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Nelson Solomon, Principal
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Starla McDougall, Vice Principal
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Vicki O'Sullivan, Instructor - Early Childhood Education
Samantha Ratti, ECE / Admin Support
Open House June 2016
Starla McDougall, Vice Principal
Darrell Paul, Executive Officer
The UNBI Board of Directors authorized the establishment of the Training Institute in 1994 as a key component of the UNBI's activities and became incorporated as a non-profit organization in May 2009. Its purpose is to provide post-secondary and other educational opportunities for the people, and by the people, of the First Nation communities.
All programs and workshops are open to First Nations as well as non-native students. Curriculum has been designed to ensure that students have their choice of whether they could work on or off-reserve.
The UNBI Training Institute is registered to grant specific academic credentials for specific technical or vocational training programs with regards to the general enabling legislation of
The UNBI Training Institute is registered with Canada and New Brunswick Student Loans as well as with the Department of Indian Affairs for funding purposes. It is also registered under the New Brunswick Private Occupational Training Act and a member of the National Association of Career Colleges.
UNBI Training Institute is located at:
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Union of New Brunswick Indians 75 Melissa Street, Unit 1
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The way forward requires placing learning and development at the heart of our policies and practices in early childhood. We need to have meaningful conversations with all educators present and future and to include parents in these conversations as the children's first and most important teachers. This is not a slight undertaking and yet it is not insurmountable. We passionately feel we will make a difference and thus create a ripple effect of health and wellness for all community members which in turn will surround our young children with the positive love filled communities they deserve to grow up in and need to grow up in to be healthy contributing members of society.
UNBITI provides each community with ongoing training, professional development and one on one site support. We also provide the opportunity for First Nation communities to train their own community members to be able to provide top quality education to ensure brighter futures.
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In 2009 UNBI Training Institute began offering their Early Childhood Education Program to communities via videoconferencing. All 15 First Nations communities in New Brunswick have videoconferencing enabling them to participate without having to relocate. We are currently developing a relationship with the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton to have the Early Childhood Development program recognized as an accredited course at the University level.
Workshops are offered on a regular bases, tailored to suit each communities and/or organizations individual needs and is provided on site. The UNBITI is working with Health Canada's Aboriginal Headstart on Reserve to facilitate workshops and "Teaching Stratifies - Creative Curriculum" from Head Start to K-4.
UNBITI provide workshops for staff and students. Workshops have included Nutrition, Menu Planning, Food Handling, Puppet Making, Policies and Procedures, Play, Reiki, Guidance, Documentation, NB Curriculum Training, and Care of the Child in Crisis. Staff create professional development workshops based on need.
I am writing this letter to explain exactly what UNBITI did for me not only from a professional standpoint but also a personal one. I was very anxious to go back to school as a mature student, my own daughter was entering kindergarten that year as well. Over time I not only became a better Early Childhood Educator but also a mother. Things I knew instinctively to do I know had concrete reason behind why I was doing then both for my own child and the children I was teaching. I learned so much from not only the curriculum but from the other women I was attending school with. We shared experiences and stories and problem solved together. Our instructors never lost patience and worked with us all as individuals, we all supported each other during tough times such as losing our favorite teacher Vicki Anderson so suddenly and tragically and also through positive events such as weddings and babies. I began school waiting for it to be done however at some point I began looking forward to class and loved being a part of the little family we became. I personally gained knowledge, confidence and a true deep love for Early Childhood Education and its importance for all of our children and communities. So much so that I became a part time instructor for many years until the summer of this year where I am now a full time employee. I feel blessed to have had the opportunities I have had through UNBITI not all pleasant, however I gained and grew from them all because of the love and support I have found here. I look forward to the future of UNBITI and the possibilities for all the Students who will come through our doors and the lives of the children they will positively impact.
