KORI Community Stories and Events

There is a new window on the KORI website promoting upcoming proposal opportunities.  This new service offers KO First Nations with information on the latest opportunities to bring new dollars into their communities.  KORI's Brian Walmark says the window will be expanded to include other features to assist and enable First Nations to...

Statistics Canada requires part-time interviewers to conduct the Survey of People Living in First Nations Communities (Pilot 2009) from September to December 2009.  Wage: $14.23/hr

Locations of Work: Fort Albany First Nation, Kashechewan, Moose Cree First Nation, Mishkeegogamang, Slate Falls, Marten Falls, North Caribou Lake...

KORI's Mark Kakegamic and Franz Seibel visited Poplar Hill with Donald Meekis and workers from the partner First Nations for the Lands & Resources Planning Gathering August 24-26, 2009.  James Suggashie was a gracious host and Rita Wassaykeesic was very well organized, both made our stay comfortable and enjoyable. We enjoyed using...

(09 08 14)  Chief Meekis and the Keewaywin Council are meeting in KO's Thunder Bay's offices this week to discuss a variety of issues including housing, education and various ways to honour the founder of their first nation community.  Dr. Scott Hamilton of Lakehead University did a presentation to the Chief and Council on strategies...

 Good day everybody and welcome to the KORI website. During this summer of 2009, we have 3 summer students that are involved in the YICT program. First to introduce is Renee Loyie. She is a university student attending Lakehead University, she will be working here as a Health Researcher student placement and taking part in the YICT program...

KO is working with partner First Nation communities to learn and share about growing vegetables. The United Nations' Growing Connections project includes ten green boxes that are engineered to provide effective use of peat, sun and water to grow crops in harsh climates. The participating communities are learning to grow vegetables...

KORI presented examples of using video conference as an economic driver to the CCEDNet Nation Conference. There were many Community Economic Development groups participating....

KO Economic Development partnered with BDO Dunwoody and NADF to bring an "Introduction to Simply Accounting" course by video conference. Participants from Thunder Bay, Balmertown, Keewaywin and Fort Severn learned basics of the software and how to get started with setting up and managing their own records. The partnership provides ongoing...

On tuesday april 28, 2009, KORI's Brian Walmark hosted Community Based Research Training Workshops in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. Grand Chief Stan Beardy was able to participate to do greetings and opening remarks for the workshops via video conference from the Travelodge Airlane in Thunder Bay. Mark Kakegamic and Stan Loone were on site at the...

The canadian community economic development network hosted their first video conference for a discussion on an internship program they funded for organizations in northwestern ontario.  Paro centre for woman's enterprise, Nordik Research institution and KORI were the recipients of the program.

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