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February 24-25, 2020
Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront
The First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) is pleased to present the First Nations Languages
Conference, which is a major networking and professional development opportunity for BC’s school and
community-based First Nations language educators and advocates.
Our conference theme, Xay Sts’itsáp - Codearrying on the Sacred Work, is a Skwxu7mesh phrase inspired
by the work of the late Snítelwet-t Dr. Deborah Jacobs, a founding member of FNESC and an accomplished,
highly dedicated First Nations languages leader.
The conference will explore the following main topics:
- Language teaching – creating and using language curriculum, resources, effective teaching
methods, assessment, and planning
- Language revitalization, policy, and advocacy
- Technology – tools and applications to assist in language teaching and revitalization
Features:
CELEBRATING LANGUAGE CHAMPIONS At the conference we will be recognizing new BC First Nations
Language Champions who have made significant contributions to the future of their First Nations
language.
RESOURCE SHARING There will be a space at the conference for the recognition of all Language
Champions and for the sharing of sample language resources. There will also be a general sharing table for
other types of First Nations education resources.
BE A LANGUAGE LEARNER Broaden your language horizons in these fun and interactive language learning
sessions, hosted by respected language teachers from around the province.
Registration Accommodation
Registration Rates Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront,
1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC
Registration is currently full, but waitlisted
Rooms from $157+tx single/double.
individuals will be contacted if space becomes
available. Important: Book accommodation by the deadline of
January 30, 2020. It is highly recommended to book
$250 Regular, $150 Elder (60+), $150 Student with
accommodation early.
student card, $150 One Day, $0 Language
Champion (recognized at past conference) This is a special rate being offered to conference
participants reflecting a 25% discount.
Refund Policy
Online Booking: https://bit.ly/38EfcLU
Full refunds up to and including January 30, 2020,
no refunds after. Substitutions allowed. Reservations: 1-844-337-3118 or 604-689-9211
quoting “FNESC Languages Conference.”
Payment Options
Registration fees must be received by January 30, Sharing Tables
2020. Unpaid registrations will be cancelled.
Language Resources Table
Cheques are payable to the First Nations Education
There will be tables available for displaying samples
Steering Committee. Mail to: First Nations Education
of language teaching resources, including online
Education Steering Committee, Suite 113 – 100
resources. Bring your (non-valuable) items to put
Park Royal South, West Vancouver V7T 1A2.
on display!
Important: Please indicate “Languages Conference”
on the cheque. General Sharing Table
Organizing Registration for a Group? A table will be available for sharing flyers and
Invoicing is available upon request. brochures about opportunities and resources
relating to First Nations education.
Meals
Getting There
Buffet breakfasts and lunches will be provided Feb.
24-25, 2020. Please indicate special dietary The conference venue is the Pinnacle Hotel
requirements or major allergies on your Harbourfront, 1133 West Hastings Street,
registration or advise the event contact, Vancouver, BC
charleeng@fnesc.ca, by email least 2 weeks in (go to maps and directions)
advance of the event.
