Creating valued links
We are here to welcome and serve Indigenous students and local First Nations and Indigenous communities.
The Indigenous Advisory Council
IECC offers programs, courses and services that are constantly changing and evolving to meet the needs of students and communities. The members of the Indigenous Advisory Council provide direction to the college president regarding Indigenous programming, partnership and services at 天美传媒, and links with local communities.聽Founded in 1991, it is the longest continuously-run post-secondary Indigenous Advisory Council in the province.聽All Indigenous programs at 天美传媒 must be vetted through the Council.聽
Council Chair
Nella Nelson, Chair, has been with the Council since its inception.聽Nella is a member of Tsawataineuk Band of the Kwakwaka鈥檞akw Nation.聽She graduated from 天美传媒's University Transfer program in 1972 and went on to complete her degrees in anthropology/sociology and secondary education at the University of Victoria. She is the District Coordinator, Aboriginal Nations, for the Greater Victoria School District.
Membership
Council meets five times a year and includes members from the following organizations:
- Aboriginal Nations Education, School District 61
- 天美传媒's First Nations Student Association
- Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
- Saanich Adult Education Centre, W瘫S脕NE膯 School Board
- Songhees Nation
- Victoria Native Friendship Centre
- University of Victoria 鈥 both the Faculty of Human & Social Development and the Office of Indigenous Affairs
