Summer Learning Series 2023 Immersion Facilitators

Brian Maracle

Workshop: Creating Speakers, Reviving Languages

Bio: Brian Maracle was a co-founder and the principal instructor of Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa for 20 years on the Six Nations Grand River Territory in Ontario. He developed a root-word method of teaching the Mohawk language in a full-time adult immersion program. The two-year program has created dozens of highly proficient speakers and has had a major impact in reviving the Mohawk language at Six Nations and other Mohawk communities.

Contact: owennatekha@gmail.com


Kathy Akiyama

Workshop: ACTFL: OPI Familiarization


Chris Parkin

Workshop: ILR* & Fluency Transfer System Implementation


LaRae Wiley

Workshop: ILR* & Fluency Transfer System Implementation


Dr. Michele Johnson

Workshop: ILR* & Fluency Transfer System Implementation


Aliana Parker

Workshop: Introduction to Immersion Practices

Contact: aliana@fpcc.ca


Jaskwaan Bedard

Workshops: Introduction to Immersion Practices & Creative Immersion Practices

Contact: jbedard@board.fpcc.ca


Janice Billy

Workshop: TPR


Kathy Michel

Workshop: Just Do It! How to Start an Immersion School