Jacob is a Red River Métis Artist and Musician with a passion for language and film. Since 2019, he has released 3 studio albums under the artist name JV-1. Serving as an executive member of the Peterborough & Wapiti District Métis council since 2022, Jacob embraces his Métis culture and hosts music nights for his local community. In 2019, Jacob founded Safe Water Studios, a grassroots, Métis led organization that intersects art, health and water through workshops and seminars.
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Water First has been rated 5 Stars by Charity Intelligence (Ci), an organization that conducts assessments of charitable organizations to promote transparency, accountability and a focus on results in the charitable sector. Ci’s rating is based on financial transparency, results reporting, demonstrated impact, need for funding, and cents to the cause.
Water First acknowledges that our main office lies within the traditional territory of the Petun and the Anishnaabeg, which consist of the Odawa, Ojibwe, and the Pottawatomi nations. The region in which we live and work has been a site of human activity for approximately 15,000 years, with Indigenous peoples being the sole inhabitants until as recently as 500 years ago. Water First is located on the territory covered by Lake Simcoe-Nottawasaga Treaty No. 18, of 1818. Today, this area is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work with the community in this territory.
