NSCRD STAFF & SERVICE AREAS Robert Yew

Community Relations Coordinator West Service Area [email protected]

Harmony Johnson-Harder

Staff Operations

The five (5) geographic areas within the NSCRD are divided into four (4) service areas for the purpose of staff operations. A Community Relations Coordinator is responsible for each of these three areas.

Community Relations Coordinator Central Service Area [email protected]

Northern Sport, Culture & Recreation District (NSCRD)

Brandon Brown

Community Relations Coordinator East Service Area [email protected]

Daniel Longman

SPRA Northern Field Consultant [email protected]

Brandy Smart

Program Manager for the Northern Community and School Recreation Coordinator Program [email protected]

Ryan Karakochuk

Program Manager for Sport [email protected]

Michelle Hewison

General Manager [email protected]

Celeste Miller

Program Coordinator [email protected]

Main Office, La Ronge

Box 1097, La Ronge, SK S0J 1L0

Ph: 306.425.3127 • Fax: 306.425.4036

www.nscrd.com

Satellite Office, Creighton Box 580, Creighton, SK S0P 0A0

Ph: 306.688.2122 • 306.688.2129

Fax: 306.688.2123

Satellite Office, Prince Albert #301 1008 1st Ave West

Prince Albert, SK S6V 4Y4

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Governance Capacity Building & Community Development Sport Culture Recreation Youth Leadership Photos Staff & Service Areas

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP

NSCRD GOVERNANCE Our Strategic Direction

Our Vision

Facilitation of Community Development

Healthy individuals and communities through increased capacity to deliver sport, culture and recreation.

Play Leadership North

Play Leadership North is a training certification program for community recreation leaders and summer students involved in the delivery of sport, culture and recreation opportunities to children and youth in their communities. This is an opportunity for anyone who provides programming for children to gain understanding and hands-on experience in creating great play experiences. One workshop was held this year in Montreal Lake. A total of 17 new Play Leaders were certified. These individuals gained knowledge and skills to help them become awesome leaders that provide safe play for all. The trainees have two years from the training date to provide their Standard First Aid/CPR certification and become fully certified Play Leaders.

community capacity to deliver sport, culture and • Increased recreation.

Our Mission

Coordination of District Network

are aware of and understand NSCRD sport, • Communities culture and recreation programs and services.

To facilitate and foster the development and delivery of sport, culture, recreation and leadership programs and services which are responsible to and benefit people and communities within the northern administrative district.

• Mutually beneficial and effective partner relationships for

the shared vision of healthy individuals and communities.

Our Values

understanding and relationships with global • Increased partners to enhance the effectiveness of the sport, culture

Our volunteers and staff work with the following set of values: Respect for people; Facilitating/servicing the expressed needs of “community,” volunteers and clients; High quality of services and programs; Exemplifying the qualities of trust, integrity, competence and honesty; Inclusiveness; Cultural awareness and sensitivity; and Transparency and accountability.

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and recreation system.

District Organizational Development excellence through organizational, • Organizational professional and personal development.

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Projects initiated this year included the Youth Role Model Video Series

The NSCRD participates on a Northern Healthy Communities Partnership – Building Vibrant Youth Team along with representatives from Health, Education, Justice & other sectors. The NHCP Building Vibrant Youth team aims to support, enhance and partner with positive youth development efforts across Northern Saskatchewan.

NSCRD Board Members

The Northern Sport Culture Recreation District has a twelve member board of directors including: One elected Northern Education Division representative selected as per the Saskatchewan School Board Association’s process for selection of a northern Director – Joe Daigneault;

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elected representative of northern municipalities as • One selected from elected officials of the Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities (New North) –

Jackie Kennedy;

“geographic” representatives chosen by at-large elec• Five tions, one from each of the five prior Regional Recreation Associations:   Athabasca Area – Mervin McDonald Beaver River Area – Chris Hansen Clearwater Area – Estelle Laliberte Neyanun Area – Iona Linklater Sagastew Area – Kevin Roberts

“general” representatives at-large as elected by the • Five members from a north wide nomination process:  

Greg Hatch Randy Janvier Tonia Logan Terri-Lynn Beavereye Colleen Charles

Geographical Representation

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The five (5) geographic areas located within the District, comprised of Northern Municipalities and First Nations communities from which our General Board Members are elected.

