Updates: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Inuvik Community Corporation – Inuvik , NT
The following is a brief overview of our most recent and planned activities:
- Sports tournaments – IRC Cup – Feb 13 – 16 – set up a booth for cultural activities – storytelling and a Northern Games exhibition – at the booths made available harmful affects of hard drugs
- Sports tournaments – supported various adolescent and youth tournaments in the following; basketball (Jr boys), volleyball (Sr girls) and soccer(Borden Bowl-regional tournament in Inuvik-various school ages)
- SHSS Turtle Concepts – grades 7 – 12 (including grade 6 – first time, this workshop has been delivered and building on the success from previous workshops)
- Healthy Foods North – continuing to develop and deliver nutrition information. Currently reviewing the survey completed last fall, identified deficiencies in specific nutrients and age groups – men and women we need to focus and promote nutrition – traditional and modern food groups to address deficiencies. Pedometer Challenge – various businesses enrolled employees to participate in which company logs more kilometers – walking to work.
- Alternative activities – drumdancing(elementary school – 3 X a week), Youth on The Land Program ( working with local Hunters & Trappers Org) a camping/trapping trip Mar 16-24, Beaufort Delta Regional Skills Competition – Inuvik – Mar 14 – first ever competition in town.
That is so far – in a nutshell, we focus more on alternative activities and healthier choices for our people and donations for those programs and activities we feel are providing healthier alternatives.
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July 29th, 2009 on 1:04 pm
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