The mission of INLP and our Community Academic Outreach programs is the collective and individual empowerment of Indigenous peoples through education, taking into account First Nations' own knowledge systems, histories, ways of being and learning. Aware of the powerful role that Indigenous languages and language revitalization play for the present and future identity, well-being and wholeness of Indigenous peoples and communities, the Indigenous Languages Program works with speech communities and organizations to enable Indigenous language learning off campus in First Nations communities. Since 1993 and in partnership with Indigenous organizations, we have offered courses in some 18 languages in British Columbia and Yukon.
The Indigenous Languages Program (INLP) is a continuation of the award-winning SFU Kamloops Program, where the Indigenous Studies programs, Indigenous language proficiency programs and language courses were originally developed and offered. Between 1988 and 2011, more than 400 students graduated from the SFU Kamloops Program with SFU credentials, including Certificates, Diplomas, BA, BGS and BEd degrees. Through Community Academic Outreach Programming (FNEP), students completed Major and Minor programs in concentrations such as Anthropology and Sociology, Linguistics, Indigenous Studies, and Archaeology.
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INLL Graduate Programs
2024 Fall in-take
- OPEN
Applications are accepted for the Indigenous Languages and Linguistics Graduate Programs. Credentials available: Graduate Certificate (GC) or Master of Arts (MA) in INLL.
Visit: www.sfu.ca/inlp/programs/grad
Application Deadline: May 03, 2024
Find out how to apply for graduation and know about upcoming deadlines
FINAL Application Deadline for Summer 2024 Graduation for FNEP/INLP credentials: 12 noon, July 31, 2024.
CONVOCATION
FALL 2024 - Save the date!
Ceremony B: October 10, 2024
(12:30Hrs./2:30p.m., Thursday)
Convocation Ceremony for Indigenous Languages credentials
(Undergraduate INLP Students: Webpage for Deadline to Apply to Graduate)
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Congratulations
Indigenous Languages
Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
Graduating Classes!
Credentials awarded:
Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency
Diploma in Indigenous Language Proficiency
Master of Arts MA Project: (Graduate: Bessie Cooley)
Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala
Haíɫzaqvḷa
Hul'q'umi'num'
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Snichim
Tlingit
The above credentials were conferred in
Ceremony B
Thursday, October 5, 2023 2:30pm
NATIONAL DAY OF AWARENESS FOR MMIWG2S
May 5th is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S). On this day we remember the people who have lost their lives to colonial, gender-based violence, and their families and communities that live daily with the grief of losing loved ones.
Kèyishí Bessie Cooley, 2023 Master's graduate
(SFU Convocation story)
Elder, Ruby Peter, 2019 Honorary Doctorate
(SFU Convocation Photo Depository 2019)
Graduating?
Visit our Graduation page for details and application form: www.sfu.ca/inlp/graduation
Visit also SFU Convocation website for other information and celebration tools
www.sfu.ca/convocation
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Master of Arts in Indigenous Languages and Linguistics
This new two-year program focuses entirely on training individuals who will go on to support the reclamation, revitalization, and strengthening of their Indigenous languages.
Read more about the program here
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