Aboriginal Languages, Environment
Aided by Grants to UVic
The faculty of education will use a $50,000 grant to create a certificate program in First Nations Language and Culture. The Developmental Standard Term Certificate will be awarded to train First Nations instructors who teach aboriginal languages within their own communities. The certificate program has been created to address a critical shortage of First Nations language and culture teachers and support the revival, renewal, and maintenance of First Nations languages.
The program was developed in collaboration with the Campbell River, Cape Mudge, Homalco and Klahoose peoples, school district #72 and UVic. Twenty-four courses will be offered covering four aboriginal dialects.
“First Nations education is a top priority for the faculty of education and the Vancouver Foundation was intrigued with our proposal for the preservation of aboriginal languages and cultures,” says Dr. Yvonne Martin-Newcombe, associate dean of the faculty of education. “The Vancouver Foundation views our program as a prototype for similar aboriginal language preservation programs.”
A second grant of $30,000 will help establish the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance as one of 19 approved research centres at UVic. Launched in 2001, POLIS is a centre for interdisciplinary research which aims to bring together students, scholars, public policy advocates, business leaders, government and concerned citizens to understand and develop practical solutions for pressing ecological issues.
POLIS plays a valuable role in UVic’s teaching and research program, building bridges between the university and the communities it serves. For further information, visit www.polisproject.org/
The program was developed in collaboration with the Campbell River, Cape Mudge, Homalco and Klahoose peoples, school district #72 and UVic. Twenty-four courses will be offered covering four aboriginal dialects.
“First Nations education is a top priority for the faculty of education and the Vancouver Foundation was intrigued with our proposal for the preservation of aboriginal languages and cultures,” says Dr. Yvonne Martin-Newcombe, associate dean of the faculty of education. “The Vancouver Foundation views our program as a prototype for similar aboriginal language preservation programs.”
A second grant of $30,000 will help establish the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance as one of 19 approved research centres at UVic. Launched in 2001, POLIS is a centre for interdisciplinary research which aims to bring together students, scholars, public policy advocates, business leaders, government and concerned citizens to understand and develop practical solutions for pressing ecological issues.
POLIS plays a valuable role in UVic’s teaching and research program, building bridges between the university and the communities it serves. For further information, visit www.polisproject.org/
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