{"id":5369,"date":"2025-01-24T09:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/?page_id=5369"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T23:32:57","slug":"meet-jessie-everson-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-jessie-everson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jessie Everson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-79uwro-fe8bfa157f22a047eac9aa18576cd118 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5xcq44-c238a4f042277ec20daa1f16a87eaa2c\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5xcq44-c238a4f042277ec20daa1f16a87eaa2c img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5xcq44-c238a4f042277ec20daa1f16a87eaa2c .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5xcq44-c238a4f042277ec20daa1f16a87eaa2c av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-5370 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-5370 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-300x300.jpg\" alt='' title='Jessie.everson'  height=\"300\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/01\/Jessie.everson.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3jyitg-7dc9ae7bfd938e99ea6724cb93b8e8b1 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-9zhas-e6486a127bea8788a714ce30e4003b73 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Gilakas\u2019la! One of the Traditional names that I carry is Kwa\u2019kwaxolas, which means \u2018Nimble\u2019. This name comes from the House Named Kumugwe, one of the houses of the Gigalgam \u2018Walas Kwagul. I grew up on the K\u2019omoks #1 Reserve in Comox with my late Parents Mary Everson (nee Frank) and Wayne Everson. My roots come from the Kwagul of Fort Rupert, The \u2018Namgis of Alert Bay, The Puntletz of the Comox Valley, The Satluxw of the Comox Valley, The Ahousaht of Flores Island and The Bigstone Cree Nation of Wabasca.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up so closely to my mother U\u2019magalis (Mary Everson), I have learned many ways of understanding our natural world. \u00a0The connection that I have to the Traditional, Unceded Puntletz, E\u2019iksan and K\u2019omoks Territories has always been special to me. The languages of Pentl\u2019ach,\u00a0 Ayjuasam and Kwak\u2019wala come from the land and we as the caretakers of the territory also belong to the land. If we take care of the land and water, the water and land will take care of us. Just like our ancestors have since time immemorial.<\/p>\n<p>My connections to community also come from my work experience as a K\u2019omoks First Nation Jr. Guardian Watchman. Being a part of an amazing team who are the eyes and ears of our people.<\/p>\n<p>I am incredibly grateful to be in the position of Indigenous Engagement and Knowledge Specialist within School District 71. This position is important for our Puntletz, E\u2019iksan and K\u2019omoks Community. I am looking to further my connection and understanding of the territories and KFN Students.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":695,"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-5369","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 11:57:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5369"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5377,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5369\/revisions\/5377"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}