Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency

Tāłtān graduates celebrate at UVIC before heading home to their communities continue their good work on language revitalization and teaching in their schools, preschools, adult classes and language nests.
Tāłtān graduates celebrate at UVIC before heading home to their communities continue their good work on language revitalization and teaching in their schools, preschools, adult classes and language nests.

Learn your language

The goal of the Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (CILP) program is to support Indigenous communities to create new adult speakers, by providing a strong foundation in language learning and language learning methods that will support ongoing language acquisition. This new Certificate offered through the Department of Indigenous Education at the University of Victoria, is delivered in community contexts, draws on and upholds local knowledge and expertise, and situates learning in communicative contexts.

This certificate is a credential on its own, or can ladder into the Diploma in Indigenous Language Revitalization and Bachelor of Education in Indigenous Language Revitalization. Each delivery is co-designed and administered in partnership with an Indigenous community.

Program delivery:

The CILP is offered as part of a laddered approach to a Bachelor of Education in Indigenous Language Revitalization.

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Learn more:

For more information contact:

Program Manager
Indigenous Language Programs
Indigenous Education
University of Victoria
phone: 250.721.7855
email: iedlang@uvic.ca