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To date, two successful workshops have been held, with over 250 people attending, to engage government partners from all levels and the broader community of the Bras d’Or Lakes watershed in this process.
The Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR), an organization representing the five First Nations bands in Cape Breton on environmental and natural resource issues, has been endorsed to play a coordination role (Secretariat) for these efforts, with support provided by four levels of government – First Nations, Municipal, Provincial and Federal.
Currently the Bras d’Or Lakes CEPI has a functioning organizational model which includes a Steering Committee that meets quarterly (with federal, provincial, municipal, and Mi’kmaq governments, industry, academia, and NGO representation), a Management Committee which meets monthly, Task Teams (Management Plan, Funding, etc.), a Mi’kmaq Elder Advisor, an Elders Council, and a Senior Council that meets annually (federal Regional Directors General, provincial Deputy Ministers, municipal Mayors and Wardens, and First Nations Chiefs).
Contact us through the contact form on our website and we will get in touch. You can also access our Facebook or Instagram pages @CEPIYouth for information on our group.
If you have an event coming up that the youth of Cape Breton should attend, please contact us and we can reach out to our youth members to get involved!
Our youth care deeply about the environment. We have a great group involved with CEPI Youth that specializes in dump sites – and so if you know of a dump site anywhere in Cape Breton, contact us with a location, GPS or civic address, and we will gather youth to start a clean up!
We invite you to become a CEPI Youth member today! Check out all the great benefits of your membership…
“In the summer of 2016, my Natural Resources instructor gave me a call “Want to come to a meeting with me in Eskasoni? It’s very important for the youth of Cape Breton.” This was how CEPI Youth started for me. I didn’t know that going to that one meeting, that started off as us just talking about surveys, would be such an important point in my life.”
“I really believe creating awareness about environmental issues is important, and key to creating an even more green future for our island. I love the idea of trying to keep youth on the island and giving them a chance to feel like they can thrive here instead of being pressured to leave.”