Councillor
Dennis Hunter
Employment and Training
Current training has begun and the class
began on September 9 in the Arena lobby. This year, we had more
applicants than seats in the class, so interest was very high.
Our industry partnerships may also afford
training opportunities for our members. We are currently waiting for our
industry partners to send us their detailed training packages that will
list various opportunities and qualifications.
In the effort to be both inclusive and to
gather as much knowledge and expertise as we can, we are putting
together a training team from the following areas: TATC, GGFN Education,
NCBR, Income Support, Post Secondary, SITAG and the portfolio councilor.
This committee’s responsibilities will be detailed in a terms of
reference, and is designed to bring together all the members of our
community, and beyond, who can assist in finding and funding training
opportunities in our community. This committee will also likely serve as
the Active Measures Committee.
GGFN is looking for funding to recruit and
hire an Employment & Training Officer who will assist with clients,
committee meetings, etc. We hope to have funding for this position this
year.
Justice
The Justice portfolio is in the process of
hiring a Justice Worker for our community. Interviews will be held in
early September, and more details will be available in our next
newsletter. Further, we are establishing the GGFN Justice Committee,
which should be fully functional later this fall. We have had some
interested members of our community already come forward, and we are
working on our Terms of Reference.
Prairie Lodge Housing Corp.
The Prairie Lodge Urban Housing is presently
being brought under the umbrella of Silver Sage Housing.
Part of the reason for this is that we have had little success in
getting a quorum for our committee meetings. This work should be
complete by the next quarter, and we hope to have a fuller report and
smoother operations in this important area by the next newsletter in
January, 2011.