Respectfully yours;
Starla McDougall
Former Graduate of UNBITI & Current Instructor
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Province of New Brunswick Private Occupational Training Organization Department of Post-Secondary Education Training and Labour |
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Oulton College (pending)
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University of New Brunswick
ECE student transfer to Bachelor of Education |
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Early Childhood Care & Education New Brunswick
Cohort positions in FASD and Autism Behavioural Analysis at the University of New Brunswick |
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Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Student financial aid |
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National Indian Brotherhood Student financial aid |
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Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey Video conferencing and technical support |
Cynthia Davis, PSW Instructor,Amanda Atwin, Ashley Young, Starla McDougall UNBITI Vice Principal, Morgen Tomer, Savannah Polchies, Melissa Knockwood, Katrina Sacobie, Vicki O'Sullivan ECE Instructor
Amanda Atwin, Melissa Knockwood, Katrina Sacobie, Morgen Tomer, Savannah Polchies, Ashley Young
Melissa Knockwood Katrina Sacobie Morgen Tomer Savannah Polchies
Amanda Atwin Ashley Young
Mary Paul Trinda Paul Trisha Paul Mary Buchanan
Megan Sabattis Gene (Diggy) Dave Cheyenne Paul
Hannah Mitchell Paige Polchies Melissa Munn Trisha Sabattis
Vice Principal Instructor
Starla MacDougall Vicki O'Sulivan
Ashley Presnail
Dakota Verner Hannah Burns
Front Center - Damien Sabattis-Carrier (Drummer)
Front Row - Caitlin Bartlett, Misty Solomon, Serena Moulton, Misty Paul
Back Row - Katrina Sacobie, Cathy Paul, Carley Egers, Jennifer Polches, Shirley Francis, Morgen Tomer and Cassandra Paul
Morgen Tomer Caitlin Bartlett Katrina Sacobie
Misty Solomon Jennifer Polches Serena Moulton
Shirley Francis Carley Egers Misty Paul Cassandra Paul Cathy Paul
The National Student Bursary will award bursaries to First Nations College or University students enrolled full-time in Epidemiology, Population Health, Biostatistics, or Information and Data Management Technology.
To apply please visit FNIGC.ca.
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Rick Perley, BBA, CBA I & II
Liasion, Acting
The Aboriginal Natural Resources Committee will monitor, assess and advise on the development and use of natural resources in New Brunswick. Natural resources shall include all renewable and non-renewable resources such as trees and plants, soil, water, animals, fisheries, minerals, hydro-carbons and energy.
The primary responsibility of the Committee shall be to protect, preserve and promote the Aboriginal people while at the same time exploring and monitoring development, conservation, employment and business opportunities in connection with the development of natural resources. To this end the Committee shall carry out the following specific tasks:
1. Development liaison opportunities with companies and federal and provincial government departments and agencies operating in the natural resources sector.
2. Monitor all regulatory processes governing the development and exploration for natural resources.
3. Explore potential business opportunities through independent or so-venture or partnership agreements.
4. Develop training programs and employment opportunities related to natural resources development.
5. Advise staff on developing a working relationship with government departments and agencies and private or public corporations.
6. Assist in and monitor negotiations with government departments and agencies and private or public corporations with a view to maximizing benefits for our people.
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program Online Data Search – Facility Reported Data
Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (The MIREC Study). Established to obtain national bio-monitoring data on pregnant women and their infants and to examine potential adverse health effects of prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals on pregnancy and infant health. Subsequently, studies of some of the MIREC children at birth, at 6 months, and at 2-5 years of age were carried out. MIREC also includes a data and bio-specimens bio-bank, for future research. We refer to this body of research as the MIREC Research Platform.
Radio-Canada International has reported, "The provincial government in New Brunswick has been spraying herbicides on 15,000 hectares of crown land since the 1970’s when it first permitted pulp and paper companies to clear-cut natural forest and replace it with plantations. The taxpayer funded programme is to benefit the lumber industry by protecting fast growing softwood trees from encroaching hardwood saplings. The hardwood saplings however are an important food supply for deer and moose, and there have been suggestions that the programme has removed thousands of tons of such food and has contributed to the steep decline in moose and deer numbers in the province in the past ten years."
Stop Spraying in NB The Canadian Press: Published Wednesday, May 18, 2016 8:47AM ADT
FREDERICTON - A group in New Brunswick says it will present a petition to members of the legislature today to protest herbicide spraying.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) encompass an array of anthropogenic organic and elemental substances and their degradation and metabolic by-products that have been found in the tissues of exposed animals.
As a consequence of bioaccumulation by, bio magnification of legacy and emerging, POPs are found in biota and humans. The potential biological effects of these contaminants on exposed plants, wildlife and fish and the people who harvest them are extremely important.
Highly dissolved in fat -this enables CDDs and CDFs to bio-accumulate in fatty tissues of living organisms, which results in higher levels in an individual than levels in the environment or in food The most vulnerable are the young who are exposed in-utero and post-partum (breast feeding) Although human exposure from food can be small, organochlorines do not break down easily and can build up in the body over time Affect human health at very low levels in terms of:
Contains information licenced under the GeoNB Open Data Licence
Utility Lines 1955-1972 - 17 years
Roads 1955-1973 - 18 years
Railroads 1950’s-1973 ~20 years
Tissues undergoing growth (to which cell division is important) are especially vulnerable to methylmercury, since “methylmercury is known to inhibit cell division by causing metaphase arrest,” according to a WHO publication (Sect. 9). Abnormal neuronal migration (as an effect of methylmercury exposure) is especially significant to discussion of origins of autism, since disorganization of brain cells, which could result from defective migration, was found in a 2014 study to be normally present in brains of children with ASD.
