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The YES Program is dedicated to assisting the Syilx Nation in addressing family violence and sexual assault. As part of the Specialized Training within the YES Program, we offer a comprehensive full-day training session aimed at enhancing the capacity to effectively respond to various forms of violence.

Open to Syilx Nation Members, Community Members, and Frontline Band Staff. 

 

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Gathering and Supporting Frontline Workers

The YES Program offers specialized training and self-care opportunities for frontline workers of the Syilx Nation, addressing their community responsibilities in crisis response. It aims to combat vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue by providing tools for self-care and a relaxing environment for respite.

This event will feature training aimed at enhancing capacity, team-building activities, cultural healing, and an emphasis on personal wellness in a field of providing support to Syilx Nation members in crisis.

Open to Frontline Health & Wellness Staff in Syilx Nation Communities | Space are limited

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nłk̓ʷsalqʷm: ackʷum iʔ sck̓łpaʔx̌tət

The Syilx Data Plan has been guided by the collective knowledge and wisdom of our ancestors, elders, knowledge keepers, and Nation members of today to plan and prepare for the people-to-be.

Good quality wellness data helps with community planning and monitoring of programs. ONA data team would like to invite you learn about the Nation data plan that is built on sqlxʷɬcaẃtət (our ways).

Sessions will be held in each community – more info coming soon!

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The Okanagan Nation Alliance in collaboration with many project partners have been successfully restoring spawning and rearing habitat for salmon in the Okanagan Basin for over 20 years. Traditional Ecological Knowledge, best management practices, measured stream geometry and natural habitat features have guided these restoration works. This workshop will teach the math behind the stream analysis and hydraulics that directed the restoration designs and describe the planning, construction, monitoring methods and results.

REGISTRATION OPENS: July 15, 2025

 Workshop outline:

• Teach the calculations behind the stream analysis, river hydraulics and pool-riffle design
• Field visits to several habitat restoration projects
• Show the process of implementing a river restoration project from beginning-to-end (planning, designs, construction, and adaptive management)
• Explain the projects monitoring methods and results
• Discussion and poster sessions: hydraulic modelling, fish habitat diversity, spawning beds, riffles, fish passage at barriers, floodplain reconnection, wetland restoration

Course targeted to but not limited to:

• Those designing or reviewing river instream works, particularly for salmon habitat
• Environmental scientists and project managers (Biologists, Engineers, Geomorphologists, Hydrologists and Fisheries Technicians)
• Community members and general public

Course details:

• Date: October 7-9, 2025
• Location: Penticton BC
• Registration and fees: $1000
  
• Payment: Email transfers (EMT), Cheque, or Invoice for larger groups. Seats will be reserved once payment is received.
• IMPORTANT: Fee must be paid by September 15, 2025
  * Please note that any cancellation done less than 60 days before event will result in only 50% refunds returned

October 2025 River Restoration Workshop

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