JIBC set to deliver career program to Aboriginal students in September

The Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) will unveil a new Justice and Public Safety Career Preparatory Program for Aboriginal learners this September at its Chilliwack campus.
Designed to help students be more competitive in securing policing, correctional service, paramedic, fire fighting, sheriff, fish and wildlife, border service and other such careers, the program focuses on teaching useful skills in classes taught by Aboriginal instructors.
Included in the one-year certificate course, which goes from Sept. to May, are such courses as the history and impact of colonization; physical education; wellness and self care; effective presentations, writing and listening skills; restorative justice; and ethics, values and professional behaviour.
The Sto:lo Nation is partnering with JIBC to deliver the program and welcomes it into their traditional territory, giving it the name "Iwestux Temxshxweli" which means "teachers' sacred place."