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NSCRD CAPACITY BUILDING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Our Role

The most important role of the Northern Sport, Culture & Recreation District is to assist northern communities with their sport, culture, and recreation development, supporting community development and capacity building for healthy individuals and communities. We do this work in various ways such as through programs like the Northern Community & School Recreation Coordinator Program (NC&SRCP), Community Grant Program, Northern Spirits, and sport development clinics; training opportunities such as the NC&SRCP Winter Conference; linking and connecting communities to the sport, culture and recreation delivery system and opportunities; using the Community Recreation Handbook as a major tool; and of course through ongoing communication, community visits, and consultation to our member communities.

Community Visits & Consultation

Community profiles are kept on each of our member communities; currently we have 11 from the East Service area, 23 from the West Service area and 19 from the Central/Far North service area. In 2015-2016, the East Community Relations Coordinator visited member communities 40 times, the West Community Relations Coordinator visited member communities 84 times and the Central/Far North Community Relations Coordinator visited member communities 97 times. A total of 19 hours was spent by the 3 Community Relations Coordinators in member communities, facilitating program planning sessions. A total of 20 hours was spent by 2 Community Relations Coordinators working with member communities on the development of Intercommunity leagues.

Northern Community & School Recreation Coordinator Program (NC&SRCP)

The purpose of the Northern Community & School Recreation Coordinator Program (NC&SRCP) is to enhance the quality of life for northerners through the provision of community-based sport, culture and recreation programs; after school, in the evenings, on weekends and at community and school special events. The program is delivered in partnership with Northern municipalities, First Nations, community sport, culture and recreation organizations, education divisions/authorities and the Northern Sport, Culture & Recreation District.

Financial (2014-15 NC&SRCP Program Year)

The NC&SRCP is funded by the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund and an Anonymous Donor. The program runs on a school-year calendar from September 1st to August 31st annually.

Community Site Grant

The NC&SRCP community site grant for the 2014-15 program year was $46,300 for full time sites and $23,150 for half time sites. This funding increased by 3% for the 2015-16 program year to $47,700 and $23,850 respectively. The Northern Lights School Division #113 contributed an additional $7,000 for full time sites and $3,500 for a half time site, to support increased programming and training expenses in all sites where they are the employer.

The NC&SRCP grant is designed to support the following elements in a community program: The salary and benefits of a Community & School Recreation Coordinator (CSRC), based upon the Northern Sport, Culture and Recreation District salary grid (or employer equivalent); Education and training expenditures for CSRCs, and; Consumable program supply and leadership opportunity expenditures associated with NC&SRCP programs.

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Local Employment

The CSRC Salary grids increased by 3% (cost of living) to enhance the recruitment and retention of coordinators. The CSRC personnel salary grids provide consistent scales of pay that include criteria for fair and equitable starting wages and incremental increases in salaries. All employers, except for the Northern Lights School Division #113, use these grids as a guiding document to determine the payment of salaries for CSRCs. The NLSD #113 formally contributes additional financial resources for training and programming expenses in all sites which they are the employer. This enables them to adopt their organizations salary grid (higher rates of pay) for payment of CSRCs, in accordance with their human resource policies. A total of 8 sites out of 27 (30%) NC&SRCP sites saw a change in CSRC from the end of 2013-14 to the end of the 2014-15 program year. This is down half from 16 sites that experienced turnover last year. The primary reason for a CSRC exiting was due to the position not being suited to their specific employment needs, skills or capabilities (i.e.: work hours, work environment, etc.); secondly, CSRCs returned to school and further education.

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NSCRD BUILDING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY Training

Training opportunities are facilitated by the NSCRD each year. These events are designed to meet the training needs of CSRCs and to build capacity of steering committees and community partners in participating communities. Combined participation at all training opportunities was 198. Orientation, October 8 & 9th, Waskesiu • Fall 63 Participants: 20 CSRCs; 32 Supervisors, Steering Committee Members, New Site Representatives; 3 Partners; 2 Facilitators;6 NSCRD Staff

FIVE® Principles of Healthy Child Development and • HIGH QUEST 2, December 9 & 10th, La Ronge 12 Participants: 11 CSRCs, 1 Supervisor

Conference, March 17 & 18th, Prince Albert • Annual 92 Participants: 25 CSRCs; 31 Supervisors, Steering Committee Members, Community Partners; 29 Provincial Organization Representatives, Facilitators; 7 NSCRD Staff

Training – Play Leadership, Growing Young Movers, • Spring Facilitation Skills, June 2, 3 & 4th, Prince Albert 31 Participants: 25 CSRCs, 3 Community Rec Partners, 3 Staff

Program Consultations • Summer Cancelled due to FOREST FIRES.

needed to find partnerships for “It’s has given the information like to start! I wasn’t sure how ld different programs that I wou I was interested in starting!” and who to contact for programs

“Definitely have a more concrete and am excited understanding for the future of sport, culture and recreation in the commun ity.” 4

“It helped me by to other c letting me know I c a oordinato rs for help n turn .”

