Hi my name is Tegan Nitsiza and I’m from Behchoko, Northwest Territories. My experience with this program has been amazing so far. I would highly recommend this program for anyone wanting to experience the college life for 6 weeks! In the four weeks we have been here, we have almost completed our 3 week construction class and are almost done making our dog house and picture frame. I’m happy I took this course because I’m enjoying it a lot and I can take this trade and use it back home.

 We also went camping over at the Fitzroy camping site and I grew closer to my tent mates and I’m happy about that. Also we had the opportunity to spend some time with the A7G’s which is an indigenous group here in Ottawa. It was a great experience for me to meet with other indigenous people around my age. Their traditional ways are kind of different from my traditional ways from back home.

The highlight of my time so far has definitely been going swimming because of the heat wave that was going on. I have never experienced this type of heat and it is so different from the north. My experience so far from being on this program has been great and has made me excited to go to college next year, more prepared to leave my home community, and has generally made me a more prepared college student. I’m really happy I got to experience this while I can and I would highly recommend this program to anyone who is thinking about it because these kinds of things are once a lifetime.

Tegan