nation (3), 90
■■ Flying Dust First Nation, 30
■■ Honouring Our Traditions (2), 20
■■ Sakwatamo Lodge (6), 58
■■ Urban Services – Youth, 10
■■ Crisis Intervention, 50
■■ White Bear First Nation,20
■■ Ochapwace First Nation, 25
■■ Kinistin First Nation, 15
■■ Montreal Lake School – Grades 7-12, 66
Treatment
Gambling Intake
■■ Treatment Phase 1 – 1 participant
■■ Treatment Phase 2 – 2 participants
■■ Treatment Phase 3 – 1 participant
■■ Telephone Counselling – 98
■■ Outpatient/Visits – 50
■■ Follow-up (individual/community) – 10
Integrated Wellness
Coordinators
Integrated Wellness Coordinators have been providing second-level services for nine years with a
base of two staff. Our belief is that we stand with
the communities and staff in National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP), Brighter
Futures and Mental Health therapists. We also have
partnerships with Maternal Child Health and we are
involved in crisis intervention. We have maintained
our partnerships by presenting modules to Indigenous Parenting. We have a relationship with staff
that involves mentorship and assisting them to orient in a very large area of addiction and mental
health. Brighter Futures’ staff is supported as well,
if needed. Mental Health therapists are invited to
annual NNADAP trainings.
This year we gathered at our annual NNADAP and
Mental Health Gathering with staff and therapists,
as well as Brighter Futures staff and a Health Director. We reviewed cultural historical practices
and the new Mental Health strategy based on research findings that positive strides are found in
utilizing the culture. We accessed new training to
deliver new programs for youth for prevention,
most particularly with the Buffalo Riders program
that is based on cultural teachings. Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing Training for groups and individuals was given to many more communities to
expand a larger community support system. The
mentorship program is now well into its second
section and second year. Wahpeton Dakota Nation and Shoal Lake Cree Nation have completed
all the required modules and have since presented
on them. On the second manual, staff is learning
the skills and knowledge of addictions counselling.
We are nearing our second year into our five-year
work plan, and we are currently completing the areas of cultural elements and mentorship. We are
establishing these capabilities within our youth,
which is coming to life as we are developing parenting groups with young mom and dads who are
wanting to learn more about culture and support
each other. As we continue to serve our membership through counselling in office, our clients have
increased to a point where we are dealing with
more issues of grief. As we work into the future,
we are continuing to serve and support our communities with a need to expand and to find more
resources. Overall, we have had a successful year
and we are grateful for the opportunities to work
with all of our communities.
Embrace Life Program
The Embrace Life Program falls under the umbrella of National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention
Strategy (NAYSPS). We have been working hard
to find strategies that work in our communities to
help prevent suicide. From the beginning, we recognize that suicide is a complicated issue since it
is a symptom of other social issues found in the
communities. Suicide is all about pain, being stuck
in the past and rejecting change, due to unresolved
grief that finds its roots in a history of colonization
and residential schools. To find solutions, we must
mobilize as many community members as possible
in each of our communities to work together to
build a stronger future.
Using a community development process, the Moving Towards a Stronger Future program has found
ways to promote life and move forward. Over the
past year, we have worked with Montreal Lake Interagency to start development of a community
SafePlan. Looking at the glass as being half full
has given us opportunities to celebrate the small
steps, which have included engaging with the
youth. In particular, PAGC’s Youth Action Council
(YAC) has been trained in using the model, and
55 young adults have since gathered this spring to
learn more about themselves and how to live the
best life possible. We are planning to form a YAC
Core Group with two members from each of our
participating communities, and we will be meeting monthly to network and make plans for larger
events such as training sessions and conferences.
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We have found the focus on the young adults has
brought a decline in violence, given them a sense
of purpose and belonging, and opened up a willingness in them to make a difference.
Another strong training opportunity, the Leadership from the Heart program, which was facilitated
by James Anderson -- an Anishanabe-Ojibway Native American from northwestern Wisconsin -- empowered and energized it participants to continue
to build safer, more vibrant communities. James
Smith Cree Nation and Shoal Lake Cree Nation held
training and they have both noticed a boost in momentum to take action.
The number one health problem in the world is violence and suicide, which is an extreme act of violence. The needed response to suicide comes under
the three headings: prevention, intervention and
postvention. Our prevention activities explore the
root of the problem found in unresolved grief and
incomplete relationships.
The following activities address our prevention
strategy:
■■ Thirty-five participants from nine communities
attended the Edu-Therapy Solutions’ Healing
the Heart, facilitator training and updates.
■■ Grief and Healing the Heart Outreach, a sixweek program, was provided four times in
Prince Albert, which is now being provided in
PAGC communities. (Many one-on-one sessions
took place, with 25 graduating.)
■■ Five new members from five of our PAGC communities became Applied Suicide Intervention
Skills Training (ASIST) trainers.
■■ Traditional teachings were provided as research
has shown culture heals.
■■ Over 100 young adults were engaged and empowered, which has made a tremendous difference.
■■ Forty Developmental Assets was introduced to
four communities.
■■ Forty young people and their adult allies participated in the fourth annual Good Grief Camp for
Youth at Camp Kinasao.
Intervention helps those at risk of suicide before
they act upon their thoughts of suicide. We have
trained over 100 community members in ASIST.
Congratulations to the administration of Cumberland House School for training all their staff to better protect the lives of the young students. Already
young people are approaching these trained listeners to talk, which is the best medicine for suicide.
Our goal is to develop local teams of community
members to respond to the needs in their communities due to critical incidents.
The formation of our community Mental Wellness
teams has built skills and confidence in dealing
with local crises. This year we trained 25 in Critical
Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). We also trained
community members, staff and adults who interact
with youth in Mental Health First Aid. Another very
Shoal Lake Cree Nation sod turning ceremony for Daycare
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successful program is our ten-day Honouring our
Traditions: Shaping Healthy Behaviours Anger Resolution Program. We hold two programs for men
and another two for women annually. This past
year, we had over 30 graduates.
