A former professor鈥檚 legacy strengthens her former student鈥檚 resolve to revitalize the Kwak虝虝wala language within her family and community.
UVic linguist Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins has spent her career in collaborative, community-based work in Indigenous language revitalization with Salish communities, effecting lasting
change in the field of linguistics in the process. She has been honoured with the 2021 Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award from the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC
(CUFA-BC).
A cohort of Tsuut鈥檌na language teachers are receiving their Certificates in Indigenous Language Revitalization through a unique partnership with the First Nation's Tsuut鈥檌na Gunaha
Institute.
Kashtin Apsassin, who graduates with a Master of Global Business degree this spring, is one of many new grads around the world who finished their degrees during a pandemic. In his
case that also meant starting a co-op, beginning a job hunt and starting a new career, all without leaving his home.
When theatre student Logan Swain signed up for a co-op position with Theatre SKAM, he had no idea he'd soon be producing plays during a pandemic--or that it would lead to a
permanent job.
Lydia Toorenburgh joins the Faculties of Science, Social Sciences and Humanities as the Indigenous Resurgence Coordinator. The new position is another step towards the
Indigenization of UVic.
Shawna Bowler, a proud M茅tis woman from Winnipeg, graduates this spring with a master's degree in social work.
As the envisioning process for the new National Centre for Indigenous Laws continues, the first phase of outreach and engagement wraps up its series of open forums.