BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Speaker: John Millar\, Founder & Executive Director of Water Fi rst \, a leading charitable organization working with Indigenous communiti es to resolve local water challenges Organizaton: We believe that the w ater crisis in Indigenous communities is intolerable. Education and skills training is essential in creating solutions that work for communities. O ur programs are acknowledging history and repairing past wrongs through bu ilding strong partnerships and creating lasting results in collaboration w ith Indigenous communities. Message from Cody Avery\, Director\, Developme nt at Water First: I wanted to share some exciting news for the Water Firs t Internship and safe drinking water in First Nations communities! Our cur rent Internship with Bimose Tribal Council in northwestern Ontario has bee n fully extended by the federal government. This means we are able to run a full-length program. We will continue to support our 13 local interns fr om 11 First Nations communities to become certified water plant operators. And we are now able to recruit 5-6 additional interns to join the cohort as soon as possible! Thank you! When we received the confirmation\, I want ed to reach out to the ones who have so passionately supported the program . It’s because of your support and investment in our work that we have r eached this point today. With your support\, we’ve been able to build th e Drinking Water Program and keep the momentum going. (Mahendra\, a member of the Indigenous Committee\, has requested and received approval by the RCO Board to sponsor an indigenous student for this training program.) It has been a clear priority to continue this essential program during the co mmunities’ response to COVID-19. The provision of clean and safe drinkin g water is a critical service. Your commitment to the Drinking Water Inter nship plays an important role in increasing water science capacities in Fi rst Nations communities. Now and for the future. Thank you again! DTEND:20200602T000000Z DTSTAMP:20261001T111237Z DTSTART:20200601T224500Z LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Water First UID:20b36633-6ebc-4a91-a2f2-a7917482099b X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Speaker: John Millar\, Fou nder &\; Executive Director of Water First \, a leading charitable orga nization working with Indigenous communities to resolve local \;water \;challenges

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Organizaton:< /strong> \;We believe that the water crisis in Indig enous communities is intolerable. Education and skills training is essenti al in creating solutions that work for communities. \;Our programs are acknowledging history and repairing past wrongs through building strong partnerships and creating lasting results in colla boration with Indigenous communities.

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Message fro m Cody Avery\, Director\, Development at Water First:

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I wanted to share some exciting news for the Water First Internship and saf e drinking water in First Nations communities!

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Our current Inter nship with Bimose Tribal Council in northwestern Ontario has been fully ex tended by the federal government. This means we are able to run a full-len gth program. We will continue to support our 13 local interns from 11 Firs t Nations communities to become certified water plant operators. And we ar e now able to recruit 5-6 additional interns to join the cohort as soon as possible!

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Thank you! When we received the confirmation\, I want ed to reach out to the ones who have so passionately supported the program .

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It&rsquo\;s because of your support and investment in our work that we have reached this point today. With your support\, we&rsquo\;ve b een able to build the Drinking Water Program and keep the momentum going. (Mahendra\, a member of the Indigenous Committee\, has requested and recei ved approval by the RCO Board to sponsor an indigenous student for this tr aining program.)

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It has been a clear priority to continue this e ssential program during the communities&rsquo\; response to COVID-19. The provision of clean and safe drinking water is a critical service. Your com mitment to the Drinking Water Internship plays an important role in increa sing water science capacities in First Nations communities. Now and for th e future. Thank you again!

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