The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Education Department is committed to empowering citizens by designing, delivering, and administering lifelong learning opportunities that are grounded in Dënezhu ways of knowing, being, and doing and that support individuals, families, our community, and Citizens living outside of the Traditional Territory.
Early Learning Team
Our Early Learning Team operates Tr’inke Zho and provides care and learning opportunities for a maximum of 60 children in our licensed centre, and through our Aboriginal HeadStart Program. Education is provided for toddlers and pre-schoolers. We also operate After School and Summer Daycamp programs. Dënezhu knowledge, ways, and values, as well as Hän Language, is emphasized. We focus on our children’s growth and development, especially as it relates to identity, belonging, and school readiness.
K-12 team
Our K-12 Team provides extensive student supports that empower students to develop socially, emotionally, and academically in our local school. We maintain several spaces in the school that have been developed to be responsive to the developmental needs of our students. We offer cultural programming by supporting teachers to embed Dënezhu knowledge into their practice. We facilitate numerous land-based camps and learning opportunities as well as programs that emphasize the arts. We support YG’s delivery of the Hän Language Program for grades K-7 and continually advocate for learning opportunities that reflect our children’s learning needs and that are meaningful to their identity and sense of belonging.
Adult Learning Team
Our Adult Learning Team provides extensive supports, ranging from social, emotional, and academic support, financial assistance, and help with applications to learning institutions and funders, for our post-secondary students and adult learners. We work with our partners, especially Yukon University, to develop and deliver a wide range of education and training programs and upgrading.
Employment Service
We partner with the TH HR Department to promote careers within TH Government and assist with internships, mentoring, and job creation programs. We assist citizens with training to increase their employment success.
Nutrition Team
Our Nutrition Team provides daily meals to all K-12 students.
Education Oversight Committee
Our vision is a co-governed and integrated education system on Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Traditional Territory. We are guided by sections 17.7–17.10 of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Final Agreement and the shared commitments of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and the Government of Yukon as outlined in the 17.7 Agreement of 2025. The actions we have taken together in the last year reflect a joint commitment to weaving Dënezhu knowledge systems together with the colonial education structures we have inherited, to support student success. We look forward to seeing how this next year propels us forward on this important journey.
Documents, Applications and Forms
CONTACT
Post-Secondary Education & Training Coord.
Natalja Blanchard
Building: Administration Building
Post.Secondary.Coordinator@trondek.ca
993-7100 ext. 212
Cellphone: 993-4285
Education Administrative Coordinator
Asia Procee
Building: Administration Building
993-7100
Cellphone: 993-3368