Mercury and other contaminants in common loons breeding in Atlantic Canada. Burgess NM, Evers DC, Kaplan JD. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010
Abandoned Mines
There are more than 375 mine openings at 63 separate mine sites in the Province of New Brunswick. Most of these openings are on private land. Many of them predate modern safety rules. They are dangerous! New Brunswick Energy & Resource Development
Indigenous Peoples of North America: Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Justice Indigenous American communities face disproportionate health burdens and environmental health risks compared with the average North American population. These health impacts are issues of both environmental and reproductive justice.
Human Exposure Assessment - World Health Organization
Review of Heavy Metal Effects - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Heavy metal pollution and human bio-toxic effects - International Journal of Physical Sciences Vol. 2 (5), pp. 112-118, May, 2007. link too... Heavy metal pollution and human bio-toxic effects
Indigenous Women and Environmental Violence
A Rights-based approach addressing impacts of Environmental Contamination on Indigenous Women, Girls and Future Generations.
“… there is a widespread acknowledgment of a general deterioration of male reproductive health worldwide, and many believe this can be traced to endocrine disruptors such as synthetic estrogens in the environment ….. the link between endocrine disruptors, mothers, and skewed sex ratios is this: findings show that in communities with low sex ratios there are also elevated levels of hormone-mimicking endocrine disruptors in the blood of pregnant women. …. lurking in the shadows of all of this controversy is the emerging theory of ‘feminisation’ (Mittelstaedt 2008). This posits that there might be an in utero feminisation of embryos that could have been male. The idea is that we are experiencing, not just in humans but also in animal species throughout the industrialised world, a feminisation trend that is observable across a variety of markers ...... ‘‘These things theoretically have a common etiology’’, according to Dr. Devra Davis (quoted in Mittelstaedt 2008). It is hypothesised that a declining sex ratio may be just one of a number of manifestations of a feminisation trend that is tied to endocrine disruption as very broadly experienced across the industrialised world.
The gender dimension of the ‘harm’ experienced by the Aamjiwnaang community is as difficult to demonstrate as it is to dismiss. The impact of pollution seems not only to be gendered, but gendering. ...the endocrine disruptors do not just dole out their environmental health horrors disproportionately as between men and women, or girls and boys, they actually seem to be driving whether we get girls or boys. The pollution is feared to be actively producing gender. At the same time, its impact intersects directly with colonial histories of health and justice. “
Toxic chemicals blamed for the disappearance of Arctic boys.
By Daniel Howden in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday 11 September 2007. PREPARED FOR: Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE) & British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH) APRIL, 2009
Twice as many girls as boys are being born in remote communities north of the Arctic Circle. Across much of the northern hemisphere, particularly in the US and Japan, the gender ratio has skewed towards girls for the first time.
Now scientists working with Inuit villages in Arctic Russia and Greenland have found the first direct evidence that this trend is linked to widespread chemical pollutants. Despite the Arctic's pristine environment, the area functions as a pollution sink for much of the industrialised world. Winds and rivers deliver a toxic tide from the northern hemisphere into the polar food chain.
HUMANITY AT RISK: ARE THE MALES GOING FIRST?
The Globe and Mail Sat 20 Sep 2008 Byline: Martin Mittelstaedt
Something is happening to today's boys and men: Fewer are being born compared with girls, they're having more trouble in school, virility and fertility are down and testicular cancer rates are up. Now, scientists say these 'fragile males' may be more vulnerable than females to pollutants, affecting their development as early as the womb. If so, writes Martin Mittelstaedt, it could be a bigger threat to our future than global warming.
Prenatal Exposure of Canadian Children to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Mercury Can. J. Public Health; Vol 89; supple\;1Mmckle, G. et. al.
This article documents the exposure to environmental contaminants within subgroups of the Canadian population who are considered to be at risk as a result of the food they eat. We measured the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and mercury in the blood drawn from the umbilical cords of newborns in various Aboriginal communities, in a coastal community and in the general population. Average concentrations of Aroclor 1260 ranged between 0.3 and 2.0 µg/L and were clearly highest among the Inuit of Nunavik and Baffin Island and among the Montagnais of Quebec. In these groups, we found contaminant levels in the blood of newborns that exceed the threshold beyond which cognitive impairments are expected to result. Average concentrations of mercury ranged between 1.0 and 14.2 µg/L; the Inuit of Nunavik and the NWT exhibited the highest exposure levels. A portion of the Nunavik and NWT Inuit had concentrations beyond the critical threshold for the appearance of neurological consequences. The variations in exposure levels resulted from the different nutritional practices of these Canadian sub-groups.
