Sewing Program Notice - Due to staff illness we have limited space for children's programming today. Parents are asked to find child care if possible. Thank you for your understanding and we will see you soon!
Tungasuvvingat Inuit and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami are pleased to invite you to the Annual Christmas Party. Please share widely and spread the word. All community are welcome - the more the merrier!
Elder's Tea at 1071 Richmond Road will be cancelled today due to the heavy snow fall. See you next Friday!
Friday Outing Cancellation Notice: Due to the fact that school board buses are canceled, the family well being Friday outing to the farm is canceled. We will reschedule for another day - enjoy our first snow day everyone!
Friday Outings Important Notice: Friday, November 16th outing will proceed as planned - depending on weather. Rule will be if the school board cancels the buses, our trip to the farm will be canceled. Please watch the Facebook page tomorrow, we will update as necessary.
Art & Music - We will be running Art & Music Night tonight at 1071 Richmond Road from 5-8pm however due to the snow advisory by Environment Canada we may have to close early so staff, volunteers and community can get home safely. See you tonight!
Please see poster for details about the new support group starting soon for Inuit residential school survivors and their families.
Join the Conversation!
We are hosting a community engagement session on Language Revitalization in TORONTO this weekend - Saturday, November 17th at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto (16 Spadina).
See poster below for details.
Contact Brittany at policy@tungasuvvingatinuit.ca if you have any questions!
The Employment Centre will be closed on Thursday, Nov 8th at noon. We will be open for drop-in on Tuesday, November 13th. Please note that Tungasuvvingat Inuit will be closed on Monday, November 12th.
Employment Opportunities - Iqqanaijaatsa - ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴ
Outreach Worker (Alluriarniq Program) for more information, please go to: http://tungasuvvingatinuit.ca/…/Tungasuvvingat-Inuit-Career…
Alluriarniq Program Calendar for November 2018
If you know someone who is Inuk and engaged in sex work, survival sex, looking to exit the sex trade and/or a survivor of human trafficking let them know about our services and program calendar.
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We're coming to Guelph!
On Saturday, November 10th we are hosting a community engagement session for our ongoing Language Revitalization project from 12-3pm.
Join us to talk about Inuktitut in the South and enjoy some country food! **See poster for more details**
Contact Brittany at policy@tungasuvvingatinuit.ca if you have any questions.
Another great family outing! Elders Tea was a success. We made a loaf in the morning and helped serve the Elders. We will try to join the Elders on a monthly basis. Thanks for coming out!
Tungasuvvingat Inuit in partnership with Smartsaver will be offering interested community members help with registering their children for Canada Learning Bond on: • Nov. 14th between 1-4 PM during foodbank hours at 297 Savard Ave.
• Nov. 15th between 11-2 PM at our Community Lunch at 320 Olmstead St, in Vanier.
70% of jobs today require post-secondary education but sending your child to study could be expensive. Here are two things you could do NOW to help your child reach that brighter future (that won’t cost you a dime): 1. Claim your child’s Canada Learning Bond (CLB) - a federal grant of $500 to $2000 to eligible families to help with the cost of a child’s education after high school. 2. Participate in this pilot – an opportunity of $500 from SmartSAVER to eligible families.
Who is it for? • Child/children: o Born on or after January 1, 2004. o Has a Social Insurance Number. o Doesn’t already have a Registered Education Saving Plan (RESP)
• Parent (Primary Caregiver): o Annual net family income under $46,000. o Has a Social Insurance Number. o Has filed taxes (at least 1 year of child’s life). For more information or to start your application contact anyone below:
Paani Zizman Executive Assistant @T.I. 613-565-5885 ext. 223
Gerry Small Program Coordinator 416- 966-1418 x 6
Art & Music Night tonight at 1071 Richmond Road! Open to the whole community between 5-8 pm.Art & Music Night tonight at 1071 Richmond Road! Open to the whole community between 5-8 pm.
What a great day we had at Funhaven! We even celebrated a birthday. Happy Birthday Piper! Looking forward to seeing parents' of children 0-6 at Elders Tea next week. Have a happy weekend everyone.
Reminder - Please join us for community feast tomorrow at Our Lady of Assumption on Olmstead. We start serving at noon!
Save the Date - Saturday, December 8th from 4-7pm! We will be celebrating Christmas with the community again this year. We have a new location - Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre.
Inuit families and individuals in the Ottawa area - Please help TI to serve you better by filling out the short online survey about Family Programming. It is always our goal to provide the best and most widely accessible programs and services so we are asking the community to have their say.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TIfwb
If you have any questions - please contact us at 613-565-5885 ext 206. Have a wonderful week everyone!
Amazing organization which educators should utilize in their classroom. The staff are knowledgable, informative and willing to engage with students and anyone who is open to learning and growing our communities.
I like using T.I's sevices and programs, it helps. Nakuumi