Saskatchewan Helps Dene Training within the North | Information and Media

Launched on August 31, 2022

The Authorities of Saskatchewan is offering as much as $255,000 to the First Nations College of Canada to ship the Dene Instructor Training Program (DTEP) in order that college students in northern communities can be taught of their first language.

Publish-secondary college students who’re enrolled this fall from La Loche and the Clearwater River Dene Nation will obtain a four-year Bachelor of Indigenous Training. Upon commencement, newly skilled lecturers will be capable to instruct college students within the Dene language as a part of the Ok-12 curriculum.

“Our authorities is proud to help this partnership to ship DTEP and assist meet the demand for certified, Dene talking lecturers in northern Saskatchewan,” Superior Training Minister Gordon S. Wyant, Q.C. stated. “At the moment, La Loche and the Clearwater River Dene Nation are the one communities in Canada the place Dene college students can be taught of their first language from elementary faculty by means of to post-secondary.”

Over time, this system is predicted to enhance recruitment and retention of lecturers within the north, improve scholar participation and commencement charges, and enhance transitions to post-secondary training, coaching and the workforce. In 2016, the preliminary DTEP consumption resulted in 21 graduates, 96 {039cb3d497d13c0517cca4e380353306ecb88d60826931115685fbb7eed37c07} of whom are presently instructing in northern Dene communities.

“DTEP benefited me by letting me take this system proper at dwelling, and I used to be in a position to give again to my group by instructing at our native elementary faculty within the Dënësułinë language and serving to revitalize our tradition,” DTEP and FNUniv Alumna, Erika Herman stated.

DTEP is a singular partnership between the province, First Nations College of Canada, College of Regina, Clearwater River Dene Nation and Northern Lights College Division. It demonstrates a shared dedication to advancing the Fact and Reconciliation Fee’s Name (TRC) to Motion 16, which calls upon post-secondary establishments to create college and school diploma and diploma applications in Indigenous languages.

“On behalf of the Clearwater River Dene Nation (CRDN) Chief and Council, we’re happy to be the co-sponsor for the Dene Instructor Training Program (DTEP) in our group as soon as once more. This system has confirmed to be an amazing success and we’re so pleased with our graduates,” CRDN Councillor Randy Janvier stated. “The DTEP has lifted our group in so some ways and we sit up for this new cohort. We’re grateful for the help from the Authorities of Saskatchewan, the CRDN faculty and for all who assist to make this program occur.”

The Clearwater River Dene Nation and the Northern Lights College Division fund fifty {039cb3d497d13c0517cca4e380353306ecb88d60826931115685fbb7eed37c07} of this system, with the province’s funding masking the opposite half. The First Nations College of Canada delivers this system.

“First Nations College of Canada is honoured to ship the DTEP. This essential program not solely meets the language studying wants of Dene individuals within the North, it is also an actual response to a TRC Name to Motion and contributes to the preservation, revitalization, and promotion efforts outlined within the UN Worldwide Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2023) statements,” President of FNUniv, Dr. Jacqueline Ottmann stated. “We’ve a collective accountability, as demonstrated on this collaboration, to make sure that Indigenous languages survive as priceless Indigenous Knowledges are embedded inside them.”

For extra details about this system, go to https://www.fnuniv.ca/educational/community-based-and-web-based-programs/

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For extra info, contact:

Sarah March
Superior Training
Cellphone: 306-798-3170
E-mail: sarah.march@gov.sk.ca