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Frank has recently taken early retirement from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment where he was the Regional Director for Northern Ontario. He is keen to apply his talents to new challenges in serving his community. Frank has plenty of planning experience and he is used to not only creating and incubating ideas, but carrying those ideas into full implementation. Frank has frequently met the negotiating challenge of working with diverse groups holding divergent views by getting opposing parties to work together. He has considerable experience working with Aboriginal and Metis Governments and people. This included the historic Temagami Land Claim and the Public Review of the Provincial Planning Process for Crown Lands. Frank served as the Regional Director and Organizer of Human Resources and Operational support teams working in Walkerton, ON to restore safe drinking water. He has a background chairing inter-ministry councils to enable senior managers from all ministries in Northern Ontario to better serve the public through partnership. He received awards from both of these successes. To contact Frank Wilson email fwilson@lspc.ca or call 624-2334
Pamela is a Graduate from Lakehead University where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Education degrees and is currently a Certified Teacher in Ontario. Pam has had an opportunity to work for Nishnawbe Aski Nation where she developed curriculum for Grades 5-12 about the History & Legacy of Residential Schools. She also has a lot of experience in designing and facilitating workshops of all kinds, but mostly working with Aboriginal Youth across Ontario and into Manitoba. Her role at LSPC is to help build capacity with educators on
effectively dealing with racism and fostering social inclusion in the schools
of Thunder Bay and
Northwestern Ontario, in particular as it effects Aboriginal Youth at the
secondary school level.
Sandra Wiggins has joined us as of Monday, May 2nd, and we are
pleased to welcome her aboard as The Fund Development-Fund Raising Co-ordinator.
Sandra’s background includes working in the business and marketing industry
in Thunder Bay and being involved in the non-profit arena on several boards
over the past 10 years. Her experience with the business sector in Thunder
Bay and many contacts she has established, as well as her hands on work with
various events and revenue and fundraising activities, will enhance the work
our dedicated board members, staff and volunteers have been ambitiously doing. For more information: Since August 2001, when the CRTC designated “211” as the three digit number to facilitate access to community information and referral across Canada, many areas in Ontario have been engaged in exploration and active planning to bring 211 to their communities. In Thunder Bay the 211 Steering Committee has been meeting since August 2002 with the goal of bringing 211 services to residents of Northwestern Ontario. To date, 211 exists in the Greater Toronto area with future launches expected in Niagara Falls and Simcoe County in the fall of 2005. Numerous funding applications have been submitted, deputations delivered, presentations conducted and we now await the results. Implementation of 211 in Thunder Bay is part of a model for a provincial consolidated
system with centralized administration, quality assurance and technological
infrastructure, combined with regional and local service delivery. The CIRC
has been designated to deliver the service locally and subsequently for the
North. On May 19th & 20th, CIRC & the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association will be co-facilitating a training workshop. The purpose of the Information & Referral training is to facilitate the successful settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees into the social, economic, cultural and political life of Canada by enhancing effective and consistent provision of I & R in Immigrant Settlement & Adaptation Program (ISAP) – funded settlement agencies. With the support of Citizenship & Immigration Canada, Ontario Settlement Directorate, certified Information & Referral specialists from Community Information Centres will train 600 ISAP workers in the province. Marie Klassen (CIRC) and Linda Woodbeck (TBMA) attended special training sessions conducted by Findhelp Information Services in Toronto and will deliver the I& R training locally. The Settlement I&R Training project team has developed curriculum focused on the standards and fundamentals of Information & Referral – communication skills, understanding the human services system and information retrieval skills. We anticipate this will be the first of many training opportunities for professional development in the delivery of specialized Information & Referral.
As part of the Thunder Bay Coalition of Housing and Homelessness, the LSPC has recently been notified that its proposal to Human Resources & Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) for project funding was successful. This one-year project will: “establish a process, which fosters the coordination of efforts of individuals and organizations, concerned with social policy, advocacy and community education regarding homelessness”. The funding will be used to improve community capacity to respond to homelessness by organizing an advocacy forum, creating and distributing an information skills kit on social policy development and establishing a network to implement plans to influence policy on homelessness. Also, through its Information & Referral Centre, the project will customize and consolidate information for people who are homeless so that by making one contact, they can find out where to go for help through information presented in a user-friendly style appropriate to the target populations. This “one stop shop” will enable them to access information on housing, employment and support services. The project runs until March 31, 2006.
The Community Access Program (CAP) Network North 1, a consortium of 29 organizations (10 local and 19 regional), was developed from the former Thunder Bay AlterNet Network. Funded by Industry Canada, the project’s goal is to lessen the digital divide by providing Internet access and training to targeted groups such as Aboriginals, Francophones, new Immigrants, seniors, low income residents, people with disabilities and residents of remote communities. The project aims to assist with information that helps individuals to make informed decisions about a variety of issues, including social and community development, health and government issues. The intent is to provide clients with the information and knowledge to effectively use the Internet and computers in general for obtaining online services and to participate more fully in the knowledge of economy. In total, $87,000 was allocated to North 1 for the 2004-2005 fiscal year. LSPC is the Network’s Administrator. Funding from Industry Canada for the 2005-2006 fiscal year is pending. |
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