Program Overview

Certificate Program

The Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency is a program designed for students who wish to acquire conversational and literacy skills in a particular Indigenous language. This program aims to enable students to teach the language in schools or enhance their language skills for cultural reasons or professional objectives.

Program Details

The certificate can be completed on a full or part-time basis. Advanced placement through course challenge to a maximum of nine units is possible for fluent speakers. Credit may be applied to a specific language and is achieved by examination from an instructor in that language with the approval of the department.

Program Requirements

Students interested in the certificate program should note the following requirements:

• The program is offered in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics.
• Advanced placement is available for fluent speakers.
• Credit may be applied to a specific language.

Languages

Courses offered in cooperation with local Indigenous communities and language authorities include the following languages:

• Bak̕wa̱mk̕ala (Port Hardy)
• Haíɫzaqvḷa (Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk), Bella Bella)
• Hənq̓əmín̓əm (Downriver)
• Hul'q'umi'num' (Vancouver Island)
• Han, Dene, Kaska, Northern and Southern Tutchon, Gwit'chin, Tàgish, Tlingit, Upper Tanana (Yukon)
• Eastern Secwepemctsin (Chase)
• Western Secwepemctsin (Kamloops, Williams Lake)
• Skwxwú7mesh Snichim (Squamish)
• Xaad Kil (Haida Gwaii/Old Masset)
• Halq'emeylem - Upriver (Chilliwack)
• Nsyilxcən (Okanagan)
• Nuxalk (Bella Coola)
• St'at'imcets (Lillooet)
• Tsilhqot'in (Williams Lake)

Courses in other locations and/or in other languages may be offered at the request of the communities/organizations.