Exposure to Environmental Contaminants in Nunavik: Persistent Organic Pollutants and New Contaminants of Concern PREPARED FOR: Institute national de santé publique du Québec & Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services
Many questions and
hypotheses are raised regarding the sources of exposure, the influence of diet and the possible toxic effects of emerging contaminants.
Maternal and Infant Health and the Physical Environment of First Nations and Inuit Communities: A Summary Review. R. STOUT, T. DIONNE STOUT & R. HARP. PREPARED FOR Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)and the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH) APRIL, 2009
Relationship Between Children’s Health and Environmental Contaminant. IN: Environmental Standard Setting and Children's Health Chapter 2. The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
Although the federal government does provide some funding for research on children’s environmental health, given the significant gaps in information identified in this study and through the preceding recommendations, the government should further support Canadian research that fills those data gaps. To that end, we recommend that government-funded centres of excellence for the study of environmental health be established which would include children’s health as an important focus. Such centres should encourage collaboration and coordination of research efforts between government and universities
Domain Specific Effects of Prenatal Exposure to PCBs, Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1206323 2014.
Multiple regression analyses revealed that higher prenatal PCB exposure was associated with decreased FTII novelty preference, indicating impaired visual recognition memory. Prenatal Hg was associated with poorer performance on A-not-B, which depends on working memory and is believed to be a precursor of executive function. Prenatal Pb was related to longer FTII fixation durations, indicating slower speed of information processing.
There is agreement that all our bodies carry heavy contaminant loads from man-made chemicals.
There is agreement that breastfeeding is indispensable for human growth and development.
There is not agreement on the health effects of contaminants in breastmilk on infants & children.
Breastfed infants are considered to be at the very top of the food chain for the simple reason that their source of nourishment is other humans, who are already at the top of the food chain.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) all tend to become magnified in the food chain over time.
Breastfeeding infants are thus the final target of POPs.
10 to 20 times as much of a mother's body burden of developmental toxins such as dioxins and PBDEs is transferred to the infant via the milk as by the transplacental route.
Highs, mid-levels and lows of infant exposures to certain toxins seem to correlate closely with highs, mid-levels and lows of autism or ASD traits, Publication of Pollution Action.
Initiation of breastfeeding brings a sudden, major increase in toxins ingested, compatible with abrupt later appearance of negative effects.
Decline of eye contact, beginning two months after birth, was found in infants who were later diagnosed with ASD. This was not merely failure to develop, it was considered to be a
derailment of initially satisfactory development.14a The study’s authors saw this to be especially significant since “deficits in eye contact have been a hallmark of autism since the condition’s initial description.
Through mechanisms, known and unknown, breastfeeding has a positive impact on child health, since breastmilk strengthens the immune system. However, heavy loads of environmental contaminants may threaten the capacity to reproduce immune-strengthening breastmilk.
Cerebellar injury seems to be the most consistent neuropathology finding among children with ASD
Contaminants in Human Milk: Weighing the Risks against the Benefits of Breastfeeding
M. Nathaniel Mead. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Oct; 116(10): A426–A434.
Given the tendency for persistent organic pollutants (POPs), pesticides, heavy metals, and other contaminants to accumulate in human milk, researchers and parents alike are asking whether the nursling’s exposure to these pollutants might reduce or even override the health benefits.
Environmental Contaminants in Breast Milk.
Krista Nickerson, Vol. 51, Iss. 1, Jan.–Feb.2006, Pgs 26–34
Toxic environmental contaminants can be transferred from mother to infant via breastfeeding. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a family of lipophilic stable chemicals that bio-accumulate in adipose tissue and create a lasting toxic body burden. Breastfeeding provides a significant source of exposure to POPs early in human life, the effects of which are unknown, and is the subject of a growing body of research. Despite the possibility of harm from environmental contaminants in breast milk, breastfeeding is still recommended as the best infant feeding method. This article reviews what is known about POPs in breast milk and their effect on infant development to inform clinicians about the issue, provide recommendations for practice, and promote environmental and public health policies that reduce human exposure to harmful pollutants.
There appears to be an extremely high correlation between hazardous infant exposures to toxins and the lactation process, which mobilizes toxins that have been stored in a mother’s body fat and excretes them to the infant in highly-concentrated form.
Exposures to neuro-developmental toxins are often extraordinarily high in the early-postnatal period, by comparison with established national or international standards and also in relation to prenatal exposures.