Suicide Postvention deals with what takes place after a suicide and if done properly it can be the best
prevention available to community members. We
have helped communities develop protocols and
policy so that staff and volunteers are prepared and
react efficiently to the needs presented in times of
crises. Our greatest challenge is continuing aftercare at the community level, but it is much better
in some communities than in the past. Overall, 33
participants have graduated from our Grief Recovery Outreach Programs and continue to move forward. Over the past year, talking circles and healing circles were held for five grieving families.
Our Embrace Life Program continues to move forward by building on the strengths of the community, using an interagency approach that includes
the voice and involvement of young people and Elders. Suicide is a community problem that needs
a community solution. Together we can promote a
balanced lifestyle, protect life, and promote good
mental health.
Sakwatamo Lodge
Sakwatamo Lodge is the only treatment center in
Saskatchewan to offer treatment to full family units,
including both parents and children. Based on the
Bio-Psycho-Social Model, this program is centered
on the belief that alcohol abuse is a result of biological, psychological, and social factors. We offer
cultural and clinical resources that complement one
another, offering clients an easier, less stigmatized
approach to therapeutic counselling. Our program
components consist of drug and alcohol awareness, cultural awareness, building healthy family
relationships, life skills, and self-esteem development.
formation System (AMIS), First Aid CPR & AED,
Leadership from the Heart, Mental Health First Aid,
Small Group Counselling, and Family Violence.
Accreditation
Sakwatamo Lodge staff continues to work to maintain current accreditation status with our next accreditation survey, scheduled for October 2015.
We continue to maintain a high standard of client
safety with no incidents to report this fiscal year.
Demographic / Statistical Data
Eight six-week cycles occurred during this fiscal
year. However, client intake occurred on a weekly
basis. There were 121 families referred to treatment and, of these, 53 families were admitted, 42
completed Treatment, 4 were repeating Treatment.
Mental Wellness Health Care Provider
The Mental Health Care Provider position is responsible for coordinating and participating in the crisis
response team in training, skill development, team
debriefing, follow-up, and liaising with the community.
Highlights of this past year has been working with
PAGC and the communities of Shoal Lake Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation, James Smith Cree Nation, and Cumberland House Cree Nation in the development of Mental Wellness teams. Each of our
teams has completed their PATH, which includes
developing a vision and setting out attainable goals.
2014 - 2015 Clients Admitted
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Adult Males
Adult Females
Certification
Sakwatamo Lodge staff continues to work towards
certification status through workshops offered by
PAGC and training offered by SIIT. Staff received
training in the areas of Mental Health and Addictions, including the Addictions Management In-
Youth (12-17)
Children (6-12)
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Children (0-6)
11
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The Mental Wellness teams in each of the communities have participated in a number of training
events throughout the year, including crisis intervention, stress management, knowledge gatherings and planning meetings. PAGC and the communities of Shoal Lake Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree
Nation, Cumberland House Cree Nation, and James
Smith Cree Nation attended knowledge gatherings
in Regina in October 2014 and Winnipeg in March
2015.
the PAGC Crisis Response team, we help coordinate
and participate in the training, skill development,
team debriefing, follow-up, and liaising between
program and community. Through this program,
Mental Health support is provided to all of the PAGC
communities either directly or indirectly through
consultation and information sharing.
Each of these gatherings provided information,
support, and networking in the development of
community-based Mental Wellness teams. As well,
they participated in the Gathering Power Cultural
Teachings by Phil Gatensby from Whitehorse, Yukon. His teachings that focus on the importance of
Land Based Training have helped to build a healthy
foundation for each of the team members who also
attended the Jackson Lake Land Based Healing
Camp in March 2014.
Spruce Lodge Boarding Home is a medically approved home that provides meals, accommodation
and transportation to registered First Nations clients who come to Prince Albert to access medical services not available in their home community.
The program is funded by Health Canada and follows the Non-Insured Health Benefits policy framework. We currently employ 10 full-time and eight
casual staff.
The Mental Health Care Provider sits on PAGC’s
Mental Wellness Team Steering Committee as well
as the provincial-wide Mental Wellness Team Steering Committee. Teams were established in each of
the above-noted communities and are meeting on
a regular basis.
Each of the teams is providing support to individuals in their community, which has resulted in one
request for crisis support from a community that
lasted from April 2014 to March 2015. To support
Spruce Lodge
As our First Nation population grows, so does the
number of clients we assist each year. Over the
last year, we assisted 17,986 clients with various
programs and services.
Generally, in-city transportation numbers have not
changed, which may be attributed to NIHB’s implementation of the 48-hour rule, which requires all
medical travel requests to be made with a minimum of two working days. The only exception is
if the appointment is an emergency. As a result,
this rule has resulted in many trips being denied
by NIHB.
Our After-Hours Call Centre continues to be highly
utilized. The service is open to all registered Treaty
First Nations residing in Saskatchewan who require
after hours assistance with meal, travel and accommodation. Assistance is not provided for scheduled
appointments, as per our contribution agreement.
Overall, the costs associated with the program
have exceeded $650,000.
Spruce Lodge looks forward to possibly expanding
in the coming year to allow us to accommodate a
higher number of clients, which will further result
in more employment opportunities for our PAGC
membership.
Teaching the 7 Sacred Gifts
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Resolution Health Support
Workers
IAP / POI Hearings
Future Care
Resolution Health Support Workers (RHSW) continue to provide claimants with emotional support
at hearings. We work with clients and their lawyers
before, during, and after the hearings. We also provide interpreting services in Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota and Dene to the claimants so there is a better
understanding of the lawyers and adjudicators.
RHSW and our Elders will continue to support
claimants in the IAP hearings. We will begin to offer Future Care programs as the interest begins to
grow. Elders continue to encourage Sharing Circles
in their respective communities as part of the healing process, and we will be involved as time and
opportunity allows.
Hearings are scheduled on a weekly basis in the
Prince Albert and Saskatoon areas at which we provide them with health support. Hearings also take
place at the hospital, the penitentiary, the men and
women’s correctional, and in homes as requested.
RHSW’s work is busy in this area, which is one of
the most essential pieces to providing our PAGC
members with emotional and cultural support. We
experienced a rush in meeting the deadline of September 19, 2012 for IAPs. There were more hearings going on due to the deadline. To ensure the
well-being of the claimants, we also provided follow-up support to clients after the hearings.
