Historica Canada
Win up to $2,000 in the Indigenous Arts & Stories
Indigenous Arts & Stories invites self-identified First Nations, Metis and Inuit youth (ages 6 to 29) to submit a piece of writing or two-dimensional artwork exploring Indigenous identity or a moment or theme in Indigenous history or culture.
Win up to $2,000 and other great prizes. Groups of 6 or more can win a special classroom prize.
Visit our website for full guidelines, bilingual learning tools, and to view galleries of incredible writing and artwork created by past participants. View engaging testimonials from 10 previous winners who discuss what the contest has meant for their lives and careers.
Don’t Miss It!
Contest Deadline is March 31, 2018
Three easy ways to submit your art or creative writing:
Email: writingandarts@GoToInfo.ca
Fax: 1-866-634-8737
Online: www.GoToInfo.ca/WritingandArts
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Edu-Therapy
Grief and the conflicting emotions caused by loss are cumulative and most often have a growing negative effect on our ability to participate in life. The primary goal of Edu-Therapy™ is to give participants a stable cognitive process to continue to help themselves and their Community with on-going support for 5 years from Edu-Therapy Support. As Physical Care Costs escalate often, Mental Health needs are neglected. Once Certified as an Edu-Therapy Specialist in as little as 6 hours per week, one specialist can bring Mental Resolution of the pain and sadness caused by loss to over 200 people per year. Trained teams can escalate these numbers adding to the resiliency of the Community as people begin to heal at less than the cost of a trip to the ER where little to no emotional care is given.
You will learn:

• Dysfunctional ways people mishandle grief and its intergenerational effect on Communities
• Emotional damage of rationalization and intellectualization
• Why Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance Models are the wrong approach for grievers
• Learn proper techniques for identifying and resolving loss and relationship conflicts
• Edu-Therapy™ Process formats for individual and group work
• How to expand your caregiving agency using Edu-Therapy™
• How to resolve cumulative unresolved issues such as PTS and the Residential School Experience, abuse and trauma
• How to deal with what’s known and what’s not … when someone goes missing (Ambiguous Loss)
• Humans grieve loss or change of anything held significant
• Grief is not reserved for death related losses; nor is it an illness or mental disorder
• Grief is an emotional experience that doesn’t follow stages or a timeline, and does not simply go away with time
• It’s the actions within time that reduce and eliminate pain
• Grief happens in many forms and has great potential to create emotional energy and negatively effect life:
  Death of a loved one
  • Ending of a relationship
  • Suicide of someone close
  • Adoption or foster care
  • Loss of culture
  • Change in career, finances or social status
  • Loss of health, trust and safety

NEW 2018 Training Dates:
Edmonton, AB: February 23-26, 2018
Toronto, ON: March 2-5, 2018
Prince George, BC: March 16-19, 2018
Saskatoon, SK: April 13-16, 2018
Thunder Bay, ON: May 4-7, 2018
Moncton, NB: June 1-7, 2018
Calgary, AB: July 20-23, 2018
Register today! Programs fill up quickly.
Toll Free: 1-866-476-0209
Fax: 1-866-430-8296
Email: Grief@GoToRegister.ca
Web: www.GoToRegister.ca/Grief
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NATOA
Be A Part of Your Community’s Future
Keynote Speaker: Tahu Potiki, Ngai Tahu Charitable Trust
The National Indigenous Trust Officers Association (NATOA) is delighted to host another successful Trust and Investment Conference. The 2-day national event is designed to provide an informative and interactive venue for all those involved with Indigenous Trusts. Speakers will represent both the Indigenous Communities who have established, or in the process of establishing, and maintained successful Trust operations, and members of the Corporate Industry that effectively service these Communities.
The theme of this year’s conference is Be A Part Of Your Community’s Future.
We all have the opportunity to make decisions that affect our future generations to come. From the short-term needs of current population to the longer-term goals of economic prosperity, healthy opportunities and education that reflect traditional and cultural values.
The 2018 NATOA National Indigenous Trust and Investment Conference will provide you with valuable information on how some of our communities have been able to implement successful strategies that provide great benefit to their people. From Responsible Investment decisions that impact our environment and traditional lands to the Indigenous rights we hold in such high regard to the day to day management of our Trust funds, this conference will help you ensure your community will be set on the proper path for success.
Set in the beautiful traditional lands of the Kootenay, Stoney, Blood, Peigan, Siksika and Tsuu T’ina peoples, the Banff environment will be a relaxing and educational experience.
Who Should Attend:

