While thousands of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s graduates crossed the stage at the Leon카지노 게임 컬렉션s Centre in Kingston, a number of graduates from the first two cohorts from the Certificate in Mohawk Language and Culture program recently received their certificates and were celebrated at an event at the Mohawk Community Centre in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
This certificate is for citizens of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, the Mohawk Nation, and others seeking to learn Mohawk language through culturally rich learning experiences that include exploring the traditions, history and worldview of the Mohawk people. There are approximately 20 students in each cohort of the two-year program, which means the classes are small and the community is close and strong. It is also dedicated to the revitalization of the Mohawk language.
The program launched in 2018 and is offered by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures in the Faculty of Arts and Science in partnership with Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na (TTO) Language and Cultural Centre in Tyendinaga, Mohawk Territory.
Program instructor and FAS professor Thanyehténhas (Nathan Brinklow) explained that the first year of the most recent program was fully online and it was therefore more difficult to build the community than when the program was offered for the first time; however, there were opportunities to gather in person and for everyone involved to get to know each other as a learning community in the second year.
카지노 게임 컬렉션The last two years of the program went well and the shift to online because of COVID opened-up participation to community members who live away from the community, and to members of other Mohawk communities,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Thanyehténhas says. His interest in the language was sparked through the Mohawk Hymns he sang with his grandmother as a young man and following his formal studies, he went on to study at Shatiwennakará:tats, the intensive adult language program at Tyendinaga.
He explains the students in the Certificate program come with a shared interest in the language, but with vastly different backgrounds, expectations, and abilities.
카지노 게임 컬렉션With each cohort, the varied backgrounds and knowledge of the students has brought great value to the program,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Thanyehténhas says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션And while the diversity of expectations can be a challenge to navigate, the community we카지노 게임 컬렉션re able to create together creates a positive learning environment where the students support and learn from each other.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Graduate Jamie Maracle emphasized how important language is to him and said he카지노 게임 컬렉션s been working on the language his entire life.
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Most of my life I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve been taking a ten-week course, then you don카지노 게임 컬렉션t hear it for two years. Another ten-week course and you don카지노 게임 컬렉션t hear it for two years. To take this course, to be able to do some more fulsome speaking, is key to me.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Betty Carr-Braint says she had been taking night courses and doing things on her own but hadn카지노 게임 컬렉션t been able to retain a lot of things.
카지노 게임 컬렉션It felt like it was time for me to step in because I kept saying I카지노 게임 컬렉션m going to do it someday; I카지노 게임 컬렉션m going to do it someday. It just felt like this was the time,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Carr-Braint says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Unfortunately, because of COVID, it did limit it somewhat but I카지노 게임 컬렉션m so glad I stepped in.카지노 게임 컬렉션
카지노 게임 컬렉션The experience was challenging, it was interesting, and I really love knowing what the words actually mean. I also loved the connections I was able to make to my own family because I grew up with grandparents that spoke Mohawk. It was a beautiful thing that I was able to do that.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Thanyehténhas says the cohort that just graduated started fully online and then shifted to a hybrid model, with weekly meetings online and monthly meetings in-person.
카지노 게임 컬렉션We see that this hybrid model meets a need within the Mohawk Nation for something between short-term evening courses and multi-year full-year immersion programs. This Certificate program is unique in our Mohawk communities and has the potential to serve as a great model for other communities and languages.카지노 게임 컬렉션
