I IE JI JUSTICE INSTITUTE Aboriginal Fisheries Officers Train at the JI one each from Sliammon (Sunshine Coast), Klahoose (Cortes Island}, Chilcotin and the GUWA Rangers from the Smithers area. OFRC. Inspector Ed Kelly and 12 Volume 8 Number 2 April 1996 St6:LO Nation fisheries officers patrol an area which spans from the Port Mann Bridge to just north of looked to the JI Police Academy. The five week training 'The DFO recommended program was intensive, covering a wide range of the JI, so in September topic areas including Yale. Similar to employees of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, their role is to enforce fishing regulations in both the aboriginal and non-native communities in their area. As Director of Enforce- ment for the St6:LO Nation, Ed is responsible for ensuring that the officers in his department are properly trained. In the Career & Community Studies The graduates and program instructors. I contacted Bob Hull to talk about our training needs," says Ed. human relations, driver training, search and On February 12th, the seizure, investigation and patrol and several other course was up and running with 25 aboriginal fisheries Corrections Academy Courts Academy officers. Educational Services Fire Academy 'The class could handle 25 students, so with the 10 Fire & Safety Training Centre St6:LO members, that left Paramedic Academy 15 spaces. When the other Police Academy bands heard about it they Provincial Emergency Program started calling me, and in Finance & Administration Academy no time we had a full pro- "TheJI is a first class institute" Ed Kelly, Director ofEnforcement, Sto:Lo Nation gram with several on a wait- 715 McBride Blvd. Fall ofl995, when he was In addition to the St6:Lo, New Westminster, B.C. looking for an advanced there were eight members V3L 5T4 enforcement training pro- from Nuu-chah-nulth, gram for his staff, he three from Musqueam, and Justice Institute of B.C. Ph (604) 525-5422 ing list," he adds. areas. 'The instructors are excellent," says Ed "although the program was intense, it was a relaxed learning environment." continued on page 8 Sharing the Experience Staryteller has two main purposes - to share the stories ofFirst Nations people with Natives and non-Natives, and to help First Nations people in the healing process as they try to deal with the effect of residential schools. Storyteller is a group of First Nations women who Storyteller has given two performances to staff at before we went further with it, and I believe we're ready use drama, dance and song to tell the stories of their the JI, both have been organized by Renee Nyberg- Smith, First Nations Advisor. Renee says "I think it's important for to go ahead," says Renee. people. Their performances deal with the effect residential schools have had on generations of First Nations people. formances are powerful ·and often emotional, involving both sadness and celebration. The group is led by Vera Manuel, daughter of the late Chief George Manuel who organized the first International Conference of Indigenous People. Vera believes Storyteller has two main purposes - to share the stories of First Nations people with Natives and non-Natives, and to help First Nations people in the healing process as they try to deal with the effect of residential schools. Page 2 staff at the JI to have an understanding of the effect First Nations people - this is the biggest issue facing this community, and knowledge and understanding of the issue will help us as we work with First Nations communities." Staff in Ed Services and CCS have seen the performance and the response has been very positive. "On each occasion staff have told me that this is a very powerful performance one that all JI staff should have an opportunity to see. I wanted to see how the group was received by staff in CCS and Ed Services Renee is working on a schedule for performances for staff throughout the JI. "Although it's a learning opportunity, it's also a Vera Manuel (second from l.ejt) and the members of Sturyteller during their latest pcrfurmance at the JI. social experience," says Renee "we hold the performances in the late afternoon and start with a bit of a potluck. Food always helps to get people talking, and by ending the day with the performance people don't have to quickly shift gears back to thinking about work." Details of upcoming Storyteller performances will be sent to staff in the academies as they are scheduled . • Welcome to Paramedic Students from Singapore Saving r. Trees For the next two months, seven instructor-candidates from Singapore will receive training as instructors at the JI's !"ief~re· ~~viflg to Paramedic Academy. They will be certified to Paramedic the ne~ ~npus, · the JI cleaned house and sent .a ~uge batch of paperwork . f !