b'Building Community at Culture CampThe Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP)said Bobbie-Jo Leclair, Divisional Vice-Principalbrings together a community of Indigenousof Indigenous Education, Interculturalstudents from across the Louis Riel School Division.Understandings and Transformation.It has traditional Indigenous culture at its core. Once a month, they meet to build relationships,This year, that dream became a reality. In October, foster a sense of belonging and collective voice,more than 30 IYLP students, with representation and engage in authentic cultural, language, andfrom each of LRSDs high schools, came together land-based learning opportunities. in Fisher River Cree Nation to learn from the land, elders, and each other. LRSDs Indigenous The IYLP provides mentoring and guidance Education Team, knowledge keepers, language to adults and students across the division. speakers, and the Fisher River community all The group has been meeting monthly since supported this inaugural Culture Camp.2014; this year, their meetings culminated inthe first ever Culture Camp. Elders are like flashlights, said Amlie Ttrault, a Grade 11 student at Collge Jeanne-Sauv. They We want students to connect with the land, help you see things that were always there; it was spend time with elders and develop deepjust too dark to make out the shapes and forms relationships across our community of schools.fully on my own.Hence, the Culture Camp dream was born,36'