OALA February Update

OALA 2024 - 2025 Calendar of Events

Please note, the OALA office will be closed February 17, 2025 for Family Day.

OALA UPDATES

Notice of OALA Bi-Election

A Bi-Election for one seat on the OALA Board of Directors will take place at the March Membership Meeting being held virtually on March 26, 2025. This term will be effective immediately until September 30, 2025.

Click here to view OALA's Election Process.

Election Forms:

Nomination Form

Seconder Form

Acceptance of Nomination Form

Proxy Form

OALA Bylaw

Important: You must be a member in good standing to be eligible to vote. All forms must be completed and submitted to Shannon Smith, Administrative Support at admin@oala-on.ca by Friday, March 21, 2025 at 4:30pm.

EXTERNAL UPDATES

2025-2026 Call for Proposals – On-Reserve Survey Project

If you have not had a chance yet to submit the “On-Reserve Survey Project – Call for Proposals” it’s not too late! The deadline is February 28, 2025.

Survey Project Request Form

2025-2026 On-Reserve Survey Call-Out Process

Please submit the completed form, supporting documents and any questions you may have via email to onlandsoperations-gestiondesterreson@sac-isc-gc.ca.

Learn More

Updates to the Land Management Manual

An overview of the changes made to the Land Management Manual can be found here or by visiting our Quick Reference Guide to Lands Transactions.

Keep up with more updates by visiting https://oala-on.ca/news/.

To keep up with future virtual and in-person training sessions, download our 2024 - 2025 Annual Events Calendar here or visit the Events page on our website.

ONLINE EVENTS

Click the icon above the online event you’d like to learn more about to link to OALA's website.

Virtual Lunch & Learn

February 12

Planning Session for 2025 - 2026

Peer Support Session

February 20

Focusing on Land Management

Webinar

February 26

Hydro One Real Estate Appraisal Process

Can't make it? No problem!

Our virtual sessions are typically recorded and posted on the Members Portal.

IN-PERSON TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Date: February 19 - 20, 2025 (2-days)

Location: Six Nations of the Grand River

Registration Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025

Sponsorship: Travel sponsorship is available in the amount of $2000.00 per OALA Member First Nation.

Date: March 11 - 13, 2025 (2.5 days)

Location: Ottawa, ON

Registration Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025

Sponsorship: Travel sponsorship is available in the amount of $2000.00 per OALA Member First Nation.

Update: This training will be updating the Land Relationship Visioning (LRV) Toolkit, as well as introducing 3 NEW modules to the toolkit:

Changes Species and Spaces Due to Climate Change
Using Land Relationship Visioning in Other Departments
Land Relationship Building to Support Off Territory Land Use Plans

Date: March 5 - 6, 2025 (1.5 days)

Location: Chippewas of Rama First Nation

Registration Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025

Sponsorship: Travel sponsorship is available in the amount of $2000.00 per OALA Member First Nation.

UPCOMING TRAINING

To keep up with events hosted by NALMA, visit nalma.ca/events or click here to view NALMA's 2024-2025 Specialized Training Schedule.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Cambium Indigenous Professional Services is seeking First Nation communities interested in bringing their vision to life! The Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund builds on Land Relationship Visioning as the next step in community planning. The purpose of this initiative is to connect First Nation communities with the opportunity to access funding for actual on-land site work.

For more information on accessing funding for on-land work, please contact:

Michael Jacobs

CEO

Cambium Indigenous Professional Services

m.jacobs@indigenousaware.com

2025 - 26 Land Use Planning Funding Initiative

NALMA’s 2025 - 26 Land Use Planning Funding Initiative call for proposals is now open (November 28th, 2024 – February 21st, 2025).

There are three separate funding categories you can apply for:

Category 1: Pre-Planning – Background Report
Category 2: Land Use Plan Development, Implementation and Monitoring
Category 3: Updating an Existing Land Use Plan

See application instructions here.

For more information and application forms, please visit https://nalma.ca/funding/land-use-planning.

Please reach out to NALMA's Land Use Planning (LUP) Unit if you have any questions.

Alex Marques

LUP Program Specialist

amarques@nalma.ca

Krista Knott

LUP Program Administrative Support

kknott@nalma.ca

To keep up with job postings both from OALA and other First Nation organizations, visit the Employment Opportunities page of our website under the Resources tab.

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

board, please send job postings to Ashley O'Hara, Communications Technician at

communications@oala-on.ca.

OALA'S QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO

LAND TRANSACTIONS

Click here to check out the Quick Reference Guide to Land Transactions on our website!

MEMBER PORTAL

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

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)

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

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