Employment & Business – Ann Ball

Dease Lake Community

Director Report

With the Youth, I have had great fun holding Youth meetings and, with the approval of the School Board, had a few days of cooking classes at the school kitchen where we made French toast, chicken soup, spaghetti, pizza, and chocolate chip cookies. Other activities included holding Ladies’ paint nights, a PAL course, and just recently, taking Dease Lake Ladies to attend the Women’s Retreat in Telegraph Creek.

I am looking forward to planning more fun activities that include enjoying the outdoors! Be sure to watch for posts and posters for events and I hope you all can join in when you are in Dease Lake.

Christina Callbreath

Dease Lake Community Director Hello! I think everyone is happy to finally enjoy the warm days, I know I sure am! The last few months were a time to start coming together as a community now that we are looking at the other side of the pandemic, and everyone is more comfortable with gathering. I have had a few chances to organize events and group meetings.

There was a Winter Wellness Photo contest I held with help from the First Nations Health Authority. Congratulations to our winner, Cindy Dennis!

I held a BC Family Day Fishing Derby and a hotdog BBQ where there were a few bites, but no fish caught. All participants had their names put in a draw and the big winner of the day was Art Nole, who won an ice fishing tent.

Top-right: Winter Wellness photo winner.

Education & Training

Director Report

Cassandra Puckett

Education & Training Director Dzēnēs hoti’e! With spring comes a renewed sense of hope and future possibilities. With new possibilities comes the opportunity to set an intention to build one’s personal and /or professional capacity – however that may look for you. We hope that education will be a part of your journey forward.

As students begin to look forward to wrapping up the January to April semester, we are excited to continue to receive applications for the upcoming 2022/2023 academic year. It is always exciting to see students working diligently towards their goals and aspirations. And as always, the Tahltan Central Government (TCG) education team is honoured to be a small part of that journey.

The TCG Education Department was excited to partner with the University of British Columbia to organize a Youth visit during the 2022 Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference. The Youth were able to spend an entire day at UBC, where they participated in a walking tour of the campus with Tahltan, Kody Penner. Additionally, they toured the UBC Mining Lab, Earth Sciences, Pacific Museum of Earth (Gem Collection) and the Pacific Center for Isotopic and Geochemical Research. They rounded out the day with an engineering tour.