TARGET 1: School – Community Partnerships
The school has worked over the years to cultivate many partnerships that are invaluable in supporting a quality and varied program for the students at the school. Some of our great partners and the programs we run are listed below:
Social Envelope:
1. Health and Social Services – Kids in the Kitchen, Yellowknife Dietitian – Food Safe, Drop the Pop
2. LKDFN – Aildlife, HR – special courses: GPS, Wilderness First Aid, First Aid
3. Interagency – Community Wellness Plan
4. RCMP – Anti-bullying, DARE, special events help, bicycle safety, safe skidooing
5. COOP – Food Donations for special events, freight donations,
6. Air Tindi – donations for student travel, free freight for breakfast program
7. ITI – Take a Kid Trapping
8. TNC – Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development – traditional skills, culture-based education
9. ENR – Workshops on travel safety, trapping safety and techniques, caribou monitoring,
10. Sport North – skis, ski coaching training, sports travel and equipment
11. MACA – Sports equipment and travel support
12. ATG – funding and organizational support for cultural activities
University/college/career centre partnerships:
1. Aurora College – special courses for HS students – GPS, mapping, First Aid; CEP participant
2. University of Calgary – Caribou Anatomy Project, Artillery Lake, 2011
3. University of Alberta – Brenda Parlee, caribou and environmental monitoring, Fall 2012
4. DEBEERS – Career Fair, May 2013; supporter of community events and feasts
5. BHP – EKATI Trip – Job Shadowing Experiences, May 2013
Fundraising Successes:
1. The Nature Conservancy
2. BHP – Computer Lab and Cultural Funding
3. BQCMB – yearly funding for on the land activities
4. ITI – Take a Kid Trapping
5. DeBeers – special events funding support
6. MACA – Vancouver Trip/Nahanni Trip: Catering, Community Lunches, Recycling, Sports travel and equipment