NSCRD CAPACITY BUILDING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CSRC Area Meetings

CSRCs are getting together in their respective areas with the purpose to increase opportunities to learn from each other; share successes; generate new program ideas; support each other in common challenges; find creative solutions to problems; experience working with a team; and decrease feelings of isolation in their work environment. These meetings proved to be extremely beneficial, feedback from CSRCs indicated that they enjoyed discussing common issues and bouncing ideas off one another. NSCRD staff appreciated being able to share tools and gather information from the group as a collective.

East Area

Central Area

December 2, 2014 – Pelican Narrows

December 8, 2014 – La Ronge

April 21, 2015 – Deschambault Lake

February 26, 2015 - La Ronge

February 11, 2015 – Creighton June 24, 2015 - Creighton

West Area

October 21, 2014 – Beauval

January 28, 2015 – La Ronge

January 13, 2015 - Ile a la Crosse

March 26, 2015 - La Ronge

June 23, 2015 - Jans Bay

April 30, 2015 - La Ronge

April 22, 2015 - Green Lake

May 28, 2015 - La Ronge

Program Planning & Participation

To guide the development of programs, all sites are required to submit an Annual Program Plan using the template developed by the NSCRD. We are excited this year to have launched the new online Annual Program Plan and Statistics (APPS) tool. The below graphs show a reflection of the details about the programs and services offered through this program.

Generally, sport is defined as programs with a Provincial Sport Governing Body that in most cases have competition as a major program element. Recreation activities may be physical or social in nature with competition as a minor element. Culture activities are those that are traditional or contemporary in nature. The level of program opportunities and the role of the CSRC (lead, coordinate, or assist) varies from community to community depending upon the retention and employment history of the CSRC; the strength of the community school philosophy; the training, education, work experience and the ability of the CSRC; the support of the direct supervisor & steering committee; and the length of time the community has participated in the program. The data collected from the APPS tool is summarized from participation data from each site. It helps establish a basic understanding of the sport, culture & recreation opportunities provided in program communities. NSCRD facilitated program planning and program review sessions with a number of Steering Committees throughout the year to assist in the development of Annual Program Plans.

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CAPACITY BUILDING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Program Quality - HIGH FIVE®

HIGH FIVE® is Canada’s only quality standard for organizations providing recreation and sport programs to children aged 6 to 12. Through a quality assurance process, HIGH FIVE® supports the safety, well-being and healthy development of children. CSRCs are trained annually in the Principles of Healthy Childhood Development and certified to use the QUEST 2 assessment tool to measure the quality of the programs delivered in their community. CSRCs submit four assessment scores to the NSCRD and enter their results online in the national HIGH FIVE® database. The total combined average of all QUEST 2 scores submitted by CSRCs was 70-90% which is interpreted as Minor Improvements Required. While making observations of their program activities, the CSRCs use this tool to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their programming. In communities where the CSRC is not trained to use this tool, the Community Relations Coordinators from the NSCRD administers the assessment.

Participating Communities

At the beginning of March 2015, we were notified by the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund (SLTF) that due to a decrease in lottery sales and projections, all programs supported by the trust fund would be receiving cuts. As a result, SLTF reduced their financial support to the NC&SRCP, which in turn meant that five program sites were discontinued at the end of the 2014-15 year (shown highlighted below).

2014-15 Program Year (discontinued program sites are shown in bold) # COMMUNITY

SCHOOL

EMPLOYER

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Air Ronge

Gordon Denny Community School

NLSD #113

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Buffalo Narrows

Twin Lakes Community School

NLSD #113

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Beauval

4 Canoe Narrows 5 Creighton

6 Cumberland House 7

Cumberland House First Nation

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Deschambault Lake

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Dillon

10 Fond du Lac

Valley View Community School

Canoe Lake Mikisiw School

Creighton Community School

Charlebois Community School Nisto Awasisak Memorial School

Kimosom Pwatinahk & Kitapiskaw Elementary School

Buffalo River Dene Nation School

Fr. Gamache Memorial School

NLSD #113

Canoe Lake Cree Nation

Creighton School Division #111 NLSD #113

Cumberland House Creen Nation

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation – Deschambault Education

Buffalo River Dene Nation

Fond du Lac First Nation

11 Green Lake

St. Pascal School

13 Ile a la Crosse

Rossignol Elementary School

15 La Loche

La Loche Community School (Dene High Bldg)

