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>> Hello and welcome and
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thank you for joining us on
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It Is Written Canada.
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Today we will be visiting the
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Wiikwemkoong First Nation on
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Manitoulin Island here in
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beautiful Northern Ontario.
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And it's such a beautiful
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country, you really have to
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visit this gorgeous community.
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>> The leaders of this scenic
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island community decided to
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put their time, their energy,
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and their money into building
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the characters of the youth.
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And after research, they
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discovered there was one
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character trait that would
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make the difference between
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success and failure
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and that character trait
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was resiliency; the ability of
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a person to weather the storms
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of adversity and change.
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>> And so their solution:
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to take the youth on a canoe
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trip out into the wilderness
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to let nature and the Great
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Creator of nature to teach
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their children this valuable
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lesson of resiliency.
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The Bible talks about it
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in the book of Job.
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It talks about these lessons
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that we can learn from nature.
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"But just ask the animals,"
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Job says, "and have them"
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"teach you..."
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>> Because the Wiikwemkoong
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First Nations community knew
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this awe-inspiring, scenic
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location could speak to their
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youth about their Great
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Creator and teach them the
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lessons of resiliency and help
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their youth to learn how to
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meet the challenges and
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adversities of life, one of
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the programs they devised is
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the Outdoor Adventure
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Leadership Experience.
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It's a wilderness canoe trip.
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In a moment we will introduce
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you to these amazing young
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people, their leaders and
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guides, and explore how a
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wilderness canoe trip has
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benefited the youth of this
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proud, progressive,
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and prosperous people.
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い
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[nature sounds]
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[Nimkii] The canoe trip is a
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metaphor for life.
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If we can work through the
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challenges of a canoe trip and
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make it to our destination,
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then much like life, we can
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work through the challenges
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and make it to
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our destination.
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[nature sounds]
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[Nimkii] The OALE experience
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out of Wikwemikong is a
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canoe-based, wilderness-based
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expedition experience where we
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are retracing the traditional
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route of travel of our people
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along the French River and
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following the Georgian Bay
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coastline up into the North
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Channel, then we do a crossing
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to Wikwemikong and paddling to
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the Wiki Bay where we're
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greeted by, you know,
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a gathering of our family and
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community in a celebration of
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the completion of our trip.
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[chanting and drumming]
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[chattering and laughter]
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[Nimkii] So the OALE program,
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we're in our ninth year,
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next year it'll be ten years
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including the very first
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pilot year.
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The OALE program was sort of
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envisioned in partnership with
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Laurentian University and what
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they were looking at was a
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project that would examine
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whether or not these kind of
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wilderness experiences and
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canoe-based expeditions would
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create resiliency in the youth
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and would we be able to,
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by facilitating the challenge
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of an extended wilderness
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canoe trip, would we be able
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to facilitate growth in the
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youth so that they would be
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able to learn to meet
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challenges in their life.
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Would it be a benefit to their
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mental health?
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You know, would it help them
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to overcome adversity?
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You know, would it help them
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to, when they experience
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set-backs, realize that they
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can continue to work towards
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things and eventually reach
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their goal?
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[Nimkii] As soon as it starts
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to turn, what do you
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need to do?
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What do you need to do to
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that back end?
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Pull it, pull the back end.
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That's it, pull it again!
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[rower groans]
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[Nimkii] This experience is
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not just about learning how to
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paddle, of course that
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happens, it's more about how
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do we as a group come together
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to meet adversity and to
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face challenges?
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How do we, as a group that has
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never interacted before, never
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worked together in this way,
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how do we create a community,
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how do we engage with each
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other in a way that enables us
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to reach our goal?
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Which is, of course,
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140 kilometres of wilderness
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canoe-tripping in not only
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some of the most beautiful
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territory that the Great Lakes
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ecosystem has to offer,
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but perhaps some of the most
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difficult experiences that the
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Great Lakes has to offer.