Community Presentations and Outreach
Our team provided presentations on the Personal
Education Credits, which can only be utilized by
claimants for themselves or their children. Credits
could also be contributed to a community-based
project. Workshops were also presented to survivors to help them understand the intergenerational
effects of the residential schools, and we will continue to provide workshops and presentations upon
request.
Elder Component
Our Elders continue to help claimants in hearings
by providing prayers and smudging ceremonies.
Also helpful to our staff, our Elders provided guidance and mentorship to everyone involved. Our Elders provide one-on-one traditional counselling on
an appointment basis, working an average of twice
a week in Saskatoon. For future care, our Elders
will continue to provide support to survivors with
a sweat lodge that is made available to them and
others who wish to participate.
IAP Applications
While the deadline for Independent Assessment
Process (IAP) has passed, we continue to provide
support in the process of helping out claimants.
We work with mental health therapists and ensure
claimants have the necessary support while they
are going through the hearing.
Claims are currently being settled through negotiated settlement or short form decisions, which is
faster and less stressful process on claimants. Our
team also provided support at local and national
events in Saskatchewan as many survivors are
from our PAGC communities.
Chief Bear and youth at sod turning
event for Daycare
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I n f o r mat i o n
T e c h n o l og y S e r v i c e s
Information Technology Services provides support
for all departments in the Council as well as many
of the communities. This support covers a broad
range of services including purchasing, consulting,
training, desktop publishing, website and database
development, website hosting, networking, helpdesk, troubleshooting and installations.
PAGC Network & Dept Services
The Finance/Personnel Office relocation involved
moving our main servers and network hardware to
the health office network room and installing new
fiber connections.
All old network switches on the PAGC campus has
been upgraded. CCEC, IT Services and Spiritual
Healing Lodge have new security camera systems
installed. The main File Server has been upgraded
allowing increased storage for all PAGC staff.
New database applications were developed for
Community Daycare Attendance, Dental Care Work
Recording, Special Education Student Funding,
NLCDC Funding Applications, PAGC Motions and
Technical Services Housing Permits.
We have completely redesigned our main PAGC
website (www.pagc.sk.ca) and developed a website for NLCDC (www.nlcdc.ca).
We have also begun mobile app development with
our first project being a Dakota language learning
App for the iPad. This work has been commissioned
by the Wahpeton Dakota Nation for its School and
plans are to customize it for Cree and Dene language learning as well.
Health and Admin Offices
All PAGC first nation administration offices and
Health Facilities are provided ongoing remote desktop and phone support as well as onsite support
when requested.
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Five Health Clinics have had major network infrstructure upgrades including the addition of a server and a domain at each site.
All outdated Video Conference Systems at Health
Clinics have been upgraded with current units.
We represent PAGC in the eHealth working group
facilitated by NITHA with the purpose of anticipating and preparing for needs and changes in Health
IT infrastructure.
Education IT & Schools
The IT department is called on to provide consulting, support for users, troubleshooting the network, installing new equipment and software, remote help desk, and many other related duties.
The IT team has worked hard over the course of
the year to create a “standardized” networking topology that is able to be deployed at each school
location. This allows for less network downtime,
easier troubleshooting, and familiarity amongst
school staff.
Continuous network upgrades including servers,
switches and firewalls as well as lab rebuilds have
kept us busy. As well, Schools are still rolling out
iPads and Apple computers, which increases the
management and training needs on our team. Minitraining sessions take place year round as well as
training with school staff on best practices for managing a set of iPads in the school.
The IT department works closely with school administrative staff to consult on technology purchasing decisions. This work helps the schools make
informed decisions and continues from ordering all
the way to final implementation and training.
Special education consultants have a wide array
of specialized equipment and technology that are
used within this program area. The IT department
works closely with these consultants and schools to
be sure the technology is installed and maintained
for the benefit of these students.
H u ma n R e s o u r c e s
Program Summary
This year was met with many challenges and rewards, and we have again had the pleasure of working directly with some of our member First Nations
to assist them in their day to day operating struggles.
This past year we spent a considerable amount of
time working on the final draft of the 2015 PAGC
Personnel Policy Manual. This manual would insure
that the information contained was current and met
with the vision of the Prince Albert Grand Council
sitting Chiefs vision as to how they wanted to see
the organization operate.
HR Hiring Statistics
April 1, 2014 - March 31, 2015
PAGC Job Competitions
In the 2014-15 fiscal year we ran ninety seven (97)
competitions and as a result One hundred and seventeen (117) positions were filled. I again would
like to take this opportunity to thank the hard working employees in the Human Resource department
for their hard work in accomplishing these tasks.
We continue reviewing our service delivery programs and implementing change to ensure that our
programs best meet the needs of the clients and
membership we serve; this is an ongoing exercise
that will be directly linked with the organizations
strategic plan. This was further reviewed through
the process of completing our Strategic Business
Plan review for the 2012-14 fiscal years, in addition
we were able to secure funds to continue this process for the next three years.
Funding cuts in various departments have contributed to extraordinary staffing challenges including
the need to contract services as opposed to filling
positions full-time which is an area we need to focus
on in the upcoming fiscal year
Total Jobs Offered
Full / Part Time Hired
Casuals Hired
10%
29%
26%
35%
The Human Resources department will continue to
provide Human Resource, payroll advice and assistance to member First Nations upon request.
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Justice Unit
Guiding Principal
Justice as Healing “to enhance and support the
provision of justice services and develop new initiatives in a culturally sensitive manner, recognizing the importance of utilizing First Nations methods to heal both the individuals and communities
within the Prince Albert Grand Council region and
surrounding areas, while adhering to the Spirit and
Intent of the Treaties”.
The Rural Community Justice Program and The
Prince Albert Urban Alternative Measures Program
are Justice Programs developed by the Ministries
of Saskatchewan, Justice and Attorney General,
Ministry of Corrections and Public Safety and the
Aboriginal Justice Directorate Canada. The Prince
Albert Grand Council and the Salvation Army work
in partnership with youth and adult offenders that
are in conflict with the law.
