First Peoples' Cultural Council

🚨 Deadline Reminder! Braided Knowledge Grant applications are due Friday, March 13.

The Braided Knowledge Grant provides up to $25,000 in funding and supports projects that honour the connection between language, arts and cultural heritage.

Apply today! Visit fpcc.ca/program/braided-knowledge

“Harvesting Our Food, Medicine and Teachings” was a recent project supported by FPCC’s Heritage Stewardship Program.

📖 Read the full story about Tseshaht and Cowichan First Nations youth here: lnkd.in/gwniqTyN

#BCFirstNations #BCHeritage

February 21 is #InternationalMotherLanguageDay!

We are honoured to support the 36 First Nations languages in B.C. with our language program, FirstVoices platform and a digital library of language resources.

📚 Learn more by visiting, fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...

#IMLD @e-l-p.bsky.social

#BCHeritageWeek is just around the corner (February 16-22)!

The theme for 2026 is “Stir the Pot,” and to celebrate, we are highlighting three recent FPCC-funded #Heritage projects and initiatives related to #FoodHarvesting and #FoodSovereignty.

📖 Read the story here: fpcc.ca/stories/cele...

Are you applying for FPCC’s Braided Knowledge Grant?

Join us for an online info session on Thursday, February 12th at 11:00 am.

Register today at lnkd.in/gR9tgxVV

Deadline is Friday, March 13 at 4:30 pm

#BCHeritage #BCFirstNations

Applications are open for the Arts Infrastructure Program!

This program is for B.C. First Nations-led non-profit arts and culture organizations and societies located in B.C.

Visit
fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc... for more information.

#BCArts #BCFirstNations #BCGrants

Applications are open for the Arts Strengthening Program!

FPCC’s Arts Strengthening Program is for B.C. First Nations individual artists and organizations located in B.C.

The deadline to apply is March 5 at 4:30 pm.

Please visit fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc... for more information.

Applications are now open for our Braided Knowledge Grant! 🌿

The Braided Knowledge Grant supports projects that honour the connection between language, arts and cultural heritage.

Visit fpcc.ca/program/brai... for more info.

⏰Deadline is Friday, March 13

#BCFirstNations #BCGrants #BCHeritage

Gold and blue flyer with title "Save the Date: Launch Event". Below is logo of UNESCO Chair on Rights Education Among Indigenous and Non-Dominant Language Communities, and the UNESCO logo. Text below reads: "Presented by Dr. Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla, Dr. Shannon Bischoff, and Dr. Mary Encabo-Bischoff (Co-Chairs) and Invited Guests. In collaboration with Endangered Languages Project. February 21, 2026 International Mother Language Day, 3:00 PM Hawaiʻi | 5:00 PM Vancouver | 8:00 PM New York 2:00 AM Paris* | 8:00 AM Bangkok* | 11:00 AM Sydney* *February 22." Below is a link and QR code to register.

Join us to celebrate the launch of the UNESCO Chair on Rights Education among #Indigenous and Non-Dominant Language Communities!

📆 February 21, International Mother Language Day
🕔 5:00 pm Pacific (Vancouver) time
💻 On Zoom: bit.ly/IMLD2026

FPCC’s Arts Program is now accepting applications! ✨

Learn more about each program by visiting fpcc.ca/programs/abo...

Deadline is March 5 ⏰

Funding for the Arts Program is provided by Creative BC, BC Arts Council and the @governmentofbc.bsky.social

#BCFirstNations #BCArts #BCFunding

Are you applying for FPCC’s Braided Infrastructure Program?

📆 Join us for an online info session on January 28 at 11am
Register today at fpcc.ca/program/brai...

Application deadline is Tuesday, February 24 at 4:30 pm ⏰

#BCHeritage #BCGrants #BCFunding #BCFirstNations

FPCC’s Heritage Stewardship and Braided Infrastructure programs are now open! 🌿✨

Apply today! Visit fpcc.ca/programs/abo... for eligibility requirements, funding guidelines, deadlines and application support.

#BCHeritage #BCFirstNations #BCGrants #BCFunding

We would like to congratulate our friends at the Endangered Languages Project ( @e-l-p.bsky.social ) on the launch of their annual report!

#ELP is a nonprofit organization supporting the revitalization of Indigenous and endangered languages around the world.

#AnnualReport #LanguageRevitalization

Life Is a Journey

Congratulations to musician and drummer Xualupathut Patrick Aleck on the release of his beautiful new album, Xualupathut Connections. 🎶 🥁

🙌🏽 We are honoured to support Patrick Aleck. Read more here, fpcc.ca/stories/musi...

🎧 Listen to Patrick's album here: open.spotify.com/album/4uvmXw...

Sheri Marie Ptolemy - Cowboy Come Home for Christmas (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Sheri Marie Ptolemy

This holiday season, you can listen to Sheri Marie Ptolemy's song “Cowboy Come Home for Christmas”🎄🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJeK...

