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COVID 19 FERRY SCHDULE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOTIFIED
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY REDUCED TO 4 RUNS
Band Members and Essential Services Only Permitted on the Ferry
Waubageshig (Harvey Andrew McCue) of Georgina Island First Nation in Ontario was appointed as a member for his contributions to the health and well-being of Indigenous youth in Canada and for his leadership in education.
“I’m thrilled to the moon and it came as a real shock and surprise. I’m quite honoured,” he said.
Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, he said he noticed there weren’t many programs in schools for Indigenous kids.
“There certainly wasn’t any academic content and that’s weighed on me quite heavily after I completed my education.”
He helped found and develop the Native Studies Department at Trent University in 1969 and taught there for 14 years.
Two years ago he and a small team created a 24-module curriculum on suicide prevention for First Nations youth, which has been brought into a number of First Nations school in Canada and the United States.
This year he created a kindergarten to Grade 12 history curriculum for the Long Lake 58 community, located 250 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.
“That curriculum will help the young people at Long Lake really strengthen their understanding of who they are, where their roots are, how their community came to be, and their connection to their Anishinaabe history and culture,” he said.
“These activities and projects have been very fulfilling for me and their objective is to work to increase the health of very young people and contribute to their further self knowledge.”
Photo submitted by : Waubageshig was appointed to the Order of Canada after working in education for over 50 years. (Submitted by Waubageshig)
The Band Office is closed to the public
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It is with our sincerest condolences Chief and Council say goodbye to Greg Buffett. For many years Greg served on Georgina Island as not only our Police Sergeant, but a welcomed member of the community. You would regularly see him volunteering for barbeques and other community events, most remembered will be the Easter festivities. Our hearts go out to the family off and on our reserve during this difficult time.
The family appreciates any donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association.
Chi-Miigwetch
Obituary of Gregory Michael Buffett
This project involves implanting lake trout (up to 50 this fall) with internal acoustic transmitters
and releasing them back into the lake.
Your participation in this project is greatly appreciated. We hope that you are as interested as we are to learn more about the movement, habitat usage and behaviour of lake trout in Lake Simcoe. Happy angling!
Please click on the links for more information…
Lake Simcoe Acoustic Telemetry Tagging Project : Letter to Chief Donna Big Canoe and Council
Wintering on Georgina Island Strongly Discouraged During Pandemic
Effective Friday September 11, 2020 the Aazhaawe Ferry schedule will be changed for the following trips to accommodate the student’s hours for the modified school days
Monday – Friday
Georgina Island — Virginia Beach
*8:30 am returning at 8:45am – changed trip
12:00pm returning at 12:30pm – new added trip
Posted September 2020
Please click on link for full CHIPPEWAS OF GEORGINA ISLAND AAZHAAWE CARFERRY SCHEDULE 2020
Please refer to the Environment tab on the website and click on Waste Management for more information.
Find a link below with the current 2022 schedule.
Chippewas of Georgina Island