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Aboriginal Leadership Certificate at North Island College

The Aboriginal Leadership Certificate allows Indigenous students to gain practical tools and knowledge to work at management and administrator levels within Indigenous organizations across Canada. NIC is honoured to acknowledge the traditional territories of the combined 35 First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish traditions, on whose traditional and unceded territories NIC’s campuses […]

The Aboriginal Leadership Certificate allows Indigenous students to gain practical tools and knowledge to work at management and administrator levels within Indigenous organizations across Canada. NIC is honoured to acknowledge the traditional territories of the combined 35 First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish traditions, on whose traditional and unceded territories NIC’s campuses are situated.

Language Revitalization Program

The Language Revitalization Program, facilitated by Fran Brown in Bella Bella, BC, involves Heiltsuk language learning activities.

Fran Brown has 15 years of experience teaching the Heiltsuk language within the community school in Bella Bella, BC, and has successfully adapted teaching techniques to suit the local children. The Language Revitalization Program connects programs delivered by local organizations to ensure the revitalization of the Heiltsuk language. The resilience of the Heiltsuk teachers and learners can contribute to the future of other languages across Canada.

Cultural Learner – Terry Reid

Terry Reid is dedicated to learning the cultural traditions and languages from his Heiltsuk and Oweekeno speaking grandmother who is a knowledge keeper and knows much about traditional medicines.

Terry Reid is of Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) and Oweekeno (Rivers Inlet) decent. Throughout the past couple of years, Reid has dedicated his time to learning cultures and traditions from his grandmother Evelyn. Evelyn is a fluent speaker of both Heiltsuk and Oweekeno languages and was a language teacher at the Bella Bella Community School. Evelyn is a knowledge keeper and a champion of traditional medicines. Reid has relocated to Oweekeno to learn about culture, best practices and techniques in teaching cultural traditions from his grandmother Reid shares his insights into what he has learned; what works and what may not. Reid has a passion for learning about the culture and hopes that one day he will have the knowledge needed to assist the continuance of our ways of life. Reid has recognized the importance of language to culture and hopes to preserve the uniqueness of the Heiltsuk Nation on the west coast of BC.

Isaac Murdoch – Balance of Life

Ways of being on the land come with great responsibility.

Ways of being on the land come with great responsibility.

Darren McGregor – Connections

There is more to our existence within this physical realm.

There is more to our existence within this physical realm.

Indigenous Land Guardians

The Indigenous Land Guardians program is designed to train local Dene people to become knowledgeable in their local culture and traditions as well as current conservation and monitoring practices.

Josh Barichello shares about the Indigenous Land Guardians program in Ross River. The program is still in the development stage and Barichello is a part of the development team for the program. The program is designed to train local Dene people to become knowledgeable in their local culture and traditions as well as current conservation and monitoring practices. The program will utilize traditional and ecological knowledge with scientific knowledge to build a bridge between both worlds so that their land, wildlife, and water is being well managed.

Behind the Scenes: Kaitlyn Walcheske

Linda Manyguns interviews Kaitlyn Walcheske about her experience as a NCCIE research assistant. She shares how this project has not only impacted her journey as a pre-service teacher but how it has shifted her view of the future of education.

Linda Manyguns interviews Kaitlyn Walcheske about her experience as a NCCIE research assistant. She shares how this project has not only impacted her journey as a pre-service teacher but how it has shifted her view of the future of education.

The Malahat Life Skills Program – “The Malahat Way”

The Malahat Life Skills Program is a unique ‘hybrid’ program that invites participants to explore how the traditional teachings may offer solutions for present-day demands.

The program is steeped in culture and tradition, the program aims to help members and residents of the Malahat Nation create and live the life they want to live. The Malahat Life Skills Program has increased the sense of belonging, ability, and autonomy of participants by improving the overall sense of wellbeing throughout the Malahat Nation. A cornerstone of the on-going Malahat Life Skills Program includes a Personal Life Plan (PLP) for all participants and Cultural Inquiry. Consisting of clear achievable long and short-term goals, the PLP gives participants their own unique directions to move to where they want to go in life. The PLP’s help to meet the specific needs of each participant and helps the Nation direct and provide services towards helping members succeed. Cultural Inquiry helps participants discover the potential of traditional teachings as positive instruments for their future, increasing participants pride and confidence to face the challenges they may encounter in the creation of their own desired future. Participants of the Malahat Life Skills Program have experienced what it is to be successful in setting long term goals for themselves, plan the needed action steps, and actually move toward their goals and objectives.

Yukon Indigenous Community Climate Change Champions

The Yukon Indigenous Community Climate Change Champions is a workshop/initiative for Indigenous youth all over the Yukon

The Yukon Indigenous Community Climate Change Champions is a workshop/initiative for Indigenous youth all over the Yukon. The aim is to arm youth with the ability to see how climate change affects their community and how they can help. This program uses not uses a scientific lens to climate change, but also combines Indigenous worldview, teachings and stories. More information can be found here: www.aicbr.ca.

Northern Cultural Expressions Society Beginners Carving Program

Reconnecting high risk youth through carving and traditional knowledge to find balance.

The Beginners Carving Program is for high risk youth but also for anybody who’s interested, “from the cradle to the grave”. The overall goal of this program is to reconnect youth to traditional ways of knowledge, art, the land, language and elders, in order to be productive in the future. This program is also a wellness program with hopes that they can become substance free and find balance in their life. This program is offered in studio as well as on the land, throughout the year. More information can be found at: https://northernculture.org/about-us-2/.