17 Indigenous students graduated from the new CJIIC journalism program, a transformative hybrid course blending modern skills with Indigenous storytelling. Applications for the next cohort open soon.
MNIDOO MNISING—There was something so special about learning amongst an all-Indigenous cohort and environment. The Indigenous scope was what stood out to me, and it was the bridging of a modernized practice with the spirit of being Indigenous that rooted me into the power and strength of storytelling.
Carleton University partnered with Kenjgewin Keg and FNTI (91³ÉÈ˵¼º½s Technical Institute) to bring the certificate of Journalism in Indigenous Communities. A first of its kind nine-month hybrid learning program that was broken down into eight online courses with three of those courses being in-person intensives, each taught by experienced and established Indigenous journalists and instructors. CJIIC is intended to be a remote opportunity for Indigenous learners across turtle island to gain the skills of journalism from their home communities.
The initial course was Indigenous storytelling and was the first in-person led by Duncan McCue, held at Kenjgewin Teg in Mnidoo Mnising. It was a week of story sharing, ceremony and connecting. As a group we developed genuine care for one another rooted in support and encouragement that carried all the way through the next nine months. Following Indigenous storytelling we switched gears and began our online learning, Foundations of Journalism taught by Trevor Green and afterwards Fundamentals of Journalism taught by Julien Greene.
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