June, 2002

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CONSILIUM…In this corner of our site we’ll be posting notes on new people, new projects, and new online materials you may find interesting. Enjoy, and come back often.

MORE NEW PEOPLE

  • We welcome back Muna Idris, master archivist, now completing the establishment of Consilium's resource centre. Muna left us temporarily to give birth to her second child, Omar, we are delighted to welcome her back. 

  • Dan David, writer, journalist and gourmet Thai cook, joins us for the national evaluation of the Aboriginal Languages Initiative (see below). Apart from his world-class research and analytical skills, Dan boasts the finest collection of Hawaiian shirts East of Honolulu. And he's not afraid to wear them, either.

Dan David... not exactly as shown

NEWLY COMPLETED

From left Robert Higgins, Laura Kowmuk, Sam Tutanuak, Andre Tautu, Philip Sheetoga, Brock Junkin, Simeonie Natsiq, Monica Angotealuk

  • Terry Rudden and Robert Higgins facilitated a consultation and meeting this month with the Board of Kivalliq Partners in Development, the organization delivering a range of training and business development programs for Inuit in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut.

  • Blair Stevenson delivered a highly successful workshop in Injury Prevention to a group of Inuit health and policy workers from across Canada. The initiative, funded by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Health Canada, focused on the broad range of issues that lead to death and disability from injuries in Inuit communities.

NEW PROJECTS

  • Over the next month Consilium evaluation teams will be heading out to literally every corner of Canada, from Inuvik to Labrador to B.C. as part of the evaluation of the Aboriginal Languages Initiative. Since 1998, this federal program has provided funds and support to preserve, protect and promote Aboriginal languages in Canada.

NEW GOSSIP

  • An unidentified Consilium Staff person was photographed on her holidays at Myrtle Beach, North Carolina during the American national Harley Davidson rally. Any information as to identity of this representative of an otherwise respectable consulting firm would be most gratefully received. (Hint...P.B., phone home....)

 

  • Congratulations to Fred Weihs and Kowyeesa Owpaluk, celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary this month. The secret of their marital success, you ask? Why, periodically dressing up in Japanese drag. Works wonders.
 

  • Kitchen renovations at the Leslie Sutherland Household are....proceeding. Funny how it never goes quite the way you expect it to, isn't it?

  • Valerie Assinewe, esteemed Consilium associate, was profiled in the most recent edition of "Canadian Women's Health Network" as a "Woman Of Note". She remains, however, the same humble self we all know and love.

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