Charges that are referred to both Programs include
but are not limited to; Theft over / Theft under $5
000, Assaults, Mischief, Shoplifting, Break and Enter, Solicitation and some drug charges, however
drug charges (CDSA) are referred from the Federal
Crown Prosecutor.
Charges that are excluded from being referred are
Sexual Assaults, Perjury, Family Violence and Driving Offences.
Rural Community Justice
Program
The Rural Community Justice Program is a community based program that diverts youth and adult
offenders away from the formal court system.
The Program receives Pre and Post-charge referrals from RCMP, Crown Prosecutors schools and a
marked increase of referrals presiding Judges.
Community Justice Committees (CJC) is an important aspect for each community as the committee
will work with police and other justice professionals. Further creation and maintenance of CJCs was
a priority this year and will continue to be a priority.
The Rural Justice Program continues to make positive advancements in its administration and delivery of the program which prompted Saskatchewan
Justice to request PAGC Justice to absorb the Sandy Bay Program. The Justice Worker for that point
was doing excellent work and it was requested
that she become a PAGC employee to continue this
work. This extended contract was brought before
the Justice Commission, the Chiefs and Treasury
and approved for a 3 year contract.
Saskatchewan Justice also renewed all other contracts for Rural Justice Workers in our PAGC communities for another 3 years.
The Rural Justice Program is also expanding our
services to the communities to additional programming such as, but not limited too:
■■ Understanding & Working to enhance CTA’s
(Community Tripartite Agreements)
■■ Crime Prevention Programming
■■ Aboriginal Shield Program (Alcohol & Drug Prevention)
■■ Partnerships with SGI for safety programs
■■ Combatting Bootlegging
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■■ Anger Management Facilitation Training and
classes
■■ Gang Prevention
The Prince Albert Urban
Alternative Measures Program
The Prince Albert Urban Alternative Measures Program (PAUAMP) is under the umbrella of the Prince
Albert Grand Council since launch in 1996-1997.
PAUAMP is a status blind program which receives
post charge referrals from the Crown Prosecutors
office.
Pre-Charges are received from the Prince Albert
City Police and RCMP; however the decision to refer a pre-charge is at the discretion of the Crown
Prosecutors.
■■ Program Options Include:
■■ Mediation
■■ Family Group Conferencing
■■ Community Justice Forums
■■ Court Appointed Case Conferences
■■ Healing Circles; and more
Saskatchewan Justice also renewed contract for
Urban Justice Program for an additional 3 years.
Saskatchewan Aboriginal Court
Worker Program
The Court Worker Program operates in conjunction with the Rural Community Justice Program as
many of the Justice Workers divide their duties between both programs.
The role of the court worker is to support clients
that are in the judicial system by attending court
with the client, answering any questions the client may have, advising the client of their rights,
and referring the client to specific services such as
Legal Aid.
The programs success and improvements have
not gone unnoticed by the Court Workers Program
funding partners and we have been awarded another 3 year contract to provide court services in
our communities.
■■ Anger Management Classes
■■ Stop Lift Program (Deterring further offences of
shop lifting)
■■ Gang Prevention
■■ Respectful Relationships (Spousal Support Programming)
Currently the Urban Alternative Measures Program
is working in partnership with the Prince Albert
Police Service, Loss Prevention officers and the
Salvation Army Stop-Lift Program to continue the
shop-lifter release program. The objective of this
initiative is to increase the referrals of pre-charges
from the Prince Albert Police Station. The Prince
Albert Police Service will utilize the Loss Prevention
officers to refer shop-lifters who meet the requirements of being eligible to be referred to the Alternative Measures Program.
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Valley Hill Youth
T r e atm e n t C e n t e r
Valley Hill Board of Directors
The Valley Hill Youth Treatment Centre (VHYTC)
Healing and Recovery Program is managed by a
Board of Directors through a community-based
organization, in partnership with Prince Albert
Grand Council, (PAGC), Prince Albert Parkland
Health Region (PAPHR), and Saskatchewan Ministry of Health. It is funded by the Ministry of Health
through an annual service agreement.
The seven Board Members consists of four members nominated by Prince Albert Grand Council, two
by Prince Albert Parkland Health Region, and one
member chosen by PAGC, PAPHR, and the Ministry
of Health jointly. A Ministry representative also attends board meetings in an ex-officio capacity.
Fremont Mediation Services provided mediation to
Management and Staff of VHYTC. Training was provided to the staff with insight into Conflict Theory,
Effective Communication, Raising Issues Constructively and Problem Solving Models.
Valley Hill Staff
VHYTC continue to maintain and build capacity
with staff in following areas:
■■ Mental Health First Aid
■■ First Aid/CPR
Valley Hill Youth Treatment Centre Non-Profit organization Membership is the 12 First Nations of
Prince Albert Grand Council, with PAPHR a 13th
member.
■■ Grief and Loss
Executive Director
In addition, the following is offered:
The present director, Robert Fitzpatrick is on secondment from the Prince Albert Parkland Health
Region. He began in the position on July 02, 2013.
The ED is accountable to manage and operate the
VHYTC to ensure quality clinical programming for
youth and their families, within the framework of
best practices and evidence based treatment principles.
Staff Recruitment
At the end of the fiscal year the staff complement
was nearly complete. The facility has a staffing
budget of $1,324,000 which is approximately 17
FTE’s.
Claude R. Shema, Registered Professional Counselor; Crisis Counselor & Reintegration Worker
conducted one day training with Staff of VHYTC.
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The training was based on Outcome Rating Scale
& Group Rating Scale for clients residing within the
centre.
■■ ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skill
Training)
■■ CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention)
■■ CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health) online courses
■■ Mental Health (Topics – Self Harm, Eating
Disorders, Personality Disorders, ADHD)
■■ Occupational Health and Safety Level 1
Training
Workplacement Program
Students
VHYTC accepted one practium student for 15 weeks
which was a student from the Indian Social Work
Program from First Nation University of Canada
(FNUC).
The FNUC student requirements of the program
is completing two practicum units, to gain “real
life” experience working under the organization’s
supervision. The principles applied for the holistic
model principles are theory, knowledge, skills and
attitude under the First Nations beliefs, worldviews
into the complex behaviors that serves as a
foundation for empowering ourselves, our family,
the organization as a whole.