NLSD #113

Bell’s Point Elementary School

Lac La Ronge Indian Band-Education

12 Hatchet Lake

14 Jans Bay

16 La Ronge

17 LLRIB (Air Ronge)

18 LLRIB (Air Ronge) 19 Montreal Lake

20 Morin (Hall) Lake 21 Patuanak

22 Pelican Narrows 23 Pinehouse 24 Sandy Bay 25 Southend

26 Stanley Mission 27 Timber Bay

NLSD #113

Father Megret Schools

Hatchet Lake First Nation Education

Jans Bay Community School

NLSD #113

Ile a la Crosse School Division #112

Pre-Cam Community School

Senator Myles Venne School

Senator Allan Bird Memorial School Sally Ross School St. Louis School

NLSD #113

Lac La Ronge Indian Band-Education Montreal Lake Cree Nation

Lac La Ronge Indian Band-Education English River First Nation

Wapanacak School & Opawikoscikan School

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation – Pelican Narrows Education

Minahik Waskahigan School

Hector Thiboutot Community School

NLSD #113

NLSD #113

Reindeer Lake School

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation-Southend Education

Timber Bay School

NLSD #113

Keethanow Elementary School & Rhoda Hardlotte Memorial School

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Stanley Mission Band

CAPACITY BUILDING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NSCRD Support

The NSCRD acts as conduit for northern communities to access and develop local sport, culture & recreation programs. NSCRD staff work collectively to support communities and schools in their efforts to meet the goals and objectives of the program. CRC’s work as the as front-line support to communities participating in the NC&SRCP. They provide consultation and support to Community Steering Committees, CSRCs, their employers and other recreation partners. The following graphs depict the number, type and outcomes of service provided to NC&SRCP communities by NSCRD Staff.

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CAPACITY BUILDING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Grant Program

COMMUNITY

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Northern Town of Creighton $14,104.00 Cumberland House First Nation $7,550.00 Northern Village of Cumberland House $7,249.00 Northern Village of Denare Beach $7,700.00 Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation @ Deschambault Lake $12,592.00 Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation @ Pelican Narrows $31,851.00 Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation @ Sturgeon Landing $1,024.00 Northern Village of Sandy Bay $11,578.00 Little Red River (Montreal Lake) $6,564.00 Montreal Lake Cree First Nation $14,555.00 Northern Hamlet of Timber Bay $1,164.00 Northern Hamlet of Weyakwin $1,690.00 Northern Village of Air Ronge $9,794.00 Northern Settlement of Brabant Lake $1,277.00 Churchill River @ Stanley Mission $15,822.00 Lac La Ronge Indian Band @ Grandmothers Bay $3,747.00 Lac La Ronge Indian Band @ Hall Lake $5,596.00 Northern Town of La Ronge $25,757.00 Lac La Ronge Indian Band @ Kitsaki $25,184.00 Northern Hamlet of Missinipe $500.00 Lac La Ronge Indian Band @ Nemeiben (Sucker) River $3,427.00 Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation @ Southend $12,263.00 Northern Settlement of Stanley Mission $1,552.00 Northern Village of Beauval $7,099.00 Canoe Lake Cree First Nation $9,230.00 Northern Hamlet of Cole Bay $1,941.00 Northern Hamlet of Dore Lake $500.00 English River Band $7,258.00 Northern Village of Green Lake $3,925.00 Northern Village of IIe-a-la-Crosse $12,592.00 Northern Hamlet of Jans Bay $2,341.00 Northern Village of Pinehouse Lake $9,183.00 Northern Settlement of Sled Lake $500.00 Northern Settlement of Bear Creek $588.00 Birch Narrows Dene Nation $3,831.00 Northern Village of Buffalo Narrows $10,827.00 Buffalo River Dene Nation $6,526.00 Clearwater River Dene Nation $7,437.00 Northern Settlement of Descharme Lake $526.00 Northern Settlement of Garson Lake $500.00 Northern Village of La Loche $24,517.00 Northern Hamlet of St. Georges Hill $1,252.00 Black Lake First Nation $14,968.00 Northern Settlement of Camsell Portage $500.00 Fond du Lac First Nation $9,841.00 Hatchet Lake Band $12,207.00 Northern Hamlet of Stony Rapids $3,042.00 Northern Settlement of Uranium City $2,517.00 Northern Settlement of Wollaston Lake $1,615.00

The Community Grant Program is funded by the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund and assists in the development of sport, culture and recreation programs in the community. Funds are distributed through local governments. Deadlines for application are April 1 and October 1 annually, funding is based on population.

In the 2015 grant year the Northern Village of Air Ronge utilized their community grant to enhance their school summer recreation programs, the community picnic and the soccer/football field. In the West Service Area, Canoe Lake Cree Nation hosted their annual Treaty Days celebrations.