>r shredding. By doing so ~·e saved 41 trees, and ..,_. ',. received Academy standards to instruct in Singapore. These students represent part two of a four stage contract with the government of Singapore, designed to enhance the country's emergency medical system. The students will spend the eight weeks learning in classroom, ambulance and hospital settings. Four students are an . from the school of Military Medicine, and three from the Singapore Civil Defense Force. After completing their s_tud- Environmental Certificate of Merit for 1995 from Slu·ed-it British Colwnbia. ies at the JI and back in Singapore, they will work along with other JI instructors to train the country's paramedics. Welcome to Tay Kok Kwang, Megala Devi, Mohd Fauzi Rodrigues,Juma'at Hassan, Chew Lay Cheng, Siti Afzan Hariri and Ithnin Ahmid. • Supporting Survivors of Residential School Each day, more native people are coming forward to tell the story of their experience, and this is positive, because in many cases it is the first step toward healing. While the impact of residential schools has long been one of two JI staff involved in the project. Renee and felt by First Nations people across Canada; for many non-Native Canadians the Cindy ~ettel'i~r;;~program coqtdiriaJor~th e,t'pei't\se .. ,, ' . ' iri ahuse in~~ti()llll arti responsible 16r developing ,· issue is only just comingto light. As the number of people. nized the need for strong victim support services, and they're working with the Provincial Residential School Project to do just tl;i.~t. The ]I's role has been the program curriqtlum and seleettng trainers. f who do come f'c:n'watd and Th¢ pt.Qgram is beil!g d~el­ disclose abuse in residentiali school increases, First '., . \ . Nations,,communf'tjes qave \. oped cm 1;;ontractforthe ProVincial Refidential =~ ~:. ' . tnentco£lndian and Norther vide suppotf to their pepple. x y·.,., "Supporting· Sqrvivors of Affairs,. the Medical-Services Resideqtial Schqor", a new Brandi~ the RCM~ prograrq .developed at ·the Generlil,I and the provincial , S~mit of Indian Chiefs. F ., ,:: JI, aims to do j'µst that. ''We believe this is a program that can help make a~.,,, Solicitor '"Th~ goal'ofthe RCM'P task r f~r~e ~n,resti~~?ni ~i~Ei~ ?.I: 1 commun:ities who are pro- ' Sch;ool Proje1t, a project, that involves p:ie Depart• recogniZed the need ~!J· pro- to" d,esign a program for support W{>rkers in the native '., . :1 viding S1J,pport to the residentl?l sG,hool survivors. By the: erld-0f Mapcp, five . .J .. comlµunities had, completed 1 the :firstmodule ~~the pro' .r ! gram; theu' ~xpect to com,plete parts two -an:q three by i Septemb6r. ' ~: f ff you'd Iii(,~ to'k,pow more abput this pr~~ct, contact '. c1~a};1 n'eti;f1~1?,cs2S-5627) difference in people's lives/ , \ ~,,,abhse..is .to ,ptomoti:: .healJ:hy · · or Renee Nyberg- Smith says Renee Nyberg-Smith, (528-5621). : ·:;: First Nations Advisor, and ·communities. Fmm"the" beginning they've recog- • Page 3 KitKatla Leads the Way ed person from by Amber Teed and will complete their Newfoundland; who has been in the community for two years. (I liked her a lot, she thinks like me!) Since that first call last year this group has excelled. They are on the final stages of writing an emergency plan, first responder training at the end of April. They also The First Nations guidance and support to ing facility, a volunteer fire Emergency Preparedness continue if they are strug- department, a provincial Training Program trains gling, or we can share in school, and a band admin- people in communities their success. istration office. throughout the province. · I find myself at this point, Last year, with the help of The goal of this program is and I want to share with some very keen individuals, to improve emergency you the story of an extraor- and the full support of the planning and preparedness in First Nations communi- dinary community that Chief & Council, this com- despite tremendous chal- munity began to think ties. lenges, has done every- about its emergency preparedness responsibilities. They began by taking a close look at past experiences in emergency situations, and talked about how they wanted to improve their response. Discussions centered on what level of education and training their emergency response team had, and (from right) Amber Teed of the PEP Academy with Bill Spenr:er of J(jtkat/a, Jackie Thumas (PEP Academy) and Enuin Robinson of thing possible to prepare needed, and where the their community for emer- training would come from gency response. Kitkatla is in the future. They 50 miles by air southwest of focused in on the areas of Prince Rupert. This village, Fire, First Responder, with a population of about Search & Rescue, (land As a trainer, I feel that 500 on reserve, is one of and sea), Critical Incident every once in a while we 197 First Nations commu- Stress, and Emergency should look back at the nities in the province. Planning. They formed a J(jtJiatla. hope that one member of their First Responder team will go on to get his/her First