Oomiiqsu (Aboriginal Mother Centre) – Update August 14 – 18, 2023

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WORK COMPLETED:

  • Continued forming basement foundation walls.
  • Continued forming main building footings and foundation walls.
  • Started installing rebar in main building foundation walls.

UPCOMING WORK:

  • Finish forming basement foundation walls.
  • Pour concrete for basement foundation walls.
  • Continue forming main building footings and foundation walls.
  • Install mechanical and electrical sleeves and knock outs in main building foundation walls.

Oomiiqsu Project Update – August 8 to 11, 2023

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WORK COMPLETED:

  • Installed waterproof membrane and drainage mat at elevator pit foundation walls.
  • Continued forming basement and main building foundation walls.

UPCOMING WORK:

  • Complete forming basement foundation walls.
  • Backfill around elevator pit foundation walls.
  • Continue forming main building footings and walls.

2024 Huu-ay-aht Summer Day Camp Registration

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Children and Youth Ages 5 – 18

Registration Closed

Join Huu-ay-aht First Nations Cultural Wellness Team for Summer day camp! Spend an entire three days, Tuesday, August 20 to Thursday, August 22, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., having fun in Anacla at Soaring Eagle. Activities include cultural activities, such as berry picking, and making jam. A community BBQ will be held on the last day, Thursday, August 22. Please fill out the form below to register your child or youth. Ages are open from 5 to 18 years old. For more detailed information, please contact Cory Howard Sr. at 250-728-3414 or cory.j.h@huuayaht.org.

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March 2021 Citizen Development Review Report

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In 2022, a CDO, Miya Inster, was contracted to review CFW/CS programs and services. This survey was provided to citizens and the feedback identified where there are gaps.

View the Citizen Development Review Report – March 2021 here.

The Oomiiqsu (Aboriginal Mother Centre) grounds cleansed by Tseshaht, Hupačasatḥ, and Huu-ay-aht

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Left to right: Edward R. Johnson (Huu-ay-aht Executive Councillor), Ken Watts (Tseshaht Chief Councillor), Brandy Lauder (Hupačasatḥ Chief Councillor), Jeff Cook (Huu-ay-aht Ḥaw̓iiḥ Councillor), Shannon Zimmerman (Huu-ay-aht Child and Family Wellness Director).

On Monday, April 17, 2023, The Oomiiqsu (Aboriginal Mother Centre) grounds were cleansed before any work begins on the property.

In attendance was Tseshaht Chief Councillor, Ken Watts, Hupačasatḥ Chief Councillor, Brandy Launder, Huu-ay-aht Ḥaw̓iiḥ Councillor, Jeff Cook, Huu-ay-aht Executive Councillor, Edward R. Johnson, Huu-ay-aht Child and Family Wellness Director, Shannon Zimmerman.

Tseshaht Chief Councillor, Ken Watts chanting a prayer to cleanse the Oomiiqsu property.

Together, they sent prayers up to the ancestors as they spread eagles down over the property where the Oomiiqsu will be located. In first nation culture, doing this ceremony cleanses the land before important business happens.

Site prep work started following the ceremony, and the ground breaking is expected to happen in May 2023.  

  • Ken Watts, Brandy Lauder, Edward R. Johnson cleansing the land where Oomiiqsu will be built.
  • Hupačasatḥ Chief Councillor, Brandy Lauder cleansing the Oomiiqsu lands with eagle down.
  • Huu-ay-aht Executive Councillor, Edward R. Johnson cleansing with Oomiiqsu lands with eagle down.

Resources:

  • In accordance with the Social Service Panel Report (2017) see recommendations 26 (work to establish a center modelled on the Vancouver Aboriginal Mothers Center): Social Service Panel Report
  • In accordance with the Social Service Evaluation (2020) areas of focus – Huu-ay-aht to secure operational funding for the Oomiiqsu Mother Centre. Refer to: Social Service Evaculation Report