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Kiana Olafson, Year 2 2nd Year NITEP Nation: Metis Please introduce yourself. My name is Kiana Olafson and I am Metis and grew up in Cultus Lake, British Columbia. I am currently in my third year of the Indigenous Teacher Education Program on the Vancouver campus. Why did you wish to become an educator? I […]

Tessa Antone Nation: Squamish Nation Please introduce yourself. My name is Tessa and I’m from the Squamish Nation. I am currently in my first year in the Indigenous Teacher Education Program at the Vancouver campus. Why did you wish to become an educator? During my elementary, middle school and high school years, I had always […]

Last week, The Ubyssey published a great feature on NITEP’s very own, Dr. Jo-Ann Archibald. “It’s important you find a program that you believe will honour your Indigenous community, that will help facilitate the way you want to learn and where there are people who will care about you as a student… and I think once […]

Thelma Stump, Year 2 2nd Year NITEP Cariboo field centre Nation:?Esdilagh First Nation and Tsilhqot’in Nation Please introduce yourself. My name is Thelma Stump. I am from ?Esdilagh First Nation, a member of the Tsilhqot’in Nation. I attend the Cariboo Field Centre and presently, I am in my second year as a NITEP student. Why […]

Corly Schmeisser, Year 1 1st Year NITEP Cariboo field centre Nation: Secwepemc Nation Home: Quesnel, B.C. Please introduce yourself. Hello! My name is Corly Schmeisser. I am from the Secwepemc Nation and also have German descent. I was born and raised in Quesnel, B.C. I graduated from the College of New Caledonia in Prince George with […]