Researchers tour northern Saskatchewan as part of summer jobs
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Two Northern Voices and Community Wellness researchers with New North have been given a unique chance to showcase some of the region’s proudest moments.
Shelley Isbister and Shaylynn McAuley began working as researchers in the beginning of June and they’ve since travelled to Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, Black Lake, Fond-du-Lac, Île-à-la-Crosse, Pinehouse Lake, Stony Rapids, Uranium City and more. Based in La Ronge, McAuley said their jobs are about filming events and people in northern Saskatchewan.
“It’s to capture community wellness and all the good things that happen in the North,” she said. “People come in and promote most of the negative things. People don’t get the chance … to see all the beautiful things [locals] do.”
One of the special moments the researchers encountered was a visit to Pine Channel. The island is a one-hour boat ride from Stony Rapids and attracts many people from communities in the Far North. McAuley said it’s a place northerners go to camp, pray and reconnect with the land and culture.
