News
November 17, 2025
Toquaht Nation Urges All Political Parties to Support Federal Legislation Introduced to Create Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation
m̓aʔaquuʔa (Macoah) – Toquaht Nation Government welcomes the reintroduction of federal legislation to establish a Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation (the Commissioner), introduced in the House of Commons on September 25, 2025.
Bill C-10 is more than just another government bill—Bill C-10 has been an important objective of the Land Claims Agreement Coalition for over two decades and was co-developed by Indigenous Modern Treaty Partners. Once enacted, Bill C-10 will establish the independent office of the Commissioner, reporting directly to Parliament on Canada’s effectiveness in implementing Modern Treaties and meeting its modern treaty obligations.
Toquaht Nation Governmenturges all Parliamentarians to put their political differences aside and support the swift passing of Bill C-10. Implementation of Modern Treaties is—and must remain—a non-partisan issue. Modern Treaties have been signed—and implementation challenges have persisted—under governments formed by different political parties. Reconciliation is not a political slogan; it is a constitutional and moral obligation. This bill gives Parliament a practical mechanism to make that obligation real.
More than 50 years after the first Modern Treaty was signed by the federal Crown, Indigenous Modern Treaty Signatories continue to spend considerable time fighting for the full, timely and effective implementation of their agreements. Establishing the Commissioner will represent a significant step forward towards ensuring that the promises written in our treaties are translated into action—and that the honour of the Crown is not just rhetoric, but reality.
Modern Treaties cover about 45 per cent of Canada’s land and sea mass, 80 per cent of the North’s land mass, and well over two thirds of Canada’s coastline including adjacent marine shipping routes. Modern Treaties benefit all Canadians by creating certainty over land and resources, fostering economic growth, and fulfilling constitutional commitments. When Modern Treaties are implemented well, Canada prospers. When they are neglected, Canada’s credibility and integrity suffer. In other words, accountability is not an obstacle to reconciliation, but rather a prerequisite. As an independent agent of Parliament standing outside of the executive branch, the Commissioner will do just that.
Modern Treaties require—and deserve—continuous, comprehensive and specialized attention, to ensure that none of our agreements fall through the cracks. Existing oversight tools are ill-suited for this task. The Commissioner will provide the necessary focus and expertise, ensuring that Parliament remains accountable to the promises made in these constitutional agreements. Toquaht Nation Government hopes that Bill C-10 will receive the all-party support that it deserves.
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October 27, 2025
Voyent Alert helps Toquaht citizens with information, support
In times of crisis it is important that residents have access to trusted, timely and accurate information to ensure their own safety and that of their family and loved ones. In response to this need, the Macoah Emergency Team (MET) has chosen Voyent Alert! as the communication service provider for these kinds of events.
Voyent Alert! is a multi-purpose communication service used to send alerts to residents, businesses, and visitors during critical events like extreme weather or wildfires, as well as day to day communications like road closures and utility disruptions.
Voyant Alert! now covers the Toquaht traditional territory of Macoah, so sign up today!
How to Register:
Registration for the service is FREE, simple and totally anonymous.
Mobile App Users: Download and install the Voyent Alert! app from the Apple or Google Play app stores.
Email, Phone or SMS Users: Click here to register online to receive email, phone call or text-based alerts
What You Can Expect
Personalized Communications: Voyent Alert! provides informative communications. Critical information such as the distance and direction from an incident, time of intercept and preferred evacuation routes from your tracked locations are provided.
Track Multiple Locations: Voyent Alert! allows you to create and track multiple locations such as “Kids School” or “Mom’s House”. Any event or communication related to your tracked locations will be forwarded to you along your preferred communication channel.
No Message Fatigue: Voyent Alert’s smart alerting capabilities ensure that you will only get notified when a communication is relevant to you or one of the locations you are tracking.
Communications Your Way: Receive alerts over a wide variety of communication channels including mobile apps, text/SMS alerting, email or voice calling You can register for all or one of them.
Privacy is Paramount: Registration is anonymous, and no information volunteered or derived is shared or used for marketing or data harvesting purposes. Locational information from your tracked locations is only used to determine its proximity to an alert event and to provide critical context within the communications (such as distance and direction).
Leaving is Easy: Both mobile applications and web-based accounts provide access to an unsubscribe feature accessed via the menu icon on the top left of the screen/page. If the service isn’t working out simply click on the “Unsubscribe” button and you won’t be hearing from us again.
