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Community
Events, Issues & Notices
Here we post notices and
information received about community events, meetings and political issues,
among other
topics. Sometimes our notices will include events outside the
community but within the North End.
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If your organization would like to
have its information included in the calendar please contact us by email,
info@pointdouglas.net
or by phone, 801-3086. |
♦ Community Gardening
Workshop ♦ Health Advisory
Council
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Songwriting Workshops
♦ Graffiti Art
Newsletter ♦
New Patients
Welcome ♦ Graffiti Art
Winter Programming ♦
Recreate Me!
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Get Better Together ♦ New Seniors Resource Coordinator ♦ Women's
Hip Hop/Urban Dance ♦
Notice / Norquay School ♦
Circle
of Life - Thunderbird House ♦
Notice
to Parents from Norquay Community Centre ♦
Ma Mawi Calendar ♦
Check It Out! Mobile Library ♦
Keep Tobacco Sacred ♦ Aboriginal Visioning Housing
Circle ♦
Big
Brothers/Big Sisters Volunteer opportunity ♦
Norquay Community Centre Programs ♦
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“Recreate Me!”
A Self-Care Series of workshops designed to provide you with
tools to take extra care of yourself on those rainy days in life.
REGISTER Phone: 927-2429 Dorothy or drop into the centre
Every Tuesday morning Feb. 23 to June 29 9:30 a.m. Sharp to
11:30 a.m.
Something different every week...
Note: All
participants must Register for each workshop in advance
Open to Community
and the Addictions Program Participants
Child minder
available, 2yrs + register in advance
Bus tickets and snack provided
This program is part of Addictions Continuing Recovery
Program
March 9 OR March 16
PICK ONE OF THE DAYS
“Envisioning My Life”
Achieve My dreams, setting my life goals through the
Creation of A Vision Board
You will
set your intention—make your plans/goals
Create
your vision board
Put your
vision in motion
This class provides participants with direction on setting
goals, making life plans using art, collage and writing techniques
North End Women’s Centre
394 Selkirk Ave
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Health
in your
community….
… we want
to know more -

be
a part of the

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You don’t need to be an expert on health – we need people who
are experts on their community!
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Be a voice of your community – share your experience and ideas about
community health issues
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Three year term – 6 meetings between September and May
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Babysitting paid for, dinner provided, and transportation arranged
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Apply on-line at
www.wrha.mb.ca and follow the link
 
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Community
Gardening Workshop
Saturday
March 20 2- 5pm
North Point Doulgas Womens Centre
Everyone Welcome!
We will use this workshop as a skill sharing opportunity.
It will be an open environment for people to learn and share what they know.
Bring Seeds to trade.
Learn and share how to start seeds.
Learn and share how to plan gardens.
New to Gardening? Come grab a few seeds
from your neighbours and see what grows for you.
Healthy snack table.
Gardening book library.

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FREE
SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS
FOR ABORIGINAL YOUTH IN WINNIPEG
Manitoba Music's Aboriginal
Music Program is hosting four songwriting workshops for Aboriginal youth
in Winnipeg. The series will run each Thursday evening from February 25
- March 18 at the Manitoba Music Resource Centre.
Aboriginal youth and
their parents are invited to attend, free of charge, as long as they
register in advance.
Please contact Alan Greyeyes to
register for one or all of the workshops (alan@manitobamusic.com).
The workshops are
for Aboriginal youth, but other songwriters are invited to join us, as long
as space permits.
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
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DOMINIQUE REYNOLDS
Thursday, February 25, 2010 | 6pm-8pm
Free with advance registration
Manitoba Music, 1-376 Donald Street,
Winnipeg
This workshop will get participants
involved in the development of a new song. Dominique will begin the session
with a discussion about musical styles and song structures (ie. starting
with the chorus or going without a chorus). Participants will then examine
the choruses that they find memorable before writing lyrics and melody for a
new chorus. The group will then add verses to the song and wrap up by
looking at ways to improve the song by changing a verse, a line or rhyme, or
changing the tempo.
About Dominique
Reynolds
Dominique is a French Canadian Métis
songwriter with two great albums to her credit. Her latest release was
produced by Murray Pulver (Doc Walker) and features collaborations with
Leela Gilday (2007 Juno winner for Best Aboriginal Recording), Wab Kinew
(rapper, CBC host, and Sundancer), and Ray "Coco" Stevenson (a world-class
traditional singer).
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JASON TUESDAY
Thursday, March 4, 2010 | 6pm-8pm
Free with advance registration
Manitoba Music, 1-376 Donald Street,
Winnipeg
This workshop will focus on the
development of musical vocabulary and rhythmic stamina. Jason will begin by
discussing musical theory to help participants build a vocabulary to better
communicate their ideas when working with other musicians. The second part
of the workshop will focus on cross rhythms and straight beat patterns,
using common and not so common time signatures. The use of polyrhythms will
be explored and broken down step by step. Rhythmic variation will be
stressed when trying to write music that piques a listener's ear.