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Total

$357,239.00

CAPACITY BUILDING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Tools to Support Community Development

The NSCRD develops “tools” that can assist our member communities. Listed below are some examples:

Community Recreation Handbook

The Community Recreation Handbook is a comprehensive guide to support continual development of Northern Saskatchewan sport, culture, and recreation structures, programs and services. It serves to provide practical and useful support to our member communities. It should be of interest to anyone working in the community context of sport, culture, and recreation. It may also serve as an orientation and training tool. For example, the program planning guide is a tool in the handbook that is very helpful with community planning that can be used by a community on its own or through NSCRD staff assisted or facilitated workshops.

If your community needs a copy, please contact your Community Relations Coordinator or the NSCRD office in La Ronge at 425-3127, or download it from our website.

Programs & Services Guide

The NSCRD develops a Programs and Services Guide twice annually that outlines the various programs and/or services that we have available to support community development and capacity building. The guide is a communication tool to help our member communities understand what program supports can be accessed through the Northern Sport, Culture & Recreation District. This guide is also on our website.

Links to the Sport, Culture & Recreation Provincial System

NSCRD assists northern communities with their local sport, culture, and recreation program development. We connect communities to the provincial delivery system including, sport governing bodies, recreational organizations and cultural organizations. Examples of these linkages include the promotion of provincial programs to communities where a need for the program or service exists (i.e. Arena Operators training course, Culture Days and the Aboriginal Coaches & Officials Program).

NSCRD’s programs also engage in the provincial system and encourage interactions between communities and the provincial sport governing bodies, and the culture & recreation sectors (i.e. NC&SRCP Trainings, Northern Drama Project, Sport Skill Development Programs, Play Leadership and HIGH FIVE®).

Grant Listings and Workshops

A grant listing was updated in 2015-16 with sport, culture, recreation and youth leadership funding available to the north. This tool is provided to our member communities through our website, promoted through our e-news and delivered during community visits.

In 2015, the NSCRD facilitated 1 grant writing workshop in Ile-a-la-Crosse. Fourteen participants attended the workshop from 5 communities; Ile-ala-Crosse, Green Lake, Beauval, Pinehouse Lake and Buffalo Narrows. One grant writing workshop was scheduled to be hosted in Cumberland House Northern Village and Cree Nation but was cancelled due to fires. The Grant writing workshop is designed to help the communities learn skills necessary to write grants successfully to meet community needs to match the funder’s goals and requirements. Five successful applications from attendees at the Ile-a-la-Crosse clinic accessed the following grants: Aboriginal sport, CIF and Creative Kids North.

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SPORT Aboriginal Community Sport Development Workbook and Grant Program The ACSD Workbook and Grant Program is a SaskSport funding initiative targeted at developing community based sport programs to launch them into competitive venues, club formation, association with a Provincial Sport Governing Body, and developing their athletes and coaches so they can effectively compete and train. In the last financial year, the adjudication committee has approved 23 applications from 14 different northern communities for a total amount of $100,500.

The ACSD Workbook and Grant Program has facilitated communities to develop sport programs through equipment purchases, help communities travel for competition and athlete, coach and officials development, recognize volunteers, join provincial sport governing bodies and pay competitive fees. Northern Saskatchewan communities have the highest uptake of this grant than anywhere else in the province.

“Thank You for supporti ng our sport program of volleyball. We don’t have many sport progra ms and this will help ou r kids play more competitive games and tournaments.” Gail Cla rke Southend.

Athlete, Coach & Officials Sport Development

Communities Accessing Grant Dollars

Black Lake School- Track & Field Senator Myles Venne School Air Ronge- Football Pelican Narrows Wapanacak School- Triathlon Creighton Community School- Football Stony Rapids School- Archery Cumberland House Cree Nation- Canoe Beauval Recreation- Softball Clearwater River Academy- Basketball Ile a la Crosse Friendship Center- Lacrosse Montreal Lake Soccer Club- Soccer Canoe Lake First Nation- Canoe Senator Allen Bird Memorial School- Track & Field Nisto Awasisak School Cumberland HouseWrestling Ile a la Crosse TNT Volleyball Club- Volleyball Ile a la Crosse Friendship Center- Hockey Senator Myles Venne School- Basketball Churchill Community High School- Basketball Churchill Community High School- Wrestling La Ronge Minor Hockey Club- Hockey Senator Allen Bird Memorial School- X-Country Ski Montreal Lake Hockey Club- Hockey Reindeer Lake School Southend- Volleyball Hanson Lake Inter-Community Hockey- Hockey

NSCRD’s athlete, coach and officials development initiatives have been in partnership with the National Coaching Certification (NCCP) Program of Canada, our provincial Total funds accessed this year $100,500 sport governing bodies, Aboriginal Coaches and Officials Program, and regional partners such as NLSD #113. Our initiatives have focused on the long-term development of sports that northerners are participating and interested in, as well as, supporting the community and school based clubs that are at the centre of them.

