UBC’s Okanagan campus, located in the territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation, is set to become the first university in Canada to offer a bachelor’s degree in Indigenous language fluency. The Bachelor ...

On June 8, Morning Dove Hall, a member of the Osoyoos Indian Band, danced with delight to the end of the stage after receiving her diploma. That Thursday marked a historic moment for Hall and seven ...

Modelled after the whitecaps on Okanagan Lake and built on traditional Syilx land using teachings passed down since time immemorial, the new Nk̓maplqs Iʔ Snm̓am̓ay̓aʔtn Iʔ K̓l Sqilxʷtət Indigenous ...

2:30 Canada’s 1st graduates in Indigenous Language Fluency Mourning Dove Hall, a member of Osoyoos Indian Band, started her Nsyilxcn language journey when she heard it being spoken on the phone, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kim Kosick, right, had two children while completing a bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency at UBC Okanagan. Her mother, Llana ...

The Nsyilxcen language is considered an endangered Indigenous language, as there are less than 150 fluent speakers left alive in the Okanagan Nation. Now the En’owkin Centre in Penticton is trying to ...

The late Clara Jack is one of four people being honoured by the Penticton Museum & Archives and the En’owkin Centre for their significant contributions to keeping the nsyilxcən (syilx) language alive.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alicia Marchand, who is known as Tum in the classroom and community, is a teacher at the nk̓maplqs iʔ snm̓am̓ay̓ʔtn iʔ k̓l ...