For more information you can check out the FAQ and the Voyent Alert Privacy Policy.
October 17, 2025
Housing Strategy Survey for Toquaht Citizens and Macoah Residents
Please plan on participating in an important Community Survey, available now until November 15th. It’s your chance to share information about how you envision Toquaht citizens’ housing needs in years to come, which will in turn inform the Community Master Plan.
Information about Toquaht’s Housing Strategy is available here.
The survey will be open until November 15th.
Make sure to enter your contact information at the end of the survey for a chance to win one of three Mastercard gift cards (1x $100 and 2x $50).
Information on the times and locations of the dinners will be on the Toquaht Nation Facebook page, so please check back regularly. Alternatively, you can contact Brett Freake, Manager of Lands and Resources, Toquaht Nation, via email or by phone at 250-726-4230 ext. 261 for more information.
October 6, 2025
Community Engagement Dinners for Toquaht Citizens
Toquaht Nation has launched a project to create a master plan for Macoah and the Secret Beach area, as well as the recently purchased lands known as Section 38. This plan will illustrate a design vision for Macoah, Secret Beach and Section 38 and will show the locations of new roads, housing, and infrastructure and identify other community services—such as trails and commercial spaces, community services —to support our health, wellness, culture, and community into the future. You can read more about the Community Master Plan online.
In addition, Toquaht Nation has launched a project to create a Housing Strategy for Macoah and the Secret Beach area, which will also include Section 38. You can read more about the Housing Strategy plans online.
There will be two engagement opportunities for Toquaht citizens with the planners – one in Macoah on Tuesday, October 14, and one in Port Alberni on Wednesday, October 15, and you’re invited to attend.
Community Survey
If you’re not able to attend the community dinners, you can still participate through the Community Survey. The survey will be open until November 15th.
Make sure to enter your contact information at the end of the survey for a chance to win one of three Mastercard gift cards (1x $100 and 2x $50).
Information on the times and locations of the dinners will be on the Toquaht Nation Facebook page, so please check back regularly. Alternatively, you can contact Brett Freake, Manager of Lands and Resources, Toquaht Nation, via email or by phone at 250-726-4230 ext. 261 for more information.
September 5, 2025
Toquaht Excellence Award Winners Announced
Toquaht Nation is pleased to announce the following winners of the annual Excellence Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees on their continued excellence in areas of athletics, community services and academic excellence. Our thanks also go to those who took the time to submit nominations – your support of your fellow Toquaht masčim is an excellent example of ʔuuʔałuk– Taking care of one another.
The Toquaht Nation Government Achievement and Excellence Awards have been created to recognize achievement of Toquaht citizens in areas of community service, academics and athletics and sports. A citizen can be nominated by another Toquaht community member including family, friends, as well as Toquaht Nation government and administration.
The three awards are named after exceptions Toquaht Nation individuals who have contributed to the respective areas of service, achievement and excellence. More information about the awards can be found here.
Winners:
Talon Morgan Banke – Athletics and Sports Award
Talon’s achievements include not only athleticism, but also sportsmanship. Known by his teammates and coaches for his positive attitude toward his teammates, referees and opposing team members, Talon excels in basketball. This year Talon was welcomed to play on the Timberline Secondary School basketball team as one of the main players for the Timberline Wolves. He was also selected to play for the Campbell River Club team the Campbell River Clutch.
When he is not playing basketball for a team, he can usually be found at the court, the gym, or participating in a men’s league pick-up basketball game. After games he is known for volunteering his time as a scorekeeper, as well as setting up and cleaning after sports events.
This summer it was a high point for him to be invited to Vancouver Island University to participate in a practice with the Vancouver Island Mariners. This has inspired him to continue his training and obtain a spot in a kinesiology program and college basketball team next year. His dedication to his passion are evident, and he is able to maintain his enthusiasm while going to school and being employed. Keep up the great work Talon; you’re heading in the right direction!
Koyah Morgan-Banke – Academic Excellence Award
This past year saw Koyah complete her second year at UBC, majoring in neuroscience. Her good grades, hard work and effort earned her an undergraduate student research award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), which is a highly prestige award that allowed her to obtain a full-time summer research position at UBC’s Ciernia Laboratory’s Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.
