At Vancouver Island University in Classroom 105, a dozen Indigenous elders are putting pencil to paper, seizing the opportunity to learn how to read and write in a literacy program designed for residential and day school survivors.
TORONTO -- At Vancouver Island University in Classroom 105, a dozen Indigenous elders are putting pencil to paper, seizing the opportunity learn how to read and write -- many for the first time.
“They taught me everything but what they were supposed to teach me,” Florence Marshall, one of the elders participating in the new literacy program, told CTV News. “This is a game changer,” said Deborah Saucier, president and vice-chancellor of Vancouver Island University. Jean Maltesen, dean of Academic and Career Preparation, said in the release that: “Despite their horrible experiences with the education system, they want to be educated.
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