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YES Supports Future Language Immersion Teachers

May 17, 2022

The First Peoples’ Cultural Council’s Youth Empowered Speakers Program provides up to $29,550 for tuition, expenses and mentorship to develop future language immersion teachers!

Are you a B.C. First Nations student age 18-30 who is interested in learning your language while working towards a rewarding career as a language immersion teacher or early childhood immersion educator? If so, FPCC wants to encourage you to apply for the Youth Empowered Speakers Program (YES).

This program provides funding for post-secondary tuition, living expenses and mentor-apprentice language learning! It also includes paid work internships to support work experience development.

Fluent speaker and language learner supporting future language immersion teachers

All I want for our kids is for them to have that identity and be able to talk to other speakers and know that those connections are there. I hear the kids speaking “k̓i! Kwak’wala” and so they are reminding each other to speak in the language and that’s huge for me.  – Hiʔliqilaʔgelis Natasha Green, Mentor Apprentice Program graduate and Manager/ Principal of Kwanwatsi Language Nest. 

View for our information session today!
Watch our info session to learn more about FPCC and the Youth Empowered Speakers Program. Language Program Coordinator Hannah Green will walk you through the program details, eligibility, application process and more! To watch the video visit the Program page here.

We are here to provide support
Applying for a grant may seem challenging, but FPCC staff are here to support you through each step of the application process. All the information you need is included below with links to the program page and guidelines. We encourage you contact us for assistance using the grant portal, understanding the guidelines and completing your application. Please get in touch with Hannah Green, Language Programs Coordinator, via email at yes@fpcc.ca.

Eligibility
The YES program is for B.C. First Nations students ages 18-30 years old living on or off-reserve who are pursuing careers as language immersion teachers. Participants must provide proof of acceptance to Early Childhood Education or a Bachelor of Education program at a post-secondary institution by April 30, 2022. Please review the guidelines on the YES program page for additional information.

Timeline
The deadline to apply is July 11, 2022. The program runs from July 2022 until April 2023.

How to Apply
For more information about this program, to read the guidelines and application link click here.

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First Peoples’ Cultural Council is grateful to have our home in the beautiful traditional unceded territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation people, in the village of W̱JOȽEȽP. We have an additional satellite office at Tk’emlups within the traditional territory of the Secwepemc people. Our leadership and staff are honoured to travel, conduct our work and provide support throughout Indigenous homelands across what is now called British Columbia and beyond.

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