She has shown so much dedication to her chosen field of study and is an inspiration for so many, especially Indigenous youth. In a collaboration with the Michael Smith’s laboratories, Koyah travelled to Tsawwassen to engage and inspire indigenous youth by holding eDNA workshops teaching youth the process of taking territorial samples and establishing DNA libraries. She was also sponsored to participate in the 2025 American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s international Conference in Toronto. There’s no telling the heights Koyah is going to achieve as a neuroscientist, a mentor and leader!
Asma-Na-Hi Antoine – Academic Excellence Award
Asma-na-hi (caring for precious ones) Antoine recently successfully defended her PhD, “Exploring University Governing Structures that Facilitate and/or Hinder the Process of Indigenization,” for a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Theory and Practice at Simon Fraser University (SFU). This achievement is years in the making and the culmination of years of dedication, work and research.
After completing the PhD, Asma-na-hi works at as the Indigenous Project Officer at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where she serves as a liaison between the Office of Research Ethics and the VP Research and Innovation office. She is also a community board member for the Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) and the BC Cancer Research Ethics Board. Congratulations on your remarkable achievements, Asma-na-hi!
Lance Mack – Community Service Award
Lance Mack and his family has lived in the community at Macoah for more than three years. Whenever a resident asks for help from Lance, he always says yes and will not accept any form of payment. Lance has demonstrated dedication, leadership and volunteerism to his community.
He has a passion for healthy and homemade food and has catered countless delicious meals: weekly soup days, luncheons for the Macoah Emergency Team, holiday dinners and for any community gatherings. His neighbours will bring over groceries and ask him to cook it!
Lance will volunteer to participate in trainings offered by the Nation (FoodSafe, chainsaw safety, first aid) and is always eager to enhance his skills. He is helpful to Elders and neighbours by moving heavy items in and out of the home, weed-whacking thick brush around Elder homes (for safety and visibility), vehicle maintenance, fish cutting, and installing any interior and exterior s
Lance is the kindest person with the biggest heart and is known for his love of laughter.
Burton Mack – Community Service Award
Burton Mack and his family have lived at Macoah for over a decade. Burton has demonstrated dedication, leadership and volunteerism to the community and is vital for the community as the Water and Wastewater Treatment Operator who checks the clarity and purity of Macoah water regularly. He is a Macoah Emergency Team member and participates in various emergency training such as First Aid, Search-and-Rescue, helicopter and fire safety training, and he is responsible for the community weekly garbage pickup and bi-monthly recyclable pickups. Burton also travels within Vancouver Island and distributes fish and shellfish to the citizens during spring and summer months, which all citizens appreciate. His love to his family: wife Rena, daughter Sophia, son Ivan and his father Chuck, is admirable and he loves inviting family and friends into their home.
Burton is reliable and accountable, and if you call him with a question, he will always call and/or text back no matter what the time of day. Burton is strong and has helped residents by lifting and moving heavy objects in and out of their home.
Burton is a true protector of his people and his community and anyone around him will be and feel safe.
August 13, 2025
Mount Underwood Wildfire Update
We know the current wildfire situation on Vancouver Island brings feelings of uncertainty and fear, but we want to assure everyone that Toquaht Nation is working closely with Wildfire BC and the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) to receive and share information as soon as it is available.
Below are some ways you can keep up to date online:
If you don’t use Facebook or social media, you can access up-to-date information on Evacuation Alerts and Orders about the Mount Underwood fire on the ACRD website.
It is also important that you register for the Voyant! Alert, which Toquaht Nation and the ACRD use in all emergency situations. This service is free and you can register HERE to receive notifications via text message, email or on your phone. You can also download the app on the Apple Store and Google Play.
The Voyant! Alerts sends critical updates, including evacuation alerts and orders, directly to those most affected by sending geographically targeted messages, which means you get alerts relevant to your area.
Evacuation alerts and orders can be found online here.
If you are a permanent resident in the Evacuation Order area, please call the Port Alberni Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) call line 250-720-2738.
If you are in the Port Alberni area and are concerned, please access all available resources to learn more about assistance available, should an evacuation be required. Outside of the Port Alberni area, you can keep up to date using any of the resources above and know that Toquaht Nation will share information with affected citizens.
Stay safe, take care and stay calm.
