Date(s): Wednesday, March 22
Time: 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Location: : UFV U House (F125)

Partnering for Success: UFV, NVIT and Nuxalk Nation

Final Scholarly Sharing for 2016/17
This session has been rescheduled from “Snow Week”
Wednesday March 22, 2017
1:15 – 2:45
Abby U-House
Delicious light lunch provided

Partnering for success: UFV, NVIT and Nuxalk Nation
University of the Fraser Valley received confirmation of funding in July 2016 from Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada to offer a program of degree completion to a third cohort of graduates of Nicola Valley Institute of Technology’s Chemical Addiction Worker Advanced diploma. The students receive 30 credits towards their Bachelor of General Studies by taking eight UFV courses taught by faculty members from Arts, Science and Professional Studies. This provides the requirements for a BGS, allowing these Aboriginal students to gain the degree required for employment in their field of addictions counseling as well as providing the opportunity for the further graduate studies. As a community based program that is being delivered in partnership with the Nuxalk Nation at the Lip’alhayc Learning Centre in Bella Coola, faculty have had the opportunity to co-teach (and teach adjacent) with Elders and cultural knowledge keepers from the community. Most importantly, students are earning a BGS degree from UFV while continuing to be supported by their friends and family. At the Scholarly Sharing Initiative on Thursday February 9, some of the faculty and the administrative team (Shirley Hardman and Peter Geller) involved in this “Indigenization at Work” project will share their experiences, the lessons learned and the gifts that presented themselves along the way to each of them. Discussion with SSI attendees will centre around the question of how the experiences and lessons learned from this partnership can inform other indigenization efforts at UFV.