Katimavik North West River
Katimavik - Round #8
The latest KATIMAVIK participants have arrived. There will be a welcome party on Sunday, January 24th from 2-4pm at the Community Centre.
The new participants, their home towns, and work placements are:
Heidi Andersen - Christopher Lake, SK - Sivunivut
Jonathan Chartier - Granby, QC - Town
Catherine Drouin - Montreal, QC - Nunatsiavut Health
Amy Gardiner - Mississauga, ON - 50+ Seniors & Labrador Heritage Society
Megan Maher - Kamloops, BC - Labrador Heritage Society
Tessa Mark - Hamilton, ON - TVCR Community TV
Jonathan Santerre - St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC - 50+ Seniors & TVCR
Patricia Turcotte - Saguenay (Chicoutimi), QC - Nunatsiavut Health
Jack Yager - Calgary, AB - Town
Alexander Yates - North Vancouver, BC - Lake Melville School
The new participants, their home towns, and work placements are:
Heidi Andersen - Christopher Lake, SK - Sivunivut
Jonathan Chartier - Granby, QC - Town
Catherine Drouin - Montreal, QC - Nunatsiavut Health
Amy Gardiner - Mississauga, ON - 50+ Seniors & Labrador Heritage Society
Megan Maher - Kamloops, BC - Labrador Heritage Society
Tessa Mark - Hamilton, ON - TVCR Community TV
Jonathan Santerre - St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC - 50+ Seniors & TVCR
Patricia Turcotte - Saguenay (Chicoutimi), QC - Nunatsiavut Health
Jack Yager - Calgary, AB - Town
Alexander Yates - North Vancouver, BC - Lake Melville School
Stories of North West River - 2009-2010 Mikhael Beauparlant
I think North West River, a small town of around 490 persons, is a beautiful town and is beautiful in its culture, history and populations. During my stay here, I was able to discover a totally new vision of the Labrador and its population. Everybody here is very welcoming, you just knock at someone's door to ask a question, people invite you in and offer a cup of tea. I don't think I am going to see that in a big city.
Another great thing is that everybody knows each other. When you ask a question to anyone to find someone, they will, for sure, tell you where that person is or tell you to go to see another person who may know where is the person you're looking for.
I learnt about the culture here, about Churchill Falls which was very interesting. Some people here are still trappers, hunting for the meat and the fur and that's very great that they keep their own culture. Where I am from, that would not be possible at all.
I had the possibility of meeting a lot of Seniors here in NWRiver. They all had very interesting stories and adventures about a good life of trapping and fishing. I think I was lucky for working with Seniors and I really think that was something good to visit them and speak with them, and I got the feeling that I may have made a change in their life. No matter what is the size of the change, at least it is a good one. These Seniors have a lot to say, they just need someone to talk with and I was one of the lucky ones that was there to listen to them. Thank you North West River, thank you Everybody. I could not have had a better place to start than right here.
Mikhael Beauparlant
Another great thing is that everybody knows each other. When you ask a question to anyone to find someone, they will, for sure, tell you where that person is or tell you to go to see another person who may know where is the person you're looking for.
I learnt about the culture here, about Churchill Falls which was very interesting. Some people here are still trappers, hunting for the meat and the fur and that's very great that they keep their own culture. Where I am from, that would not be possible at all.
I had the possibility of meeting a lot of Seniors here in NWRiver. They all had very interesting stories and adventures about a good life of trapping and fishing. I think I was lucky for working with Seniors and I really think that was something good to visit them and speak with them, and I got the feeling that I may have made a change in their life. No matter what is the size of the change, at least it is a good one. These Seniors have a lot to say, they just need someone to talk with and I was one of the lucky ones that was there to listen to them. Thank you North West River, thank you Everybody. I could not have had a better place to start than right here.
Mikhael Beauparlant
Billet Families Needed
Are you interested in sharing your home with a KATIMAVIK participant from March 12th to March 21st? This offers a unique chance for you and your family to get to know a young person from another part of Canada.
Please call Dave at 497-8940 to discuss the opportunity to billet one or more participants.
Please call Dave at 497-8940 to discuss the opportunity to billet one or more participants.