Publication of Pollution Action
The Children’s Environmental Health Project was designed by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). It is intended to introduce clinicians (and their patients) to the fundamentals and broad context of children’s environmental health issues. The project also covers environmental history-taking and provides links to additional resources that may be useful to the interested individual. Lastly, a commentary is provided on the physician’s role in primary prevention of environmental health problems in children.
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), along with its sister organization the Canadian Health and Environment Education and Research Foundation (CHEER), are the only organizations in Canada dedicated to speaking for physicians on environmental issues. CAPE does evidence-based advocacy work related to these issues, while CHEER conducts research, educates the public, and analyses policies related to environmental issues, with particular attention to their effects on human health.
The primary tenet of the Hippocratic Oath is to do no harm. The medical profession therefore fundamentally endorses a precautionary approach that strives to protect the child when there is profound uncertainty and incomplete understanding of the risks from environmental toxins.
Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (The MIREC Study).
Studies and reports have raised concerns about the number of chemicals in our bodies and the health effects that may be associated with the levels measured. Canadian data on this issue are limited.
This Canadian study has the following purposes:
Maternal and fetal exposure to lead, mercury, cadmium and manganese: the MIREC Study. Arbuckle TE, Liang CL, Morisset AS, Fisher M, Weiler H, Mihai Cirtiu C, Legrand M, Davis K, Ettinger AS, Fraser WD, the MIREC Study Group. Chemosphere. 2016 Nov;163:270-82. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.023. Epub 2016 Aug 16.
Given the susceptibility of the fetus to toxicants, it is important to estimate their exposure. Cd, Pb, Mn and total Hg were measured in maternal blood from the 1st and 3rd trimesters, umbilical cord blood, and infant meconium. Nutrient intakes of vitamin D, iron, and calcium (Ca) were assessed using a food frequency questionnaire and a dietary supplement questionnaire. While Cd was rarely detected in cord blood (19%) or meconium (3%), median Pb (0.77 ìg/dL), Mn (31.87 ìg/L) and Hg (0.80 ìg/L) concentrations in cord blood were significantly higher than in maternal blood. Significant negative associations were observed between estimated Ca intake and maternal Cd, Pb, Mn and Hg, as well as cord blood Pb. Vitamin D intake was associated with lower maternal Cd, Pb, and Mn as well as Pb in cord blood. Even at current metal exposure levels, increasing dietary Ca and vitamin D intake during pregnancy may be associated with lower maternal blood Pb and Cd concentrations and lower Pb in cord blood.
Maternal blood metal levels and fetal markers of metabolic function. Ashley-Martin J, Dodds L, Arbuckle TE, Ettinger AS, Shapiro GD, Fisher M, Taback S, Bouchard MF, Monnier P, Dallaire R, Fraser WD. Environmental Research. 2015;136:27-34.
This study supports the proposition that maternal levels of cadmium influence cord blood adipokine levels in a sex-dependent manner. Further investigation is required to confirm these findings and to determine how such findings at birth will translate into childhood anthropometric measures.
Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and fetal markers of metabolic function: the MIREC Study. Lavigne E, Ashley-Martin J, Dodds L, Arbuckle TE, Hystad P, Johnson M, Crouse DL, Ettinger AS, Shapiro GD, Fisher M, Morisset AS, Taback S, Bouchard MF, Sun L, Monnier P, Dallaire R, Fraser WD. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2016 2016 May 1;183(9):842-51. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv256. Epub 2016 Mar 29.
Significant associations were seen between air pollution markers and cord blood leptin levels in models that adjusted for birth weight z score but not in models that did not adjust for birth weight z score. The roles of prenatal exposure to air pollution and fetal metabolic function in the potential development of childhood obesity should be further explored.
Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in maternal and cord bloodfrom the maternal-infant research on environmental chemicals (MIREC) cohort study. Fisher M, Arbuckle TE, Liang CL, LeBlanc A, Gaudreau E, Foster WG, Haines D, Davis K, Fraser WD. Environmental Health. 2016 May 4;15(1):59.
Pregnant women are an especially important population to monitor for environmental exposures given the vulnerability of the developing fetus. During pregnancy and lactation chemical body burdens may change due to the significant physiological changes that occur. Developmental exposures to some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been linked with adverse health outcomes. Similar to other studies, we found parity, maternal age, income, education, smoking status, pre-pregnancy BMI and fish consumption to be significant predictors for most chemicals. Those participants who were foreign-born had significantly higher concentrations of organochlorinated pesticides and PCBs.