• NCCP Community Stream coaching courses Introduction to Competition Multi-Sport Modules Part A • NCCP & B, Making Ethical Decisions, Fundamental Movement Skills • NCCP Introduction to Competition Sport Specific • NCCP Level One Officials Training Sport Specific specific training camps have been held in the northern • Sport District

Sport Pillar - Athlete Development

In 2015-2016, NSCRD assisted communities to host 10 athlete development clinics in the sports of: hockey, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, football and basketball with 27 communities being represented and 503 participants.

Sport Pillar - Coaching Development

The NSCRD with partnership with the Coaching Association of Sask and Aboriginal Coaches & Officials Program had 19 coaching sport clinics in the sports of: softball, soccer, hockey, broomball, football, skiing, volleyball, archery, canoe, and badminton supporting 160 coaches hosted in 14 different Northern communities.

Sport Pillar - Officiating Development

The NSCRD with partnership with the Coaching Association of Sask and Aboriginal Coaches & Officials Program had 7 Officials clinics in the sports: softball, hockey, broomball, volleyball, basketball, wrestling and football having 10 communities represented.

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SPORT Athlete, Coach & Officials Sport Development

NSCRD’s athlete, coach and officials development initiatives have been in partnership with the National Coaching Certification (NCCP) Program of Canada, our provincial sport governing bodies, Aboriginal Coaches and Officials Program, and regional partners such as NLSD #113. Our initiatives have focused on the long-term development of sports that northerners are participating and interested in, as well as, supporting the community and school based clubs that are at the centre of them.

• NCCP Community Stream coaching courses Introduction to Competition Multi-Sport Modules Part A & B, Making • NCCP Ethical Decisions, Fundamental Movement Skills • NCCP Introduction to Competition Sport Specific • NCCP Level One Officials Training Sport Specific • Sport specific training camps have been held in the northern District

“I enjoy working up in the as they plan for their sof North every spring with the west side comm unities tball league every year and know I’ll be coming do an umpire clinic wi up to th them”. Bernie Burtn ey Softball Sask.

Showcasing Northern Athletes

NSCRD has fun tracking Northern athletes around the north that have participated in the Sask Games Program, NAIG Games Program, First Nation Games, club teams, School sport teams and trying to make it on a National stage. NSCRD has provided a story and want to thank the following athletes for sharing their stories with us and help in letting younger youth who have aspirations on building their sport dreams.

Athlete

Community

Sport

Achievement

Eric Roy

Beauval

Hockey

Calgary Flames prospect

Chelsea Marie Aistine

Wollaston Lake

Volleyball

Represented Canada in NAIG games

La Ronge

Football

Stared in the 2014 Football season as RB

Mitchell McPhail Devon Smith

Dylan Stryde

Connor Boyes

Carmen Dubnick

Sydney MacIntrye Alwyn Piche

Summer Stevenson

Johnny Tinker & Evan Linnick Emma Smallwood Craig McCallum Nick Martin

Dillion McCombie Don Campbell

La Ronge

La Ronge

La Ronge

Uranium City Patuanak

La Loche

Pelican Narrows

Pinehouse & Creighton La Ronge

Canoe Lake

Flin Flon/Creighton Creighton Beauval

Golf

Currently in amateur tour travelling around the world

MMA Fighter X-Country Skiing Volleyball

Nationals in Newfoundland 2014

Played on the U of S volleyball team

Wrestling

Attended Nationals in Ontario

Volleyball

Member of the Alberta College Hall of fame

Canoe

Gold Medalist in 2014 Naig games

Football

Basketball/Rugby/Soccer Hockey

X-Country Ski Hockey

Volleyball

Developing into professional fighter

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Northern League leading scorers and MVP’s Hoopla Winner

Member of the U of S hockey team 2015.

Represented Sask at Canadian Winter Games 2015. University of Regina Cougars 2015-16, SJHL

Team Saskatchewan representation in 2015.

CULTURE Northern Drama Project (2015/2016 School Year)

The NSCRD partnered with the Saskatchewan Drama Association (SDA) on the eighth Northern Drama Project.The purpose of the Northern Drama Project is to provide an opportunity for artistic and cultural growth through a drama development program for northern youth, community leaders, and communities that allows for northern content and uniqueness in the Northern Drama Festival.There were four participating drama groups/communities, which included sixty youth and directors/leaders involved in the program, as well as fifteen volunteers.

