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Using a school-community partnership to cut Greenhouse gases

Presenter: Dan Hendry
Description:
Since 2012, public transit ridership in Kingston, Ontario has increased by more than 87%! The Kingston Transit High School pilot has contributed significantly to the success and has also morphed into a standard institution whereby the city’s high school students receive discounted transit fares and hands-on orientation to public bus use. So how did this all come to be? Partnerships. In this latest interactive webinar, Dan Hendry explains how to forge and maintain community partnerships. From there, join a digital breakout room to problem-solve in a small group. Finally, Dan hears your ideas and takes any final questions.

Dan Hendry’s concern for the environment is what drives him to promote sustainable initiatives for the Limestone District School Board as well as sustainable solutions within the Kingston, Ontario community. His combined interest in sustainability, innovation, entrepreneurship, student mentorship, and community have been well integrated into his personal, academic, and professional experiences. He has also collaborated with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to create a guide for using city-school partnership to inspire youth to choose sustainable transportation. This program has turned into an international success, with other jurisdictions inquiring about how it is influencing their current and future ridership.

The Ktunaxa story of Lightning, Thunder, Fox, and Coyote

Originally aired: November 4th, 2020

Presenter: Nasuʔkin (Chief) Joe Pierre

Description:

A coming of age story.

A journey of Enlightenment.

An evil tyrant and the young warriors who attempt to defeat him.

A lesson in patience and the power of working together, as well as, the power of rainbows.

Using the Ktunaxa story of Lighting, Thunder, Fox and Coyote I will take you on a story journey that encircles our Mother Earth. After this, I will share some of my insights into this story and how these lessons can be applied to the times we find ourselves in. I hope that you will come along for this journey with the fox and coyote brothers. It’s a good one 😉

Joe Pierre was raised in the Community of ʔaqʾam formerly known as the St. Mary’s Indian Reserve and is a citizen of the Ktunaxa Nation. He attended the University of Calgary in the Fine Arts. At the U of C Joe met several other First Nations people interested in Theatre and they collaborated together to form the Crazy Horse Theatre Company. The company mounted several productions in Calgary all of which were written by Aboriginal writers. Joe also worked for a season with the CBC production “North of Sixty”. Joe was a storyteller at the very first Proctor Storytelling Festival and he has presented at several other festivals throughout the Kootenays. Currently he is employed by School District 5 Southeast Kootenay and is a member of the Board of Directors for the First Nations Education Steering Committee. Joe served as a Councilor for the St. Mary’s Indian band for 8 years and was a member of the Board of Governors for the College of the Rookies for 6 years. In the Fall of 2016 Joe was elected back to the ʔaqʾam council, this time in the capacity of Chief Councilor. He is a husband to wife Jennifer and a father to fourteen-year-old Jude. Together they are known as “Triple J”.

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The Ktunaxa story of Lightning, Thunder, Fox, and Coyote

Originally aired: November 4th, 2020

Presenter: Nasuʔkin (Chief) Joe Pierre

Description:

A coming of age story.

A journey of Enlightenment.

An evil tyrant and the young warriors who attempt to defeat him.

A lesson in patience and the power of working together, as well as, the power of rainbows.

Using the Ktunaxa story of Lighting, Thunder, Fox and Coyote I will take you on a story journey that encircles our Mother Earth. After this, I will share some of my insights into this story and how these lessons can be applied to the times we find ourselves in. I hope that you will come along for this journey with the fox and coyote brothers. It’s a good one 😉

Joe Pierre was raised in the Community of ʔaqʾam formerly known as the St. Mary’s Indian Reserve and is a citizen of the Ktunaxa Nation. He attended the University of Calgary in the Fine Arts. At the U of C Joe met several other First Nations people interested in Theatre and they collaborated together to form the Crazy Horse Theatre Company. The company mounted several productions in Calgary all of which were written by Aboriginal writers. Joe also worked for a season with the CBC production “North of Sixty”. Joe was a storyteller at the very first Proctor Storytelling Festival and he has presented at several other festivals throughout the Kootenays. Currently he is employed by School District 5 Southeast Kootenay and is a member of the Board of Directors for the First Nations Education Steering Committee. Joe served as a Councilor for the St. Mary’s Indian band for 8 years and was a member of the Board of Governors for the College of the Rookies for 6 years. In the Fall of 2016 Joe was elected back to the ʔaqʾam council, this time in the capacity of Chief Councilor. He is a husband to wife Jennifer and a father to fourteen-year-old Jude. Together they are known as “Triple J”.

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