Event Contact
Door Prizes For event questions, please contact:
Participants are asked to bring a small door prize Charleen Gulbrandsen, Administrative Assistant,
to the event if possible. First Nations Language and Culture 1-877-422-3672
or 604-925-6087 ext.129 charleeng@fnesc.ca
First Nations Languages Conference 2020
Find event news at www.fnesc.ca/ languages-conference
Monday, February 24, 2020
8:00 am Breakfast and Registration
8:45 am Traditional Welcome
8:50 am Opening Comments and Recognition
9:10 am Keynote Address, Umeek Dr. Richard Atleo
9:45 am Break
10:00 am Workshops, Session 1
1A Tsukw Me7 Secwepemctsnem-kt (we will only speak the language)
1B Tāłtān Language Reclamation Framework
1C Teaching Hən̓q̓ əmin̓ əm̓ with Total Physical Response (TPR) Methodology and Storytelling
1D NEW Wilp Si’wilaksinsxwhl Simgigyet (Chiefs House of Learning)
1E Planning for Community Language Revitalization
1F Green Screen First Nations Hand Puppet Video Creation (part 1)
1G Networking Circle: Family and Community "Language Learning Outside the Classroom"
11:30 am Panel Presentation: Language Teaching is Sacred Work
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Workshops, Session 2
2A Tsukw Me7 Secwepemctsnem-kt (we will only speak the language)
2B Tāłtān Language Reclamation Framework
2C Teaching Hən̓q̓ əmin̓ əm̓ with Total Physical Response (TPR) Methodology and Storytelling
2D NEW Wilp Si’wilaksinsxwhl Simgigyet (Chiefs House of Learning)
2E Planning for Community Language Revitalization
2F Green Screen First Nations Hand Puppet Video Creation (Part 2)
2G Networking Circle: Post-Secondary / Adult Education "Mentor-Apprenticeship & Building a Team”
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Developments in Indigenous Education Language Policy, Wanosts’a7 Dr. Lorna Williams, Associate
Professor Emeritus, Indigenous Education, University of Victoria
3:30 pm Interactive Language Learning Sessions
4:30 pm End of the DayFNESC Language Conference 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
7:45 am Breakfast
8:45 am Welcome and Opening
8:50 am Honouring the BC First Nations Language Champions
10:10 am Break
10:30 am Workshops, Session 3
3A ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi as the Embodied Prac ce of Hula
3B NEW Nlakapamux Language and Culture within the 21st Century
3C NEW Directions in Indigenous Education Language Policy
3D The Development of the First Nations Language Essentials Level Two: S.T.O.R.Y
3E Picture Talk: From Community Building to Developing Fluency
3F Language and Culture Programming in BC First Nations Schools
3G Networking Circle: Early Childhood Education “the roots are the strong
foundation of language learning”
3H Gitxsanimx Puppet Drama Using Sock Puppets App
12:00 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Panel on First Nations Language Fluency
1:30 pm Workshops, Session 4
4A ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi as the Embodied Practice of Hula
4B NEW Nlakapamux Language and Culture within the 21st Century
4C NEW Indigenous Languages Fluency/Proficiency Degree
4D The Development of the First Nations Language Essentials Level Two: S.T.O.R.Y
4E Picture Talk: From Community Building to Developing Fluency
4F Language and Culture Programming in BC First Nations Schools
3:00 pm Closing and Door Prizes
3:30 pm End of Day
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WORKSHOPS DAY 1
1A 2A Tsukw Me7 Secwepemctsnem-kt (we will only 1C 2C Teaching Hən̓ q̓ əmin̓ əm̓ with Total Physical
speak the language) Response (TPR) Methodology and Storytelling
Jessica Arnouse, Administrator, Little Fawn Nursery Sesmelot, Fern Gabriel, Language Teacher, Langley
School / Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc School District / Kwantlen First Nation
Brett Waterfall, Preschool - Secwepemc Language Sesmelot has been using the Total Physical Response
Teacher, Little Fawn Nursery School / Tk’emlúps te method for the past two years in Kwantlen First Nation.
Secwépemc Within Kwantlen First Nation, there were no fluent
speakers of either dialect of Halq’eméylem and
Little Fawn Nursery (LFN) is an effective K4 Secwepemc
hən̓q̓əmin̓ əm̓ because the Kwantlen dialect is extinct,
Immersion Program and this workshop will focus on tips
therefore, Fern learned hən̓q̓əmin̓ əm̓ language in
for planning, budgeting, resource development, and
Musqueam First Nation through the UBC First Nations
capacity building to develop a similar language
and Endangered Languages Program. She has been
immersion model in your community. Participants will
teaching the language in her community for the past 11
learn how planning, Mentor/Apprenticeship, and
years and began teaching the TPR method in the past 2
curriculum/resource development has contributed to
years. Using the TPR and TPRS method in the local public
LFN’s growth over the years. LFN will demonstrate
elementary school has produced speakers that are a
morning circle routine and learning centre ideas in the
novice to mid-high proficiency.