About Jason Tuesday
Jason Tuesday is a classically trained
musician, with a percussive style and strong rhythmic character that makes
him unique among other guitar players. He hails from Big Grassy River First
Nation and has been teaching workshops and one-on-one classes extensively
which focus primarily on building rhythmic stamina and tonal variety.
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TRACY BONE & JC
CAMPBELL
Thursday, March 11, 2010 | 6pm-8pm
Free with advance registration
Manitoba Music, 1-376 Donald Street,
Winnipeg
This workshop will provide
participants with an opportunity to learn about the songwriting techniques
of Tracy and JC. The instructors will explain where their songs come from,
why they tell stories and not feelings in their songs, how they create
choruses, and where their melodies come from.
About Tracy Bone
Tracy brought home trophies from the
Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, Western Canadian Music Awards,
Indian Summer Music Awards, Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, and the Native
American Music Awards for her debut disc entitled No Lies.
About JC Campbell
Lazy James earned JC the Best Blues CD
trophy at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards.
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DON AMERO
Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 6pm-8pm
Free with Advance Registration
Manitoba Music, 1-376 Donald Street,
Winnipeg
This workshop will provide a look at
the "life" of a song. Don will start by talking about his songwriting
process and techniques, later going into the recording process, album
completion, and live performance of the song. He'll also talk about the
funding and support available to Aboriginal songwriters in Canada and the
value of setting career goals.
About Don Amero
Winner of Best Male Artist at the 2009
Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at
the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards, Don is a Métis songwriter with two
albums to his credit.
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Contact:
Alan Greyeyes
Aboriginal Music Program Coordinator
Manitoba Music
1-376 Donald Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2J2
Fax: 204.942.6083
Cell: 204.296.9790
Email:
alan@manitobamusic.com
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Graffiti Art Programming
announces:
Art Break! 2010
View Feb
GAP newsletter
Art Break!
is an annual workshop and
artist talk brought to you through Graffiti Art Programming. Each year,
selected participants are given the opportunity to learn and collaborate
with an established and world renowned artist.
This year’s feature artist is none other than Hip Hop
designer Cey Adams.
Adams has created logos, tour merchandising, billboards and
advertising campaigns for some of the most influential artist in rap music,
including Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Redman, Jay-Z, DMX, De La
Soul, Mary J Bilge, Notorious B.I.G, Faith Evans, Ice Cube, R Kelly and LL
Cool J.
Cey Adams, has created a 2 day design workshop that cover a
whole array of art related topics, which gives youth a solid base so they
can progress to a higher level in their chosen visual and graphic design
career. Also new this year, special art workshops with Cey Adams will be
held for youth aged 13-17 years old!!
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Now Taking New
Patients
The Primary Care Clinic based out of
601 Aikins St has now resumed accepting new patients who do not have a
health care service provider and who live in the R2X, R2W community area
postal codes, and who will be triaged in order of priority.
Our priority groups are clients with
severe mental health and/or addictions, high-risk pediatric and
pre/postnatal mothers with families and the elderly.
Please note that we have all
female providers working in the clinic, so we request you please explore
our health office as an option if the preference is for a female provider.
Please contact us
directly at 940-2025 to become a client of Aikins Community Health clinic.
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GAP Gets
to the Point!
Graffiti Art Programming Inc’s stART
Program is thrilled to introduce it’s first mini winter camp series at Norquay
Community Centre over the Winter Holiday break. Come and join talented
visual/performance artist Michael Dudeck on December 21,22, and 23 from 5-8 pm
for an exciting 3 day filmmaking festival. On December 28,29,and 30
join Loa and Patrick for a Hip Hop Boot Camp Experience featuring dancing
and art each evening from 5-8. Sign up today!
stART (Street Art)
workshops are free to Point Douglas children, youth, and parents and require a
simple sign up on site. Workshops are facilitated by young, emerging Winnipeg
artists who use urban art themes to promote creativity, innovation, and problem
solving among participants.
Drop
by Norquay Community Centre and check out a culture jam with Aimee, try your
hand at performance art with Michael, stitch up something wild with Anastasia,
or put your hip hop hat on with our resident hip hop heroes, Mike, Loa, Bob and
Nereo.
Interested in checking out some grown up talent? Admission is free with a
nonperishable food item to Legends, Heroes, Myths & Such at Graffiti
Gallery. Showing alongside professional artists will be a stART installation
called Hooked on Heroes. Drop by the gallery and check out what stART
artists have decided it takes to make a hero. Show will run to January 30,
2010.
Graffiti Art Programming is also
currently accepting applications for the 2009/10 Urban Canvas Project Class. If
you are- or know of- an aboriginal artist between the ages of 18 and 28, we’d
like to meet them. The Urban Canvas Project is a 48 week program that
incorporates life skill, fine art, and commercial training tools into the lives
of young, urban artists. Visit the gallery to learn more about this exciting
opportunity!
Graffiti Art Programming Inc., is a not for profit youth art centre located at
109 Higgins Avenue. GAP is dedicated to the creation of a safe and
accepting environment for all forms of artistic expression and uses art as a
tool for community development, social change, and individual growth. Call
204.667-9960 for more program information.
