Ngwaagan Whitehawk-Eshkibok, Ed카지노 게임 컬렉션20, has an important role in her job that most other teachers don카지노 게임 컬렉션t have to worry about 카지노 게임 컬렉션 saving her culture and language.
The graduate of the at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is now a Grade 1 teacher on the Wiikwemkoong First Nation Reserve on Manitoulin Island in Ontario.
She is working to revitalize the Anishinaabe language (also called Anishinaabemowin) in her community and she plays a vital role in teaching it to the next generation.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I ask my students, 카지노 게임 컬렉션What is wrong with Anishinaabemowin?카지노 게임 컬렉션 and they say it is dying,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Whitehawk-Eshkibok said. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I tell them, 카지노 게임 컬렉션This is our language카지노 게임 컬렉션 and they are the next ones who will carry it.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Like many Indigenous languages, Anishinaabemowin has been withering away for decades. The residential school system forced Indigenous students to only speak English or French and children were punished for speaking their own languages. It means many generations of Indigenous peoples lost their ability to speak their traditional languages.
stated there were fewer than 500 people fluent in Anishinaabemowin, with numbers dwindling because many were elders.
카지노 게임 컬렉션It카지노 게임 컬렉션s like we are in a rush. The older ones 카지노 게임 컬렉션 the fluent ones 카지노 게임 컬렉션 are passing on,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Whitehawk-Eshkibok said. 카지노 게임 컬렉션On some of the reserves, there are no fluent Anishinaabemowin speakers. They have lost it.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Before becoming a teacher, Whitehawk-Eshkibok worked a series of office jobs and found sitting in front of a computer all day uninspiring. She카지노 게임 컬렉션s realized becoming a teacher was a way to be paid to do something she loves 카지노 게임 컬렉션 preserving her culture.
She applied to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and received the , which is awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need to Indigenous students in any year of any faculty or school at the university.
In honour of National Philanthropy Week, which runs Nov. 14-18, it is important to thank organizations and donors (such as Chancellor Emeritus Jim Leech) who have provided millions in support to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s. Their gifts can be life-changing for students in need.
Today, Whitehawk-Eshkibok loves her job and attempts to teach her students in an immersion setting with Anishinaabemowin being the focus of instruction. She has taught her own two children to speak their traditional language and hopes more youth in her community will learn and keep the language alive.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I have a passion for my language and my culture,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Whitehawk-Eshkibok said. 카지노 게임 컬렉션So, I really liked going to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and learning to be a teacher and seeing how I can put my culture and language into my lessons.카지노 게임 컬렉션
