Bear Safety Training,
Gun Safety Training,
Sub-Zero Camping,
Throat Singing.
Apparently these are the skills required by an Engage North Fellow. For the last week and a half we have been preparing in Edmonton for just over three months living in northern communities. There are seven Engage North fellows this summer. Three are going to Pangnirtung in Nunavut, two are going to Dene Tha first Nation in Northern Alberta, and two of us are going to Rocky Lane in Beaver First Nation.
It was a real honour to be selected for the Engage North fellowship, and I have really enjoyed getting to know the other students in the program. There is a really diverse range of backgrounds including Nutrition, Engineering, Business, Law, Politics, Graphic Design, Geography, Psychology, English and Education.
The project Nisha and I are working with the community on is looking at possible uses for a block of land, and assessing the feasibility of those uses.
I am excited to have the chance to live at Rocky Lane and to be involved in the community there. Living in such a remote area I am also hoping to see a lot of wildlife which I will be listing in the menu to the right of this post.
Tomorrow morning we leave Edmonton to drive 9 hours north. I will regularly be updating my blog over the next few months, and will also provide links to the other fellow’s blogs as they get set up.
A Kiwi in Beaver 