{"id":62282,"date":"2025-11-27T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=62282"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:48:21","slug":"due-january-13-first-peoples-cultural-council-fpcc-youth-empowered-speakers-program-call-for-applications","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/due-january-13-first-peoples-cultural-council-fpcc-youth-empowered-speakers-program-call-for-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Due January 13: First Peoples\u2019 Cultural Council (FPCC) Youth Empowered Speakers Program Call for Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2025-11-28\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday November 28 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Due January 13: First Peoples\u2019 Cultural Council (FPCC) Youth Empowered Speakers Program Call for Applications<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffpcc.ca%2Fprogram%2Fyes%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbritt.dunlop%40gov.bc.ca%7C3e23c71b52e54f981c8608de2c488a60%7C6fdb52003d0d4a8ab036d3685e359adc%7C0%7C0%7C638996887223734568%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KUp2VUtCgr6%2BieWP7KKdH04BsQ3FRq893dZnbaU68Q4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Youth Empowered Speakers Program (YES)<\/a>\u00a0is for B.C. First Nations youth ages 18-35 living on- or off-reserve who want to become fluent in their First Nations language while pursuing a career as an Indigenous language teacher. To be eligible for program funding, proof of post-secondary program acceptance must be provided by June 26, 2026. The deadline to apply is January 13, 2026. See this <a href=\"https:\/\/fpcc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Youth-Empowered-Speakers-Poster.pdf\">poster<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Youth Empowered Speakers Program (YES)\u00a0is for B.C. First Nations youth ages 18-35 living on- or off-reserve who want to become fluent in their First Nations language while pursuing a career as an Indigenous language teacher. To be eligible for program funding, proof of post-secondary program acceptance must be provided by June 26, 2026. 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