Indigenous Education
Greetings from Lake Trail Indigenous Education. We are excited to be working with your students this year and look forward to meeting you.
Ancestry is determined on a voluntary basis through self-identification and includes Status, Non-Status, Metis or Inuit Ancestry. The Indigenous Education Program provides several supports that follow the four goals of the Indigenous Education Enhancement Agreement and is provided to enhance existing school programs.
We provide a relaxed and calm space for students. Our room is “screen free”… a place to unplug and connect, play games, chat, or create (unless we are needing technology to help us with our learning) .
Introducing our Indigenous Support Workers:
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Taanshi (Hello),
It is a privilege to live, love, learn, and work on the unceded traditional territories of the K’omoks First Nation. The Sahtloot, Sasitla, Ieeksun, and Puntledge. I am honored and grateful to be a guest on such beautiful lands and waters. My name is Paul Arthur and I am one of the Indigenous Support Workers at Lake Trail Middle School. I take great pride in returning home to do this work. I am born and grew up in the Comox Valley until I was adopted at 5 years old. Once I was adopted, I lived on Sointula BC plus spent some time in the Nisga’a Valley and in Alert Bay BC. It was not until the summer of 2020 as I was finishing post-secondary that I found out I am Metis. I also have a mixed heritage from across Europe with roots to North Eastern US, Quebec and Polish Jewish connections. Marsee (thank you) Paul Arthur paul.arthur@sd71.bc.ca |
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Gilakas’la. I am honored and grateful to be an uninvited guest on such beautiful lands and waters. It is my privilege to live, work, and learn on the unceded traditional territories of the K’omoks Firat Nation. The Sahtloot, Sasitla, Ieeksun, and Puntledge. I would like to thank them for the privilege of living on their land and the gift of working with their children.
Taanshi, hello, my name is Jennifer Hilchey, and I am one of the Indigenous Support Workers (ISW) for the 2024-2025 school year at Lake Trail Community School. I was born and raised in Port Alberni and moved to the Comox Valley in 2001. Within recent years, I have learned about my indigenous roots and with an open heart I am embracing my path as a Métis woman. I am a registered member of both the Comox Valley MIKI’SIW chartered community and Metis Nation of British Columbia. My European ancestry is a mix of Irish, Scottish, and English, and my indigenous ancestry is Anishinaabe from Great Lakes region of Canada. I am looking forward to growing and learning beside your children with our incredible staff, knowledge keepers and our community of the Comox Valley. Marsee, thank you.
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Jennifer Hilchey jennifer.hilchey@sd71.bc.ca |
Community Resources:
B.C. First Nations Textbook
- B.C. First Nations Textbook – Part 1 (PDF)
- B.C. First Nations Textbook – Part 2 (PDF)
- B.C. First Nations Textbook – Part 3 (PDF)
- B.C. First Nations Textbook – Part 4 (PDF)
More Indigenous Links
