Blog & Media

This Winter/Spring semester, TRACKS has hired three new, fantastic staff to take on various projects. The first of these staff is Shaelyn Webagejig. Read her bio below!

From November 6th to 9th TRACKS Youth Program is hosting the virtual reality experience, Biidaaban: First Light! Biidaaban: First Light is an interactive VR project that utilizes Indigenous languages and worldviews to help people understand, as well as literally feel and experience, what Indigenous ways of being and knowing have to teach us about the world and our place in it.

It's #throwbackthursday and we're reminiscing about our Summer with our Oshkwazin Youth Ambassadors' final reflections on their most memorable experiences from their time working with TRACKS. Read on to learn about some of the fun leadership-building activities we all did together!

As part of their Summer, our Oshkwazin Youth Ambassadors, Geordan, Gabe, Kaden and Joe, were given the opportunity to learned from knowledge holders about various different types of traditional and modern medicinal plants. They each wrote a short blog post about what they learned about these plants!

July has been a whirlwind! At the beginning of July, we hired four high school students as Oshkwazin Youth Ambassadors. As they reach the mid-way point to their Summer, its about time we official introduce them. Read on to learn more about them and why they are proud to work as ambassadors for our TRACKS Oshkwazin program.

Along with our amazing, talented Outreach and Education staff we have also hired Jazzmin Foster as our Oshkwazin Youth Program Supervisor. Our Oshkwazin Youth start next week, so it's time to meet Jazzmin!

After a full month of delivering outstanding school programming, our staff are gearing up for Summer camp programs and we figured its about time for introductions.

TRACKS was recognized by Trent University for receiving a total of $125,000 from NSERC over the course of three years. Read the article to learn more about how this funding will support TRACKS activities!

As we transition from the school year into the Summer, we are also transitioning our staff teams. Jessica Frappier spent the Winter semester working with TRACKS Oshkwazin, and as she moves on to other exciting opportunities this Summer, she reflects on her experience working with Oshkwazin. Read her blog here!

We are so excited to have Allie Livesey working with our Outreach & Education program this Winter and Spring. Read on to learn more about Allie!

Greenup's Water Programs Manager, Heather Ray, wrote an article prior to World Water Day which features TRACKS' and Greenup's partnership on the issue of clean safe drinking water for all and a WWD twitter contest.

In our work with youth and advocacy for the water we will never forget to follow in the footsteps of Grandmother Josephine Mandamin.