NITEP has proudly delivered the program in over 20 community field centre sites since 1974.
In our field centres, students complete post-secondary arts and science courses that relate to elementary or secondary school subjects, education courses, and education field placements. Historically, after completing their work at the field centres, students then had to transfer to the UBC Vancouver campus to complete the remaining one or more years of their degree requirements. In recent years, NITEP has delivered the entirety of the 5-year Program in community so that students can remain at or close to home.
The locations of NITEP field centres are agreed upon jointly by the representatives of the First Nations Communities, universities, colleges, UBC and cooperating school districts. Presently, field centres are located in the Okanagan, Burns Lake and on the UBC Vancouver campus. Field centre locations are subject to change.