• Chief and Council
• CEO’s
• Executive Directors
• Band Managers
• Trust Officers
• Educators
• Finance
• Program Managers
• Ec. Dev. Officers
• Band Administration
• Elected Leaders
• Indigenous Consultants
• Indigenous Business Owners
• Law Firm Executives
• Academic Leaders
• Mining and Energy Executives
• Students
• All Others Interested

Check out the Agenda online! GoToRegister.ca/NATOA
For details or to register, visit www.GotoRegister.ca/NATOA
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Team Safety
Become a School Bus Driver in Your Community
Our mission is to deliver quality training and safety information to all interested First Naon Communities including organizations, groups and/or individuals.
Our School Bus Driver Training Program is designed with every school bus driver and school bus operator in mind. The focus is on behavioral modification tools for teaching drivers to be safe, aware, focused, educated and responsible drivers.

• Our instructors will come to your Community
• Your Community will provide the venue, vehicle for training purposes and accommodations and travel for instructor
• We supply all course and training materials
• Driver Training Course is generally 40 hours (1 person) depending on driver experience and aptitude for driving larger vehicles. This does not include the 8 hour School Bus Driver Improvement Course (SBDIC)
• In-vehicle training can be for 1 to 4 persons; 4 persons in-vehicle will be approximately 100 hours
• Each session is designed to be site specific, interactive and results oriented
• School Bus Driver Improvement Course (SBDIC) – Mandatory in Ontario for Applicants for a Class “B”E” license

Upon completion of this course, participants will have received a professional level of information and insight that will maintain or elevate your Community or organization’s known reputation for having ONLY THE BEST.
For more information or to register:
Toll Free: 1-866-720-7239
Fax: 1-866-720-5977
Email: TeamSafety@GoToInfo.ca
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RBC
The RBC Indigenous Student Awards Program was launched in 1992 to assist Indigenous students to complete post-secondary education, and provide an opportunity for RBC® to strengthen its relationship with the Indigenous community.
This scholarship is intended to support those Indigenous students who have at least 2 years remaining in their post-secondary studies.
Scholarship recipients are selected primarily on the basis of personal and academic achievements, and individual financial need. Status Indians, Non-status Indians, Inuit and Métis are welcome to apply.
Selected students will receive up to $4,000 per academic year for
educational and living expenses for 2 to 4 years.
RBC awards ten scholarships in two categories for students:
• Majoring in disciplines related to the financial services industry
• Majoring in disciplines unrelated to the financial services industry
For more information or to apply: www.GoToApply.ca/RBC
Deadline to apply is February 28, 2018
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The Banff Centre
Inherent Right to Indigenous Governance – February 11-16, 2018
Indigenous Leadership and Management Development – February 25 – March 2, 2018
Establishing Indigenous Institutions of Good Governance – March 11-16, 2018
Indigenous Negotiation Skills Training – March 18-23, 2018
Good Governance for Indigenous Councils and Boards – April 22-27, 2018
Indigenous Strategic Planning – May 13-18, 2018
For details or to register. www.GoToInfo.ca/BanffCentre
Toll Free: 1-866-935-6904
Fax: 1-866-402-9692
Email: BanffCentre@GoToInfo.ca
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Women Building Futures
Women in Trades Night in partnership with Women Building Futures
Saturday, February 10, 2018 @ 7 pm – Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary Alberta
Special ticket offer – Up to 65% savings
$22.50 plus GST with $5 going back to the Women building Futures Student Awards Program
Plus! Get great seating! Lower bowel seats are reserved for WBF. Only while quantities last.
Women Building Futures is proud to have been chosen to be the recipient of tickets sales for an upcoming Women in Trades night at the Calgary Roughnecks lacrosse game on Saturday, February 10th!
WBF Student Awards are available to students enrolled in WBF programs to provide financial support and recognition of outstanding students.
Please share widely. Thank you for your support!
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Edu-Therapy
Grief and the conflicting emotions caused by loss are cumulative and most often have a growing negative effect on our ability to participate in life. The primary goal of Edu-Therapy™ is to give participants a stable cognitive process to continue to help themselves and their Community with on-going support for 5 years from Edu-Therapy Support. As Physical Care Costs escalate often, Mental Health needs are neglected. Once Certified as an Edu-Therapy Specialist in as little as 6 hours per week, one specialist can bring Mental Resolution of the pain and sadness caused by loss to over 200 people per year. Trained teams can escalate these numbers adding to the resiliency of the Community as people begin to heal at less than the cost of a trip to the ER where little to no emotional care is given.
You will learn:

• Dysfunctional ways people mishandle grief and its intergenerational effect on Communities
• Emotional damage of rationalization and intellectualization
• Why Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance Models are the wrong approach for grievers
• Learn proper techniques for identifying and resolving loss and relationship conflicts
• Edu-Therapy™ Process formats for individual and group work
• How to expand your caregiving agency using Edu-Therapy™
• How to resolve cumulative unresolved issues such as PTS and the Residential School Experience, abuse and trauma
• How to deal with what’s known and what’s not … when someone goes missing (Ambiguous Loss)
• Humans grieve loss or change of anything held significant
• Grief is not reserved for death related losses; nor is it an illness or mental disorder
• Grief is an emotional experience that doesn’t follow stages or a timeline, and does not simply go away with time
• It’s the actions within time that reduce and eliminate pain
• Grief happens in many forms and has great potential to create emotional energy and negatively effect life:
  Death of a loved one
  • Ending of a relationship
  • Suicide of someone close
  • Adoption or foster care
  • Loss of culture
  • Change in career, finances or social status
  • Loss of health, trust and safety

NEW 2018 Training Dates:
Winnipeg, MB: February 2-5, 2018
Edmonton, AB: February 23-26, 2018
Toronto, ON: March 2-5, 2018
Prince George, BC: March 16-19, 2018
Saskatoon, SK: April 13-16, 2018
Thunder Bay, ON: May 4-7, 2018
Moncton, NB: June 1-7, 2018
Calgary, AB: July 20-23, 2018
Register today! Programs fill up quickly.
Toll Free: 1-866-476-0209
Fax: 1-866-430-8296
Email: Grief@GoToRegister.ca
Web: www.GoToRegister.ca/Grief
Click here for details

RBC
The RBC Indigenous Student Awards Program was launched in 1992 to assist Indigenous students to complete post-secondary education, and provide an opportunity for RBC® to strengthen its relationship with the Indigenous community.
This scholarship is intended to support those Indigenous students who have at least 2 years remaining in their post-secondary studies.
Scholarship recipients are selected primarily on the basis of personal and academic achievements, and individual financial need. Status Indians, Non-status Indians, Inuit and Métis are welcome to apply.
Selected students will receive up to $4,000 per academic year for
educational and living expenses for 2 to 4 years.
RBC awards ten scholarships in two categories for students:
• Majoring in disciplines related to the financial services industry
• Majoring in disciplines unrelated to the financial services industry
For more information or to apply: www.GoToApply.ca/RBC
Deadline to apply is February 28, 2018
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NATOA
Be A Part of Your Community’s Future
The National Indigenous Trust Officers Association (NATOA) is delighted to host another successful Trust and Investment Conference. The 2-day national event is designed to provide an informative and interactive venue for all those involved with Indigenous Trusts. Speakers will represent both the Indigenous Communities who have established, or in the process of establishing, and maintained successful Trust operations, and members of the Corporate Industry that effectively service these Communities.
The theme of this year’s conference is Be A Part Of Your Community’s Future.
We all have the opportunity to make decisions that affect our future generations to come. From the short-term needs of current population to the longer-term goals of economic prosperity, healthy opportunities and education that reflect traditional and cultural values.
The 2018 NATOA National Indigenous Trust and Investment Conference will provide you with valuable information on how some of our communities have been able to implement successful strategies that provide great benefit to their people. From Responsible Investment decisions that impact our environment and traditional lands to the Indigenous rights we hold in such high regard to the day to day management of our Trust funds, this conference will help you ensure your community will be set on the proper path for success.
Set in the beautiful traditional lands of the Kootenay, Stoney, Blood, Peigan, Siksika and Tsuu T’ina peoples, the Banff environment will be a relaxing and educational experience.
Who Should Attend:

• Chief and Council
• CEO’s
• Executive Directors
• Band Managers
• Trust Officers
• Educators
• Finance
• Program Managers
• Ec. Dev. Officers
• Band Administration
• Elected Leaders
• Indigenous Consultants
• Indigenous Business Owners
• Law Firm Executives
• Academic Leaders
• Mining and Energy Executives
• Students
• All Others Interested

For details or to register, visit www.GotoRegister.ca/NATOA
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