VHYTC also accommodated five- third year
nursing students and two Nursing Instructors from
University of Saskatchewan, College of Nursing
Program: BSN Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
The BSN students had the opportunities to examine
mental health and wellness, illness, and recovery
within the clinical settings of VHYTC. Exploring all
the modules of the centres health care continuum
to promote best mental health options for the
facility.
Valley Hill Client Programming
The programming is to assist clients in the process
of understanding personal self esteem and creating
awareness of personal strengths and positive qualities. Below are a list of the workshops offered on a
6 week basis:
■■ Week 1: Process of Change/ Craving Management
■■ Week 2: Community Addictions/ Stress Management
■■ Week 3: Healthy Families/ Spirituality
■■ Week 4: Managing Anger/ Healthy Boundaries
■■ Week 5: Family Facilitation
■■ Week 6: Relapse Prevention Planning
Contract Services with
A two year service agreement with the Grand
Council was signed on April 1, 2014 until March
31, 2016 to provide four types of service:
1. Maintenance - daily grounds and building
2. Finance - operating financial services and day
to day expenses inclusive of payroll
3. Human Resources - hiring and personnel services
4. Information Technology - maintenance of information technology
Saskatchewan Government
Employee Union-Labor
Negotiations
With the certification of employees by SGEU, the
board worked throughout the fiscal year to establish the first collective agreement. In early 2015,
the main portion of the collective agreement was
agreed to by the negotiating committee. Salary
grids remain an outstanding issue and work will
proceed with this along with a vote by the board
and members on a final collective agreement.
VHYTC prepares the clients for relapse preventation by constructively using models with the healing and recovery process. A healing recovery plan
is established in beginning of treatment and carried
throughout the 6 week period.
Valley Hill Capital Purchases
Valley Hill had purchased a 15 passenger Van on
January 7, 2015. The van is used to transport clients to recreation and cultural events in the area.
The cost was covered by the initial capital allowance for required equipment for centre operation.
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Urban Services
The Prince Albert Grand Council – Urban Services is
an incorporated entity accessing supports for First
Nations in the City of Prince Albert. Our main programming is geared towards Employment via LFD
and low income parents.
Aboriginal Skills, Employments
& Training Strategy
– Labour Force Development
The LFD program continues to offer ongoing support for those First Nations who reside in Prince
Albert and area by providing a variety of employment/training initiatives, which ensure that clients
are accessing relevant ABE/Technical & Vocational
training, based on viable career goals. This urban contribution agreement is administered by the
Prince Albert Grand Council Urban Services Centre
Inc.
Funding for this program flows from Services Canada via SITAG to the Local Labour Force Development Offices throughout the province of Saskatchewan. PAGC Urban Services Centre Inc. Board
consists of the 12 chiefs of PAGC membership along
with the Executive Chiefs of the Prince Albert Grand
Council. This entity approves budget forecasts and
block-funding, as well as changes to policy regarding students and staff.
Accessibility is based on client identification of career-oriented goals, client follow through, proper
registration, and provision of all relevant documentation. Other selection criteria considered are previous track records, total number of requests, and
availability of funding resources. These decisions
of support come directly from the Manager, Partnership Coordinator and support staff of the program. This LIMB maintains a continuous waitlist
which gives us the proper time to ensure clients
are eligible for support, as well as the onus is on
the client to provide all documentation required for
decisions.
48
The LFD program has a proven track record of being proactive in seeking viable partnerships and
sustainable supports for Urban First Nations.
Construction Careers
Prince Albert
CCPA continues to make impressive progress in
connecting clients interested in pursuing careers in
the construction area. This partnership between
SIIT/PAGC/CAN SK provides individuals with necessary supports to access entry level positions related to the construction/trades careers. The supports include but are not limited by; Construction
Safety Training System, driver training programs,
and Construction Worker Preparation Pre-Employment Programs
Labour Force Development
Supports
The Prince Albert Grand Council – Urban Services
Centre Inc. offers other community/employment
supports such as volunteer tax preparation, resume writing, faxing/photocopying/inter-net research, disability funding/referrals, as well as long
distance calls regarding employment and/or emergency situations.
1967 have accessed these supports from April to
March 31, 2015
Urban Referral & Parenting
Support Services
The PAGC Urban Referral & Parent Support Program provides services to families with children
0-6 years of age, living in at risk conditions. The
mandate of this program is to provide assistance to
families through community-based programs that
are holistic and accessible. The program also advocates and works with families to strengthen social, economic and educational linkages within the
city.
The Urban Referral and parent support assists in
the delivery of special occasions such as:
■■ Urban Christmas Dinner – 310 people served
■■ Calvary Church – 12 families
■■ Summer Outing Program – 6 families – 15 participants
■■ Emergency support advocacy – 12
■■ Tax preparation – 330
■■ Youth programming – mentor students
■■ Parenting programs – 63 including children
Developing partnerships within the city of Prince
Albert assists in the program delivery and has a
high participant involvement as a result. Partnering with other organizations is a strength that encourages families towards empowerment and with
a result of making positive changes in their lives.
Kookum – Parkland Health
District
The Urban Office houses two in-house elders who
work mainly with the Kid’s First clientele and staff.
They are a great asset to the staff and offer guidance and support for staff and clientele.
Program Summary
Prince Albert Grand Council Urban Services Centre Inc. is committed to providing high quality programs and services reflective of Urban First Nations member’s needs and priorities. The staff will
continue to work hard, demonstrate dedication and
commitment in order to ensure that this is achieved
The staff also participates in numerous other community initiatives, such as, Aboriginal Headstart,
skills Canada, Community Network Coalition, Construction Career PA, Kids First, Prince Albert Regional Inter-sectoral Committee as well as community futures.
2014 / 2015 Funded Clients
Mental Health & Addictions
This program is in partnership with the Kid’s First
Initiative, a worker is supported through PAGC,
who liaison with the schools offering support to
families in the Kid’s First Program as well as with
our Urban Clients who wish to access treatment,
and counseling regarding family dynamics and addictions. Currently housed at King George Community School.
