NewsGeorge Couchie Guest Speaker at Native Awareness Conference SHARE ON: Valerie Isaac, staff Tuesday, Jan. 27th, 2015 Today and tomorrow the Centre de Loisirs will be the focus of the 2nd Annual Native Awareness conference. The two day event covers such topics as native history, culture, traditions and the residential school issue. Also during the event there will be a public presentation tonight by George Couchie. He’s the special guest at the event.