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>> Welcome and thank you
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for joining us again on
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It Is Written Canada.
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I am talking to
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Lawrence Enosse, he is the
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Brighter Future's manager here
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at the Wikwemikong Youth
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Centre, so welcome and thank
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you for being here, Lawrence.
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And with the Outdoor Adventure
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Leadership Experience, I'm so
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excited about that program.
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What's the advantages
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of that program?
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>> First of all, just thank
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you for having me on the show
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and excited to be here, talk
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about our Outdoor Adventure
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Leadership Experience program
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that we offer in our community
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and yes, we take our kids on a
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trip, it's 140 kilometres and
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when you look at the map of
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Ontario and our region, you'd
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be like, "That's no way"
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"that's 140 kilometres," but
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sometimes the kids do
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zig-zagging and they haven't
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been in a canoe ever and the
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trip could be longer for some,
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but when we measure it out,
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it is 140 kilometres from
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point A to point B.
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>> So they're learning how to
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paddle along in their canoe,
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that's a skill that you're
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teaching them.
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[Lawrence] It is a skill and I
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think that when we look at our
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programs that we offer
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throughout the year, we've
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provided a lot of our
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community members the
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opportunity to learn skills,
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enhance their skills and our
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OALE program is definitely a
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skill-enhancer.
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>> Mm-hmm.
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What have you seen come
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out of this?
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You've been a part of it
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yourself and it's affected not
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just you, but your family.
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>> I've been the
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Brighter Future's manager
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for ten years.
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The program's entering-- we
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just completed its twelfth
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year and it's really helped my
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family and it's helped me
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as a manager.
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My daughter, Aurora, who is a
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post-secondary student at
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Carleton University, she's
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completed three trips as well
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and when we look at the
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learning aspects of the trip,
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we provide resiliency,
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problem-solving, you know,
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learning to deal with certain
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situations, we build and we
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enhance our children with
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those skills to better prepare
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them for situations and also
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it's a post-secondary and you
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have to leave the community if
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you want to continue with your
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education so that's what our
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program does as well.
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>> The community of
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Wikwemikong is, I wanna say,
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unlike any other.
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We're like, we're a huge
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community.
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Our population, I wanna say,
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is around 3500 right now.
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But if you go anywhere outside
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of Wikwemikong, you're most
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likely to meet someone that's
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lived or has been living in
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Wikwemikong.
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Wikwemikong itself is a
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beautiful place.
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I'm really glad and happy that
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I was born and raised here.
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Well, I wasn't born here, but
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I was raised here.
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I was born in Sudbury.
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[chuckles]
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But being raised here, being
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able to walk the streets as a
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kid and just not have any
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worries about anything crazy
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like that, it's truly
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something magical,
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I would say.
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The amount of OALE trips I've
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been on is five.
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I've been on one 5-day canoe
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trip which, I wanna say, was
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like 65 kilometres and then
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four 10-day canoe trips.
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On the big trips, the first
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three days is
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adjustment period.
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Once you get past that,
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day four, five, and six is
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all everyone getting together
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and enjoying the trip.
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And then the last three days
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you're exhausted, you're kinda
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miserable and you're just
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waiting to get home.
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Sometimes you'll have people
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that wanna give up and you've
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gotta tell them, "No, we're"
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"almost done, you're almost"
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"there, just push yourself"
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"a little harder," you know?
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Then once you get home,
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you see your family, you
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embrace with them, maybe shed
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a few tears, I've shed a few
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tears a couple times,
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especially seeing my nephew.
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He's probably the most
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important person in my life.
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Every time I get back home
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from a trip, he's the number
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one person I go to.
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When I get back from a trip
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I feel like I'm at peace
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with myself more than ever.
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Like when I go through
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everything that I go through
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on these trips and then I get
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home, I get to relax, I get to
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be calm and just enjoy life as
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much as possible.
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Sponsors are a big thing
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for these trips.
