Katimavik and their Regional Offices

I really wanted to write a blog post about how the Regional Office of Ontario works within Katimavik, but since childhood I was raised with the rule "if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all...” so this blog post will be quite short. In Ontario we have 10 people working at regional trying to make my Katimavik experience a success. This does not include our PC, PSL or PL. Out of those ten people, never have I come in contact with any of them except for one lady who called me a girl through an email just because I like theatre. Katimavik needs to focus more on the quality of service to which they are trying to provide and less on quantity. Quantity usually outlasts quality because in the business world the bigger numbers or return in the quarterly report usually means that the funders are happy. But what is the point of this if a good chunk of your participants drop out of the program before third trimester starts. Katimavik is at a crossroads. Their funding has been severely cut by Heritage Canada and now they must decide where to make cuts. This is the perfect time for them to restructure. Downsize; get back to their grass roots--to help the participants grow through challenging youth service programs and helping Canadian youth "GET A LIFE".