Qalipu’s Annual General Assembly will take place on Sunday, November 5, 2023, in Grand Falls-Windsor at the Mount Peyton Hotel (Newfoundland Room) from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All Band members in the area are encouraged to attend.

Qalipu staff will be on hand to share resources and answer questions and Indian Registration staff will offer FREE passport-style photos and take care of your SCIS renewal if needed.

There will also be prize giveaways, music, a light lunch and an annual report that includes a presentation on the bands’ audited financial statements. There will also be a special door prize provided by a Mi’kmaw artist!

Chief Brendan Mitchell and the team hope to see you there.

Please pre-register by calling 709-634-5111

The next regular meeting of the Chief and Council will take place in Grand Falls-Windsor at the Mount Peyton Hotel (Mill Room) on Saturday, Nov 04, 2023, from 11 am to 3 pm.

To register to attend this meeting, please call 709-634-5111

Come out for a chat and a cup of tea!

Qalipu First Nation invites band members in the Meadows area to meet them at the Town Hall on October 11^th at 6:30 PM.  Staff members from all departments will be on hand to share information about programs and services, talk about upcoming opportunities, and gather feedback for the Band’s future direction.

Band Manager Charles Pender noted that this is the second in a series of community gatherings that will move across the territory, visiting areas where the Band has not yet hosted a meeting.

“We were in Port au Port last month and it was a very positive event.  We had a good showing of community members and some great conversations.  We hope to see a nice turnout in Meadows as well.”

Details regarding additional dates and locations for the Community Conversations will be shared on the Band’s website www.qalipu.ca.

How will Qalipu First Nation commemorate the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation?

Paul Pike, Cultural Outreach Officer for the Band, shared details on Monday Morning Live:

“Stephenville is going to be having a gathering at 1:30 pm at the Jerome M Pavilion, that’s for the ceremonial start.  We’re asking the whole community to come out and join us at 1:30 PM.  That’s Friday, September 29th.  If you’re wondering where that is, it’s right behind McDonalds in Stephenville.

 

Also, at 7 pm there’s going to be a virtual presentation by Lottie Johnson from Eskasoni First Nation at the College of the North Atlantic at the lecture hall.  Now that’s going to be starting at 7 but we really want people to show up probably 6:30 ish.  Because this is very important, to hear from our Elder, to share their story about their experience at residential school.  We don’t want to be wandering in, you know, in the middle of it, you know what I mean.

 

Also, that same presentation will be available in other locations.  In Grand Falls-Windsor, they’ll be gathering at 6:30 at the Corduroy Nature Centre building for this very same presentation.  And in Gander, they will be meeting at the Crossroads Family Resource Centre at 6:30.

 

In Corner Brook, there’s going to be multiple things happening as well.   At 3 Church Street, we’ve got events starting at 9:00 a.m.  There’s going to be a banner signing, community walk, and ceremonial start followed by a song by the Corner Brook Aboriginal Women’s Association.   And then that same presentation that I talked about with Lottie Jonson is going to be held at the Arts and Culture Centre in Corner Brook and that will be starting at 7:00 Pm and again we ask people to show up a little earlier.

 

And it’s also going to be available in DeGrau at the Edna May Benoit Women’s Centre at 6:30 PM.

 

There are lots of places to be able to take in the events and show our support for the residential school survivors.  And of course, if you have an orange shirt to wear in support of them, that would be awesome.

 

It’s an opportunity for us to come out as our Mi’kmaw community and to share, be there, and be present, with the residential school survivors.”

Paul also reminded youth about the logo contest whose prize is $250, cultural supplies, books, swag, a $500 donation to the winner’s School Breakfast Program and the winner’s logo will be featured on next year’s t-shirts produced by the Band for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

The next regular meeting of Chief and Council will take place on Saturday, September 23 at the Days Inn in Stephenville. The meeting is scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will be streamed live through the ginu membership portal.

To register to attend this meeting in person, please contact Suzanne at 709-643-5111

Youth in grades K-12 are invited to submit their original poem commemorating the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

One poem will be selected to be read aloud at the gathering in Corner Brook on September 29th, and published in our weekly newsletter, Maw-pemita’jik Qalipu’k (the caribou are travelling together).

Submit your poem to lswift@qalipu.ca by 4:00 PM on September 22, 2023.

To recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Qalipu First Nation will once again host a logo contest.  This contest is open to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Grades Kindergarten to Grade 12 within Canada. Contest submissions must be received by September 28th, 2023, 4:00pm NST.

The logo contest winner will receive a cheque for $250.00 as well as prizes including swag, books, and cultural supplies. In addition, the winner’s school will be presented with a donation of $500.00 towards their school breakfast program. The winning logo will also be featured on orange shirts produced by the band in time for next year’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

Contest entries and the accompanying media release form signed by a parent/guardian must be received by September 28, 2023 at 4:00pm NST. All entries and media release forms must be scanned and emailed to communications@qalipu.ca, or mailed to:

Attn: Alison Muise
Qalipu First Nation
PO Box 460
St. George’s, NL
A0N 1Z0

Click on the link below for full contest details.

Media Release Form
Full Contest Details

Tuesdays at 10:00 AM on Bay FM

The Band is excited to share that starting this coming Tuesday, September 19 at 10:00 a.m. we will be live on air with Bay FM for the new radio talk show, Qalipu Today.  The weekly recurring broadcast will feature guests from various members of the staff team along with our Chief, Band Manager, and community members.  It will focus on a variety of topics relevant to the membership and broader Indigenous community including information about benefits, programs, and services, new projects, top news and all the latest about upcoming events and gatherings.

Listeners can tune in to Bay FM at 100.1 FM in the Corner Brook area or from anywhere by selecting “listen live” on the station’s website, www.bayfm.ca.

Past programs will also be available at www.bayfm.ca/player/podcasts.