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The GIJE (Land) Academy is a land-based, experiential, and culturally immersive program. It honours Indigenous knowledge and ways of being and doing to provide students with a safe, holistic, and identity affirming education while offering credits towards their graduation. This is achieved through engaging and relevant learning opportunities. The course provides a strengths-based approach with exposure to broad experiences while creating space for individual student gifts, interests, and mastery as a way to build students sense of belonging, identity, and success.

The GIJE (Land) Program is offered and administered through Brooks Secondary (²Ýݮֱ²¥) with full collaboration, support, and guidance by Tla'amin Nation. VIU (tiwšÉ›mawtxw campus) provided substantial funding to support the start of the program.

Get a glimpse into the experiences of Indigenous students in the GIJE (land) Academy:

For more information, 

If you're interested in taking any of the available courses, please fill out this application and send it to our District Principal of Indigenous Education, Jessica.Johnson@sd47.bc.ca