Donna Monteith
Director of Operations
Jackie Arsenault
Director of Assets
August 5, 2025
2025 Movable Feast coming to Macoah!
Toquaht Nation is proud to host the Toquaht Moveable Feast 2025, a FREE full day all-ages music festival, featuring local, regional and national Indigenous musicians and dancers.
This festival, managed by 2 Rivers Remix Society, will celebrate the citizens of Toquaht Nation, whose territory covers Toquaht Bay, Mayne Bay and western Barkley Sound, as one of the proud Nuu-chah-nulth Nations, and we want you to be a part of the day.
The day prior we are also hosting a community-based cultural series of workshops that is open to other Indigenous Nations. If you haven’t already received an invitation to attend, please email general@toquaht.ca.
Please plan on attending!
- When: Saturday August 23, 2025 – 11 am – 11 pm
- Where: Macoah
- FREE to attend
- FREE admission
Artist Line-Up and more information is available here.
There will also be a vendor village at the Festival, and applications to participate are now being accepted here. If you have questions about eligibility or the vendor village, please email vendorvillage@2rmx.ca.
Note:
- The event is FREE but there will be food and drink to purchase on site. There will be washrooms available and limited parking on site, as well as accessible parking for those with mobility assistance requirements. Car-pooling is encouraged.
- If overnight camping is needed, there are NO spots in Macoah; however, Secret Beach Campground is open for the season. More information on booking at Secret Beach is available here.
- Sorry, we are unable to provide financial assistance to attend this event.
*************This is a drug and alcohol free event*************
For more information on this event, please visit www.2riversremix.ca or email questions to general@toquaht.ca.
May 1, 2025
New Glossary of nuucǎan̓uł Terms available for Citizens
Toquaht Nation is thrilled to share the latest Glossary of nuucǎan̓uł Terms for citizens to use. This is an excellent resource, which included pronunciation and definitions, and ties in well with the new Language App released by First Voices, which also includes Toquaht nuucǎan̓uł terms.
The Language App is available for downloading from the site for Apple and Android devices (please note the language app in the apple store and google play store are no longer supported.)
The Glossary is available as a PDF here.
March 11, 2025
Toquaht Nation Elder Appreciation Nominations Now Open
Once again, Toquaht Nation is opening nominations for Toquaht Elders to be nominated for recognition. Send us their name and a short note about why they inspire you, and the Toquaht Elder will be entered to be randomly selected for one of two prizes of $500. Nominations can be made by Toquaht citizens or residents, but Only Toquaht Elders are eligible to be selected.
Nominations close on Friday, March 21, at 4pm. Email your nomination to Noreen at noreenf@toquaht.ca or fax to the office at 250-726-4403.
February 27, 2025
Call for Applications:
Toquaht Nation Housing Committee Member
The Toquaht Nation is seeking dedicated individuals to join our Housing Committee.
The Toquaht Nation Housing Committee is tasked with:
- Decision-Making: Determining housing designations, rental eligibility, allocations, rental agreements, rent and deposits, non-residential uses, subletting, tenant alterations, seizure and sale of tenant property, service terminations, tenancy agreement terminations, and spousal tenancies.
- Tenancy Agreements: Entering into agreements on behalf of the Toquaht Nation.
- Representation: Acting for the Toquaht Nation in review requests and dispute resolutions under the Residential Tenancy Act.
- Recommendations: Advising the Executive on housing repairs, maintenance, renovations, and the development or acquisition of new housing.
- Additional Duties: Performing tasks or exercising powers as assigned by Toquaht enactments or the Executive.
This mandate ensures the Housing Committee effectively manages and oversees housing policies and initiatives for the Toquaht community.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicants must not be current representatives or employees of the Toquaht government.
- At least one appointed member must be a non-Toquaht citizen residing on Toquaht lands.
- A commitment to serving a four-year term.
How to Apply:
Interested individuals are encouraged to submit their applications by March 17th, 2025. Applications should include a resume and a cover letter detailing your interest in the position and any relevant experience.
Please send your application to Kirsten Johnsen, Law Clerk and Office Administrator, via email at kirstenj@toquaht.ca or drop it off at 1971 Peninsula Road, Ucluelet, BC.
Join us in making a meaningful impact on the housing landscape of the Toquaht Nation.