Secwepemc language using a SMART Board, Total
Physical Response (TPR), and Berlitz methodology. The 1D 2D (NEW) Wilp Si’wilaksinsxwhl Simgigyet (Chiefs
goal at LFN is to build capacity for their teaching staff so House of Learning)
that their 0-3 year-olds become immersed in the
Jessica Starlund, Audrey Shirley, Gitxsan Teacher, Wilp
language in the next two years.
Si’wilaksinsxwhl Simgigyet Elementary
1B 2B Tāłtān Language Reclamation Framework
Audrey Shirley, Gitxsan Teacher, Wilp Si’wilaksinsxwhl
Odelia Dennis, Co-Director, Tāłtān Language Reclamation Simgigyet Elementary.
Department
In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity
Patricia Louie, Community Programs Manager, Tāłtān to witness the language revitalization work in the Gitxsan
Language Reclamation Department Nation. Wilp Si’wilaksinsxwhl Simgigyet Elementary
school has been providing quality education that
Edōsdi Judy Thompson, Co -Director, Tāłtān Language
supports children to succeed in both academics and as
Reclamation Department
Gitksan learners. The teachers leading the language and
Edōsdi, Odelia, and Patricia are three Tahltan women culture program are a fluent language speaker and a
who are working to reclaim their language and create highly proficient speaker who began her own education
new speakers. This work is guided by a Tāłtān in a Gitxsan language nest. The school has been in
Reclamation Framework that grew out of Edōsdi’s operation since 1989. Participants will have an
doctoral research. In this workshop, the presenters will opportunity to discuss the importance of language and
share the key aspects of the Tāłtān Language culture education and how a collaborative approach
Reclamation Framework that support successful increases the opportunity to teach in the target language
language revitalization. Topics include: Programming, without the use of the English language.
Professional Development, Documentation, Governance,
Resilience, Healing, and Well-being. They will share their
journey in the work, describing the different domains
that make up the framework and each domain’s impact
on the language work, highlighting successes and
challenges. They will also share their future plans of
Tāłtān reclamation.
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1E 2E Planning for Community Language 1G Networking Circle: Family and Community
Revitalization "Language Learning Outside the Classroom"
Debbie Leighton-Stephens, Languages Consultant,
TE,LI,MET,ȾTEN Glenn Jim, Language Revitalization Aboriginal Education Department, SD #52
Coach, First Peoples' Cultural Council
Take this opportunity to network, share successes, and
Magie-Mae Adams, Language Revitalization Coach, First seek advice and insight with fellow language educators
Peoples' Cultural Council and language revivalists, focused on the topic “Language
After a brief introduction to First Peoples’ Cultural Learning Outside the Classroom.” This will be an
Council (FPCC), participants will be given an overview of informal circle session.
Language Revitalization Planning; one of the community 2G Networking Circle: Post-Secondary / Adult
language revitalization strategies that is funded and Education "Mentor-Apprenticeship & Building a Team”
supported by the FPCC. The facilitators will provide an
overview community language revitalization planning, Take this opportunity to network, share successes, and
Language Needs Assessments, and the domains in which seek advice and insight with fellow language educators
language planning can be used. Participants will leave and language revivalists, focused on the topic “Post-
with a clear vision of what a multi-year community Secondary / Adult Education "Mentor-Apprenticeship &
language plan could look like, plus basic skills in language Building a Team.” This will be an informal circle session.
planning.
1F 2F Green Screen First Nations Hand Puppet Video
Creation (Please register for both 1F and 2F)
Amber Anderson, Literacy Coach, First Nations Education
Steering Committee
Are you interested in a fun creative way for you and your
students to be transported into a scene from a
storybook, a piece of art, a comic book, or an unknown
place? During this two-part workshop, participants will
learn the basics of creating a short film using the Green
Screen app by Do Ink to tell a visual story.
