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Irene Kelleher was born in Matsqui on December 16, 1901. Irene’s parents attended Saint Mary’s and Saint Anne’s Residential School in Mission. Raised in the Fraser Valley and eventually returning to the area later in life, Irene was a vital contributor to public education in British Columbia and a respected community leader.

At Sandy Hill, Krissy Rodriguez, Grade 5 French Immersion and Teresa Seo, Grade 5 English, have been collaborating on different ways of practically incorporating Indigenous worldviews through literacy.  With the support of their Indigenous Support Worker, Jessie Old Coyote, Indigenous Helping Teachers, Allison Gardner and Loraleigh Epp, Modern Languages Helping Teacher, Natalie DeWit and the resources at the Ray and Millie Silver Library, they were able to begin to practically apply Indigenous worldviews through literacy.  Here are the tales of two teachers.