Responder Instructor status. Their fire department has completed a number of intense training sessions to prepare them to respond to many situations in the community. The Coast Guard will be training a group of Auxiliary members to respond to sea rescue. The community has also set up training for a land search group. The response group has implemented the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing program. The Provincial Emergency Program has committed to two basic search and rescue courses, to train four to six band members as search team leaders, and will eventually offer a SAR manager course. Their aim is to ·have a qualified SAR communities that we have Located on Dolphin team of dedicated individu- visited and evaluate their Island, it is an isolated, als and went after the train- progress. In doing so, we quiet community, only ing they needed. can evaluate the effective- accessible by air or sea. My first contact was from ness of our training. We munity of Kitkatla should Basic services are provided Debbie Pynn the outpost can also give them further be very proud of their through an outpost nurs- nurse, a kind and dedicat- efforts. I have no doubt Page 4 instructor on reserve to deliver training sessions for future members. The com- that they will be a shining example for many other communities that are developing emergency programs. New Crush Injury Program a Success Over the years I've had many conversations with people who believe that "Crush Injury and First Nations communities Confined Space Medicine" don't need their own com- is a mouthful of a name for munity response program. a training program; but it's But times have changed; a very accurate description cutbacks in services and of what this new course is personnel have left a gap for all communities, and all about. In an earth- the bands are no different. crushed or trapped in con- When an emergency or dis- fined spaces, and many will aster occurs, they need to require medical attention be able to respond quickly, on the spot. and not rely totally on out- This "first ever" Crush ''The course was an excel- side help, which in many Injury course in B.C., was lent exercise in team build- cases may not arrive for developed by the ing," says Yvonne Beckett, days. Paramedic Academy for project manager "we had The intensive work that's the City of Vancouver's five- people from several differ- been done in Kitkatla helped us realize that many person Heavy Urban Search and Rescue medical was a great opportunity to forms of training are team. Although it was work together." required and that the train- designed for the City, they The program was designed ing has to come from a encouraged the JI to offer to make the participants number of different train- spaces in the course to realize and cope with the ing agencies. other professionals interest- logistics of disaster. Day ed in the training opportu- one involved lectures and nity. A total of 36 students demonstrations at the New My focus has been to bring together traditional native practices with today's emergency management system in B.C. A coordinated quake, people will be ent disciplines... they felt it took part in the two day West campus. Day two was course, including fire fight- split between lectures and ers, paramedics, police and very challenging simula- doctors. tions at the Fire and Safety the community and The course was held in Training Centre. During branching out to agencies February at the ]I's New the simulations, the partici- beyond their border is a West and Maple Ridge pants had to cope with the key component. People campuses. The training was realities of working within First Nations com- delivered by five members confined space without munities are very good at of Puget Sound's Heavy their full range of equip- looking after each other in Urban Search and Rescue ment. times of emergency, they've Task Force, with assistance The program was very well done so for many hun- from 12 paramedic acade- received, and plans for the my instructors. next course are underway. • response, starting within continued on page 8 in a (top) Members of the Puget Sound HUSAR team debrief participants follawing an exercise. (bottom) Exercise simulating evacuation of a hypothermic adolescent who had been trapped for 26 hours. Page 5 Insiders - Snapshots from Page 6 around the JI. Working With Youth Program Graduates 20 March 15 was a day of celebration for 20 participants from across the province in the \Vorking With \outh in Community Settings Certificate Program. It marked the last day of thei r 140 hours of classroom training to strengthen their skills and increase their knowledge when working with youth in different types of community settings. The group's last day in the course was capped by a luncheon at the JI. From the evaluations received from the partici~ pants, the initial offering of the re\ised program 1) Over 60 students