NEXT INTAKE: FALL 2025

DEADLINE TO APPLY: JUNE 30, 2025

This one-year, 10 course certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization provides students with a strong foundation in all three of the following languages: Cree, Stoney/ Nakoda-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:

• Proficiency in three 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.

One of the unique features of this program is that it is laddered. After obtaining a one-year certificate, students can obtain a diploma after two years, or a full degree in three years of studies. This approach allows students to choose the program duration that best suits their individual needs and goals.