6%
JPA Employed
15%
25%
Apprenticeship
Summer Programs
Successful Post Sec.
4%
Unsuccessful Post Sec.
Returning Students
35%
15%
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Agriculture
Highlights
The Prince Albert Grand Council Agriculture Program has a contribution program to assist farmers
from participating First Nation Bands. The following
Bands contributed over $90,000. toward agricultural development this year: Wahpeton, La Ronge,
Sturgeon Lake, Shoal Lake and Cumberland House.
Over 55 projects were funded for our clients.
The livestock industry is doing very well these
days. We are continually increasing our livestock
operations in the district by expanding the number
of livestock on farms and the number of farmers.
We have a youth livestock program that is sponsored by PAGC and SIEF. Winter feed is put up
and it appears that most farmers had a reasonable
hay crop. We assisted several farmers with their
haying production this summer along with some
pasture expansion. There is a post pounder that is
owned by us and loaned to farmers to do fencing.
Another program that Prince Albert Grand Council
provides is the Herd Health Program. It is an ongoing service that helps operators with their fall
roundups, medication, vaccinations, marketing,
etc. We also have purchased a gopher exterminator that is available to farmers with gopher problems.
Bison operations are doing well. There are some
pasture developments going on this past summer
at Sturgeon and Wahpeton. Prices for the animals
are very strong. Viability of these operations is
starting to get better. There also has been some
interest from American hunters to harvest the older bulls that have a nice set of horns. The meat is
distributed to band members.
American hunters are looking for opportunities to
hunt deer, bear and moose in Northern Saskatchewan and this results in economic development
opportunities for some of the Prince Albert Grand
Council bands and members. Prince Albert Grand
Council staff assists with sourcing proper hunting
licences, information, baiting and blinds, and booking hunters.
The First Nation owned wild rice processing plant in
La Ronge processed 950,000 pounds of green rice
in 2014. This is low compared to other years The
plant is running well this year, but the total crop
is not in yet. It looks like the yield may be lower
due to the cooler weather and highwater levels.
The price is ranging from $.90 to $1.10 per pound.
Saskatchewan Environment is starting to cancel
wild rice leases if the annual fees are not paid.
Gardening is a very popular activity for our members. There are a number of community gardens
and lots of individual gardens. La Ronge and Little
Red had a large community garden (over 10 acres)
in 2014. We also held several gardening workshops throughout the north.
The Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation works
closely with us to assist our clients with funding.
We develop loan applications, training, and project
implementation.
Stanley Mission Garden
50
The Bands utilize our services for the land lease
meetings with Indian Affairs and the farmers. We
also assist our clients to access funding and services available from other federal and provincial
government programs.
SII T - P r i n c e A l b e r t
C amp u s
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies
– Prince Albert Campus had a successful year in
terms of graduating First Nations members from
within the Province from a number of programs,
during the 2014-15 Academic Year.
The Prince Albert Grand Council continues to administer the Prince Albert Campus through a Management Agreement with the Saskatchewan Indian
Institute of Technologies to ensure local input and
cooperation. There are some areas that the Prince
Albert Campus would welcome at some point to ensure that a community based perspective remains
as a hallmark of the institution of higher learning
by following some basic principles of;
■■ ensuring the programs being delivered are
aligned to current labour market opportunities
for graduating students,
■■ program assessments are completed with in-
puts from First Nations communities, Industry/
Employers and other key stakeholders on an
annual basis,
■■ and that there be more opportunities for programs to be delivered at the First Nations Community levels.
The Prince Albert Campus delivered the Business
Administration Program for both Years I & II, along
with the Network Technician Program for the 201415 Academic Year. This year the Year I intake for
the Business Administration Program was reduced
to twenty-five (25) students.
We would also like to acknowledge Business Administration Instructors that have been with the campus for many years; Neil MacDonald and Shannon
Leblanc, both of whom have made huge impacts on
the lives of many current and former students. As
have other instructors that have moved on to other
pursuits; Rod Holmes, Eldon Preston and Network
Technician Instructor Mohammed Islam.
As such, the Prince Albert Campus would like to
congratulate the following students for the successful completion of their respective programs and for
all the hard work they have demonstrated to reach
attain their EDUCATIONAL GOALS!!!
In closing, the Prince Albert Campus has relocated
to 710B – 15th Avenue East, Prince Albert, Sk.,
effective July 01, 2015. The Prince Albert Campus
will now house the Business Administration Years I
& II Program, Health Care Aide Program and Adult
Upgrading 10 & 12 Programs for the 2015-16 Academic Year.
Business Admin Diploma Graduates
STUDENT
COMMUNITY
Dalton Constant
Shauna Dessureault
Joshua Linklater
Maria Merasty
Jenny Sewap
Rayleen Sewap
Peter Ballantyne Cree
Nation
Karen Durocher
Canoe Lake First Nation
Annabelle Head
Red Earth First Nation
Shaun Ledoux
Peepeekisis First Nation
Nicole Morin
Prince Albert
Gregory Wright
Muskoday First Nation
Network Technician Cert. Graduates
STUDENT
COMMUNITY
Thomas Besskkaystare
Benoit Merasty
George Merasty
Hatchet Lake Denesuline
Nation
Samson Bird
Peter Ballantyne Cree
Nation
Joseph Cook
Terri Stalthanee
Amanda Strong
Black Lake Denesuline
Nation
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W oma n ’ s C omm i s s i o n
The PAGC Women’s Commission was first established in 1990 as a non-profit organization under
the PAGC Convention Act and mandated by the
PAGC Chiefs to help promote and protect the rights
of Women, Elders and Youth.
2015 marked a great milestone for the PAGC Women’s Commission as they celebrated their 25th Anniversary in conjunction with their 15th Annual
Post-Secondary Scholarship Awards Banquet held
on October 26, 2015. For the past 14 years, the
PAGC Women’s Commission has provided up to
six scholarships at $500 each to women from the
Prince Albert Grand Council. The scholarships are
developed to advocate and honor our First Nation
women in their pursuit of academic excellence.
Annual Walk, Prince Albert
As part of the 15th Annual Post-Secondary Scholarship Awards, there was 2 new categories created
in the Health and Economic Development sector for
$500 each and open to female or male recipients
sponsored by the PAGC Health & Social Development and Prince Albert Development Corporation.
