Our December 15, 2011 Christmas party was acclaimed as best-ever, with New Frontiers Aboriginal Residential Corporation (NFARC), Frontiers Foundation and Project Amik Residents Committee (PARC) all pitching in for the food and fun. Le Petit Chaperon Rouge’s beautiful decorations included a striking winter scene mural.
Submitted by tupac on December 21, 2011 - 8:47pm.
Frontiers Foundation’s Vision Quest Strategic Planning and Annual General Meeting was held on November 12th and 13th in Toronto at the Project Amik Community Room with the Board, Operation Beaver, staff, members and guests. Regional coordinators Lylas Polson (Quebec); Laurel Gardiner (Manitoba); Don Irving (British Columbia-NWT) were also in attendance and presented the work of Frontiers Foundation in these provinces. Charles Catto and Marco Guzman explained about the limited housing construction in Ontario at Collins and Lanark. They also explained about FF participation in Haiti and Bolivia, respectively.
Frontiers Foundation would like to thank First Air for its continuing support for our Northwest Territories program. Its contributions have been key in enabling us to send our volunteers to northern communities in need.
As part of our fund-raising efforts, we are offering beautiful Christmas cards.
These cards come in two varieties, either with traditional Christmas greetings included or blank so that you can write your own message for the season. These cards are perfect to send to your loved ones and you can use them as an opportunity to upkeep your writing skills. The two available prints are as follows:
1. ‘Building a home for the spirit’ by Ojibwa artist Doug Fox.
2. ‘Aymara girl carrying peace swallows on earth’ by Bolivian artist Sylvia Peñaloza
The CIVICUS world assembly is a global gathering for civil society, donors, governments and businesses to find common solutions to the challenges facing humanity.
Under the logo “Acting Together for a Just World”. the global conference will take place at ‘Convention Centre’ (Palais des Congres) in downtown Montreal on September 10-12, 2011.
Submitted by tupac on August 24, 2011 - 10:31am.For nearly sixteen months, thanks to a $995,000 grant from HRSDC's Aboriginal Skill Training and Strategic Initiative Fund (ASTSIF), over one hundred young Cree, Ojibwa and Algonquin trainees in Garden Hill, Manitoba; Collins, Ontario; and Kitcisakik, Quebec combined timber harvesting, portable saw-milling, foundations, framing, wiring, plumbing, insulating, dry-walling, roofing and finishing with certifiable training in the completion of nine, safe, warm, affordable homes.
The attached photo shows eleven graduate trainees of 'Standing Tree to Standing Home' at Garden Hill, Manitoba. Everyone completed all five modules of the course, from harvesting to finishing construction. As well, 43 (including the eleven) completed the chainsaw operation, safety and first aid training. Trainer Brain Monkman (bearded) stands in the back row.
Performance of Jay Lomax and Steve TeekensFor the fourth consecutive year, our sumptuous Donor and Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast was held in the elegant Flora McCrae Hall of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto.
Over one hundred guests, even more than last year’s number enjoyed delicious fresh pickerel and trout donated and cooked by longtime aboriginal friends Olaf and Iolene Bjornaa of Batchawana Bay, Ontario. Also helping on the kitchen team were Alison Black, Maya Guzman and Christine Hogg preparing a full regular Canadian breakfast menu.
After introducing the Head Table, MC Shelley Charles (President of New Frontiers Aboriginal Residential Corporation and Frontiers Foundation Board member) conveyed deep regrets from our longtime President Lawrence Gladue, unable to attend because of commitments in B.C. Shelley reminded everyone of Frontiers’ ongoing campaign for Lawrence as Canada’s first aboriginal governor general and asked host Rev. Dr. Andrew Stirling to say the Grace.
During breakfast Grass Dancer Jay Lomax and Drummer Steve Teekens provided spectacular entertainment reminiscent of their War Dance in front of Fort Detroit in the last Kanata Kapers show.
Frontiers Foundation’s Amik Housing Project participated in Jane Jacob’s 5th Walk on Sunday May 08, 2011 as the last stop on the Hidden Treasures in Toronto’s Social Housing initiative.
Submitted by tupac on May 28, 2011 - 2:04pm.
Brand new 4 bedroom frame house was delivered officially at midday last Saturday March 26, 2011 in Lanark Highlands, Ontario, a good 1 hrs. drive West of Ottawa.
The construction of this house began in earnest last mid November 2010 supervised by Steve Bulloch.
You can donate to Frontiers Foundation through CanadaHelps.org. You will receive a charitable tax receipt for every donation.
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