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Merritt 11/21/2011 Local Lower Nicola Indian Band Member and NVIT Instructor Sharon McIvor shown here with Canada's Governor General after being presented with GG Person's Award for her 30-year lobby for equality for aboriginal women in Canada. Sharon just arrived back from New York where she provided information to the UN Rapporteur studying violence against women. She discussed the need for UN intervention to report on Canada's 650+ missing and murdered aboriginal women. Read more

In addition Sharon received the ACCC Teaching Excellence Award over the summer. The award honours an individual faculty member who has exhibited consistent excellence in teaching and has has a significant impact on the personal and academic growth of students. The nominee must be a current faculty member who exhibited both excellence and innovation. 

Fall 2011 courses taught by Sharon McIvor include: CRIM 135 - Intro to Canadaian Law, INST 270 - Aboriginal Title and Modern Treaties, POLI 111 - Canadian Government and Politics, SOCI 111 - Introduction to Sociology

Merritt 09/15/11 NVIT is one of ten colleges/universities participating  in the U-pass BC program. The program saves students between $50-$120 each month in transit fares. See two separate stories on this topic at these links:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos/6128348468/

http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2011/09/college-university-students-save-with-u-pass-bc.html

Merritt, 07/06/11 NVIT Bridging to Trades program bridges gap for students from Saulteau First Nation near Chetwynd, BC.

Sharon McIvor, instructor from NVIT, main leader in the famous McIvor case was asked to  be a speaker at the Queens University this fall. While there, Sharon also opened as a keynote speaker for the 'Feminist Speaker Series'. Thousands of women and families alike have been affected positively by the McIvor case. Look for more information on Sharon on the APTN website or watch for the upcoming filming coming from First Voices (you'll also catch a glimpse of NVIT in the background).