Sheri is a recent FPCC Arts Grant recipient and we are honoured to support Sheri and look forward to her upcoming EP.

➡️Learn about FPCC art programs: fpcc.ca/arts

Giving Tuesday 2025 - Delfina and Colectivo Nemuk YouTube video by Endangered Languages Project

This #GivingTuesday, you can support grassroots language revitalization all around the world! Your donation will help launch 20 language revitalization projects, like the Ayöök textbooks developed by 2025 Ready to Revitalize member Delfina Reyes Chávez: givebutter.com/elp2025

Check out some of the top stories related to First Nations arts, heritage and language revitalization in B.C.

🔗 You can find the links to the article at fpcc.ca/resource/new...

#BCFirstNations #BCNews #BCarts #BCheritage #languagerevitalization #NewsRoundup

Maroon bubble on top of a photo of a tropical forest. Text in bubble reads: “Language documentation learning series week 8: language revitalization and funding. Armando Molina Gomez and Violet King, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, 9:00 am Hawaii (UTC-10).” To the right are photos of Violet and Armando. At the bottom are the logos of the Endangered Languages Project and the Language Documentation Training Center.

Friday at 9am Hawaii - join us for the final session of the 2025 Language Documentation Learning Series! We’ll talk about Indigenous language revitalization, and how to find funding for this work.

All are welcome, and this event (like all ELP programs) is free! Register at: bit.ly/langdoc2025

FPCC recently caught up with Sarah Jeffrey, Executive Director of the Sníchim Foundation, at our digitization training event hosted by the Language Vitality Program.

📖 Read the full story here: fpcc.ca/stories/livi...

#BCFirstNations #LanguageRevitalization #LanguageVitality @e-l-p.bsky.social

Online Learning Series: Week 6 📣

'Gwa'yi Music Revitalization and Festival FPCC Pilot Project’
🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, at 3pm PT!

👉🏽 This webinar is free to join, but you must register here: fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...

#BCFirstNations #BCArts #BCMusic #OLS2025 #OnlineLearningSeries #FreeWebinar

Are you applying for FPCC’s Youth Empowered Speakers (YES) Program?

📅 Join us for an online info session on Thursday, November 26 @ 12 pm PT!

👉🏽 Register today at fpcc.ca/program/yes/

#BCFirstNations #BCGrant #CommunityGrant #LanguageProgram #GrantOpportunities #ApplyNow #LanguageLearning

Applications are now open for the Youth Empowered Speakers (YES) program! ✨

The deadline to apply for YES is January 13, 2026! ⏰

Apply today! Visit fpcc.ca/yes

#BCFirstNations #LanguageRevitalization #LanguageLearning #BCGrants #YESprogram #LanguageImmersion

FPCC’s Arts Program Presents: ‘Our Stories, Our Voices’

Online Learning Series: Week 5 📣

👉🏽 These webinars are free to join, but you must register here: fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...

#BCFirstNations #OnlineLearningSeries #OLS2025 #webinars #CulturalHeritage #FoodSovereignty #BCArts #BCMusic #FPCC

Are you applying for FPCC’s Cultural Practices Grant?

📅 Join us for an online info session on Thursday, November 20 @ 2 pm PT!

👉🏽 Register today at fpcc.ca/cpg

#BCFirstNations #BCGrant #CommunityGrant #GrantOpportunities #ApplyNow

FPCCs' Cultural Practices Grant (CPG) is now accepting applications.

Apply today or learn more about this program by visiting fpcc.ca/cpg

Deadline to apply is December 12, 2025 ⏰

#BCFirstNations #BCGrants #BCfunding #CPG #CulturalHeritageGrant

Our CEO, Tracey Herbert, was humbled and honoured to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal presented by AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse and AFN Regional Chief Terry Teegee yesterday in Vancouver.

Congratulations, Tracey!

FPCC’s Toolkits are a collection of practical resources that support the development of language and cultural revitalization programs in First Nations communities.

📚 Visit fpcc.ca/toolkits

#BCFirstNations #resources #toolkits #languageplanning #culturalrevitalization #languagenest

Online Learning Series: Week 3 📣

👉🏽 These webinars are free to join, but you must register here: fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc-learning-series

#BCFirstNations #webinarseries #revitalization #FPCC #onlinelearningseries #OLS2025 #learningseries @e-l-p.bsky.social

Dip siip’ntut Sm’algyax, das wii hana’nax :“we love sm’algyax, from these strong women”

🗓️ Thursday, October 23, at 10 am PT!

👉🏽 These webinars are free to join, but you must register here: fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...

#BCFirstNations #languagerevitalization @e-l-p.bsky.social

Online Learning Series: Week 1 📣

'How to Successfully Plan a Music Project: Everything you Need to Know!' with #SheriPtolemy from Samahquam First Nation.

🗓️ Wednesday, October 22, at 10 am PT!

👉🏽 These webinars are free to join, but you must register here: fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...

#BCFirstNations