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Introducing the
Get
Better Together program
Get Better
Together is for anyone living with an ongoing health condition such
as, Arthritis, Heart Disease, Asthma, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure,
Anxiety, etc.
The Winter 2010 session of the
program is scheduled for the following:
Thursday February 11 - March 18,
from 1:00 - 3:30 PM, @ North End Wellness Centre - 363 McGregor St.
Get Better Together is a free
program and is open to all persons.
Get Better Together is a
workshop 2 ½ hours, once a week, for 6 weeks.
Subjects covered include:
- Techniques to deal with
problems such as fatigue, pain and isolation
- Appropriate exercise for
maintaining and improving strength, flexibility and endurance.
- Healthy nutrition
- Appropriate use of medications
- Communicating effectively with
family, friends, and health professionals
- Making informed treatment
decisions.
Get Better is led in part
by persons who also live with health conditions. Each session will help
persons to solve problems and set goals to improve health.
Participants are welcome to bring
a supporter to the sessions.
Please help in promoting this
free program by sharing this notice with persons you know who may be
interested. To register for the program CALL 632-3927
Thanks in advance for your
assistance in promoting the program. If you have any questions, please feel
free to give me a call at 940-2557.
Thanks,
Vince Sansregret
Winnipeg
Regional Health Authority (WRHA)
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New
Seniors Resource Coordinator
for
Point Douglas Seniors Coalition
Age & Opportunity, the sponsoring agency for The Point Douglas Seniors Coalition is pleased to
announce the appointment of
Theresa Lajambe
to the position of Seniors’ Resource Coordinator for the Coalition.
Theresa is a Social Worker who has over 10 years experience
in providing education and support to persons experiencing major life
transitions. She also has extensive experience working with older adults.
Theresa’s first day of work was Monday December 7, 2009.
If you would like to
contact Theresa directly, either by telephone or email, here is her
information:
pdouglasseniors@mts.net
Cell # 792-8894
Please join us in congratulating Theresa on her new position!
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Circle of life
Thunderbird house
“Sacred Buds Blossoming”
Rites
of passage Teachings from the Grandmother’s council for
Young girls ages 9-12
Please register 940-4256
New participants welcome!
Tuesdays
5:30 – 6:45 pm
In meeting room
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Notice to Parents
Now that the Norquay
Community Centre is open later hours, please remember that
you are responsible for ensuring that your
children get home safely and in a timely manner from their activities at the
Centre.
Some children are at the Centre from the time
they get out of school until well after dark. Some of the children are
afraid to go home in the dark.
The Community Centre does not have the
resources to escort children to their homes.
Staff at the Centre have tried calling
parents to come and get their children, and there is often no one at home.
This is not acceptable. The Centre is not a babysitting service. If parents
are not able to pick up their children, they must make arrangements for
someone else to get them home safely.
Please be advised
that children ten years of age and under will now be sent home at 7pm from
the Centre, so that they are not out by themselves late at night.
Please ensure that there is an adult at home at this time.
Any questions or concerns may be directed to
Rita Richard, Program Coordinator, at 943-6897 or email to
nccentre@mts.net
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Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Winnipeg
is currently in
need of mentors to volunteer for two of our programs. There are
currently 60 children on our wait list who want a mentor who will be
their friend. It only takes a few hours a week, twice a month to make
a BIG difference in the life of a child. You can be that difference!
Empowering Our
Little Sisters Program:
Aboriginal Women Mentoring Aboriginal Girls
This is mentorship
program focused on building meaningful relationships and learning
opportunities for Aboriginal girls. EOLS is unique in the fact that
each month, Big Sisters will gather for a variety of shared
experiences and activities that can include sharing circles, elder
teachings and crafts. Currently, the girls are working on Regalia and
are almost ready to attend their first Pow wow!
Ultimately,
Empowering Our Little Sisters represents the coming together of
Aboriginal women to reclaim and nurture our young girls.
For more
information visit
www.bigwinnipeg.com or call (204) 988-9200
Ototema II
Program: Mentoring Youth in Conflict with the Law
Ototema II is a
program about friendship where male and female adult volunteers are
matched in a one-on-one relationship with a male or female youth who
is in conflict with the law. The youths in this program are between
the ages of 12-17 and include those who are on probation and youths
who are incarcerated in s Manitoba youth facility. Youths participate
in this program voluntarily and are thoroughly screened to ensure the
safety of everyone involved.
Benefits of this
program include free training for volunteers, opportunity to meet and
work with correctional staff, access to agency events and free
tickets/movie passes, opportunity to participate in Aboriginal
cultural activities, and an orientation to the Youth Justice System.
For more
information visit
www.bigwinnipeg.com or call (204) 988-9200
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Housing Circle
at
Aboriginal Visioning for the North End
Every second Thursday of the month
5:00 - 7:00 pm
586 Selkirk Ave
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A different topic is discussed each month.
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Free dinner provided!
Come enjoy a free dinner and learn your rights as a tenant!
For info call 586-5940
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