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2nd NADA Webinar February 14, 2017: Indigenous Food Security and Sovereignty: Community Projects

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In partnership with the National Aboriginal Diabetes Association (NADA), and the Nanaandawewigamig First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba – Partners for Engagement and Knowledge Exchange (PEKE), the Saint Elizabeth First Nations, Inuit and Métis Program is excited to announce the upcoming webinar to meet your learning needs.

This webinar is available at no cost to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities from across the country.

Topic: Indigenous Food Security and Sovereignty: Community Projects

Date: Tuesday,

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Request For Proposals – Event Planner

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Request for Proposals – RFP event planner SOADI event 2017

Requirement 

The Southern Ontario Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative seeks an experienced event planner to provide conference coordination services to organize the delivery of SOADI’s annual conference in Niagara Falls.

 

Overview of Conference

SOADI’s 15th annual conference will take place over 2 days targeting front line workers from across Ontario as well as an evening social for community members. 

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Yoga for Youth in Moose Cree First Nation

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Guest blog post today from Brittany Ann one of our student Yoga instructors in Moose Cree First Nation on teaching yoga classes to young women in her community:

Today I had the most rewarding experience teaching yoga to 14 young women from grades 6-8 at a First Nations public school. Initially, I was nervous because this was only my second ever yoga class that I instructed. I am still in awe about how respectful the girls were to each other’s yoga experience.

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YES Yoga Training at SOADI Head Office

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SOADI recently hosted YES 1 (Yoga Exercise Specialist) yoga training at SOADI head office.  This training gives line front line workers and chance to be able to provide their communities safe Hatha Yoga classes for a variety of groups.  The trainees will return in a few months to finish their practical work, complete their teaching hours and write an exam. Congratulations on completing your first step in becoming Yoga instructors.

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Congratulations to SOADI's YES 2 Graduates

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Congratulations to SOADI’s most recent graduates from our YES Yoga instructor program. They will now be able to teach in their home communities, a safe Hatha Yoga class accessible to many fitness levels.

Congratulations on four months of study and training, passing your final teaching practical work and written exam!

From L to R.  Julie Virgoe, Joanne Mitchell, Michelle Nadhee, Sarah Smith, Miriam Beatty and Elaine Issacs

Thorold YES (Yoga Exercise Specialist) graduates

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Sharing stories at SOADI: our way, our issues, our matter, our culture

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Great article about sharing stories in this weeks Two Row times.  Click on over and check it out.

 

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April Webinar: Finding Peace Through Meditation – With Carolina Lipinski

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There is a lot of talk and information about the positive effects of a regular meditation practice.  Meditation has been shown to help people manage their blood sugar levels, help with management of stress hormones and can also help people to manage their diet.  So with all these benefits why don’t people practice meditation more often? Our ancestors had many different forms of contemplative and meditative practices as a part of their regular ceremonies and rituals.  

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Guts and Grease: The Diet of Native Americans

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The hunter-gatherer’s dinner is front page news these days. Drawing from the writings of Dr. Boyd Eaton and Professor Loren Cordain, experts in the so-called Paleolithic diet, columnists and reporters are spreading the word about the health benefits of a diet rich in protein and high in fiber from a variety of plant foods 1,2. It’s actually amusing to see what the modern food pundits come up with as examples of the “Paleolithic Prescription.” Jean Carper offers a Stone Age Salad of mixed greens,

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YES Yoga Training in Moose Factory

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SOADI recently completed YES 1 training in Moose Factory and now the participants are continuing their Yoga education by practice teaching in their community.  Congratulations ladies on completing YES 1!

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