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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Donate $500,000 in Support of Training, Education and Skills Development for Indigenous Youth and Young Adults

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have made a donation in support of locally-based, hands-on skills training and education programs. Reynolds’...

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Launch of The Georgian Bay Drinking Water Internship

Waabnoong Bemjiwang Association of First Nations (WBAFN) and Water First are proud to launch the Drinking Water Internship Program in...

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Collaboration Leads to Success

Sagamok School and Water First Testing New Waters The Water First Indigenous School Water Programs team works primarily in schools...

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Skills training to meet a community’s vision

While working with many Indigenous communities, we have heard time and again their vision of Indigenous-led land management. Communities want...

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Gearing up for the New Internship in Georgian Bay

Training Designed to Meet a Need Nobody understands the evolving drinking water challenges and needs of Indigenous communities more than...

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Extension of the Bimose Internship and Upcoming Training

We are excited to announce that the Bimose Internship has been extended to continue through to the end of September....

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Our Guiding Philosophy

During a staff retreat in the fall of 2019, the Water First team reflected on the essential qualities of our...

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Improving with Experience and Collaboration

Learning happens with experience. And applying what we have learned through our virtual delivery continues to strengthen our school-aged youth...

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Virtual Programs with Sagamok First Nation
Our team recently delivered our 2nd virtual program, this time to Biidaaban Kinoomaageamik in Sagamok First Nation. ...

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Thank You for a Good News Story

2020 was quite a year! Despite the challenges we faced along the way, we’re proud of our successes. Among many...

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A Visit to Long Point First Nation in Winneway, Quebec

Walleye are a culturally significant species of fish for Anishinabek Peoples. So, when the walleye habitat restoration work with Longpoint...

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Enviro Week!

A few weeks ago in Kenora, Ontario, the interns in our Drinking Water Internship Program took part in a week-long...

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Indigenous School Workshops Go Virtual

This fall, due to COVID, we are offering remote programming for our Indigenous School Water Programs. We will mail out...

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