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You've lowered the cost for
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us, if you can manage to keep
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that up and OALE can get
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sponsors every year, it makes
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it easier for kids to go out
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and try a canoe trip of five
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or ten days.
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Either one and you're gonna
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get an experience.
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>> So the OALE program is
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really good for the youth's
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mental health because once
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you're out there with nature,
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it's very calming,
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very relaxing.
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And then not only that, you're
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taking the kids back out away
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from social media.
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So once you're out there,
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you know, you have to use your
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communication skills.
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They are, you know, working
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together as a team.
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It's been really good for all
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the youth in Wikwemikong
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because they actually learned
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life skills out there.
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They learned leadership,
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they learned a lot about
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themselves and not only that,
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they learned about their
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culture, they learned about
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our land.
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You know, I just,
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I love it out there.
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>> So you're thinking,
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"This is just a canoe trip,"
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but it's more than a canoe
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trip, they're connecting with
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nature, it's a spiritual
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experience as well.
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[Lawrence] Yeah, it's definitely
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a spiritual experience.
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There's lots of reflection on
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the trip as well and we--
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what we've done over time is
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we've built that into,
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you know, connecting with
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themselves, connecting with
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family, and connecting with
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community and we're preparing
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our kids for future whether
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they're gonna be leaders or
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they're going to be employed
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in our community and we also
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connected with the culture.
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>> Mmm. Is the culture-- is it
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very connected with nature?
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>> Yeah, I would say it is
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because what we noticed, we
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call it, when we were doing
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our research and even the
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staff, we find that in the
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beginning sometimes we would
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get children and they weren't
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really keen on going on the
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trip, they kinda fought the
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first couple days about it and
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then after day three when
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you're kinda in the middle of
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nowhere, you're out there
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paddling, that you kinda just
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forget everything and you're
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just looking around at nature,
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could be stormy and you're
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working with everybody else
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that's on the trip so they're
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able to come together...
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[Mike] That's awesome.
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[Lawrence] It's incredible.
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[Mike] Yeah, that's
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really good.
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So, Lawrence, this program is
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quite an expensive program as
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well and so there's a lot of
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investment that goes
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into this.
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>> Yeah, the program is quite
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expensive and what we do every
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year is we look for funding
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for our program and we've been
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very lucky to have partners
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such as ADRA.
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ADRA has helped us two years
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now with a financial donation
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and with that donation we've
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been able to supply proper
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equipment for our youth of our
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community, we've also been
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able to make sure that we put
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the money towards food for our
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trips 'cause our trips are
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ten days.
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It's not a simple camping trip
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where you go camping for a
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weekend, you're staying in one
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spot, your equipment's all put
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away, our kids are out
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tripping and voyaging so it's
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not like it's a stay in one
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spot, so they're travelling and
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a lot of wear and tear on the
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equipment and everything like
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that so we just wanna thank
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ADRA for their contribution
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and making our program
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a success.
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>> I'm Ian, Ian Dokum.
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I am 14, from Wikwemikong.
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It's just amazing seeing wild
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animals with the beautiful
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trees, green trees, blue water
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instead of seeing, like,
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I don't know, just on your
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phone the whole time,
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laying in bed.
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It's better being out in
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nature, enjoying it, going
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swimming while canoeing.
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[shouts and laughter]
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[Nimkii] So how do we
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incorporate culture into
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this experience?
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One of the ways is, of course,
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is through daily prayer.
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We don't have any sort of
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formal way of engaging in that
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prayer but we encourage each
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participant to engage in it
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personally, but also to do
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those prayers on behalf of the
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other group.
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[Nimkii] To honour everything
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in creation, that's what we
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mean by respect.
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Bravery doesn't mean,
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you know, that you're the
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first one...
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[Nimkii] We also encourage and
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work on developing a greater
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understanding of our culture
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through things like engaging
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with the Seven Grandfather
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Teachings.
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So we will talk about bravery,
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we will talk about humility,
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we will talk about love and
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truth and how we can
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incorporate them and keep
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those Seven Grandfathers
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as a perspective on how to
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live life well.
