Indigenous Education Staff
Meet the Staff
Name
Position
Phone
Email
Indigenous Student Advocates (ISA)
Supports Indigenous students with academic success, culture and language, positive mental health and self-worth, and ultimately graduation and transition to post-secondary, training or employment.
Name
Position
Phone
Email
Melissa Pinyon
Indigenous Student Advocate - Merritt Secondary School - Grade 11/12
[email protected]
Steffanie Michel
Indigenous Student Advocate - Merritt Secondary School - Grade 10
[email protected]
Kristy Rees
Indigenous Student Advocate - Princeton Secondary School and The Bridge
[email protected]
Krista Unrau
Indigenous Student Advocate -John Allison and Vermillion Forks Elementary
[email protected]
Language Teachers
Nɬeʔkepmxcin and Nsyilxcən
Name
Position
Phone
Email
Mathilda Michel
Nsyilxcən Language Teacher - Merritt Secondary, Central Elementary
[email protected]
Indigenous Student Engagement Facilitators (ISEF)
Responsible for engaging with referred students and families, as well as community agencies and service providers to support student attendance and successful attachment to their schools and classrooms. The primary responsibility will be to identify barriers hindering the student's attendance and then collaboratively develop strategies to overcome these challenges.