By Tchadas Leo, CHEK News
“The Indigenous Prosperity Centre (IPC) just finished hosting its first ever South Island Indigenous Youth Conference on Economic Development.
Several Indigenous youth from the Songhees First nation and nations from across Canada spent their time learning about their culture, history and language on Saturday.
IPC’s Executive Director Christina Clark told CHEK News that they made sure to consult with youth on what they wanted to see in advance of the conference.
“They wanted to learn about art and culture, they wanted to learn about land and marine stewardship and they wanted to learn about entrepreneurship. So we were very excited to make that happen for them,” said Clark…”
