First Nations post-secondary and high school students who graduated this year were honoured on July 6 at the Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) Community Hall.
“It’s really a community celebration to celebrate success,” Lenora Joe, director of education with the SIB, said. “We’re trying to show the younger students here that there are role models in our community they can look up to, and there are a lot of success stories.”
Pictured are Estelle Carmona, Aboriginal Early Childhood Education Diploma from Nicola Valley Institution of Technology; Katelynn Dixon, Education Assistant Certificate from Capilano University; Kaylon Quinn, Degree of Juris Doctor, University of British Columbia; James Tracy, Masters in Teaching, Seattle University; Zoey Ironside, Elphinstone Secondary; Salina Schmidt, Chatelech Secondary; Michelle Dixon, Education Assistant Certificate, Capilano University; Tina Joe, Education Assistant Certificate, Capilano University.
Not pictured, but also graduated: Mary Aguirre, Chatelech Secondary; Donavan Dixon, Sunshine Coast Alternative School; Dionne Paul, Masters of Applied Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design; Jacqueline Joe, Health Care Assistant Certificate, Capilano University; Vicki Wood, Health Care Assistant Certificate, Capilano University; Jessika John, Retail Marketing Certificate, Capilano University; Maggie Bain, Human Services Diploma, Thompson Rivers University; Nicki August, Education Assistant Certificate, Capilano University; Geoff Daniels, Education Assistant Certificate, Capilano University; Andrienne Feschuk, Education Assistant Certificate, Capilano University; Rosanna Myles, Education Assistant Certificate, Capilano University; Debralee Paul, Education Assistant Certificate, Capilano University.