November 30, 2024
Applications for 2024 Christmas Citizen Distributions are now Open
Toquaht Nation is now accepting applications for Citizen Distributions. The distribution applications are due by November 28th, with distributions planned for:
- December 6
- December 13
- December 20
To learn more about distributions or to access the Application, please click here. Please send your application electronically to Naomi at naomim@toquaht.ca by NOVEMBER 28. You can also mail your application to Toquaht Nation Government at:
Toquaht Nation
PO Box 759
1971 Peninsula Ave Ucluelet, BC
V0R 3A0
If you need additional support to submit an application, please call 1-250-726-4260 or 1-877-726-4230.
October 15, 2024
RCMP Indigenous Pre-Cadet Training Program is now accepting recruits
The Indigenous Pre-Cadet Training Program is one of the RCMP Indigenous recruiting initiatives designed to give young Indigenous people, ages 19-29, a first-hand look at a career in policing while also preparing them to be competitive in the application process.
Requirements to Apply
Basic requirements to apply for the IPTP:
•between 19 and 29 years of age,
•First Nation, Inuit or Métis descent
•Canadian citizen,
•be of good character,
•able to pass an enhanced reliability security check,
•in good physical condition,
•possess a Canadian secondary school (high school) diploma or equivalent
Costs
The program costs are covered 100% by the RCMP for successful candidates including travel, uniform, meals and accommodations.
To Apply or Learn More
To get more information or to learn how to apply, contact RCMP Indigenous Relations Services: Cpl Maureen Greyeyes-Brant – National Coordinator, at maureen.greyeyes-brant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. For candidates in BC, contact BC RCMP Indigenous Policing Services: Cpl Rebecca Munro – Indigenous Recruiter, at rebecca.munro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
Frequently Asked Questions can be found online. Additionally, applications are also available online.
September 10, 2024
2024 Achievement and Excellence Awards Announced
Toquaht Nation is pleased to announce the following winners of the annual Excellence Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees on their continued excellence in areas of athletics, community services and academic excellence. Our thanks also go to those who took the time to submit nominations – your support of your fellow Toquaht our masčim is an excellent example of ʔuuʔałuk– Taking care of one another.
The Toquaht Nation Government Achievement and Excellence Awards have been created to recognize achievement of Toquaht citizens in areas of community service, academics and athletics and sports. A citizen can be nominated by another Toquaht community member including family, friends, as well as Toquaht Nation government and administration.
The three awards are named after exceptions Toquaht Nation individuals who have contributed to the respective areas of service, achievement and excellence. More information about the awards can be found here:
Winners:
Carter Emerson – Athletics and Sports Award
Carter is an outstanding athlete who loves all sports and was recently named to the Minors National Little-League All Star team. He also plays academy soccer and rugby.
Some of Carter’s recent accomplishments included over the summer where he threw more than 70 pitches during the All-Star tournament, helping his team achieve victory.
At 9 years old, Carter is destined for greatness!
Talon Morgan Banke – Athletics and Sports Award
Talon’s achievements include not only athleticism, but also sportsmanship. Known by his teammates and coaches for his positive attitude toward his teammates, referees and opposing team members, Talon excels in basketball. This past year he selected to play for the Dime Valley league and at Timberline Secondary where he was chosen as MVP at the annual athletics banquet.
“Talon has a great skillset on the court that can be attributed to his relentless work ethic and dedication,” says his coach, Justin McNamara. “Talon’s leadership could be displayed through his calm and quiet demeanor … [he] never has anything but positive words for his teammates, myself, his opponents or the referees.”
Talon balances his heavy high-school schedule with a job, basketball practice and games with grace; this Toquaht youth is a great example to those around him!
Gloria Webber – Athletics and Sports Award
Gloria is a great example of how, if you can’t find your own niche for excellence you create one! An avid softball player, Gloria created her own team three years ago to fill a gap after she started playing five years ago.
Her nominator says her family are her biggest fans and are extraordinarily proud of her for accomplishing her goals, and that this year her team took first place at a tournament.
Congratulations Gloria; you truly are an inspiration!
Sampson McMullan – Academic Excellence Award
Sampson recently graduated with distinction from his nursing degree program at Vancouver Island University (a recent article about his work in Mexico as a student nurse can be found in the Toquaht spring 2024 newsletter and, according to his nominator, his transcript “is full of As and A+s!”
