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Livelihood Community Engagement Meetings (Updated)
- Published: September 02 2020 08:58
Updated!!! New Date for Gold River. Please take note of the changes outlined in RED
Moderate Livelihood: Wasoqopa’q First Nation Perspectives
Session purpose:
To value the insights of Wasoqopa’q First Nation community members in the creation of an interim management plan for a livelihood fishery. This interim plan will be further developed by Chief and Council and brought again to the community for final input and approval.
Dates, Times and Locations:
Doubletree Hotel in Dartmouth - August 25th, 2020 (completed)
Gold River Community Center - September 8th, 2020 @ 6:30 pm (new date)
Liverpool Best Western - August 31st, 2020 (completed) (attendance via Zoom will be available)
Shelburne Shelburne Fire Hall - September 2nd, 2020
Yarmouth Rose Purdy Community Center - September 3rd, 2020 (attendance via Zoom will be available)
All meetings will begin at 6:30 pm
Meeting set up and COVID requirements:
- Please register in advance.
- Do not attend this meeting if you are feeling sick of have health concerns. A virtual option will be available instead.
- We have organized the meeting to ensure a distance of 6 feet among participants/family groups.
- Please bring your own mask. We will also have extras on site.
- Sanitizer will also be available
How To Register:
Please contact Curtis Falls by phone or email
Email:
Phone: 902 742-7214
Cell: 902 740-2573
Current Meeting Agenda:
- Opening prayer
- Welcome, purpose, agenda and, introductions (10 minutes)
- Brief presentation and Q/A: Purpose and overview of moderate livelihood (20 mins)
- Participant discussion and sharing back in 5 focus areas (70 minutes)
- The Marshall decision provides a legally recognized, Constitutionally affirmed place for Mi’kmaq in the fishery.
- Moderate livelihood: The Marshall Decision defines moderate livelihood as “…a right to trade for necessaries” (1:58), which includes basics such as food, clothing and housing, supplemented by a few amenities, but not the accumulation of wealth (1:59)
- What does the term moderate livelihood mean to you and your family?
- What’s the maximum amount of money a band member household should be allowed to earn from a moderate livelihood harvest each year?
- Species and areas: The term ‘the fishery’ includes many species. If you were able to enter the livelihood fishery, what would you choose to fish and in what area?
- Access: The fishery is highly regulated and structured, with clear zones and a set number of licenses. What are your thoughts on how Wasoqopa’q First Nation, and the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia, should consider access to the fishery?
- Safety: Preparing for the fishery: What training would you need to enter the livelihood fishery?
- Managing the fishery:
- Who manages this fishery? How do we fund the management of it?
- Netukulimk. How do we address conservation? What happens if people don’t follow the rules?
- What other rules and regulations should be followed?
- Moderate livelihood: The Marshall Decision defines moderate livelihood as “…a right to trade for necessaries” (1:58), which includes basics such as food, clothing and housing, supplemented by a few amenities, but not the accumulation of wealth (1:59)
- Summary of responses and overview of next steps (10 minutes)
- The Marshall decision provides a legally recognized, Constitutionally affirmed place for Mi’kmaq in the fishery.
- Feedback sheet (5 minutes)
- Closing prayer
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Hello Everyone!
As you know, I am back in the Gold River Health Centre and available for appointments both virtually, or in office. I can be most easily contacted by email: You can also call my cell phone 902-277-2297. Please watch the AFN Community Health Facebook page for updates, information, programs and contests. Another contest will be coming soon, and I am currently working on a virtual healthy living program for the fall. If you have any requests or ideas, please get in touch with me to let me know.
As of Friday, July 31, masks will be mandatory in all indoor public spaces. Children under two are exempt, as well as children aged two to four when their caregiver cannot get them to wear a mask. People with valid medical reasons for not wearing a mask are also exempt. The list of places this will include are listed in the first link below.
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Strang has stated that there are very few valid medical exemptions and these mostly pertain to anxiety disorders. The Canadian Thoracic Society states there is no evidence that wearing a mask worsens a chronic lung condition such as asthma or COPD (second link below). Wearing a mask can be uncomfortable, and may cause some to feel anxious, but we must all try to do our part to help minimize the spread of Covid-19, if you are able.
If you have trouble wearing a mask, there are ways you can work on that. Start now by wearing one at home for short periods of time. Practice wearing it for longer periods of time when you know you are safe and able to take it off at any time. This can help ease your mind and build up your tolerance. Also, you can try reminding yourself “this isn’t just for me, this is to protect my family, my friends, and my community”
- https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20200724004
- https://cts-sct.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/June-5_2020_Face-Mask-position-statement-1-2.pdf
Take Care,
Wash your hands, and wear a mask
Chelsea Sawyer
AFN Community Health Nurse