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UVic rolls out first Indigenous Language Revitalization awards – Peninsula News Review

by ahnationtalk on October 3, 202475 Views

October 3, 2024

Awards were given to students from nine First Nations in the south Island

The University of Victoria’s first Indigenous Language Revitalization Awards are rolling out over the fall to support students from nine south Island First Nations with the goal of reinvigorating local Indigenous languages.

Throughout September, UVic welcomed the first cohort of Indigenous students to receive financial assistance for entering or continuing specific Indigenous language programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

“These new Indigenous Language Revitalization Awards are incredibly meaningful to First Nations peoples. In W̱SÁNEĆ, we are deeply committed to language revitalization and deliver recurring undergraduate programming that supports our SENĆOŦEN immersion stream of programming at LAU,WELNEW Elementary School and the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Secondary School,” says Kendra Underwood, director of W̱SÁNEĆ College, in a news release.

Read More: https://www.peninsulanewsreview.com/local-news/uvic-rolls-out-first-indigenous-language-revitalization-awards-7564309

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