GNWT to host training workshops for Mentor-Apprentice Program

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:

ecepublicaffairs@gov.nt.ca

Public Affairs and Communications

Department of Education, Culture and Employment

Government of the Northwest Territories