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>> I'm Chief Duke Peltier,
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or Ogimaa in our language and
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I'm the elected representative
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here in Wiikwemkoong Unceded
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Territory and the role I
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perform is leading the
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community and providing some
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direction and being the
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official spokesperson of the
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decisions of our
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elected council.
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When we first started the
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Outdoor Adventure Leadership
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Experience program in a little
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over ten years ago, we wanted
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to ensure that we provided a
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space and an opportunity for
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the youth in our community to
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realize their full potential.
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We began to identify specific
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areas that we felt were
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important to pass on to young
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leaders through a mentorship
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type program.
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It's satisfying when you see
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somebody go into a program,
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on the first day where they're
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very timid, they're not--
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they're unsure of their
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abilities, they don't have
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confidence, their self-esteem
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is low, but then when they
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come out of the program after
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the seven to ten days that
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they're out on the land,
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they are a changed person.
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And when we see these young
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people come out of the
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program, they're full of life,
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they're full of happiness,
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they're very-- their home
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environment, it changes
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because some of the positive
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stories that come out of that
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is that they now know what
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some chores are and they begin
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to help out at home,
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they begin to show their
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parents that they can
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communicate with them now so
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all these things are built
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into the OALE program.
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>> I would say that the
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program is definitely
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something that I encourage
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other people to try because,
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like, it's really, like, it's
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something that you never
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forget, you make a lot of
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memories there, you can make a
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lot of friends, like, I have--
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like one of my closest friends
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that I'm friends with now,
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we got really close on that
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trip and still to this day we
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talk about, like, stuff that we
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remember and we, like, laugh
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about stuff that happened.
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So it's definitely something
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really memorable.
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My favourite part about, like,
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every single day, like, that
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you spend is, like, the end of
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the day, like, after everyone
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eats and everyone's sitting by
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the fire and you're just kind
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of talking with everybody and,
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like-- it just, like, the
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scenery is beautiful.
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You can see, like, the stars
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super clear and it's just a
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really-- like, I remember my
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past canoe trip I was on,
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we were sitting by the fire
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and we had, like, a view of
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the water and, like, the sky
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was really bright and I just
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thought it was-- I was really
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grateful that I went on there.
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>> Lawrence, the homecoming
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celebration, that's a big
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thing, isn't it?
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Tell us about that.
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>> Yeah, our homecoming
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celebration for OALE has grown
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over the years and it's a big
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celebration where our children
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and our youth who were on the
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trip, they're separated from
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their families for ten days
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and when they're coming home,
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they're paddling in from the
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route that our ancestors have
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taken and their families are
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waiting for them, we have our
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traditional welcoming,
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our drummers there, our elders
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are there, our chief is there,
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and we're celebrating the
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success of their kids,
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for accomplishments and it's
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almost like when you go
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away to a school,
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you get a certificate or
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diploma, but we do something a
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little bit more unique.
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When our participants talk
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about our trip, they're gonna
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remember it and they're gonna
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be able to pass on the story
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and one of the things that we
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do differently is most places
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give out a certificate or
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diploma or degree and what we
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do is we give out a paddle.
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So we have a paddle for all of
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our participants who've
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completed the trip and on the
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paddle it'll show the distance
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that they've completed,
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the year, and their name so if
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something ever goes missing
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like this, they'll be able to
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find out whose paddle it is
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and again, it creates a story
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and a legacy so, for those who
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participated this year in 2020
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with the Corona virus and the
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pandemics going on, we had
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special paddles made up,
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"# we're all in this together"
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and we have the year.
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So this is a year that was
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gonna be a definite
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story-telling for future years
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so more important than a
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trophy or a certificate so
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this is something that they'll
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definitely be able to tell
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their family or their children
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or their grandchildren years
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to come.
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>> Awesome, awesome.
