ENDORSING THE COALITION FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL FOOD (CHSF) - KINGS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD COUNCIL PRESENTERS: HEATHER MORSE & BECCA GREEN-LAPIERRE

Endorsing the Coalition for Healthy
       School Food (CHSF)
            Kings County Community Food Council
      Presenters: Heather Morse & Becca Green-LaPierre

Who We Are
A group dedicated to lead and
collaborate on work in our
communities and strengthen our
food system

Vision: Kings County will have a
sustainable local food system,
where everyone will have access to
enough nutritious, safe, ecological
and culturally appropriate food.

Municipality of the
County of Kings
Support for School
Food

•Municipality of the County
of Kings is a leader among
municipalities in the country
for financial support for
school food
•You support 24 school meal
programs across Kings
County
•Thank you for your
investment in school food!

What is the Coalition for
Healthy School Food?
• A network of over 180 non-profits
  members across the country who
  are advocating for a universal
  cost-shared healthy Canada-wide
  school food program

• Want to see all children having daily
  access to healthy food at school
  regardless of circumstance

8 Guiding Principles of the CHSF

  Health Promoting (tasty, nourishing, culturally appropriate foods in line
  with CFG)

  Universal (ALL children can access – no targeting or stigma)

  Cost-Shared (Between Fed, Prov, Terr; consider a pay-what-you-can pgm)

  Flexible and Locally Adaptable (respect and reflect the local context)

8 Guiding Principles of the CHSF

  Committed to Indigenous control for Indigenous students

  Driver of Community Economic Development (set locally produced food
  purchasing targets)

  Promoting Food Literacy (school food programs integrated into curriculum)

  Supported by Guidance and Accountability Measures (nutrition standards;
  no product marketing; eval and monitoring)

Why a National School Food Program?

Town of Annapolis Royal

               Town of Berwick

   Municipal   Halifax Regional Municipality
         and   Other Municipal units including:
 Community     • City of Vancouver
               • City of Victoria
Endorsement    • City of Toronto
               • Courtenay BC
 of the CHSF   • City of Victoria

               Federation of Canadian Municipalities

More than 25 Community Health Boards
               across the province

   Municipal   The provincial CHB Council of Chairs have
         and   advocated on the Federal level for
               advancement of the CHSF
 Community
Endorsement    Community groups in NS including:
               • Federation of Home and Schools
 of the CHSF   • Ecology Action Centre
               • Nourish Nova Scotia
               • Union of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq

Our Ask
Today
  To make a
 motion to sign
   on as an
endorser of the
  Coalition for
Healthy School
     Food

Valley Regional Enterprise Network
               Activity Update
        Jennifer Tufts and Paul Dixon
                April 19, 2022

Role of ALL RENs within the Province.
BusinessNOW
    Services
CONNECT.  RETAIN. EXPAND.
RENs support local businesses and rural economic development. We do
this by:
   Connecting local businesses, universities, First Nations and community leaders
   Supporting new business/industry and investments
   Attracting and retaining skilled newcomers
   Delivering leadership in regional economic development

Regional Enterprise Networks of NS
RENs act as a central spoke of a wheel: as navigators and connectors within their regions
with varying levels of engagement; sometimes as leaders, partners, supporters and
sometimes simply as an information source.

RENs are a network of networks linked not only to the ecosystem of supports within
regions, but also linked provincially through the other NS RENs and the Province of
Nova Scotia and its crown corporations and federally through entities such as ACOA.

Why  RENs?
BusinessNOW
   Services
 Deliver leadership in regional economic development
 Economic development outside of the HRM is an enormous mandate
  and the success of the province depends on it
 Boots on the ground – teams working with businesses and sector groups
 Strong regional collaboration - within our zones (Chambers, NSCC, non-
  profits) and among RENs
 Strong communication with municipal partners - we are a shared
  service within communities

Strategic Plan Overview and Highlights
VISION STATEMENT
A thriving, regional economy, delivering the highest quality of life in Canada.

MISSION STATEMENT
The Valley REN is the catalyst for a thriving, sustainable and inclusive regional
economy in the Annapolis Valley.

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

   Business                Workforce                Sector                Regional
   Development             Development              Development           Development

 Supports for Business
                 Customized supports to business
               Investment Readiness
Business         Regional economic profile
Development      Sector profiles
               NS MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration
                Program (REAP)
                 Project manager for Valley Team
                 Promotion of the region as an agricultural technology
                  testing bed and demonstration site
                 Agricultural technology accelerator

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 Regional Workforce Development Strategy
                 Develop and implement strategy
                 Workforce Alliance
               Population Readiness – Housing
Workforce
                 Needs assessment
Development      Facilitate meetings with regional partners
               Promote the Annapolis Valley
                 Regional Marketing
                 www.haveitallav.ca
               Welcoming Region
                 Connector Program

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 STAR (Strategic Tourism for Areas and Regions)
                Program
                 First region in Nova Scotia to complete program
                 Working Group
Sector           Regional strategic plan for tourism development
Development    Manufacturing Taskforce
                 Contemporary Leadership Training
                 Continuous Improvement Initiative
                 Supply Chain study
               NS MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration
                Program (REAP)
                 Agricultural technology focus

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 Communications
                 Sharing information to stakeholders
               COVID Recovery
                   Regional Economic Recovery Taskforce
Regional
                   Over 100 meetings to date
Development
                   50 organizations part of Taskforce
                   Continue as mechanism to keep regional stakeholders
                    and partners informed and updated