Wellfield Protection Designation Order
Wellfield Protection - Protecting Sources of Municipal Drinking Water
A Guide To New Brunswick’s Watershed Protected Area Designation Order
2nd ed.Practical Handbook of ENVIRONMENTAL SITE CHARACTERIZATION AND GROUND-WATER MONITORING
Understanding Legal Complexities of Integrated Water Management
Where can I get my well water tested in New Brunswick?
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Rick Perley
Acting Natural Resources Liaison
St. Mary's (Sitansisk) PowWow 2019 Display booth
UNBI and NWMO has renewed relationship for 2020 by signing new relationship agreement for June 2020 to May 2021.
Invitation to review a draft planning framework for the transportation of used nuclear fuel
NWMO’s draft transportation planning framework document
Article: Communities Come Together to Learn July 2019 Oakville, ON
Implementing Adaptive Phased Management 2020 to 2024
Small Modular Reactors - Managing Used Fuel
Pamphlet page 1. Information disseminated at Indian Summer Games 2018
Pamphlet page 2: Information disseminated at Indian Summer Games 2018
NB Indian Summer Games 2018, Esgenoopetitj
-To provide advice to the NWMO that will help protect and preserve all creation: air, land, fire, water, plants, medicines, animals and humankind
– Guided by seven universal teachings of love, trust, sharing, honesty, humanity, respect and wisdom.
Those representing New Brunswick are Elder Donna Augustine (Rexton, NB) and Youth Madison Levi (Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation, NB).
There has been no Maliseet Elder representation on the council since Elder Leslie Perley’s term expired in August 2016. Since any spent fuel that will be transported from Point LePreau Nuclear Generating Station will be transported through Maliseet territory, UNBI is expressing concern to the NWMO that this position is not being supported.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) was established in 2002 by Canada's nuclear electricity producers in accordance with the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act (NFWA). Operating on a not-for-profit basis under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, the NWMO is responsible for designing and implementing Canada's plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel. Used nuclear fuel is created by generating electricity in nuclear power plants.
Ontario Power Generation (OPG), New Brunswick Power Corporation, and Hydro-Québec (HQ) are the founding Members of the NWMO, and along with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), are required to fund the NWMO's Operations.
The NFWA required the NWMO to study approaches for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel and recommend to the Government of Canada a preferred approach. The NWMO initiated this study in 2002, and in 2005, after a three-year dialogue with Canadians from coast to Coast, submitted to the Minister of Natural Resources a proposed approach for the long-term management of Canada's used nuclear fuel.
In June 2007, the Government of Canada selected Adaptive Phased Management (APM) as Canada's plan for the long-term management of USed nuclear fuel.
The technical end point of APM is the centralized containment and isolation of the used fuel in a deep geological repository located at a safe site with an informed and willing host. The plan also involves the development of a used fuel transportation system to transport used nuclear fuel to the repository site.
The management system involves realistic, manageable phases, each marked by explicit decision points with continuing participation by interested Canadians.
Links...
Radiation - Effects and Sources
NWMO Watching Brief on Advanced Fuel Cycles
Hosting a Nuclear Underground Storage Facility: Generations of Opportunity presented to a UNB class (ADM 2166) on Persuasive Economic Opportunities by Rick Perley
UNBI NWMO Workshop August 2005 Metepenagiag Lodge
To inform and educate on how ordinary household products become hazardous and the impact that these products may have on the environment – notably drinking water sources.
