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Mentor-Apprentice Program Graduates

October 29, 2021

Congratulations to the third-year graduates of the Mentor-Apprentice Program!

We would like to honour and acknowledge the 2021 third-year graduates of the Mentor-Apprentice Program. Twenty-one Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP) pairs each completed the three-year full program, making this the largest group of MAP graduates ever! We raise our hands to each of you for your hard work and dedication towards revitalizing your First Nations languages and passing them on to the next generation.

We recently spoke with graduate Tracey Kim-Bonneau who shared about her experience as an apprentice learning her language through the program: “The value in this program is the connection to our speakers and the knowledge that we gain from that. When I go up in the mountains now, the words just come because that’s where I learned them from, and I didn’t learn them from writing it down, I didn’t learn them from memorization, I learned them by being at the location, seeing them, hearing them, and that’s what’s really amazing.”

The Mentor-Apprentice Program is designed to support individuals to become fluent speakers in their First Nation language. A fluent speaker (mentor) is paired with an adult learner (apprentice) to spend 300 hours over the course of one year in an immersion environment in the home and on the land. To build fluency, apprentices may be part of the program for up to three years for a total of 900 language immersion hours.

The FPCC Language Program Team held a virtual event over Zoom to honour and congratulate the mentor-apprentice teams for their accomplishments. We hope that in the future we will be able to gather again in person and celebrate.

Congratulations to all! 

Apprentice Mentor(s) Language 
Carolyn Doody Ryan Dennis Tāłtān 
Leona Dumont Marty Aspinall and Late Jim Toodlican Nłeʔkepmxcín 
Margaret Rose Mattess Ronald Mattess Dakelh 
Lillian Candace Morton Gary Manson Hul’q’umi’num’ 
Aaron Grant Rita Hutchingson X̱aad Kil / X̱aaydaa Kil 
Blaine Peter Joseph Grinder Paul Grinder Tsilhqot’in 
Christina Williams Vivian Williams Halq’eméylem 
Joshua Shaw Julia Lucas nuučaan̓uɫ 
Alexandra Charlie Meryl Seymour and Late Violet George Hul’q’umi’num’ 
Ambrose Robert Wright Norman Weget Sr. Gitsenimx̱ 
Chantell Newman Rebecca Duncan Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim 
Donna Mae Good Water William Marchand, Anabelle Tronson, Johnny Bonneau and John Louie Nsyilxcən 
Rachel Marchand Pauline Archachan Nsyilxcən 
Rosalind Williams Emmeline Felix Secwepemctsín 
Tracey Kim Bonneau Christopher Eneas Nsyilxcən 
Səxʷt̓ums krista Lindley Diane Louis Nsyilxcən 
Maryssa Sierra Bonneau-Jack Jeannette Armstrong Nsyilxcən 
Kaiya Williams Rebecca Duncan Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim 
Colleen Seymour Bernadette Dodson Secwepemctsín 
Jennifer Zyp Yvonne Lattie Gitsenimx̱ 
Margaret Seymour Bernard David Hul’q’umi’num’ 
Image of zoom event for the 2021 FPCC Mentor-Apprentice program graduates

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We are currently accepting applications for both Mentor-Apprentice (intensive) and Mentor-Apprentice Connections (flexible) programs until November 17.  Visit the program page for more information

Learn More 
For more information about the Mentor-Apprentice Program, take a look at the program page. 

View B.C.’s Mentor-Apprentice Language Program Handbook resource here. 

Take a look at the 10 Points for Successful Language Learning resource here. 

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