The Northern Drama Project has four main components: community drama group workshops (one, twoday workshop in each participating community), ongoing developmental support, a Northern Drama Festival, and the winner of the Northern Drama Festival participates in the Provincial Drama Festival.The SDA provides the drama development support to the communities, while the NSCRD provides and supports the logistical and coordination needs with the project.

The Northern Drama Festival was hosted by Churchill Community High School in La Ronge on April 22 & 23, 2016. Congratulations to Minahik Waskahigan School (Pinehouse) drama group for the best overall performance for “Selfie” at the Northern Drama Festival. They then went on to take part in the Provincial Drama Festival on May 5-7, 2016 in Regina.

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CULTURE Northern Spirits

Northern Spirits is an arts and music, confidence and leadership development program and experience for youth. The ninthannual Northern Spirits Program was implemented through a partnership between the NSCRD, Musqua Entertainment, Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) and Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC).

Northern Spirits has three major components: a workshop, mentorship and development, and a showcase. In November 2015, seventy-two youth from eighteen NSCRD member communities represented at the workshop, which covered all aspects of producing and performing a showcase such as stage presence, live band workshops, introduction to broadcasting and emceeing.

From the workshop, thirty two youth were selected to produce and perform the Northern Spirits Showcase, which was held on February 13, 2016 at the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre in Prince Albert, in conjunction with Voices of North, to an audience of over 200 people. The Northern Spirits Showcase was produced and performed completely by the youth with mentorship and guidance support from Sheryl Kimbley with Musqua Entertainment, and logistical support from the NSCRD.

This year, we were pleased to work with the following sponsors: Cameco, Areva, and Transwest Air.

Northern Saskatchewan Arts & Crafts Handbook

The Northern Saskatchewan Arts & Culture Handbook was developed to help schools and communities access artists for programming, community events and showcasing. It promotes an understanding of the value of the arts and artists in our schools and communities and the necessity of compensating artists for passing on their skills. It strives to promote the artists, help them to develop further and receive support through communities and grant programs.The Northern Saskatchewan Arts & Culture Handbook was launched at the 2011 NSCRD Annual General Meeting. Copies have been distributed to each artist/craftsperson in the handbook, each member community, and the Community & School Recreation Coordinator Program sites. It has also been provided too many northern and provincial partner organizations and we have sold several copies as well.

Tender for Northern Arts & Crafts

Four northern artists and craftspeople were part of the 2015-16 art tender by the Northern Sport, Culture and Recreation District (NSCRD). The NSCRD in the interest of supporting northern artists and craftspeople has run the art tender for four years to purchase artwork items ($25.00 each or less) from northern artist and craftspeople. These arts and crafts are used as gifts to presenters and special guests at training events and programs hosted by the NSCRD. This year there was an added opportunity for artist/craftspeople to provide four items of the value of $100.00 as a sponsorship gift to support the Northern Spirits program.

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RECREATION Fitness 2J2

Through a partnership the NSCRD has worked to bring Fitness 2J2 north to strengthen physical activity awareness, education and fitness programming. The program scope of Fitness 2J2 aligns with the districts aim to increase participation opportunities that facilitate community development in the north. It has been an exciting year for continued building of this program! Five communities hosted Fitness 2J2 this year. Participants ranged in age from 2 years old to 92 years old with entire communities participating in various events. Several individuals showed interest in moving towards Fitness Certification and received a SPRA Fitness Theory Manual and Workbook.

Ski Fit North (SFN)

The Ski Fit North (SFN) Program is in its 27th year of existence this year. Ski Fit North continues working to meet the needs of Northerners in developing grass roots programs and events. This year 990 students and volunteers and 17 community sites across the north were directly impacted by the program. There continued to be ski development opportunities happening in the North. SFN School Ski Championships were held in La Ronge at the Don Allen Ski Trails. There were a total of 168 skiers from 19 different schools who competed in free-technique distance races and team relays. Northern Saskatchewan has the biggest recreational and competitive circuit in the province. Ski Fit North is funded in partnership with Cross Country Saskatchewan.

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Fitness 2J2 has been to the following Northern Communities: Creighton Pelican Narrows Montreal Lake Cumberland House La Ronge Stanley Mission Black Lake Fond du Lac Pinehouse Beauval Ile a la Crosse Air Ronge Green Lake Patuanak

YOUTH LEADERSHIP

NSCRD GOVERNANCE Our Strategic Direction

Our Vision

Facilitation of Community Development

Healthy individuals and communities through increased capacity to deliver sport, culture and recreation.

