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Ka’gaanjda’aanaa Anishinaabemowin Moving Forward In The Language Friday, March 26th to Saturday, March 27th, 2021 - 8:30am to 4:30pm. Please join us for our 2-day online conference! Ahneen Kena Weya, Please call me, Trish Monague, directly at 705-247-2898 or email by email at [email protected] to register. ... If you do not have access to the internet, please indicate that you would like to attend in person in the Council Chambers and indicate if you need a ride. Also, if you are planning to Zoom at home we will need your email to register. Fees, snacks and Light Lunch will be provided for those that attend at the Council Chambers. And a gift bag will be provided to all that register. Miigwech Thank you Trish Monague, Heritage and Cultural Coordinator About this Event: * Keynote address by Barbara Nolan, UOI Anishinaabemowin Commissioner * Friday Evening Entertainment 7pm to 9pm * 12 breakout sessions including: Niibinanching daa-zhi-nokaazam bezhig kidwaanhs (Many ways to use one word) Aansookaanan (Stories from the past) Mino-Yaawin maanda-pii ezhiwebak (Healthy Living During this Time) Waawnendaagoziwin (Humor) Tickets are $75.00 and the link includes all sessions on March 26th, 27th and Friday night entertainment from 7pm to 9pm. Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kagaanjdaaanaa-anishinaabemowin

Is your mailing address up to date? If we reach out to you, are you contactable? #BFN141 #Chimnissing #ConsentToContactForm

Good morning Everyone, I would like to send a message to our staff at the Beausoleil Family Health Centre and acknowledge their efforts in the COVID Vaccinations this weekend. They completed 404 vaccinations in the community and an additional 270 non-resident vaccinations in Midland for a total of 674 vaccinations over 3 days. ... Deborah and her crew along with Chigamik and the Simcoe Muskoka Health Team did an excellent job in furthering the protection of our community and our membership. Please help me in congratulating the team for a job well done. What a Team! Chief Guy Monague Beausoleil First Nation 11 O'Gemaa Miikaan Christian Island, ON L9M 0A9 Ph: 705-247-8964 Cell: 705-529-8785

BFN Education - Post Secondary Student Information -Applications due on March 15 annually, no exceptions.#Chimnissing #BFN141 #PostSecondaryStudentInfo

Hello: Booking for the Fitness Room and Rink will now be per household until further notice. Booking will be made for the day of, please call ahead, for the fitness room (705) 247-2912 and for a spot at the rink, (705) 247-2822.

The Dental Clinic was back up and running as of February 10th. I’ve attached a calendar with the dates of Service Providers. COHI will also resume, for more information or to register please call me. Thank you all for your continued patience during this time. Shawna Sandy, Oral Health Educator [email protected]... 705-247-2315 See more

The Anishinabek Nation Lands, Resources & Economic Development Forum is Live now; https://youtu.be/61eB_OIRuGM If you would like to join the discussion happening today until Feb 18th, 2021, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_vKgaahV9SgC-S5A1kVLzCA

Good morning CIES will remain closed today due to current weather and road conditions. In class learning will resume Wed February 17th. CIES will be returning to full week scheduling Monday to Fridays effective tomorrow.... Thank you Nancy Assance

Concerned about vaccine side effects? New variants and vaccines? This is a good interview for you to listen to, so you can make informed choices. This is a little over 30 minutes long and is very full of up to date information; https://youtu.be/RxO5iGkMhow "Paul A. Offit, MD of @The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia returns to JAMA's Q&A series to provide an update on the emergence of COVID-19 variants and their implications for vaccine development, including the JNJ vacci...ne, scheduled for a @U.S. Food and Drug Administration VRBPAC hearing on February 26, 2021. (see http://tinyurl.com/3dxhym3v). Recorded February 11, 2021. Topics discussed in this interview: 0:00 Introduction 0:24 Are we seeing natural and vaccine-induced immunity? 3:32 mRNA Vaccine safety update 6:30 Variants and COVID vaccines 10:28 Variants - concerns 12:55 Broadly neutralizing vaccine for all variants 15:18 Preparing for a virulent COVID-19 variant 16:53 Johnson and Johnson vaccine 18:52 Who should get the JnJ vaccine? 20:32 Biologics License Application (BLA) 21:18 Vaccine platforms and variants 22:15 Adverse events 23:30 Anti-vaxxers and vaccine hesitancy 26:16 Sputnik and other international vaccine efforts 30:00 When will kids get a COVID vaccine? 32:44 Mandating vaccines Source: Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama For more from JAMA https://www.jama.com https://www.facebook.com/JAMAJournal https://www.twitter.com/JAMA_Current

Community call out to creatives living on reserves.

As of Thursday, January 7th 2021 @ 11:00 am, BFN will enter into a 48 hour lockdown as per BFN Covid-19 Response Level 6: Grey Lockdown.

G'Chi-Miigwech for sharing Adrianna. G'Chi-Miigwech for your service.

Appointments available Tuesdays beginning at 10:30 am, at the Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag/Family Services Office. Please call Veronica Blanchette at 705-481-0583 or email [email protected] to make an appointment. #bfn141 #chimnissing #familyservices

There have been a few inquiries about the bars of soap that were included in the "Building Safe Communities" emergency food boxes that were delivered to First Nation communities across the province. To learn more about this recycled soap project, check out the website, Clean The World to learn how they are preventing millions of bars of used soap from going into landfills. https://cleantheworld.org/ To learn more about the emergency food box partnerships, read more here:... https://www.newswire.ca//hydro-one-stands-with-indigenous-

Feather Carriers Regional Community Engagement Participation in this regional engagement process is vital to the development of Feather Carriers life promotion training that meets the direct, expressed needs of the community and the service providers that support community. By participating you are helping to shift the paradigm, from suicide prevention in our region, to that of life promotion and protection, where all life is sacred. Miigwech for taking the time. ... #LifePromotion #SuicidePrevention #FeatherCarriers #CommunityEngagement https://youtu.be/Pft5A3uQLdo

Boozhoo Fallon Monague. Fallon is the newest member of the BFN Child and Family Services team, as Band Rep.

Hello Everyone, The First Nations Housing Committee website has lots of excellent webinars about housing. The webinars are suitable for homeowners or those wanting to learn more about First Nation Housing. All webinars are free to register. If you cannot make it to the live webinars, they are recorded and posted on their website. Please visit the link for more information: www.firstnationshousingcommunity.com/webinar.html... Mercedes Sandy Housing Manager Assistant and Tenant Liaison

Full CIES re-opening message for parents, guardians and students.

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