TUAS is hosting an exhibition gallery and walk on Sept 30th to coincide with Canada's first official day of National Truth and Reconciliation.
The event is being held at the Legion Hall from 10:30am to 5pm. Survivors of the Residential Schools, their families, Youth, Elders and other members of the public are invited to be in attendance to take part in acts of reconciliation and reflection at the Residental School Monument or attend the Legion for opportunities to learn.
The Agenda is as follows:
9am- Pipe Ceremony with Victor Tssessaze; closed to the Public
10am- Host and Narrator, Victor Tssessaze
10:15am- Elder/Knowledge Keeper Prayer, Isabel Morris
10:30am- Drum Honour Song for survivors and impacted generational family members
10:45am- Welcoming remarks, Grand Chief Garrison Settee, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak
11am- Thompson Urban Aboriginal Strategy Chair, Charlene Lafreniere
Noon- Lunch and refreshments
1pm- Speakers & Residential School Monument
2pm- Walk of Reconciliation & honouring survivors of Residential Schools from the Legion to the Residential School Monument reflection space at Lions Park.
2:30pm- Survivors Testimonials & general public
4pm- Wrap up & prayer, Circle of Unity, Moment of silence.
University College of the North, in partnership with Partners in Discovery Ltd. are offering "Tomorrow's Leaders Today" virtual classes with live instructiors on October 22nd, 2021 and November 22nd, 2021 from 8:30am and end at 12:30pm.
The workshops explore what organizations and employees need to do to promote and build successful leaders in the workforce. What you can do, as an organization, to avoid the pitfalls and costs of unsuccessful promotions to leadership and what you can do, as an employee, to prepare yourself for a successful promotion.
Day 1's 4 hour session will teach you:
-What employer and employee success looks like
-Transition planning for internal promotion- with intersessional activities
-How to avoid promotional derailments
-The skills necessary for success in the workplace
Day 2's 4 hour session will teach you:
-reports on activities, results and development plans
-discussions on the implication for employers and employees and the next steps path forward on leadership.
Cost of Tuition is $200 plus $10 GST, payable upon registration. Deadline to register and pay the fee is October 14th, 2021 by 4pm. To register, call 1-866-627-8500 or 1-204-627-8500 or email ceregisteration@ucn.ca.
UCN is offering an "Intro to MS Word" course throughout the month of October at the Thompson Campus, Room #325. The dates are October 9th, October 16th and October 23rd and will run from 1pm- 4pm.
The 9 hour course is for beginners with little to no computer experience and are led by a live, qualified instructor that will teach via hands- on practice, discussion and lecture style presentation.
The course will teach participants how to:
-create and save documents
-cut, copy and paste text and images
-format text
-proof and print documents
-work within multiple documents
-view documents side by side
-use templates to create different types of documents
The course is 100% free, thought there are limited spots. Register before October 1st at 4pm to secure a spot.
UCN is offering an "Intro to MS Excel" course throughout the month of November at the Thompson Campus, Room #325. The dates are November 13th, November 20th and November 27th and will run from 1pm- 4pm.
The 9 hour course is for beginners with little to no computer experience and are led by a live, qualified instructor that will teach via hands- on practice, discussion and lecture style presentation.
The course will teach participants how to:
-create and format worksheets
-work with rows and columns
-format text and use the most common functions of Microsoft Excel
-manage worksheets
-input and edit data
The course is 100% free, thought there are limited spots. Register before November 5th at 4pm to secure a spot.