NVIT launches Indigenous Business Diploma rooted in Storywork

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology has launched a two-year Indigenous Business Diploma that blends Indigenous knowledge with business education. Rooted in the Syilx Nation’s Four Food Chiefs teachings, the program uses traditional stories to connect business learning with community well-being, relational accountability, and sustainability. “Those stories are called captikʷł , or Storywork, and they are […]

Indigenous students can be empowered to achieve success through a strengthened “circle of support,” write Amanda Street (Nicola Valley Institute of Technology) and Tessa Quewezance. Street and Quewezance write that Indigenous learners face unique barriers that can be addressed by a “circle of support.” This circle—comprised of individuals such as Elders, family members, friends, colleagues, […]