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I think the success of the
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program speaks for itself and
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that success has bred more and
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more success and it's just a
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domino effect that's affected
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your community and is
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affecting other communities
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and through the participants
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there is this, you know, other
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programs have been enhanced by
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it so thank you very much,
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Lawrence, for sharing with us
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and miigwech.
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>> Miigwech, thank you for
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having me.
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Have a great day.
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>> My name's Mick Staruck.
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My role with the Wikwemikong
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Board of Education,
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Elder Rita Corbiere calls it
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the "Yaasgaabwitaaget."
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It's a "system principal,"
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when you say that in English,
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kind of like a superintendent
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and so I support the
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principal's curriculum
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development, information
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technology, programs like
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that, special education.
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So the OALE program is
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probably the most phenomenal
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youth-based program that I've
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ever heard of and got to
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witness an encounter of.
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I think resiliency is there
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and so when you're looking for
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ways to unlock it and so when
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we talk about OALE program or
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some of these projects, really
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what it is is it's bringing
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them back to their roots and
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sometimes the resiliency can
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look a little dim because I
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don't think the children are--
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have been ingrained or
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introduced to their roots,
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but these are the "igniters."
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And yes, it's not just about
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the canoeing, the resiliency,
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it unlocks that for them to
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want to farther and learn more
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and then the more they learn
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about their past and then the
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more they see the skills they
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have they probably didn't even
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know, that resiliency I see
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transforms into anything else
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they do.
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>> Our youth are very
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important to our community.
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I, myself, am an avid
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outdoors woman, outdoors person
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and have been involved with
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the community hunt as one of
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the coordinators and having
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the knowledge that our elders
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and our experienced harvesters
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transfer that knowledge to our
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youth is important to
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continuing on our traditions.
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You know, they are the ones
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that are gonna be doing that
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and having the OALE for an
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example, that builds that
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resilience within our youth
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and I've actually had two of
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my daughters participate on
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the trips and, you know, and
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I'd see when they come home,
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coming onto the shore, they
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were just so full of pride.
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So, you know, I would ask
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them, 'cause I seen sometimes,
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the waves were big, and I
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would ask them, too, like,
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"How did you push through"
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"that," like, "was that"
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"challenging?"
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And they said it was, but
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everyone was supportive and,
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you know, they would say,
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"Keep going!" and they would
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sometimes link canoes if the--
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if it became challenging and
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they would support each other
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and encourage each other and I
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found that they-- my daughters
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actually participated in more
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than one trip because they
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really enjoyed the first one.
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So, and I think it really
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built character within
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the youth.
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>> We at ADRA Canada were very
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honoured and privileged to
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participate and partner with
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the Wiikwemkoong First Nations
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community here on Manitoulin
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Island, the world's largest
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fresh-water island.
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There was a program that ADRA
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Canada participated and
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partnered with several years
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ago and they wanted to cancel
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it this year due to COVID-19.
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And so this year, because of
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the funding that ADRA Canada
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was able to provide,
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the program was able to
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continue and over 30 students
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participated and successfully
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completed the program.
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We are so honoured at ADRA
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Canada to work and partner
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with our First Nations
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community here on Manitoulin
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Island, Wiikwemkoong.
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>> Through the Outdoor
00:25:11.17\00:25:12.21
Adventure Leadership
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Experience, the youth of
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Wiikwemkoong First Nations on
00:25:15.38\00:25:17.38
Manitoulin Island in Northern
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Ontario discovered how
00:25:19.48\00:25:21.72
exposure to the natural
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environment provides
00:25:23.45\00:25:25.55
education, mental health,
00:25:25.55\00:25:28.59
stability, and the nurturing
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we all need to achieve
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our goals.
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>> This amazing world that we
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live in also provides us with
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everything we need to stay
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alive physically; the water,
00:25:39.67\00:25:41.47
the sunshine, the food, and
00:25:41.47\00:25:42.87
the air, but when we look
00:25:42.87\00:25:44.44
beyond our world to this
00:25:44.44\00:25:46.04
amazing universe of ours,
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we see sights beyond
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our imagination.
