COVID-19 Update for Cottage Owners:
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Updates and Current Information
COVID-19 Update for Georgina, Snake and Fox Islands Cottage Owners
Outdoor Exercise and Gatherings of 10 or less
June 22, 2020
Georgina Island Cottage Owners – Single Trip Ferry Passes and 2 Car Limit
June 9, 2020
Georgina Island First Nation and Ferry Boat Re-Opening June 1, 2020
May 25, 2020
Update for Snake and Fox Island Cottage Owners
Please continue to Practice Social and Physical Distancing!
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Dear Community Members:
The primary Public Health Strategy now is to reduce the seriousness of the pandemic by reducing exposure with rigorous compliance with social distancing recommendations, regular handwashing and extra care to avoid unnecessary contact with our most vulnerable populations. This is most effective when followed by all of us.
If you are on CGIFN Island I previously delivered information to your house on proper handwashing, please follow. When not at home, use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
As well, remember to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze (using a tissue [wash your hands afterwards] or into your sleeve). Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of a respiratory illness.
Check the following web site for up-to-date information : https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html
I am also available at the Health Centre Monday-Friday or you can call my cell number – 905-953-6044
Please call before coming to the Health Centre so I can do an assessment over the phone.
What to do if you get sick
If you think you have symptoms or have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19, please review this self-assessment tool to help you determine if you need to go to an Assessment Centre. Then call your doctor or myself if you feel you meet the criteria.
Our closest centre is at Southlake Hospital
SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE
Location: In the Ambulance Bay next to the Emergency Department on Davis Drive. Patients are asked to arrive at the main entrance of the Emergency Department.
Hours: Open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Check for changes to this information, visit southlake.ca
If you have any questions feel free to call me. Thank-you
Lorna Fitzpatrick 905-953-6044
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Also Please make sure that all of your information is up to date with our Membership Department, if you have any address, email, banking or phone number changes please let us know!
The Government of Canada has announced a major investment in new high-speed internet access for Udora and the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation. The Connect to Innovate program is intended to improve Internet connectivity. Stay tuned for more information on what this means for Georgina.
The Town of Georgina, together with YorkNet, is holding information sessions to provide an overview of YorkNet’s role in implementing the Connect to Innovate (CTI) Program. Connect to Innovate is a Government of Canada Program to bring high-speed internet to rural and remote communities in Canada. Residents will have the opportunity to speak to internet service providers about service offerings.
Join us at the following sessions to learn more:
Tuesday, Oct. 15, Udora Community Hall, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 20, the ROC, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On September 17th, 2019, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation’s (CGIFN) Councillor William McCue was honored in a special ceremony at the 2019 Lands Advisory Board Annual General Meeting (LAB AGM).
Hosted by the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, and before over 200 First Nation representatives from across the country, the 2019 LAB AGM acknowledged those who had proven great leadership and service to others with “the capacity, vision, and faith to leave a long-lasting impact upon those who have worked alongside or benefited by their efforts.” Bill McCue was one of three recipients of the LAB Champion (Legacy) Award. The award recognized “the foundational work that has contributed to the success of the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management (Framework Agreement) and First Nation lands governance.”
Bill was an early proponent of the Framework Agreement. His significant support led to the celebrated signing of the Framework Agreement at CGIFN on February 12, 1996. His commitment to ensuring full consultation with CGIFN on all aspects of the initiative prompted CGIFN’s intense support of our land code, which was historically ratified on March 11, 1997. CGIFN was the first First Nation in Canada to develop and adopt a land code under the Framework Agreement. This was a milestone achievement and source of great pride for our community.
Bill has always been an unwavering ally and proponent of CGIFN, and a tireless advocate for the continued support of First Nation economic self-sufficiency, having served on numerous boards and councils to further Indigenous issues.
We would like to extend our congratulations to Bill for the honor recently bestowed upon him, and our great thanks for promoting the well being, progress, protection, and success of our community for so many years.