Play Leadership North

Play Leadership North is a training certification program for community recreation leaders and summer students involved in the delivery of sport, culture and recreation opportunities to children and youth in their communities. This is an opportunity for anyone who provides programming for children to gain understanding and hands-on experience in creating great play experiences. One workshop was held this year in Montreal Lake. A total of 17 new Play Leaders were certified. These individuals gained knowledge and skills to help them become awesome leaders that provide safe play for all. The trainees have two years from the training date to provide their Standard First Aid/CPR certification and become fully certified Play Leaders.

community capacity to deliver sport, culture and • Increased recreation.

Our Mission

Coordination of District Network

are aware of and understand NSCRD sport, • Communities culture and recreation programs and services.

To facilitate and foster the development and delivery of sport, culture, recreation and leadership programs and services which are responsible to and benefit people and communities within the northern administrative district.

• Mutually beneficial and effective partner relationships for

the shared vision of healthy individuals and communities.

Our Values

understanding and relationships with global • Increased partners to enhance the effectiveness of the sport, culture

Our volunteers and staff work with the following set of values: Respect for people; Facilitating/servicing the expressed needs of “community,” volunteers and clients; High quality of services and programs; Exemplifying the qualities of trust, integrity, competence and honesty; Inclusiveness; Cultural awareness and sensitivity; and Transparency and accountability.

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and recreation system.

District Organizational Development excellence through organizational, • Organizational professional and personal development.

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The NHCP Building

Projects initiated this year included the Youth Role Model Video Series

The NSCRD participates on a Northern Healthy Communities Partnership – Building Vibrant Youth Team along with representatives from Health, Education, Justice & other sectors. The NHCP Building Vibrant Youth team aims to support, enhance and partner with positive youth development efforts across Northern Saskatchewan.

NSCRD Board Members

The Northern Sport Culture Recreation District has a twelve member board of directors including: One elected Northern Education Division representative selected as per the Saskatchewan School Board Association’s process for selection of a northern Director – Joe Daigneault;

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elected representative of northern municipalities as • One selected from elected officials of the Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities (New North) –

Jackie Kennedy;

“geographic” representatives chosen by at-large elec• Five tions, one from each of the five prior Regional Recreation Associations:   Athabasca Area – Mervin McDonald Beaver River Area – Chris Hansen Clearwater Area – Estelle Laliberte Neyanun Area – Iona Linklater Sagastew Area – Kevin Roberts

“general” representatives at-large as elected by the • Five members from a north wide nomination process:  

Greg Hatch Randy Janvier Tonia Logan Terri-Lynn Beavereye Colleen Charles

Geographical Representation

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The five (5) geographic areas located within the District, comprised of Northern Municipalities and First Nations communities from which our General Board Members are elected.

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NSCRD STAFF & SERVICE AREAS Robert Yew

Community Relations Coordinator West Service Area [email protected]

Harmony Johnson-Harder

Staff Operations

The five (5) geographic areas within the NSCRD are divided into four (4) service areas for the purpose of staff operations. A Community Relations Coordinator is responsible for each of these three areas.

Community Relations Coordinator Central Service Area [email protected]

Northern Sport, Culture & Recreation District (NSCRD)

Brandon Brown

Community Relations Coordinator East Service Area [email protected]

Daniel Longman

SPRA Northern Field Consultant [email protected]

Brandy Smart

Program Manager for the Northern Community and School Recreation Coordinator Program [email protected]

Ryan Karakochuk

Program Manager for Sport [email protected]

Michelle Hewison

General Manager [email protected]

Celeste Miller

Program Coordinator [email protected]

Main Office, La Ronge

Box 1097, La Ronge, SK S0J 1L0

Ph: 306.425.3127 • Fax: 306.425.4036

www.nscrd.com

Satellite Office, Creighton Box 580, Creighton, SK S0P 0A0

Ph: 306.688.2122 • 306.688.2129

Fax: 306.688.2123

Satellite Office, Prince Albert #301 1008 1st Ave West

Prince Albert, SK S6V 4Y4

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Northern Saskatchewan Sport, Culture and Recreation Facilitators.

Ph: 306.922.2004 • Fax: 306.922.2021

Satellite Office, Jans Bay

Box 137, Canoe Narrows, SK S0M 0K0 Ph: 306.829.4320 • Fax: 306.829.4424

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2015-2016 Annual Report

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Governance Capacity Building & Community Development Sport Culture Recreation Youth Leadership Photos Staff & Service Areas

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