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W.J. Mouat Aboriginal Program

Fall 2016MASC-MOUAT ABORIGINAL STUDENT COUNCIL

This fall there are 147 Mouat Aboriginal who’ve had the opportunity to get involved in field trips, programs, groups and school events. Our upcoming events are:

UFV Indigenous Student Transition Liaison visit FLEX block rm 149AWed. Oct. 26

Carving Workshop Friday Oct. 28 Mouat House 8:10-am-2:35 pm

Indigenous Gardening Club every Friday

The Feast Monday Oct. 31 at lunchClan Quest, family tree challenge will be launched! This will be open to all students to participate in. Prizes awarded at Nov.21 Feast. Hosted by MASC.

Strengthening the Circle Aboriginal Student Leadership Conference Nov. 15-17. Senior students attend Nov. 15-16 Junior students Nov. 16-17 Langley

Canada Day 150 Ottawa Field Trip

Carving Workshop Friday Oct. 28, 2016

Mouat Aboriginal students will have the opportunity to learn to carve with Hereditary Chief Harvey Robinson pictured above in his regalia during a visit to Mouat last spring. The carving workshop is a first for Mouat and students will learn to carve a wooden feather in Mouat House from 8:10 am-2:35 pm, behind portable 17 in the corner of our campus.

Upcoming Events by Mrs. Schroeder

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Indigenous Gardening Club IDSNon-aboriginal and aboriginal students are participating in the Indigenous Gardening Club, held every Friday during FLEX block. Pictured above, students dig hole prior to planting an espalier apple tree. So far, students have learned about perennials, annuals, bulbs as well as how plant and transplant flowers and trees. This is an Independent Directed Study (Horticulture 11).

ORANGE SHIRT DAY SEPT. 30, 2016

Our first field trip of the year involved students learning about indigenous plants and their traditional and medicinal uses at Fish Trap Creek. Next a group of grade 12 students toured the former Indian Residential School in Kamloops on their way to Little Shuswap Lake where they stayed at Quaaout Lodge. While there, they enjoyed learning some ethnobotany while hiking along the Adams River Trial and canoeing in the lake. On Sept. 30 Mouat participated school wide in Orange Shirt Day to encourage awareness of the Indian Residential School’s legacy and the need for reconciliation. Our first Feast of the year took place on the Sept 26.

michele_schroeder@sd34.bc.ca

What’s Up So Far?

Sturgeon FishingStarting in Mission Harbour, four jet boats carried 12 Mouat Aboriginal students and four staff members who went sturgeon fishing on the Fraser River on Oct.19. Not only did students enjoy a beautiful day, but they also caught plenty of sturgeon, measured and had microchips inserted in them for the purpose of conservation. Fish ranged in size from 6’6” – 19 inches. Science, conservation and culture were highlights of this trip.

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