The Four Directions
An ORIGIN Publication that features insights into Indigenous culture and traditions from Traditional Knowledge Keepers, community highlights, ORIGIN's engagement with communities, partners, and more!
East Direction, Issue 11
The east is where we come from and represents springtime which is life. We begin our journey from the spirit world into the physical world which is the one that brings life.
We are born as a spirit, we ask the Creator for the physical journey. The Creator grants us this request with four gifts: the gifts of picking our mother and father, so that they will help us come to an agreement, a balance, within ourselves, and the gift of picking and choosing how we are going to be born and how we are going to die.
And so in the spirit world, we find our spirit mother and our spirit father, and we ask them, “will you be my vehicle to go to this physical world?” When they agree, Creator brings them together. A spirit is then born and is carried by the woman for nine months until the water breaks. We then enter into the physical world.
Elder Marilyn Netemegesic
Lake Helen Reserve
COMPANY NEWS
Operation Innovation 2.0 Update
As we enter our second year of Operation Innovation 2.0, we have made significant progress in attracting, screening and training interested candidates. In the first year, the career of focus was heavy equipment operators. With over 100 interested candidates, 60+ completed the screening and intake process and over 25 candidates are newly trained or in the process of training. The next VR assessment is near completion and will be used to screen those interested in Meter Installation. The team is excited to continue to carry this momentum forward this year!
Indigenous Engagement and Training
ImmersiveLink Updates
NEW ImmersiveLink Career Experience
Meter Installer: Day in the Life (with interactive VR training assessment) created in partnership with Honeywell
This experience highlights the day-to-day tasks and expectations of the role. The assessment focuses on electrical theory, PPE and safety hazards involved with being a meter installer.
GardaWorld Security Guard Experience
The team has recently wrapped up production of the security guard experience! In partnership with GardaWorld, this experience was created to highlight the day-to-day tasks of a security guard and the requirements for the role.
CN Rail Yard Shoot
The team is excited for an upcoming production taking place at a CN railyard! This experience will highlight 12 different roles, covering the specifics of each individual role and showcasing how they rely on each other to keep everything moving in the yard.
The Sharing Circle with Melissa Hardy-Giles
NEW EDITION
Empowering Indigenous Futures
April 4, 2024
Indigenous nations are rich in culture and in history. When it comes to preservation of this knowledge, understanding how to protect Indigenous heritage and capturing it in its true form is extremely important. Read more on the opportunities that new technology offers.
Community Spotlight
Hiawatha First Nation
After our time in the community last fall with the heavy equipment simulators, we are excited to be returning to Hiawatha in the upcoming months to deliver the Work Readiness level of the Wake the Warrior program!
Lots of exciting things are coming up for the community including the 28th Annual Traditional Powwow happening May 17 & 18.
About Hiawatha First Nation
Hiawatha First Nation is located on the north shore of Rice Lake east of the Otonabee River. The community values culture and the traditional ways of life, based largely on the seven sacred teachings.
Stay up to date with all activities happening in Hiawatha on their Facebook page!
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