Yellowknife — July 12, 2022
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is hosting training workshops for Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP) participants in Inuvik and Yellowknife. Media are invited to attend the workshops, where they can experience the language program firsthand and talk to MAP participants and organizers with the Indigenous Languages and Education Secretariat.
MAP is a way of learning a language where a fluent speaker of the language (a mentor) teaches a language learner (an apprentice) through immersion. The goal of the program is to have apprentices increase their ability to understand and speak their language and strengthens the survival of Indigenous languages in the Northwest Territories.
Three sessions are available:
Session 1: Inuvik – Gwich’in and Inuvialuktun languages
Location: Nihtat Gwich’in Council Building, 9 Bompas Street
Date: Thursday, July 14, 2022
Time: 10:20 -11:45 a.m.
Session 2: Yellowknife - Dene Kedǝ and Tłı̨chǫ languages
Location: Aurora Tours.net /Aurora Teepee Lodge (Ingraham Trail – KM 12.4)
Date: July 21, 2022
Time: 10:20 -11:45 a.m.
Session 3: Yellowknife - Dëne Sųłıné and Dene Zhatıé languages
Location: Aurora Tours.net /Aurora Teepee Lodge (Ingraham Trail – KM 12.4)
Date: July 28, 2022
Time: 10:20 -11:45 a.m.
To attend one of the sessions, please RSVP to ecepublicaffairs@gov.nt.ca.
For media requests, please contact:
Public Affairs and Communications
Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Government of the Northwest Territories