participated in the Fire Academy's Intro to the Fire Service program in February. The program began with a panel on "The Changi.ng Culture of the Fire Service", with panel members (from left) Chief Bob Gordon of Richmond, fire fighters Rita Payne from Langley City and Janet Beal from Seattle, and Chief Brian Singleton of Vancouver. was a big success. The next offering of the certificate program in May is filled with a waiting list. - Sandra Rice 2) Cpl. Chris Rattenbury is "the offender" (left) in a training simulation for Block 3 of Class 61. VISITORS 3) Michael Krancevic (left) and Steve Spence, at the JI completing their EMA II recertijication. Krancevic has been a paramedic for 18 years and currently works at the Colwood station in Victoria. Spence has been a paramedic for 9 1/2 years, and works in Trail. Public Relations gave tours of the ]I's New West campus to the following groups: 4) Instructor john Lacavera (right), pictured with Paul Pershick, Director of the Corrections Academy, celebrates 20 years with Corrections. 5) Taking a break. Participants in the Executive Develapment program of the Fire Academy. 6) Congratulations to the 16 graduates of the Deputy Sheriff Empluyment Readiness program! The dass celebrated completion of the six week program with their graduation on March 15. Pictured with the grads are Roger Allison (front row left), Coordinator ofDeputy Sheriff Training, and Susan Hall (front row right), Program Coordinator for the Employment Readiness program. January Millworkers from Westcoast Plywood B.C. Film Commission February Council of Post Secondary Library Directors March Compucollege Legal Secretaries WHO Widows Group 7) The ]I's Fire and Safety Training Centre hosted Extrication '96 on March 10, an auto extrication competition for fire departments from ·across Southern B. C. 8) April Haddad (front row, second from right) hosted a meeting of the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors association in February. Library Directors from colleges and institutes across B. C. attended the meeting. B.C. Fire Prevention Officers UBC Architectural Students UBC Masters in Adult Education Program Students from Haiku Japan Page 7 Vancouver Fire Department wins the Auto Extrication contest, and will represent Southern B. C. at the Western Canada competition in Fox Creek, Alberta at the end of May. FSTC Hosts Auto Extrication Competition competed for the chance to represent Southern B.C. at the Western Canadian Auto E.xtrication Competition. The competition was organized by the Fire and Safety Training Centre in conjunction with the Maple Ridge Fire Department, and included a seminar on the Saturday before the competition. The competition winners Vancouver Fire Department, favorites going into the contest given their more frequent experience with "the real A total of 36 cars were used for the competition. The cars were provided through sponsorship from ICBC. thing", and the fact that they've participated in sevThe thrill of competition is often enough to get any- someone from a simulated motor vehicle accident, the The Surrey Fire one's adrenalin:e going, but anxiety level is bound to Department finished when the competition increase. second, followed by involves safely rescuing On March 10, 13 teams Abbotsford. • eral previous competitions. Thanks! Aboriginal... Contributors to this issue: conb.nutd from p4g1 l Amber Teed On March 15, the Sandra Rice KuKatla ... continued from page 5 times of emergency, they've done so for many hundreds of years. When a call for help goes out, there is an immediate response. The biggest challenge today is to give those who respond, the skills they need to carry out an effective and Jackie Goodwin safe response. There is a tremendous cost, physically, men- WilMah tally and also financially. A connection to resources and sup- Ryan Shellhorn weeks of hard work. port that are outside of the community must exist Kevin Perkin Rd~~dris In my work with Kitkatla I have found a network of trainers kind of training is that can assist each other in tying the training programs essential llo enable Aboriginal fisheries olfioors llo perionn thehduties in the ftekl.. With the completion of this ooune~ 50 of the. 126 Aboriginal fisheries ofllCfi& in the~ n.;ow have advanced training. together. Although we work in different academies within Comments on the new look for JI News? Something you'd like to see in the next issue? Send your comments or submission to Peggy John, Public Relations, by May 10, 1996. • the Justice Institute we can strengthen what we do, and more effectively deliver training, by working together. Congratulations to Kitkatla, for their desire to lead the way in ensuring their community is properly prepared to respond to emergencies and disasters. We have all learned from their experience. • Amber Teed is a First Nations Emergency operations Program Instructor with the PEP Academy.