Community Education
Preparing the next generation of our community.
Our Mandate
Provide education and training for all ages. Integrate culture, wellness, and life skills. Support community members in employment and further education. Oversee community-based research.
Current Programs
We are proud to partner with Northlands College to bring the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Year 2 program directly to our community.
This program provides learners with foundational knowledge and practical skills to support the growth and development of young children in culturally respectful and nurturing environments.
By offering this training locally, we are creating meaningful opportunities for community members to begin careers in early learning while staying connected to their families, culture, and community.
The community of Pinehouse Lake Saskatchewan has worked to collaborate with Northern Lights School Division #113, University of Sasakatchewan and Kineepik Metis Local Inc to deliver the first ever teacher education program in Pinehouse Lake.
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Supporting future educators in their home community with a focus on local language and culture, allows students to stay connected to their support systems while pursuing a Bachelor of Education Degree. A strong mixture of local and remote instructors ensures students receive a high-quality education with local land-based cultural experiences.
This collaboration comes in part from NLSD#113's recruitment and retention strategy along with Kineepik Metis Local's education department's desire to keep education rooted in local land, language and culture. By developing local educational opportunities, the partners of this project are responding to the Calls to Action by providing equitable access to post-secondary education while infusing local culture into the program.
A dedicated coordinator assists students with everything from homework support, technology accessibility, tuition funding applications, and ties course content to culturally relevant learning experiences. Uniting knowledge keepers, land users and Cree language speakers with our teacher candidates ensures the transmission of local identity to the next generation.
Scholarships
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Kineepik supports preparation for and participation in CNSC engagement. We help break down technical information and support Pinehouse during meetings and follow-up.
Kineepik works on community environmental monitoring that reflects local priorities. This helps Pinehouse monitor changes to land and water over time.
Kiskemisowin Project
In December, Kineepik signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Pewaseskwan, an Indigenous-led research team at the University of Saskatchewan.
This MOU is part of Kiskemisowin – a partnership between Pewaseskwan and our education department to build a community-owned and designed digital archive. In a nutshell, this project sets up whatever is needed for us to store knowledge in a way that is secure and accessible to the community. We in KML are in charge of what knowledge we store, who can access it, how it is stored, how it is used and more. The research team is involved to help develop the archive and understand how it can be done well. They want to answer questions like “How can this be done well?”, “What kind of systems work best for communities to control?”, “How can Universities best support this work?”. They do not have access to the knowledge we hold.
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The MOU is a way to start our partnership in mutual understanding. In it, Pewaseskwan commits to honouring our control and ownership of our knowledge, bringing training and other resources into Pinehouse, to communicate clearly about what they are doing, and to give community input before any research is published in the outside world. It also outlines the project’s goals and the things we will do to reach them. The MOU is a living document, and the team will consider adding any ideas that community brings back to make a stronger relationship.
Our News
Community Education Team
Lynette Natomagan
Education Manager
Denise Natomagan
Community Research Coordinator
Michael Bruno
Pinehouse Teacher Education Program Coordinator