Source Water Protection - Details for USA but is relevant to Canada
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1300 Route 360 |
Allardville | E8L 1H5 | 506-725-2402 |
| Baie Ste Anne Home Building Centre | 6 Ch Riviere du Portage | Baie Ste Anne | E9A 1G4 | 506-228-4996 |
| Crain's Bottle Depot | 332 Main Street | Bath | E7J 1A2 | 506-278-3264 |
| Carpet Ranch / Grange a Tapis |
1263 Rue Principale |
Beresford | E8K 1A1 | 506-548-8881 |
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Recyclage Beresford Recycling Ltee. |
709 Rue Usine Parc Industriel |
Beresford |
E8J 2A5 |
506-542-1919 |
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Marina Bottle Exchange |
87 Sr Green Rd |
Campbellton |
E3N 3Y5 |
506-753-0991 |
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Tediche Home Hardware Building Centre |
2499 Acadie Road |
Cap-Pele |
E4N 1B |
506-577-4377 |
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La Cooperative De Caraquet Ltee |
CP5535 121 Boulevard |
Caraquet |
E1W 1B7 |
506-727-1930 |
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Caraquet Home Hardware |
42 Boulevard |
Caraquet |
E1W 1B6 |
506-727-3414 |
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Weibe's Home Building Centre |
3151 Main Street |
Centreville |
E7K 3A5 |
506-276-4576 |
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Clark's Bottle Exchange |
137 Lilloette Drive |
Chipman |
E4A 1V8 |
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Valley Glass Recycling |
665 Babin Street |
Dieppe |
E1A 5M7 |
506-855-0952 |
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Bett's Home Hardware |
420 Main Street |
Doaktown |
E9C 1E7 |
506-365-7888 |
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RONA Le Renovateur |
595 Rue Carrier |
Edmundston |
E3V 3Z3 |
506-737-8999 |
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J&L Bottle Exchange |
500 Boulevard Acadie |
Edmundston |
E3V 3L2 |
506-739-6914 |
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Topmar Building Supplies |
140 Clark Street |
Fredericton |
E3A 2W7 |
506-452-1855 |
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Fredericton Region Solid Waste Commission |
1775 Alison Boulevard |
Fredericton |
E3B 4Y2 |
506-453-9936 |
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Grand Bay Redemption Centre |
131 River Valley Drive |
Grand Bay- Westfield |
E5K 1A1 |
506-738-6778 |
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Gilbert M Rioux et Fils Ltee |
53 Rue Beaulieu |
Grand Falls/ |
E3Y 1C9 |
506-473-1764 |
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Southside Redemption Centre |
70 Timothy Avenue South |
Hanwell |
E3C 2B8 |
506-450-9247 |
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Brooks Redemption Centre |
496 Campbell Settlement Road |
Hartfield |
E6G 1Z8 |
506-575-8136 |
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Watson's General Store |
2686 Route 3 |
Harvey |
E6K 1S2 |
506-366-2170 |
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Hillsborough Recycling Depot |
110 Steeves Street |
Hillsborough |
E4H 3C3 |
506-734-1122 |
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RONA Le Renovateur |
115 Rue Notre-Dame |
Kedgwick |
E8B 1H7 |
506-284-2096 |
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Centre de Remboursement Lameque Inc. |
4008 Route 113 Savoy Landing Rdoad |
Lameque |
E8S 1B9 |
506-336-0903 |
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La Societe Cooperative de Lameque Limite |
68 Rue Principale |
Lameque |
E8T 1M6 |
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South West Solid Waste Commission |
5749 Route 3 |
Lawrence Station |
E5A 3B9 |
506-395-0100 |
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Friendly's Bottle Exchange |
78 Rideout Rd |
Lower Brighton |
E1P 2G3 |
506-375-8082 |
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Dupuis Home Hardware |
8 Ch Pont Rouge |
Memramcook |
E4K 1T7 |
506-758-2504 |
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Northumberland Co-op Ltd. |
254 Lawlor Lane |
Miramichi |
E1V 3M3 |
506-627-7722 |
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Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission |
505 Route Old King George Hwy |
Miramichi |
E1V 1J8 |
506-778-6646 |
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Doran's Recycling Ltd. |
390 Radio Street |
Miramichi |
E1V 2W9 |
506-622-0625 |
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Hebert's Bottle Exchange Ltd. |
293 Wellington Street |
Miramichi |
E1N 1P1 |
506-773-4071 |
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Valley Redemption |
323 Collishaw Street |
Moncton |
E1C 9R2 |
506-859-1989 |
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Gorber's Bottle Exchange Ltd. |
216 High Street |
Moncton |
E1C 6C2 |
506-857-1018 |
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Valley Redemption |
88 Toombs Street |
Moncton |
E1A 3A5 |
506-858-8110 |
| Southeast Regional Service Commission |
100 Bill Slater Drive, Berry Mills |
Moncton |
E1C 8T6 | 506-877-1050 |
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Neguac Home Hardware |
790 Rue Principale |
Neguac |
E9G 1N5 |
506-776-8301 |