Sampson plans to focus his career on the most vulnerable of patients and has already landed his dream job – he was hired immediately after graduation to the acute specialty medicine unit at BC Children’s Hospital in June, after supplementing his already full course load with pediatric health-care courses at BCIT and as a pediatric student nurse.
Sampson’s passion and dedication really shine through as he completes a strenuous educational journey!
Noreen Frank – Academic Excellence Award
Noreen is an excellent example of a lifelong learner. For more than 16 years, Noreen has worked for Toquaht Nation’s Community Development department, focusing on supporting patient travel, social development and as commission for Toquaht Nation.
Noreen has attended a number of workshops that included restorative justice, suicide intervention and sexual assault education. Noreen applies this learning into her work while maintaining a cultural lens, applying her knowledge and values to assure protocol is followed.
Noreen is an invaluable asset to Toquaht Nation and its masčim!
David Johnsen – Community Service Award
David is the director of Lands and Resources for Toquaht Nation, but his contributions go far beyond leading a team focused on environmental planning and restoration – he also provides much of the technological needs of the community of Macoah.
Whether it’s setting up equipment, troubleshooting technical issues, or providing guidance and support to others, David goes above and beyond to ensure the community’s technology infrastructure runs smoothly.
Thanks for all you do, David!
2024 Movable Feast coming to Macoah!
Toquaht Nation is proud to host the Toquaht Moveable Feast 2024, a FREE full day all-ages music festival, featuring local, regional and national Indigenous musicians and dancers.
This festival, managed by 2 Rivers Remix Society, will celebrate the citizens of Toquaht Nation, whose territory covers Toquaht Bay, Mayne Bay and western Barkley Sound, as one of the proud Nuu-chah-nulth Nations, and we want you to be a part of the day.
- When: Saturday August 31, 2024 – 11 am – 11 pm
- Where: Macoah
- FREE to attend
- FREE admission
Artist Line-Up and more information is available here.
Note:
- The event is FREE but there will be food and drink to purchase on site. There will be washrooms available and limited parking on site, as well as accessible parking for those with mobility assistance requirements. Car-pooling is encouraged.
- If overnight camping is needed, there are NO spots in Macoah; however, Secret Beach Campground is open for the season. More information on booking at Secret Beach is available here.
- Sorry, we are unable to provide financial assistance to attend this event.
*************This is a drug and alcohol free event*************
For more information on this event, please visit www.2riversremix.ca or email questions to general@toquaht.ca.
Introducing Voyent Alert
In times of crisis it is important that residents have access to trusted, timely and accurate information to ensure their own safety and that of their family and loved ones. In response to this need, the Macoah Emergency Team (MET) has chosen Voyent Alert! as the communication service provider for these kinds of events.
Voyent Alert! is a multi-purpose communication service used to send alerts to residents, businesses, and visitors during critical events like extreme weather or wildfires, as well as day to day communications like road closures and utility disruptions.
Voyant Alert! now covers the Toquaht traditional territory of Macoah, so sign up today!
How to Register:
Registration for the service is FREE, simple and totally anonymous.
Mobile App Users: Download and install the Voyent Alert! app from the Apple or Google Play app stores.
Email, Phone or SMS Users: Click here to register online to receive email, phone call or text-based alerts
What You Can Expect
Personalized Communications: Voyent Alert! provides informative communications. Critical information such as the distance and direction from an incident, time of intercept and preferred evacuation routes from your tracked locations are provided.
Track Multiple Locations: Voyent Alert! allows you to create and track multiple locations such as “Kids School” or “Mom’s House”. Any event or communication related to your tracked locations will be forwarded to you along your preferred communication channel.
No Message Fatigue: Voyent Alert’s smart alerting capabilities ensure that you will only get notified when a communication is relevant to you or one of the locations you are tracking.
Communications Your Way: Receive alerts over a wide variety of communication channels including mobile apps, text/SMS alerting, email or voice calling You can register for all or one of them.
Privacy is Paramount: Registration is anonymous, and no information volunteered or derived is shared or used for marketing or data harvesting purposes. Locational information from your tracked locations is only used to determine its proximity to an alert event and to provide critical context within the communications (such as distance and direction).
Leaving is Easy: Both mobile applications and web-based accounts provide access to an unsubscribe feature accessed via the menu icon on the top left of the screen/page. If the service isn’t working out simply click on the “Unsubscribe” button and you won’t be hearing from us again.