Both awards were in honour of the Late Chief Wesley Daniels who was a strong advocate for health
and wellness, economic development, education,
youth and the PAGC Women’s Commission.
The PAGC Women’s Commission held their 15th
Annual Golf Tournament on June 5, 2015 and 11th
Annual Memorial Walk for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Men on June 25, 2015 and
both events were well attended.
Annual Walk, Eastern Sector
It was a busy time for the PAGC Evacuation Command Centre during the Northern Saskatchewan
fires and evacuations this past summer. It was a
demonstration of our people coming together and
assisting the evacuees and we commend the volunteers, firefighters and leadership for all their
hard work and efforts.
The PAGC Women’s Commission host’s the Annual
Veteran’s Remembrance Day Ceremony on November 11th and thank you for continuous support for
our veterans who served our country and sacrificed
their lives for our freedom, peace and prosperity.
Banquet
52
Spiritual Healing
L odg e
The Men’s Spiritual Healing Lodge has the capacity
to house 30 men that are low risk federal offenders. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) Section 81
& Section 84 Offenders are housed at the Healing
Lodge.
Section 81
a. facilitate the care and custody of an offender in
an Aboriginal community where such services
predominately address the rehabilitation of offenders through culture, spirituality and traditions of the community;
b. to provide, services and benefits in a culturally-
■■ Elders from all four sectors provide guidance
and share their knowledge
■■ Drum, Rattle making and tanning hides when
hides are available
■■ Relatives attend various weekly programs in
Prince Albert such as AA, NA and Church.
■■ Relatives are paid for doing jobs such as cook-
ing and cleaning, maintenance etc. around the
Lodge and are expected to keep all areas including their room neat and tidy at all times
sensitive manner, which will assist the Aboriginal offender to become a law-abiding citizen;
and
■■ Relatives can apply for Escorted Temporary Ab-
c. Facilitate the development of skills on accessing
■■ Unescorted Temporary Absences (UTA) are de-
the broader Aboriginal social and community
services network that support the reintegration
of an offender, who would benefit from these
specialized services.
Section 84
Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA)
Section 84 is a right under the law. The Corrections
and Conditional Release Act states …
“Where an inmate who is applying for parole has
expressed an interest in being released to an Aboriginal community, the service shall, if the inmate
consents, give the Aboriginal community
sences (ETA) for Personal Development, Community Service, Family Contact, etc.
cided by the Parole Board of Canada and there
are no exceptions
“There has been some measurable progress in Aboriginal federal corrections in the past few years
and some of the early results are very encouraging.
For example, in 1998 the Research Branch determined that Aboriginal Healing Lodges were reporting a re-offence rate of 6% for Aboriginal offenders
completing their sentence at a healing lodge. When
compared to the national rate of 11% for all offenders in CSC, it is indeed a positive sign.”
Correctional Service Canada
a. adequate notice if the inmates parole application; and
b. an opportunity to propose a plan for the inmate’s release to the Aboriginal Community”
The Men’s Spiritual Healing Lodge re-opened in December 2013 and received their first relatives in
May of 2014. In November 2014, the Lodge has
been filled to capacity.
■■ To date, the Healing Lodge is at capacity (12)
with federal “relatives”
53
B oa r d s , C omm i s s i o n s
Grand Chief Michel
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
Executive Board
Health
Treasury
First Nations Govt Comm.
Women’s Commission
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
FSIN Joint ExC/IGC Alt.
FSIN Health Alt.
FSIN Treasury Alt.
SICC Alt.
1SIIT Alt.
NITHA
Vice Chief Tsannie
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
Education (shared)
Executive Board
Health
Lands & Resources
Treasury
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
FSIN Education Alt.
FSIN Treasury Alt.
SIIT Alt.
SITAG Alt.
MRBB
Vice Chief Hardlotte
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
Ec. Dev.
Education (shared)
Executive Board
Health
Tech. Services
Lands & Resources
Treasury
Justice
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
FSIN Ec. Dev. Alt.
FSIN Treasury Alt.
FSIN Justice Alt
FSIN L&R Alt
FSIN Sports Alt.
FSIN Gaming Alt.
IGR Alt.
SIIT Alt.
NITHA
Chief Rick Robillard
1.
2.
3.
PAGC Exec. Board
PAGC First Nations Govt
PAGC Justice
4.
5.
6.
7.
FSIN Justice Alt.
FSIN Sports Alt.
IGR – Alt. Chief Earl Lidguerre
1.
2.
3.
PAGC Ec. Dev.
PAGC Tech Services
PAGC L&R
4.
5.
6.
FSIN Ec. Dev.
FSIN L&R Alt.
SITAG Alt.
Chief Bart Tsannie
1.
2.
3.
PAGC Education
PAGC Health
PAGC Treasury
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
FSIN Education
FSIN Health
FSIN Treasury
FSIN Gaming Alt.
SIIT Alt. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
6.
7.
8.
9.
FSIN Joint ExC/IGC
FSIN Health Alt.
FSIN Treasury
NORTEP
Chief Peter Beatty
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
FSIN Education Alt.
FSIN Justice
FSIN L&R
FSIN Gaming
SICC
SIIT
Education
Exec. Board
Justice
L&R
Treasury
Chief Ed Henderson
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
PAGC
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
FSIN Ec. Dev.
FSIN Health
FSIN Sports
SIGA
SITAG
Ec. Dev.
First Nations Govt
Health
Tech Services
L&R
Treasury
Chief Carlton Bear
1.
54
Exec. Board
First Nations Govt
Health
Justice
Tech Services
PAGC Health
2.
3.
4.
PAGC Justice
PAGC L&R
PAGC Exec. Board
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
FSIN Justice
FSIN L&R
FSIN Treasury
IGR Alt.
SIIT
SITAG
Chief Ian McKay
1.
2.
3.
PAGC Tech Services
PAGC Treasury
4.
5.
Joint FSIN ExC/IGC
FSIN Centre of Excellence Alt. Chief Lorne Stewart
1.
2.
PAGC Ec. Dev.
PAGC Education
3.