Green screen is a technique used in movies and TV to
achieve spectacular effects, e.g., people or objects flying
through elaborate landscapes (real and imaginary),
riding dragons, travelling to far away planets, or visiting
familiar places. All of this happens with the help of a
process called “chroma key” or “green screen.”
Participants will work in groups of two to create a
storyboard and then film themselves using the First
Nations hand puppets to act out their film in front of the
green screen. After edits, each group will share their
video creation. Please bring your creativity, fun, and
enthusiasm to the workshop! 20 Participants Maximum
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WORKSHOPS DAY 2
3A 4A ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi as the Embodied Practice of 3C (NEW) Directions in Indigenous Education
Hula Language Policy
Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla, Associate Wanosts’a7 Dr. Lorna Williams, Associate Professor
Professor, University of British Columbia Emeritus, Indigenous Education, University of Victoria
Experience an immersive and language-rich Given the state of many First Nations languages, there
environment through a microteaching language lesson is urgency to implement effective First Nations
that highlights different teaching methods and ways to language policies and programs across the BC public
evaluate learners. Teaching through the language with school system. Hear about the work that Dr. Lorna
short mini-lessons is an effective strategy to enhance Williams and FNESC are engaged in with the Ministry of
Indigenous language learning. Participants will learn Education for the development of Indigenous Language
phrases, sentence patterns, some basic grammar, and Policy and the K-12 Language Curriculum template, and
cultural ways of knowing. The knowledge that we gain share your ideas.
from the microteaching language lesson will be applied
4C (NEW) Indigenous Languages Fluency/Proficiency
directly to a hula – Hawaiian dance – that we will learn
Degree
together. When hula is taught and learned from a kumu
hula (hula master), language becomes the essence of Dr. Michael Evans, Professor, Community, Culture &
the hula that helps to understand elements of the Global Studies | Irving K. Barber School of Arts &
culture. Participants will embody the hula primarily Sciences, UBC Okanagan
through language, and secondarily through motions,
Dr. Verna Billy-Minnabarriet, Vice-President at Nicola
footsteps, facial expressions, and so forth. In addition,
Valley Institute of Technology & Chair, Indigenous Adult
the workshop will demonstrate how hula is a
and Higher Learning Association
multimodal, multi-literate, and multi-dimensional
traditional art form that can inform the way Indigenous Dr. Jeanette Armstrong, Canada Research Chair,
language educators approach teaching and learning. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Indigenous Studies, CCGS,
UBC Okanagan
3B 4B (NEW) Nlakapamux Language and Culture
within the 21st Century The Indigenous Language Fluency/Proficiency Degree
initiative was initiated due to concerns from First
Charon Spinks, Knowledge Keeper and Gr. 1-2 Teacher,
Nations that current Indigenous language programs
Stein Valley Nlakapamux School
offered by public post-secondary institutions were not
Katrina Sam, K4 Teacher, Stein Valley Nlakapamux creating fluent speakers. FNESC and the Indigenous
School Adult and Higher Learning Association (IAHLA)
partnered with a consortium of public post-secondary
Edith Loring-Kuhanga, School Administrator, Stein
institutions, IAHLA institutes, and communities to
Valley Nlakapamux School & FNSA President
advance the initiative. This group worked together to
In 2015, Stein Valley Nlakapamux School embarked on a develop the Indigenous Language Fluency/Proficiency
twelve month calendar based on four cultural Degree Framework. Although language content will be
semesters. Cultural projects are identified and woven developed locally, the Framework sets out a common
throughout the curriculum are based on core structure for the degree which was agreed upon by all
competencies of the curriculum. NlakapamuxchEEN is partners to the Consortium. The first example of a
based on the cultural projects, weaving both the degree of this type – a Bachelors of Nsyilxcn Language
language and culture together, making our language Fluency developed by En’owkin Center, NVIT, and UBC
more relevant and stronger. The presenters will share Okanagan is at the formal institutional approval stage
the strategic plan that provided the staff with the now, with the expectation that it will go to the Ministry
direction from the board as well as the curriculum of Advanced Education for final approval in April. The
resources and assessments that have been developed Province has established a small initial fund for direct
to date. In addition, we will share our journey to support to communities working with Consortium
enhancing NlakapamuxchEEN in K4 and K5 as we work partners to develop and pilot certificates and diplomas
towards language immersion. which conform to the framework, and will ladder into a
full degree. This workshop will allow for discussions
amongst participants.
