Day One Afternoon Sessions 3E & 4E: Location TBA

Workshop Title:
Sharing Stories, Learning Together

Aliana Parker

Aliana Parker works at the First Peoples’ Cultural Council supporting First Nations community-based language, arts and cultural heritage revitalization. Aliana has a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics focused on Indigenous language revitalization and over 10 years of experience working with and learning from First Nations communities and language leaders. She is a non-Indigenous ally in this work and lives in the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ nation. 

Suzanne Washington

ʔazə́tkʷuʔ Suzanne Washington is Nɬeʔképmux from the community of nwéyc (Nooaitch). She provides strengths-based coaching for language nests in BC. Suzanne knows how challenging it can be to provide an immersive environment, being a Nɬeʔképmxcín learner herself. She values the hard work it takes to provide an immersive environment and feels fortunate to be able to work alongside language nest programs to connect children to their language and culture.

About the Workshop:

Join us for a session of active networking and learning from each other! In this workshop, you’ll be invited to share your experience through guided questions and hear the stories of others in small-group dialogues. Share your challenges, hear what other people are doing, and collaboratively explore great ideas and solutions for your language learning context.