4.
5.
6.
FSIN Ec. Dev
FSIN Education
FSIN Gaming
NORTEP
Chief Leo Omani
1.
2.
3.
PAGC Ec. Dev.
PAGC Education
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
FSIN IGC
FSIN Education
IGR
SICC
SITAG
SIIT
Chief Justin Burns
1.
2.
3.
PAGC Ec. Dev.
PAGC Justice
PAGC L&R
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
FSIN
FSIN
FSIN
FSIN
FSIN
FSIN
Ec. Dev. Alt.
Centre of Excellence
Justice
L&R
Sports
Gaming
Sturgeon Lake Chief
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
PAGC Education
PAGC Exec. Board
PAGC Health
PAGC Tech Services
PAGC Treasury
White Buffalo T.C.
7.
8.
9.
FSIN Joint ExC/IGC
FSIN Health
FSIN Treasury Alt.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
SASKATCHEWAN
FOND DU LAC
229
FOND
227
355 PETER
BALLANTYNE
356 RED EARTH
357 SHOAL LAKE
360 STURGEON LAKE
358 WAHPETON
A
SEA
SO
L
RO
AD
RIVER
RESERVE
NAME AND NUMBER
CHICKEN
CHICKEN
CHICKEN
BUDD'S POINT
CUMBERLAND
MUSKEG RIVER
PINE BLUFF
PINE BLUFF
FOND DU LAC
FOND DU LAC
FOND DU LAC
FOND DU LAC
FOND DU LAC
FOND DU LAC
LAC LA HACHE
CUMBERLAND
JAMES SMITH
BITTERN LAKE
FOUR PORTAGES
FOX POINT
FOX POINT
GRANDMOTHER'S BAY
KITSAKIE
LAC LA RONGE
LITTLE HILLS
LITTLE HILLS
LITTLE HILLS
LITTLE RED R.
LITTLE RED R.
MORIN LAKE
OLD FORT
POTATO RIVER
STANLEY
STANLEY
NEMEIBEN (SUCKER) RIVER
MONTREAL LAKE
MONTREAL LAKE
AMISK LAKE
BIRCH PORTAGE
MIROND LAKE
PELICAN NARROWS
SANDY NARROWS
SOUTHEND
STURGEON WEIR
WOODY LAKE
WAPASKOKIMOW (SANDY)
KIMOSOM PWATINAK (DES)
DENARE BEACH
THOMAS CLARKE (KINOSAO)
KISKACIWAN
CARROT RIVER
RED EARTH
SHOAL LAKE
CARROT RIVER
STURGEON LAKE
STURGEON LAKE
WAHPETON
WAHPETON
NA
224
225
226
20D
20
20C
20A
20B
227
228
229
231
232
233
220
100A
100
218
157C
157D
157E
219
156B
156
158
158A
158B
106C
106D
217
157B
156A
157
157A
156C
106
106B
184
184A
184E
184B
184C
200
184F
184D
202
203
30
204
208
29A
29
28A
27A
101
101A
94A
94B
WOLLASTON
***
***
LAKE
LAC LA HACHE
220
***
***

CREE
REINDEER
LAKE
***
LAKE
THOMAS
CLARKE
204
***
***
***
***

914
***
***
***
SOUTHEND
200
***
***
***
***
***
CHURCHILL
RIVER
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
SUCKER RIVER
156C
LaRonge
KITSAKIE 156B
LAC LA RONGE 156
GRANDMOTHER'S BAY
219
STANLEY
157
135
STANLEY
FOUR PORTAGES
OLD FORT
LAC
LA RONGE
WOODY LAKE
184D
LITTLE HILLS
POTATO RIVER
FOX POINT
SANDY NARROWS
KIMOSOM
PWATINAK
203
***
***
2
MIROND LAKE
184E
PELICAN
NARROWS 184B
165
MORIN LAKE
217
WAPASKOKIMOW
202 Sandy Bay

BIRCH PORTAGE
184A
Flin Flon
DENARE BEACH 30
AMISK LAKE
184 AMISK
LAKE
106
STURGEON WEIR
184F
BITTERN LAKE
218
106
LITTLE RED RIVER
106D
MONTREAL LAKE
LITTLE RED RIVER
55
106B
106C
STURGEON
STURGEON LAKE
101A
101
WAHPETON
WAHPETON
JAMES SMITH
94B
94A
100
KISKACIWAN PRINCE
ALBERT
208
0 10
25
kilometres
50
100
Sturgeon
Landing
PINE BLUFF
MUSKEG
RIVER
MONTREAL LAKE
106
BUDD'S POINT
20D
R
354 MONTREAL LAKE
SC

RI
VE
353 LAC LA RONGE
BA
AN
352 HATCHET LAKE
370 JAMES SMITH
HA
CUMBERLAND
100A
MELFORT
CH
EW
351 FOND DU LAC
AT
AT
350 CUMBERLAND
HOUSE
CHICKEN
224
FOND DU LAC
232
CHICKEN
226
BLACK
LAKE
ROAD
SA
SK
359 BLACK LAKE
FOND DU LAC
231
SEASONAL
CRE
E
BAND NAME
FOND DU LAC FOND DU LACSTONEY
233
228
CHICKEN
225
ACTIVE
SASK
F.N.
NO.
ATHABASCA
MANITOBA
SASKATCHEWAN
ALBERTA
LAKE
DU LAC
123
CUMBERLAND
20

SHOAL LAKE
CARROT RIVER 28A
29A
RED EARTH
55
29
CARROT
RIVER
27A
Black lake
Denesuline First Nation
Cumberland House
Cree Nation
Fond Du Lac
Denesuline Nation
Hatchet Lake
Denesuline Nation
James Smith
Cree Nation
Lac La Ronge
Indian Band
Montreal Lake
Cree Nation
Peter Ballantyne
Cree Nation
Red Earth
Cree Nation
Shoal Lake
Cree Nation
Sturgeon Lake
First Nation
Wahpeton
Dakota Nation
PO Box 2350, Prince Albert, SK, S6V 6Z1
voice: 306.953.7200 fax: 306.764.6272
[email protected]
www.pagc.sk.ca

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