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Roblynn Home Hardware & Home Furniture |
257 Restigouche Road |
Oromocto |
E2V 2H1 |
506-446-6824 |
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Recyclage Chaleur |
571 Rue De L'Industriel |
Petit-Rocher |
E8J 1T3 |
506-783-7244 |
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Valley Redemption Centre |
1 Market Street |
Quispamsis |
E2E 4B1 |
506-849-8755 |
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Richibucto Home Hardware |
45 Cartier Boulevard |
Richibucto |
E4W 3W6 |
506-523-6631 |
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Centre De Remboursement le Recyclage |
13790 Route 144 |
Riviere-Verte |
E7C 3B6 |
506-263-5311 |
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Cogerno |
248 Clement Roy Road |
Riviere-Verte |
E7C 2W7 |
506-263-3470 |
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Caissie Building Supplies |
11301 Rue Principale |
Rogersville |
E4Y 2W8 |
506-877-1050 |
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Wheaton's All in One |
13 Industrial Drive |
Sackville |
E4L 3Y3 |
506-536-0351 |
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Pub's Transfer & Bottle Exchange |
346 Rothesay Avenue |
Saint John |
E2J 2C2 |
506-633-2075 |
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Fundy Region Solid Waste- Crane Mountain Landfill |
10 Crane Mountain Road |
Saint John |
E2M 7T8 |
506 738 1212 |
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Golden Mile Redemption Centre |
35 Linton Road |
Saint John |
E2M 5V5 |
506-674-1206 |
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RONA Le Renovateur |
1976 Rue Commerciale |
Saint-Francois- |
E7A 1A9 |
509-992-2125 |
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RONA Le Renovateur |
38 Chemin Labrie |
Saint-Quentin |
E8A 2E1 |
506-235-1888 |
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Horsman Bottle Exchange |
3493 Route 106 |
Salisbury |
E4J 3H5 |
506-372-9716 |
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Shediac Redeem Center |
610 Main Street |
Shediac |
E4P 2H3 |
506-532-4422 |
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Boyd Brothers Ltd. |
9 Route 172 |
St. George |
E5C 3S9 |
506-755-1500 |
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Centre de Remboursement Gaetan Bosse |
6416 Route 17 |
St. Quentin |
E8A 2J2 |
506-235-3268 |
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Keiths Building Supplies |
169 Route 1 |
St. Stephen |
E3L 1S8 |
506-466-5888 |
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Norrad's Express and Redemption Centre Ltd. |
40 Albert Street,PO Box 4588 |
Sussex |
E4E 5C7 |
506-433-2258 |
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Tracadie Home Hardware |
3000 Rue Principale |
Tracadie |
E1X 1G5 |
506-395-0120 |
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Maple View Redemption Centre |
182 Route 385 |
Weaver |
E7G 3H6 |
506-356-2209 |
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Vail's Bottle Exchange |
522 Main Street |
Woodstock |
E7M 2C2 |
506-328-9842 |
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Southern Valley Transfer Station |
155 Moffatt Street |
Woodstock |
E7M 2H5 |
506-325-1246 |
| DRAINAGE BASIN / COMPOSITE | DRAINAGE AREA (km2) |
| 01. Saint John River Basin | 28,860.15 |
| 02. Miramichi River Basin | 13,546.65 |
| 03. Restigouche River Basin | 6,603.91 |
| 04. St. Croix River Basin | 1,653.34 |
| 05. Nepisiguit River Basin | 3,091.97 |
| 06. Petitcodiac River Basin | 2,831.93 |
| 07. Northumberland Strait Composite | 4,707.44 |
| 08. West Fundy Composite | 3,727.74 |
| 09. Acadian Peninsula Composite | 3,188.45 |
| 10. Chaleur Bay Composite | 2,195.59 |
| 11. East Fundy Composite | 1,515.16 |
| 12. Fundy Isles Composite | 237.32 |
| 13. Inner Bay of Fundy Composite | 494.39 |
PROVINCIAL TOTAL | 72,656.04 |
"At-risk" Watersheds (at least <40% Crown forest cover <35 years old) NB’s watersheds at risk. Megan de Graaf, NB Media Co-op, April 16, 2008.
"At-risk" Watersheds (at least <40% Crown forest cover <35 years old) NB’s watersheds at risk. Megan de Graaf, NB Media Co-op, April 16, 2008
"At-risk" Watersheds (at least 40% Crown forest cover <35 years old. NB’s watersheds at risk. Megan de Graaf, NB Media Co-op, April 16, 2008.
"At-risk" Watersheds (at least 40% Crown forest cover <35 years old) NB’s watersheds at risk. Megan de Graaf, NB Media Co-op, April 16, 2008..
"At-risk" Watersheds (at least 40% Crown forest cover <35 years old) NB’s watersheds at risk. Megan de Graaf, NB Media Co-op, April 16, 2008..
1. Middle River Headwaters
2. Little River
Location Along Railroad | Lead (ppm) | Zinc (ppm) | Arsenic (ppm) | Copper (ppm) |
| Between Pabineau + Brunswick Mines Crossing Rte 430 | 1,890 | 5,670 | 46 | |
| Parallel to Rte 430 | 1,180 | 1,850 | 26 | 197 |
| Past Pabineau crossing Rte 430 | 444 | 1,120 |
The South Branch Nepisiguit River, with 62% of the land base covered in Crown forest less than 35 years old, is the most critically affected watershed in the province.
Bill C-30, An Act to establish the Specific Claims Tribunal and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Comments by Darrell Paul, Executive Director
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on March 10th, 2008
