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"Conserve the Light Gathering
a Success"
July
17, 2007
Booshoo! Wachiyah! Tanse! Greetings to all! This is to provide
you with a brief update of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Measures (EEMAC) program.
The Energy Conference that was held in Thunder Bay on May 8 and
9 was well attended
with over 150 participants who shared the two days with us. We
would like to thank all those who attended and are spreading the
good word of Energy Conservation in their communities back home.
A full Conference report will be forthcoming and will be provided
to all attendees of the conference.
At the Energy Conference we announced the five communities that
were selected for the Energy Retrofit Program. Those five communities
include Sheguindah and Sheshegwaning First Nation from Manitoulin
Island, the Union of Ontario Indians territory, Slate Falls First
Nation from the NAN territory and from the Treaty #3 territory,
Anishinabeg of Naongashiing First Nation and Stanjikoming First
Nation.
Please note that the selection process for the applications were
well received out of the 52 communities who qualified for the pilot
projects, we are pleased to announce that there were 26 responses.
We would like to take this time to thank you for your tremendous
demonstration of support and commitment to this very important
program. The decision-making process for us was a difficult task.
It is our intention to utilize the data and statistics from these
pilot projects to lobby for a province wide energy retrofit program.
Last week we sent a Tibaachimowin with regards to the Energy
Conservation Kits that will be arriving in your community as early
as the end of June. We have been busy traveling to get contracts
signed from each community to ensure that the Energy Conservation
Kits will arrive on the target dates. We attended the Treaty #3
Chiefs meeting, the Sioux Lookout District Chiefs meeting, the
OFNLPA meeting and the All Ontario Chiefs Conference at Pelican
Falls in Lac Seul First Nation, where we had the opportunity to
display the contents of the kits so that the Chiefs would be able
to see what the products are. There are 25 communities who have
not signed the contracts, please sign and return to us as soon
as possible to ensure these conservation kits reach your community.
It is our hopes to begin the development of appropriate curriculum
for elementary, secondary, post-secondary and adult education for
our First Nation schools. We will be working closely with the core
committee and our elder’s council to develop our stories
from our elders, so that we could utilize their stories to pass
on to our children.
The role-model poster campaign will be arriving in your communities
in the very near future. Advertising through First Nation newspapers
and media outlets will also be forthcoming.
Once again, to all who participated in our Energy Conference,
to the elders who contributed in our sharing circle in the last
afternoon, we thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated listening to stories
that you shared.
On behalf of OPA, CFCI Chi-Miigwech! Kitchi-Meegwetch! Thank
You!
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