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Additional Opportunities in 2022-2023
 Investment Readiness
   Functioning land and asset database created
 Taking Care of the Valley project with Pier Labs
 Immigration Funding
      Immigration settlement through workforce matching
      Outreach to employers
      Promotion of provincial immigration programs
      Welcoming immigrants

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Leveraged Funding for Projects:
                            Project                               Leveraged $           In Kind       Valley REN
 1. Contemporary Leadership in Manufacturing Training          ACOA - $18,000       NSCC - $5,400    $5,000
 2. Continuous Improvement Program (2 years)                   ACOA - $52,225       SMEs - $20,000   $20,000
                                                               WIPSI - $79,895
 3. Connector Program                                          NS - $90,651
 4. STAR Program                                               ACOA - $117,250                       $50,250
 5. Winter Tourism Opportunities Study                         ACOA - $25,000                        $4,500
 6. Supply Chain Analysis                                      ACOA - $95,000       Manu - $7,850    $18,150
 7. NS MIT REAP – Valley Team                                  ONSIDE - $85,000                      $30,000
 8. Virtual Advisor Program (All REN initiative)               ACOA - $45,000
 9. Regional Economic Recovery Taskforce                       ACOA - $69,250
 10. Immigration Workforce Settlement                          LSI/ACOA - $85,000                    $8,000
                                                       TOTAL       $762,271             $33,250        $135,900
 Additional Project: Taking Care of the Valley (Pier Labs)     WAGE - $350,000
                                                       TOTAL       $1,112,271
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Thank You

Where Students with Learning Differences Thrive!

Life By the Numbers: Finding LME
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Changing
                                            Saving Lives since 1979

Serving King’s County for Over 40 years

Who we are and what we do!

All of our students have something in common ...

It’s INVISIBLE

They all have a diagnosed LEARNING disability.

They all have a diagnosed LEARNING difference.

Examples of Learning Differences

The Challenge for the Public School System

How can one person help an invisible need with 20 students in a
class?

                  Deplete self-esteem

            Left out, depressed, or suicidal

              Target of bullying

Disabilities - Including Learning Differences - in
Nova Scotia

                                        https://novascotia.ca/accessibility/prevalence/

Satellite School

How is Landmark East School THE Change

Landmark East Classrooms and Small Student-Teacher Ratio

Nova Scotia Curriculum

        Individualized Programming

                                     Delivered in a way that aligns with the learner

Compassionate, Supportive and Dedicated

Filling in the Gaps: 1-3 Year Process

The Results
The Student Experience

Landmark East By the Numbers

Over 1000         Students have had a life changing experience

85     Percent of our Graduates go on to post secondary education

45     People are employed by Landmark East

43     Landmark has been in business for 43 years!

10     There is a maximum number of 10 students per class in HS; 6 in Elementary

3      Landmark is the 3rd largest employer in Wolfville

Student Testimonials - Don’t Take my word for it!

Further Improvements to
 The Student Experience

Building on Success: Commitment to the Future

Technologies: Smart Board

We hope we can
count on you
to join our team of
Ambassadors and
share what Landmark
is all about!

Questions?

2021/2022 Kings Vision Grant
Award Change Request:
The Charles Macdonald House Of
Centreville Society
Request for Decision

Amie Johnstone, Grants and Funding
Administrator
Committee of the Whole
April 19, 2022

Intent

For Council to consider revising the 2021/2022 Kings
Vision Grant award to the Charles Macdonald House
Of Centreville Society in response to a project scope
change.

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2021/2022 Kings Vision Grant Award to The
Charles Macdonald House Of Centreville
Society
Awarded $63,000 as part of the 2021/2022 Kings Vision Grant.
• To be paid in three installments of $21,000 in each of the 2021/22,
  2022/23, and 2023/24 fiscal years.
   Award Conditions:
   1. Confirmation of complete project funding.
   2. Confirmation from Province of Nova Scotia that project does
   not contravene any heritage designations and that the proposed
   work is acceptable to the Province.

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2021/2022 Kings Vision Grant award update

As of April 2022,
•Complete project funding has not been
 secured
•Continuing to fundraise and seek external
 funding

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Requests from the Society
The Society has made two recent requests of the
Municipality:
Status update (Appendix B):
  Request to defer their grant to the next three years (beginning in
  2022/23).
Scope Change Request Letter (Appendix A):
  Requests to amend year one conditions and change the scope
  from rehabilitation of the entire Concrete House to repairing the
  roof.

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Financial Implications of Proposed Motion

•2021/22 Kings Vision Grant award of $21,000
 be accrued until all conditions are satisfied.

•2022/23 submitted application to Kings
 Vision Grant for year 2 of 3 be deemed
 ineligible

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Alternatives
• Committee may choose to maintain the original
  2021/22 Kings Vision Grant award for multi-year funding

• Committee may deem the original application no longer
  viable and eliminate all funding.

• Committee may amend year one conditions of the
  2021/22 Kings Vision Grant award for multi-year funding
  and review year 2 of 3 request during 2022/23 Kings
  Vision Grant deliberation process.
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Recommendations
 That Committee of the Whole recommend Municipal Council
  receive the project status update from The Charles Macdonald
  House of Centreville Society.
 That Committee of the Whole recommend Municipal Council
  amend the June 15, 2021 motion related to the 2021/22 Kings
  Vision Grant award to The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville
  Society for the Charles Macdonald Concrete House Restoration
  initiative to a total amount of $21,000 with two pre-funding
  conditions,
  1. Confirmation of complete project funding is required.
  2. Confirmation from Province of NS that project details do not contravene
  their Heritage Registry status and are approved.

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