February 22, 2012 - 1:21am
By Lindsay Chung - Ladysmith Chronicle
Published: February 21, 2012 9:00 AM
Updated: February 21, 2012 9:56 AM
Doors are opening for students on Penelakut Island, after the tribe’s adult learning centre signed an agreement with Vancouver Island University.
Representatives from the Penelakut Island Adult Learning Centre and VIU signed an articulation agreement Tuesday at the university’s Nanaimo Campus. This gives students a chance to take literacy and adult basic education courses such as science and math from VIU right on the Island without worrying about ferry schedules and without leaving their families.
Penelakut Island Elementary School and adult education principal Tim Harris and adult education teacher Sheila McKee worked together for months to achieve this agreement.
“Sharon Hobenshield and Jean Maltesen [at VIU] were instrumental in getting it done,” said Harris. “They want more First Nations communities to do these kind of agreements, but there are only a few of us on with VIU right now, so we feel pretty fortunate and lucky and glad.”
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