Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 2, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba The province teacher training program attracts attention Winnipeg free Pratt March Page 2 by Bob Lowery special to the free press Thompson the eyes of Educa tors from As far away As Botswana and Swaziland have been focused on a unique teacher training program in Northern Brandon University Vic president Meir Serfaty said the University Northern teachers education pro Gram bunter has also attracted much attention in Serfaty said educators in austra Lia and Africa have experienced Sim Ilar problems in training potential teachers from Remote University staff members connected with bunter including program director Garry Nicol have made several trips to Africa to give courses to local educators during Spring and summer As the University has appointed an International Liaison offi cer to assist with these develop Serfaty said the started in Aims to deliver High Quality pos secondary service to students in isolated Northern communities who normally have no Chance of pursuing such the Genius of the bunter pro Gram is that it brings University life and learning out of the traditional Ivory Tower Mold right into the Stu dents Home he Nicol noted that 145 teacher train yes Are currently involved in the fou year University course Given at Cranberry Portage and a seventh class on the Theresa Point Indian Reserve will begin in this course will also serve Stu dents from the other nearby Island Lake communities at Garden Hill and in its 14year life Nicol bunter training centres have been set up in 19 Northern communities for various periods of depend ing on the number of students Avail 167 graduates Over this 167 students have graduated with Brandon University Bachelor of education All have received employment offers to teach in their Home or other Northern communities As Well As other parts of Nicol most have taken the but some have gone on to master degree he this Nicol and student services administrator Maria Ross of nor Way House were in Thompson to Welcome a fresh group of 25 students from the surrounding Remote communities and Indian this is the first Good Chance Ive Ever had in my said student Chris Chubb of gods Lake Nar said he was influenced in his decision to take the course by an older brother who graduated some years Chubbs wife As a matter of he followed i read a poster about bunter in our local Bay store and decided to go for she the program is funded by an an Nual Grant from the fed Era provincial Northern develop ment students receive a Basic living allowance As Well As assistance co vering Day medical and dental plus sup plies and a rent Serfaty said the number of Bun Tep graduates is on Par with other there is absolutely no Compro Mise in we have seven full time professors travelling from Community to Community to assist coordinators who Are also education Serfaty Jeff x fre6 pass Portage considers Teeth in dog bylaw by Bui Redekop Winnipeg free press Portage la Prairie City Council will look at tightening its bylaws after a dog attack on a woman went Helen Outhwaite was canvassing for the Manitoba heart foundation when a German Shep Herd bounded out of its shelter of Hay Bales and bit bylaws prevented the City from charging the owner because the dog was on a rope and a beware of dog sign was in that would not have been youre still held responsible in the City of said animal control supervisor Doug How about a Small kid who cant read the sign we would still charge the the Fine in Winnipeg is usually to for a first offence but it depends on the severity of the if a Little kid got chewed up for youd Issue a destruction Smith bit her on the Arm the Portage dog was tested for rabies and placed under House quarantine for 10 Portage animal control officer Bruce woo lie said there is nothing More that can be done unless a court order is Outhwaite saw the sign but not the dog so she made her Way to the Back she said the animal bit her on the Arm she put up to protect then from behind before the owner he didst you see the sign Outhwaite beware of dog just Means keep your distance but you keep your distance because the rope was so Woolie said the dog had also ripped a letter carriers Smith said a Good guard dog should be properly a Good guard dog wont rip you to shreds it will just hold you there Portage mayor Bill Mcmillan said the City Council will consider changing the bylaw at its next Mcmillan reach for the Sun Brett appears to be reaching for the Ster was in no danger of getting sunburned As Sun As he climbs a tree the Young temperatures hovered around native police accused of partiality Justice inquiry told of abuse by officers in Dakota ojibway tribal Council Force by Janet Mcfarland Winnipeg free press Long Plain Reserve offi cers from the Dakota ojibway trib Al Council police Force favor rela Tives of Community leaders and physically abuse people from unpopular the aboriginal Justice inquiry was told Barry said one of the officers pushed his head through a punched him in the kicked him with a steel toed Boot and broke his Peters had been arrested after police received an assault complaint from another Long Plain band Resi he received a but nothing happened to the Constable because Peters did not make a com Peters told the inquiry commis who Are studying the treat ment of natives in Manitoba Justice that he would be willing to make a complaint if they told him Lawrence Myran said Doc offi cers trumped up 16 of the 17 charges they Laid against him Between april and june last three were for impaired but he said he was a passenger in the vehicle each during one Myran officers handcuffed his hands behind his knocked him kicked him and then attempted to lift him to his feet by his cuffed he said both his shoulders were injured and Are still he put me in the police car and put five charges on me that were not for any reason at he they had so Many charges against the judge didst even believe my Myran served three months in heading Ley correctional the Dakota ojibway tribal coun lotteries cil represents eight Southern Mani Toba it established its own police Force in Myran said the Doc officers Are controlled by the who hold the Power to fire them if they do not do what the chiefs the Only Way to straighten things out is to get rid of the Doc police and let the ramp handle he Long Plain band member Peter yellow Quill said the native police Force has to be distanced from the to the police have no protect there basically yellow Quill associate chief Justice Alvin Hamilton of court of Queens Bench said the internal feud in the Community is not doing much for the cause of the Indian Little patience his inquiry associate chief provincial court judge Murray appeared no More patient with the battling i dont think its right to take away the docs accountability from the chiefs because of some alleged political sin Clair told i think that Independence without accountability is not a Good combi Long Plains band administrator Rufus Prince said the tribal councils police Force has done its Best and has had some dedicated he said the program was underfunded and the native court communicator program was also criticized yester Day by two former who said the work is but the pro Gram has Angus Merrick said the workers should be Able to speak the language of local native people to be Able to properly explain court he said the court workers in Portage la Prairie and in Brandon do not speak Marie who quit the pro Gram six years said it is severely underfunded and there should a worker on every Wescoup said she once helped an 18yearold who had been flown to Winnipeg from the Little Saskatchewan Reserve for a unfamiliar with cities court was put off that Howe and the Man was no one realized he did not know about a lawyer noticed the teenager had been standing in the same place looking confused for More than an so he fetched i found him standing on the Cor Ner of Broadway and Kennedy Wescoup he said Ive 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