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Join us on on Thurs, June 4 from 11 am-2 pm at The’i:tsliya Health and Community Centre on Skowkale First Nation for the launch of a St\u00f3\ua789l\u014d-led, university-supported initiative supporting the revitalization of Halq\u2019em\u00e9ylem. Prior to settler contact in what is now known as Canada, Indigenous cultures, languages, and traditions were deeply rooted and widely practised. The impacts of colonial violence and language suppression have disrupted the everyday use of Indigenous languages. Acknowledging settler positionality, this project supports Halq\u2019em\u00e9ylem through accessible, community-informed resources. The initiative highlights Halq\u2019em\u00e9ylem place names \u2014 many of which remain mispronounced or absent in public and educational spaces. These names carry histories, teachings, and relationships to the land, supporting cultural respect. The project will produce short educational videos featuring St\u00f3\ua789l\u014d youth demonstrating correct pronunciation alongside Indigenous Sign Language (ISL), developed collaboratively with a Halq\u2019em\u00e9ylem teacher and ISL expert. A local St\u00f3\ua789l\u014d artist has created outreach and wearable art designs, and the launch will bring together community members, youth, UFV, and partners, guided by Indigenous research methodologies and St\u00f3\ua789l\u014d protocols. Note: this event will start with lunch.<\/p>\n
Thurs, June 4
\n11 am-2 pm
\nThe’\u00ed:tsel\u00edya – Health & Community Centre (SAY Building) 7256 Chilliwack River Rd<\/p>\n
https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/wAJ1ZcvPWP<\/a><\/p>\n For more information, contact Heather Campbell at heather.campbell@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n 06\/03\/2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Join us on on Thurs, June 4 from 11 am-2 pm at The’i:tsliya Health and Community Centre on Skowkale First Nation for the launch of a St\u00f3\ua789l\u014d-led, university-supported initiative supporting the revitalization of Halq\u2019em\u00e9ylem. Prior to settler contact in what is now known as Canada, Indigenous cultures, languages, and traditions were deeply rooted and widely … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":37689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-myufv","category-calendar","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37691,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37688\/revisions\/37691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}