Orange Shirt Day Office Staff 2019
“Orange shirt day is a movement that officially began in 2013 but in reality it began in 1973 when six year old Phyllis Webstad entered the S. Joseph Mission Residential School, outside of Williams Lake, BC. Young Phyllis was wearing a brand new orange shirt for her first day of school – new clothes being a rare and wonderful thing for a First Nation girl growing up in her grandmother’s care – but the Mission Oblates quickly stripped her or her new shirt and replaced it with the school’s institutional uniform.
The date, September 30, was chosen because that was the time of the year the trucks and buses would enter the communities to “collect” the children and deliver them to their harsh new reality of cultural assimilation, mental, sexual and physical abuse, shame and deprivation.
The initiative calls for every Canadian to wear an orange shirt on September 30 in the spirit of healing and reconciliation.”
Quoted from : Indigenous Corporate Training Inc.
For more information check out www.orangeshirtday.org
Survey: GIFN_Feasibility Study Survey_South and East Homes
As you may be aware, the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation are in the process of completing a water servicing feasibility study to service members on the eastern and southern regions of the island. We request your completion of this questionnaire to help us learn more about your needs with regards to water servicing within the community.
This survey will assist in the process of determining the best solution for developing an effective and reliable water treatment and distribution system. Your answers will be held in the strictest confidence and will be tabulated with those of other members to determine community needs, desires and possible concerns. It is not required that you answer all of the questions. Surveys will be administered at each home by a Georgina Island First Nation community member. Thank you for your time and assistance.
Survey: GIFN_Feasibility Study All Members Homes
Included in the scope of this study is an assessment of existing community infrastructure, and an evaluation of the future servicing requirements that will be required to support the growth of the entirety of Georgina Island First Nation. This survey considers questions related to the types of residences in Georgina Island, as well as residence occupancy. It considers current sewage treatment strategies, which will assist in the process of determining the best solution for developing an effective and reliable wastewater treatment system for the community. Your answers will be held in the strictest confidence and will be tabulated with those of other members to determine community needs, desires and possible concerns. Thank you for your time and assistance.
Please print and fill out the survey. Return to the Band Office or call and we will arrange to pick it up. If you cannot print let us know and we will arrange to bring you a survey.
NOTICE of Emerald Ash Borer Confirmation GIFN 2019
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For more information:
Contact Heather Charles
Forest Management/Species at Risk Coordinator
Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation
(705)437-1337 extension 2242
heather.charles@georginaisland.com
Call or Text Chris Gynan Licensed Pesticide Injection Services
Phone : 905-960-1890
Ash Tree Injections Chris Gynan June 2019 flyer
What Needs to be Done, Who is Going to Do It?
Saturday May 25, 2019
9:30am-2:15pm
Georgina Island Community Centre
You will have the opportunity to provide direct input to leadership on what technical team will help us through 2019-2020
Please see link below for more information and Meeting Agenda. For more information contact Marlene Stiles at (705)437-1337.
The Chippewas of Georgina Island would like to recognize and thank the Ontario Trillium Foundation for the Capital Grant we received in 2018 for the Buzzy Big Canoe Memorial Arena to add washrooms and change rooms to this facility.
Since 1999, this volunteer-run facility has been a hub for all kinds of community recreation events including ice hockey and ball hockey, summer day camp, family fun skates, basketball games and garage sales. The construction of accessible washrooms and changerooms greatly enhances this multi-purpose community facility. Public services such as washrooms encourage people to engage in activities at the arena, knowing that there is a place “to go”. The new washrooms and changerooms make the facility more family friendly. There is now a warm place for athletes to change into their equipment and children no longer have to take off snowsuits in a portable out house in the winter!
Well-maintained public washrooms and change rooms make the Buzzy Big Canoe Memorial Arena more inclusive for people of all ages. We’d like to say another big miigwech to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their support!
Chippewas of Georgina Island