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North
Spirit Lake Economic Development Day
We
identified who was present and who was absent from the economic development
sector, with the aim of ensuring that those who are away are invited to
review and comment on the workshop results.
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Present
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Absent
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Massan - Economic development |
Martha
Campbell - Band manager |
| Donald
Campbell - Project manager |
Margaret
Kakegamic - CRN |
| Darlene
Rae - E - center manager |
Isaac
Linkliter - Chief |
| Charlisa
Fiddler - Computer technician |
Boyce
Meekis - Councilor |
| Dale
Jack - CAP worker |
Darcy
Keesic - Rae - O.P.W. |
| Arnold
Thomson - Multi-media |
Cameron
Rae - Councilor |
| Wally
Meekis - Councilor |
Lorrie
Rae - Secretary |
| Donna
Campbell - Band finance |
Isaac
Kakegamic - Plant worker |
| Martin
Rakagamic - Power authority |
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SMART
Opportunities
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At
the beginning of the workshop, Dan Pellerin (K Net) explained
the goals and objectives of the SMART program and the opportunities
that exist for each of the KO communities.
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Jesse
made sure that all the activities conducted during the workshop
were properly recorded.
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Cards
Once
again, we gathered expectations on cards.
| Native |
Information
and programs |
Job
creation |
Services |
Facilities
and infrastructure |
Training |
| *Culture
programs
*Trapping
youth need to know how
*English
language be translated into Oji-Cree and be written in syllabics
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*Understanding
of programs
*Where
to ask for information on programs
*Information
on land use for NSL
*Easy
access to programs
*Head
start program
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*Creating
jobs within the community
*Land
use
*Logging
*Fishing
*Mining
*Tourism
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*Hotel
that will bring revenue to the community
*Bank
machine
*Photographer
who will develop pictures in the community
*Coffee
shop
*Fast
food services
*New
store
*Auto
shop repair
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*Better
roads
*New
Band office
*More
housing
*Hydro
grid
*Business
centre
*Recreational
hall
*Playground
*Day
care centre
*Church
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*Training
programs
*Computer
training for Band staff
*Hotel
management
*Office
management
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| Participants
brainstormed on what economic development means in North Spirit Lake. |
The diagram allows everyone to "spray"
their ideas on to paper. The participants wrote down the goals (in blue),
existing programs (in green), and proposed programs and activities (in red).
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| Jacob
Ostamus (KO - Economic development) explained the KO Economic
Development Strategy. |
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Whenever
necessary, Les translated from English into Oji - Cree, thus
giving a chance to all the participants to understand what
was going on and to provide input.
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From
the spray diagram, the participants worked on another one, describing:
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the goal or results that they are working towards (in
blue),
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the existing programs (in green),
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the proposed programs (in red),
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where and how they are using the technology (in
orange),
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how they plan to use the technology that the SMART project brings to
the community (in purple),
and
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what to measure to show that the results or goals were being reached,
or that the programmes were moving ahead (yellow
sticky papers)
Table
of Results, Programmes (outcomes) and indicators for Economic Development
in North Spirit Lake.
Programmes
that are already using SMART technology have red letters for phone
(P), video-conferencing (VC), personal computers with Internet (PCI);
training (TR), service support (SS); On-line services including list serves,
chat, discussion forum (OL); websites (W); and new technology (T). The
future use of technology for different programs is in orange (and we used
the same abbreviations as in the case of present use of technology).
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Results
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Indicators |
Programmes
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Indicators |
| New
Band office |
*New
Band office with more offices and a board room
*Better
equipments and computers
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Capital
housing (TR) (VC) |
More
houses done faster |
| Housing |
*Better
and more housing
*Electrical
heat
*Bigger
housing with more rooms
*Better
housing materials and supplies
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Retrofit
(TR) (VC) |
*Running
water and sewage in each home
*More
plumbing
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| Business
Centre |
Employment |
Power
authority (PCI,P,W) (T,VC) |
More
street lights |
| Land
and ressources |
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Renovation
(TR) (VC) |
Better
housing with extensions |
| All
weather road |
*Create
employment
*Economic
feasibility
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Canadian
Mortgage Housing Corporation (TR) (VC,W) |
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| Hydro
grid |
*Employment
*Saving
in power cost
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Native
language (PCI,W) (VC,OL) |
More
community members speaking the language |
| Training |
More
trained personnel |
Native
arts and crafts (PCI,W) (VC,OL) |
*More
pictures on the Internet
*More
sales happening and orders being made via Internet
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| Hotel |
*Better,
bigger, nicer hotel
*Employment
*Accommodation
for people coming to the community
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Band
administration (OL,VC) (P,TR,PC) |
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| Culture
programs |
NSL
history on film from Bob Salter in Oshawa |
Computer
technician (P,PCI,PC,VC,TR,SS,OL,W,T) |
More
computers at home |
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Electrician |
Saving
in travel cost |
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Tutor
escort (PC,P,TR) (VC,PCI) |
Better
education |
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Study
phase (grid) (PC,P) (PCI,VC,OL) |
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Study
phase (road) (P,PCI) (VC,T) |
More
infor on the all weather road |
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Winter
road (T) (VC) |
Information
on the Internet about road access to community |
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Guiding
(PCI,P,W) (T) |
Trained
guides |
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Mining
and claims (W,PCI,P,T) (OL,VC) |
Gain
and shared benefits |
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Teacher's
aid (P,PC,TR) (PCI,VC) |
Better
education |
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Information
center (P,PCI,PC,VC,TR,SS,OL,W,T) |
*NSL
history on film from Bob Salter in Oshawa
*More
photos about NSL, history, and people
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Banking
(P,PCI,T) |
More
cash staying in the community |
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New
store |
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Photo
studio (T,W,PCI,OL) |
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KFC
(P,W,OL) |
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Gift
shop (W,P,PCI,PC) |
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E-centre
(P,PCI,PC,VC,TR,SS,OL,W,T) |
Efficient
smart program |
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Rental
housing (P,W,OL,TR) |
More
original residents return to the comunity |
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Lot
development (T,TR,P) |
Sturdy
houses |
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Headstart
program (TR,P,W,OL,PCI) |
Community
involvement |
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Housing
committee training (VC,TR,P,OL,PCI) |
*Less
crowded homes
*More
houses
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Office
training (P,PCI,PC,VC,TR,SS,OL,W,T) |
*Organized
offices
*More
effective employees who get the work done
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Bookkeeping/accounting
training (P,PCI,PC,VC,TR,SS,OL,W,T) |
Better
bookkeeping |
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Tourism
(W,PCI,OL,TR,P) |
*More
clients and employments
*More
planes
*More
revenues coming to the reserve
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Hunting
(W,OL,TR) |
Traditional
food |
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Fishing
(W,TR,OL) |
Traditional
food |
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Business
management training (P,PCI,PC,VC,TR,SS,OL,W,T) |
More
businesses |
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Chef
training (VC,P,TR,OL,W) |
Better
food preparation |
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Heavy
equipment training (T,P,TR,OL,W,PCI,VC) |
*Better
roads
*More
employment
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Hotel
management training (PCI,PC,W,TR,P) |
Returning
guests |
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Taxi
(PCI,P,W) |
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Auto
repair (T,VC,P,W,PCI,PC) |
More
cars on the road |
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Coffee
shop |
More
people gathering and spending time with each other |
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Telephone
technician (PCI,P,TR,VC) |
Save
in travel cost |
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