Welcome
Hello, Mary here! This is where I’ll be writing about my Engage North internship in Beaver First Nation this summer.
Blog posts
Home Again
I’m sure everyone can relate to the fact that this fall has brought tons of changes. Being at school in person after a year online is an adjustment in itself, especially after spending the summer up north. When I first got home just over a month ago, it felt strange to be in a city…
Culture Camp and Goodbyes
It’s hard to believe I’m already back home! But before we get into that, let me tell you about the last few weeks that we spent in Boyer. Since Kylie and Andrew were off to the Alberta Indigenous Games earlier in August, we all decided to host a goodbye and thank you barbecue for the…
Butterflies and Blue Skies
Hello! Luckily I’ve managed to stay out of car trouble since my last post. Over the past couple of weeks, it’s been great getting to know some of the youth around BFN. There’s a group of youth employees who started out in July, and I got to give them a tour of the community gardens…
Auto Adventures
Let me tell you about cars. From the moment I got my first driver’s license until very recently, my relationship with cars was unidimensional. I was the driver, and the car was the vehicle. I put my foot on the gas, the car moved. That was it. It was simple. In my four years of…
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day
We’ve officially been in Beaver First Nation for over one month, and I can’t believe how the time has flown by! Somehow it feels like I just got here, but also like I’ve been here forever. Last week we continued working on the orchard in Child Lake reserve. It’s really coming along, and we’ve started…
June 7th Update
It’s been a very full two weeks. My last post was just before I left on the seven-hour drive for Beaver First Nation. Along the way we saw five bears, a moose, and plenty of new birds. Even though I haven’t been here for long, I feel as though a lot has happened already. I’m…
Getting ready to go
Do you like packing? I can never really decide. I enjoy making lists, checking things off, and getting ready for an exciting adventure – but this almost always ends with me doing a late-night scramble the day before leaving, realizing I’d forgotten to pack some important item. This time around, it was a game of…
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