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3D 4D The Development of the First Nations language revitalization plans. This session is for school
Language Essentials Level Two: S.T.O.R.Y and community leaders who are supporting the
language initiatives in First Nations schools.
Dr. Kathryn Michel, Author of FNLE Level One/Two,
Curriculum Writer, Chief Atahm School 3G Networking Circle: Early Childhood Education
“the roots are the strong foundation of language
Janice E. Billy, Secwepemc Immersion Teacher, Chief
learning”
Atahm School
Jacqueline Jim, Manager, First Nations Schools
First Nations Language Essentials Level Two: S.T.O.R.Y.
Languages Curriculum, FNESC
is a comprehensive teacher’s guide that builds from
novice-mid listening and speaking skills developed in Take this opportunity to network, share successes, and
the first level, A.S.K. M.E. The primary test site for the seek advice and insight with fellow language educators
implementation of level two has been at the Chief and language revivalists, focused on the topic “Early
Atahm immersion school and in the adult Secwepemc Childhood education “the roots are the strong
language program. A cohort of First Nations Schools foundation of language learning.” This will be an
Language teachers have provided feedback for Level informal circle session.
Two. Level Two S.T.O.R.Y focuses on using a storytelling
3H Gitxsanimx Puppet Drama using Sock Puppets
methodology to teach verbs, sentence patterns and
App
communicative language. The primary goal is the
development of novice high interpretive listening skills Jane Smith, Teacher, Majagaleehl Gali Aks
and presentational speaking skills. Dr. Kathryn Michel Velma Sutherland, Education Consultant
will be joined by Janice E. Billy to demonstrate the
In this workshop you will learn about the seven
effectiveness of using story to accelerate speaking.
Gitxsanimx dramas that have been created to show a
3E 4E Picture Talk: From Community Building to fun and humorous way to present language learning. A
Developing Fluency booklet has also been created to show the written
Gitxsanimx, and the English translations are shown
Adriana Ramirez, Department Head Language
directly under the Gitxsanimx. All of the dramas and the
Department and Spanish Teacher, Semiahmoo
use of Sock Puppets is transferable to any language.
Secondary
Participants will learn how the Sock Puppet App may be
Picture Talk is a very powerful Comprehensible Input used to help with language revitalization. This
technique that can give you a break from the stories, workshop will provide examples to be followed in
while still keeping your input comprehensible and creating more puppet shows. Participants are
engaging. Picture Talk can allow you to explore encouraged to bring an iPad with Sock Puppets App
different topics, introduce new concepts and installed prior to workshop. (20 Participants Max)
vocabulary before reading a class novel, and most
importantly, build a strong class community. Learn
about the different ways you can do a Picture Talk in
your class, including setting up the foundations for
.
developing community through pictures. This technique
allows students to learn about each other, and in higher
levels, it allows you to tackle difficult topics that require
reflection and discussion. It is a great technique for
preparing students for the International Baccalaureate
oral exam and the debates they have to face in more
advanced settings.
3F 4F Language and Culture Programming in BC First
Nations Schools
Kirsten Baker-Williams, Director, First Nations Language
and Culture, FNESC
First Nations schools are entering the second year of
funding for the BC Tripartite Education Agreement. The
session is to assist First Nations schools that are
submitting their workplans for the second year of
funding. The FNESC Director of Language and Culture
will be available during this session to assist with both
workplans and to support leaders in creating long-term
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