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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.

 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

You will set your intention—make your plans/goals

Create your vision board

Put your vision in motion

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Health in your  community….

… we want to know more -

be a part of the

 ☺   You don’t need to be an expert on health – we need people who are experts on their community!

☺   Be a voice of your community – share your experience and ideas about community health issues

☺   Three year term – 6 meetings between September and May

☺   Babysitting paid for, dinner provided, and transportation arranged

☺   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
www.aboriginalmusic.ca

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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.

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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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