For more information you can check out the FAQ and the Voyent Alert Privacy Policy.
Summer 2024 Citizen Distributions Now Open
Toquaht Nation Government will release a Citizen Distribution this summer to all Toquaht citizens aged 18 and over. Toquaht citizens who are minors will have their distribution held in trust.
This year’s distribution application is due by July 4th for distribution planned on July 12th.
To apply, complete the Citizen Distribution Application form and provide a direct deposit form from your banking institution or a void cheque. We don’t accept handwritten banking information. You can submit the completed forms and any supporting documentation by emailing them to naomim@toquaht.ca. Alternatively, contact Naomi Mack at 1-250-726-4230 or 1-877-726-4230 (toll-free) to have the form mailed to you or to get assistance with filling it out.
2024 NTC Scholarships and Graduation Ceremonies
Grade 12 Students!
It’s time to start planning for graduation!
The annual Nuu-chah-nulth graduation ceremony will be on Saturday, June 15 at the Alberni District Secondary School. Graduation Registration forms can be found here and are due by June 1. You can email them to graduation@nuuchahnulth.org.
In addition, scholarship applications are due by May 16, 2024. Applications can be found here and MUST be emailed to scholarships@nuuchahnulth.org.
Scholarship categories include academic, artistic, athletic and cultural. Please review all the supporting documentation that is required on page 2 of the application.
You will be informed shortly after the deadline if you are the recipient of a scholarship. If you are, plan to attend the scholarship ceremony on June 14!
To attend the scholarship ceremony on June 14, submit your Intent to Attend form by June 1.
Parents!
If you have a student in kindergarten through Grade 3, they may be eligible for either an athletic or cultural scholarship. Information on the scholarship, and the application, is here.
For students in Grades 4 through 12, scholarships are available for academic, artistic, athletic and cultural achievement. Information on that scholarship, and the application, is here.
If your student is a scholarship recipient, they will be notified between after June 1. Note, the invitation to attend the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Scholarship Ceremony, which will be held on June 14, is due on June 1, so don’t delay getting it in. The form to attend is here.
Spring People’s Assembly date selected
The Spring People’s Assembly will be in person at the t̓uk̓ʷaaʔatḥiic hišimyiły̓ak (Toquaht Gathering Place) in m̓aʔaquuʔa (Macoah).
The People’s Assembly will be at 10 am with a virtual option to attend if you are unable to attend in person. Information on registration via Zoom or in person will be available in coming days.
After the People’s Assembly ends at 12 pm, there will be a catered lunch with celebrations that include singers and dancers, and an afternoon of activities will follow.
For citizens who need to travel more than 150 kilometres to attend, there may be accommodation support on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please refer to the registration form for more information.
For more information on the People’s Assembly, email Naomi Mack at naomim@toquaht.ca. If you need help registering, please call Naomi at 250-726-4230 or toll-free at 1-877-726-4230.
New Director of Operations to lead Toquaht Nation Government
Toquaht Government is pleased to share that Donna Monteith has been hired as the new Director of Operations. She joins Toquaht on Monday, April 8, from her role with the City of Port Alberni as the Director of Corporate Services. Prior to that, Donna was the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Ucluelet and District Administrator for the Cowichan Bay Waterworks District. Donna’s experience includes executive leadership, public engagement, communications, leading local government strategic policy development, and financial and asset management.
Toquaht Nation Elder Appreciation Nominations Now Open
Once again, Toquaht nation is opening nominations for Toquaht Elders to be nominated for recognition. Send us their name and a short note about why they inspire you, and the Toquaht Elder will be entered to be randomly selected for one of two prizes of $500. Nominations can be made by Toquaht citizens or residents, but Only Toquaht Elders are eligible to be selected.
Nominations close on Friday, February 16 at 4pm. Email your nomination to noreenf@toquaht.ca or fax to the office at 250-726-4403.
Traffic Advisory
For Travel to Macoah
Starting January 9, 2024, There will be delays and short road closures on Maggie Lake Forest Service Road for approximately six weeks.
The Ministry of Forests will be conducting a rock scaling project to minimize risk of future rock falls and safety hazards on this section of the FSR. Due to the unpredictable nature of this work, wait times may vary and could be lengthy.
Alternative route: It is recommended to use Maggie Branch 4; AKA The Barkley Forest Service Road for access beyond 8.9 km to avoid wait time.