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Hawkeye Associates is a sole proprietorship established by Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson in 1985. Since that time we have provided assessment, counselling and therapy, consultations, research and development and human resource services to a variety of clients. We have developed proposals in the areas of economic development, education, and social development; completed research into the feasibility and future directions of residential schools; conducted research into existing affirmative action programs; developed and implemented customized lifeskills/employment skills packages for adult education programs; delivered training programs under Canada Job Strategies, C.E.I.C.; provided psychological testing services to aid in candidate selection and career advancement; completed small business feasibility studies (including market analysis and pro-forma income); and, have delivered seminars in the areas of cross-cultural relations, stress management, child abuse and family violence. Some of our clients have included:

Aboriginal Healing Foundation

  • support and training for professional and paraprofessional staff who work with victims of residential school abuse

Agency Chiefs

  • post-trauma intervention at individual and community levels

Aubichon, Martin

  • business feasibility study

Canada Employment and Immigration Commission

  • "Rural Women in Business" training, Tisdale
  • Youth Job Readiness Training, Melfort
  • Work Orientation Workshops in Regina, Hudson Bay and Tisdale

Cameco Resources

  • aptitude assessments for prospective employees (on contract with Northlands College, La Ronge)

Compucollege, Regina

  • revising and implementing a lifeskills program

Desmarais, Alex and Alice

  • business feasibility study

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations

  • review of the Saskatchewan Indian Agriculture Program
  • study of alcohol and drug abuse on and off-reserve

Kikinahk Friendship Center

  • staff training on supportive counselling
  • presentations on residential school syndrome

Kinistin Saulteaux Nation

  • delivery of a lifeskills program
  • three staff / band council developmental retreats
  • delivery of seminars on child, spousal and elder abuse
  • research into attitudes of band members to abuse; the development of protocols to deal with abuse
  • completion of "Kinistin Internal Success Stories": applying the lessons of the elderly to the situation of the youth
  • completion of a community development plan

Lac La Ronge Band

  • workshops on team building and conflict resolution
  • post-trauma stress intervention
  • participation in a community development process to combat high suicide rates in a Band community
  • development of a "continuum of care" including therapeutic foster and group homes (on a salaried position)

Manitoba Rhett Syndrome Society

  • workshop on stress for parents of girls with Rett Syndrome

Medical Services Branch, National Health and Welfare

  • referrals of individuals facing mental health crises

Multicultural Enterprises Inc.

  • psychometric evaluation of students .cp8 .mb3

Muscopetung First Nation

  • a staff / band council retreat on human resource development

Muskowekwan Band

  • completion of a study into band education leading to the development of a band run school
  • two staff / band council development retreats

Muskowekwan Education Center

  • completion of a study into support programs for students
  • staff development workshops

National Research Council

  • cross-cultural workshops

Native Mental Health Association of Canada

  • presentation on community development and mental health
  • presentation on attention deficit disorder

Parents for Schools Network

  • completion of a study into volunteerism and its impact on Regina public schools

Pasqua First Nation

  • staff and band council retreat on human resource development
  • a workshop for band members on spirituality, counselling

Performance, Development and Training Ltd.

  • developing and implementing a lifeskills program

Peter Ballantyne First Nation

  • functional supervision and professional support for holistic health program
  • development and implementation of a culturally appropriate anger management course for both men and women
  • workshops on anger and residential school syndrome
  • psychological assessments of children and youth
  • therapy for referred individuals

Qu'Appelle Child and Family Services

  • staff training on counselling skills

Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School

  • completion of a study into educational programs and support services

Regina Metis Women

  • proposal development

Saskatchewan Association on Human Rights

  • completion of a study into racial attitudes of the Regina Public School Board
  • cross-cultural workshops

Wilson-Banwell

  • referrals under an employee and family assistance plan

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Lloyd's newspaper column has appeared in The Northerner, published in La Ronge, Sask., since 1999. The complete archive is found here.

From the current column:

“Think of people working together to meet their needs, giving and receiving respect, each contributing according to their abilities.”

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