DEGREES
BACHELOR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION
The Indigenous Language Revitalization Degree is a three-year cohort-based program that provides language acquisition and revitalization practices in Nehiyawewin, Stoney/Nakota-Sioux, and Anishinaabe languages and cultures.
PROGRAM DETAILS
The Bachelor of Indigenous Language Revitalization will provide students with a strong foundation in the following languages: Cree, Stoney/Nakota-Sioux, and Anishinaabe. A worldview from Cree, Stoney/Nakoda-Sioux, and Anishinaabe ensures the capacity to promote and advocate for the revitalization of the languages and cultures as gifted to us from the Creator. Graduates will develop the following knowledge bases, and capacities:
Advanced proficiency in one or more of these Indigenous languages;
Advocacy for revitalization of Indigenous languages, culture, and land-based practices;
Ancestral knowledge of the lands; and understanding the spirit of our relations.
The program will be delivered through a pedagogy of observing, speaking, and writing an Indigenous language, along with developing an understanding of the culture and traditional knowledge. The Indigenous Language Revitalization Program will provide a holistic experience and land-based education led by respected Elders, Eminent Scholars, and Knowledge Keepers.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants are required to have completed either English 30-1 with at least 55%, or English 30-2 with at least 65%
The degree program may accept 1st and 2nd year university transfer courses
Applicants will demonstrate an interest in or desire to learn one of the languages as measured through a proficiency test in one of the languages
Applicants may also enter through Mature Status defined as follows: (i) Minimum age of twenty-one; (ii) Successful completion of a skills appraisal test in Math and English
Department Head
Dr. Lillian Crier
Department Head Indigenous Language Revitalization Degree Program
lillian.crier@ytced.ca
(780) 484-0303 Ext. 506
Program Assistant
Jaclyn Mustus
jaclyn.mustus@ytced.ca
(780) 484-0303 Ext. 531
PROGRAM PLAN
YEAR 1
| COURSE TITLE | CREDITS | |
|---|---|---|
| CREE 100 | Introduction to Cree Language and Culture | 3 |
| ISGA 115 | Introduction to Stoney Language and Culture | 3 |
| ANIS 150 | Introductory Anishnaabe | 3 |
| NEHI 105 | Conversational Cree | 3 |
| NEHI 110 | Cree Morphology: Introduction I | 3 |
| LING 103 | Traditional Kinship Structures in a Contemporary Mode | 3 |
| ▼ ELECTIVE COURSES (choose 5) ▼ | ||
| ANIS 151 | Intermediate Anishinaabe | 3 |
| ISGA 125 | Intermediate Stoney | 3 |
| LING 105 | Traditional Materials Development | 3 |
| LING 115 | Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| NEHI 106 | Nehiyawewin and Syllabics: The Cultural Aspect | 3 |
| NEHI 111 | Cree Morphology: Introduction II | 3 |
| NTST 155 | Native Song and Dance | 3 |
YEAR 2
| COURSE TITLE | CREDITS | |
|---|---|---|
| ANIS 250 | Intermediate Anishinaabe II | 3 |
| ISGA 215 | Advanced Stoney | 3 |
| LING 212 | Language Revitalization: Technology Tools for Digital Learning | 3 |
| ENGL 250 | Writing Skills | 3 |
| CREE 200 | Cree Language and Culture II | 3 | LING 295 | Practicum I: Seminar | 3 |
| LING 296 | Practicum I | 3 |
| ▼ ELECTIVE COURSES (choose 5) ▼ | ||
| NEHI 210 | Cree Morphology - Intermediate I | 3 |
| IGOV 301 | Introduction to Renewing Ceremonial Life | 3 |
| IGOV 302 | Applied Ceremonial Life | 3 |
| EDIT 202 | Computers for Teaching | 3 |
| ENGL 214 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
YEAR 3
| COURSE TITLE | CREDITS | |
|---|---|---|
| LING 315 | Language Revitalization: How to Awaken our People to Ownership | 3 |
| LING 350 | Advanced Language Revitalization (Anishinaabe, Cree, Nakota-Sioux) | 3 |
| NEHI 310 | Cree Morphology: Intermediate II | 3 |
| LING 395 | Practicum II: Seminar | 3 |
| LING 396 | Practicum II | 3 |
| ▼ ELECTIVE COURSES (15 credits total - choose 5 courses (or 3 if including the 6 credit course) ▼ | ||
| CREE 300 | Cree Language and Culture IV | 3 |
| IGOV 303 | Decolonizing Leadership in Indigenous Governance | 3 |
| LING 305 | Curriculum and Instruction in Second Language Acquisition | 6 |
| LING 355 | Indigenous Plant Knowledge from The Lands | 3 |
| NTST 303 | Natural Law and Environment | 3 |
| NTST 308 | Opikihawasiwin: An Introduction to Anishinaabe ekwa nehiyaw Child Rearing Practices | 3 |