Our government is providing $492,585 under the Childcare BC New Spaces Fund to help fund the new Nass Childcare Centre, which will be able to care for up to 12 infants and toddlers and 20 preschool aged children.
The centre will integrate Nisga’a culture in its early education program with elders regularly visiting to speak in their language to help preserve oral history, teachings and heritage practices.
Nisga’a childcare centre to open in the Nass Valley – Terrace Standard
The centre is expected to integrate the Nisga’a culture in its early education program with elders coming in for regular visits to teach. (File Photo) Elders will regularly come in to share stories and traditional language The Nisga’a Nation will be opening up the first licensed childcare centre in Gitlaxt’aamiks this September.