YES Application Deadline
October 15 @ 4:30 pm
The Youth Empowered Speakers Program (MAP) a program combines Mentor-Apprentice learning in one of the 36 B.C. First Nations languages and a paid internship at a First Nations organization of your choice.
The YES program provides training and paid work internships to pursue your career in addition to Mentor-Apprentice language immersion learning. The program also includes a paid internship at a B.C. First Nations organization. The program has three streams to choose from:
Stream 1: Early Childhood Immersion Educator for ECE students.
Stream 2: Language Immersion Teacher for BEd. students.
Stream 3: Community Language Revitalizationist for post-secondary students to develop their language proficiency while gaining skills for a variety of community-based career options in language revitalization.
Up to $32,320 in funding available for applicants.