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>> So today we would like
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to offer you a free
00:25:51.45\00:25:52.91
special edition of
00:25:52.91\00:25:54.58
Signs of the Times entitled,
00:25:54.58\00:25:56.62
Our Amazing Universe.
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>> As we have seen, the
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Outdoor Adventure Leadership
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Experience, a 140 kilometre
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canoe trip into the
00:26:18.37\00:26:19.74
wilderness, it is not just
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about learning how to
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paddle a canoe.
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>> No, it's about helping
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youth learn how to create
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community, how to work
00:26:28.38\00:26:30.72
together, and how to engage
00:26:30.72\00:26:32.69
with each other in a way that
00:26:32.69\00:26:34.29
enables them to reach
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their goals.
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And through the sponsorship of
00:26:38.16\00:26:39.69
ADRA Canada and other
00:26:39.69\00:26:41.73
organizations, these young
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people were able to experience
00:26:44.17\00:26:46.60
this life-changing program.
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[Mike] One core aspect of this
00:26:49.30\00:26:50.84
program is prayer.
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So let's take a moment to pray
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to our Great Creator, God,
00:26:55.21\00:26:58.01
right now and thank Him for
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the way that He speaks to us
00:27:00.08\00:27:01.58
and teaches our youth through
00:27:01.58\00:27:03.52
the works of His hands.
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Let's pray.
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Oh, Lord, creator of heaven
00:27:07.56\00:27:10.29
and earth, You are the Lord,
00:27:10.29\00:27:12.79
You alone and You have made
00:27:12.79\00:27:15.86
heaven and earth and the
00:27:15.86\00:27:17.87
waters and all that is in them
00:27:17.87\00:27:21.87
and You give them all life.
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You have truly made everything
00:27:24.31\00:27:26.44
beautiful in its time.
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And because You put eternity
00:27:28.78\00:27:30.81
in all of our hearts, we want
00:27:30.81\00:27:32.25
to thank You and we want to
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pray to You in Jesus' name,
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our Creator and Redeemer,
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amen.
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[Mike] We want you to
00:27:42.16\00:27:43.22
experience the
00:27:43.22\00:27:44.53
life-transforming truth found
00:27:44.53\00:27:46.76
in the words of Jesus our
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saviour when He said,
00:27:48.40\00:27:49.76
い
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[Felicity] I've heard some
00:28:01.71\00:28:03.01
people say that life is like a
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canoe trip because it's hard.
00:28:04.05\00:28:05.11
You just wanna go home.
00:28:05.11\00:28:07.05
It's only hard if you look at
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the bad part of it and you
00:28:08.32\00:28:09.78
don't, you know, think about
00:28:09.78\00:28:10.79
the positives.
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Yeah, it's gonna be hard
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sometimes, but you gotta look
00:28:13.82\00:28:15.09
past that, you gotta think
00:28:15.09\00:28:16.32
about where you're getting and
00:28:16.32\00:28:17.69
how far you've already
00:28:17.69\00:28:18.79
travelled and how, you know,
00:28:18.79\00:28:20.33
you've already pushed through
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so much and how you can
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keep going.
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This trip wouldn't have been
00:28:27.17\00:28:28.47
possible without sponsors and
00:28:28.47\00:28:30.94
people helping us to provide
00:28:30.94\00:28:32.74
for this trip.
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It's taught me a lot about who
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I am and who I can become and
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I'd like to say "thank you" to
00:28:38.78\00:28:40.28
all the sponsors for helping,
00:28:40.28\00:28:42.02
you know, bring us together
00:28:42.02\00:28:44.09
and to help us learn together,
00:28:44.09\00:28:45.75
to help us learn about who we
00:28:45.75\00:28:47.99
are as Anishinaabe people.
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That's a big thank you.
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We couldn't have done it
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without you.
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