Register Here: Lunch & Learn: Planning for 2024/2024

While we don’t typically require registration for Lunch & Learn sessions, for organizational purposes we’re requesting members to register beforehand. 

We turn on our taps and flush our toilets numerous times a day. But how often do we pause to think about where that wastewater goes, and how it might be affecting the water near our communities? In this webinar, we will take a closer look at the different types of wastewater and learn about the most common methods for wastewater management. We will discuss how wastewater can threaten and contaminate our groundwater and surface water supplies. And most importantly, we will discuss what you can do to help prevent wastewater from becoming a daunting threat to the waters near and dear to you.

Alison Gamble, Senior Environmental Scientist and Environmental Team Lead at Shared Value Solutions, and Tamarra Lewis, Water Resources Engineer-in-Training at Shared Value Solutions will be facilitating this session.

ESTATES UNIT

For more information regarding estates, please contact Alison Irons-Cummings, OALA Estates Coordinator at [email protected]

For more information regarding the Indian Lands Registry System (ILRS), please contact Colleen Brant, ILRS Registration Officer at [email protected] or your Regional ISC Office.

GIS UNIT

Stay Tuned….the GIS Unit is mapping out a strategy to deliver to OALA Members!

For more information regarding Geographic Information Systems (GIS), please contact

Marty Martel, GIS Technician at [email protected]

To view NALMA's Training Schedule for upcoming training opportunities, click here.

LAND USE PLANNING

For any questions regarding the Land Use Planning Toolkit, please contact Becky Wolfe, LUP Program Administrator, at [email protected]

ADDITIONS TO RESERVE (ATR)

TOOLKIT TRAINING

For any questions regarding the Additions to Reserve Toolkit, please contact Stephanie Tripp at [email protected]

CLIMATE CHANGE TOOLKIT TRAINING

For any questions regarding the Climate Change Toolkit Training, please contact Juliana Thompson at j[email protected]

Congratulations! Enjoy your well-deserved retirement, you've dedicated many years to the land management profession and your community. Thank you for your contribution to OALA over the years!

All the best,

Staff and Board of Directors,

OALA

Barb Simcoe

Lands & Membership Manager

Chippewas of Rama First Nation

"I have been working for the First Nation for 40 years straight now (in various positions before lands). My last day is February 9^th, 2024. I would like to mention that I am so grateful for Rama being part of the OALA membership. The OALA team is so pleasant to communicate with and so professional with the expertise and knowledge of what First Nation Lands Department go through!"  

Updating OALA's Strategic Plan

Aaniin / She:kon / Hello,

As OALA strives toward Land Management Excellence, I am pleased to share that work has commenced to update our strategic plan. Once again, Cambium Indigenous Professional Services (CIPS) has been commissioned to assist us through this process. 

Endorsed in 2021, our five-year strategic plan has given us the guidance needed to attain key strategic commitments, perspectives, and align resources to specific areas of focus which include:

• Engaging with Members
• Leadership and Governance
• Capacity Building and Training
• Partnerships, Advocacy and Government Relations
• Research, Technical and Advisory Services

While tremendous progress has been made, OALA committed to a process of review and reflection. In the coming weeks and months, the CIPS Team will be engaging with the board, staff, membership, and key partners by way of virtual and in-person forums. We will also issue a virtual survey to renew discussions about the strategic direction of OALA. 

OALA and the CIPS Team are excited to work together as we collect input needed to reaffirm our current strategic direction. Please look for correspondence in the coming month for opportunities to have your voice heard.

GOVERNWISE PROPOSAL WRITING WEBINAR - COMING SOON

Click here to keep up with upcoming events and learning opportunities from GovernWISE.

MEMBER PORTAL

In OALA’s member login portal, you will find:

Chat Forum: (for access to a network of fellow land managers, these discussion boards will allow OALA members to speak and share freely, their land management questions, concerns, and projects)

Documents: (a library, sorted by folder topics for ease of use, which will include templates, webinars, and other resources, that have been created or curated by OALA staff, or shared by other OALA members)

Webinars: (all OALA webinars that have been delivered since 2020 are available here, including Handouts, PowerPoint Presentations, and Video Recordings)

Board Governance: (available to current OALA Board members only, and will contain information related to the daily operations of OALA and Staff)

To access these 4 sections, click on “Members Only” at the top right-hand corner and a drop down menu will appear.

Jessica Pickett, Executive Director

[email protected] | 519-857-9228

Colleen Brant, Registration Officer

[email protected] | 519-857-9249

Abigail Zalewski, Project Coordinator

[email protected] | 519-857-9218

Marty Martel, GIS Technician

[email protected]

Alison Irons-Cummings, Estates Coordinator

[email protected] | 519-857-9210

Shannon Smith, Administrative Support

[email protected] | 519-857-9226

Ashley O'Hara, Communications Specialist

[email protected] | 519-857-9233

Chief of Staff - ICCE

Director of Operations - ICCE

Executive Assistant to Board of Directors - ICCE

If your First Nation Lands Department would like to advertise on our job

board, please send job postings to Shannon Smith, Administrative Support at [email protected]

ONTARIO ABORIGINAL LANDS ASSOCIATION | www.oala-on.ca