YHMA Blog

So we all talk about the 6^th degree of separation, coming to the meeting here in Yellowknife I never expected to see an old friend from college. What a great surprize to meet up with Kathleen who is working in Inuvik and doing well. We took time over dinner to catch up. I would like to say thank you for sharing your stories and listening to mind and I look forward to doing this again soon.

Today Kate finished up her presentation on the MAP programs and discussed a few others from Canadian Heritage. I was able to get a copy of the different sections that MAP offers and I will send them out next week when I get home. I was next up and spoke to the programs and structure of YHMA. I was wondering at one point if I was speaking to fast or not explaining myself well because the room was silent. Now looking back on the information I shared it was an over load of concepts in one short presentation. I truly hope what everyone has taken away from  this session was there is a way to come together and share ideas, resources, and partnerships and still be unique and true to our organization.

Final discussions were around setting up actions for the next year and taking ownership of those actions.

All in all it was a wonderful time and I am honoured to be a part of that discussion.

Tracey