Being outdoors is an enhancement of a ‘higher learning.’
Julie Ozawagosh – We’re All Ceremonial People
Posted on April 1, 2019 by Crystal Osawamick
Being outdoors is an enhancement of a ‘higher learning.’
Grades 8/9 to Grades 12/13
Being outdoors is an enhancement of a ‘higher learning.’
Being outdoors is an enhancement of a ‘higher learning.’
Aboriginal Environmental Leadership Circle aims to promote and enhance environmental management in Indigenous communities.
Aboriginal Environmental Leadership Circle aims to promote and enhance environmental management in Indigenous communities.
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.
Ways of being on the land come with great responsibility.
Ways of being on the land come with great responsibility.
There is more to our existence within this physical realm.
There is more to our existence within this physical realm.
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.
PWK Highschool in Fort Smith holds an annual winter expedition where students learn traditional trapping, fishing, and hunting in a safe, continuous manner. The facilitators are local Elders and knowledge keepers.
PWK Highschool in Fort Smith holds an annual winter expedition where students learn traditional trapping, fishing, and hunting in a safe, continuous manner. The facilitators are local Elders and knowledge keepers.
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/.
This transformational program allows First Nations mentors/Master Carvers to go into Yukon schools and educate all students about traditional art forms and more.
The Art Education Program is for school aged children from Kindergarten to Grade 12. This transformational program allows First Nations mentors/Master Carvers to go into Yukon schools and engage with all students (First Nations and Non), in order to educate them about traditional art forms. Along with this, students also learn more about the traditions, the history and stories behind carving. More information can be found here: https://northernculture.org/art-education-program-overview/.
Women supporting women in the Yukon and Northern British Columbia.
Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council provides funding for Yukon Aboriginal women and LGBTQ2S through the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Strategy Program. The overall goal of the program is to support Aboriginal women who want to obtain skills, better jobs and maintain employment. This program is offered in the Yukon and Northern BC. More information can be found at www.yawc.ca/asets/.
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