{"id":844,"date":"2021-06-21T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/?page_id=844"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:56:43","slug":"indigenous-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/indigenous-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-nlalv-a0242bab96d5b6fd8e11c695a5b21a7a\">\n.flex_column.av-nlalv-a0242bab96d5b6fd8e11c695a5b21a7a{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-nlalv-a0242bab96d5b6fd8e11c695a5b21a7a av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-gteij-cd1ed9b1a9f4f908a753d2dbfde24bfd\">\n.avia-image-container.av-gteij-cd1ed9b1a9f4f908a753d2dbfde24bfd img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-gteij-cd1ed9b1a9f4f908a753d2dbfde24bfd .av-caption-image-overlay-bg{\nopacity:0.4;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-gteij-cd1ed9b1a9f4f908a753d2dbfde24bfd .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-gteij-cd1ed9b1a9f4f908a753d2dbfde24bfd av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  noHover av-overlay-hover-deactivate'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay\"><div class=\"av-caption-image-overlay-bg\"><\/div><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-position\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-center\"><p>Design by Andy Everson<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-3938 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3938 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2021\/12\/Towhee-Indigenous-logoMed1-002-300x210.jpg\" alt='' title='Towhee Indigenous logoMed1 (002)'  height=\"210\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2021\/12\/Towhee-Indigenous-logoMed1-002-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2021\/12\/Towhee-Indigenous-logoMed1-002.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-aurnv-397aec3f11396710b98764aea38dd5e8\">\n.flex_column.av-aurnv-397aec3f11396710b98764aea38dd5e8{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-aurnv-397aec3f11396710b98764aea38dd5e8 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kq1e3cww-6c620893bb63137f1ad5c547838a02ed '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Indigenous Education\u200b<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Gilakas\u2019la ~ \u010d\u025b\u010d\u025b ha\u03b8\u025b\u010d<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">We hope you had an incredible summer connecting with nature and for those you care for most. It is a great privilege to live work and play on the Traditional unceded Territories of the P\u00e9nt\u0142atch, E\u2019ik\u02b7s\u0259n, K\u2019\u00f3moks people (Sahtloot and Sasitla), the traditional keepers of this land.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">We would like to introduce you to our Indigenous Education Team. Our returning Indigenous Support Workers are Jacqueline Morgan Jasmine Wallace and Troy Donovan. We have one new ISW, Jeannie McDonald. Our returning Indigenous Support Teacher is Kaya Leslie and our Noxsola is Evelyn Voyageur.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The Indigenous Education Program here at G.P. Vanier is available\u00a0<b>Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 3:15pm.<\/b>\u00a0This is a program for students of Indigenous ancestry (First N\u200bations, Metis or Inuit). This ancestry can be determined on a voluntary basis through self-identification and includes Status, Non-Status, Metis or Inuit Ancestry and may extend several generations back in your family history.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u200bThe Indigenous Education Program provides academic, cultural, leadership and personal support to students as well as providing support for cultural presentations, post secondary sessions\/field trips and lunch time groups. We also have Evelyn Voyageur, our Noxsola (Wise One) who is our Elder in Residence. She often comes in for workshops, visits, and classroom presentations. Our department is meant to enhance G.P. Vanier\u2019s school programs.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 class=\"x_elementToProof\">Please take look at our introduction letter to get to know us better. We can be contacted either by phone or email as listed below.<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Jasmine Wallace (A-G)<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><u><a id=\"OWA715f8138-3d57-3e91-ba12-f54b074e40ee\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:Jasmine.wallace@sd71.bc.ca\" href=\"mailto:Jasmine.wallace@sd71.bc.ca\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Jasmine.wallace@sd71.bc.ca<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Jeannie McDonald (H-O)<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><u><a id=\"OWA9839244b-4eb0-a770-9a6a-59e39e588f0d\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:Jeannie.mcdonald@sd71.bc.ca\" href=\"mailto:Jeannie.mcdonald@sd71.bc.ca\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Jeannie.mcdonald@sd71.bc.ca<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Troy Donovan (P-Z)<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><u><a id=\"OWA364aff0a-ee81-7ff8-d373-4598a1768bd9\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:Troy.donovan@sd71.bc.ca\" href=\"mailto:Troy.donovan@sd71.bc.ca\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Troy.donovan@sd71.bc.ca<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Kaya Leslie (Indigenous Support Teacher\/Grade 12 support &amp; Transition )<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><u><a id=\"OWA3b69e084-4f3d-7443-5500-93908c0a2dd5\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:Kaya.leslie@sd71.bc.ca\" href=\"mailto:Kaya.leslie@sd71.bc.ca\" data-linkindex=\"3\">Kaya.leslie@sd71.bc.ca<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u00a0(250) 338 9262<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 08:53:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16344,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844\/revisions\/16344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}