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By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Hitacu, B.C. \u2013 Yuu\u0142u\u0294i\u0142\u0294at\u1e25 Government\u2019s education department held an uplifting professional development day on Feb. 13 at the Cix\u02b7atin Centre in Hitacu. Manager of education services Jennifer Touchie said about 90 West Coasters from Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Huu-ay-aht, School District 70 and Pacific Rim Hospice attended the full-day event, which centered around \u2018Moving through trauma by connecting to culture, language and traditional foods\u2019. \u201cI was really happy to see SD70 and community participate,\u201d said Touchie. \u201cMaybe this will open up new roads for reconnecting with our children in a different way, and (I was happy) to have teachers be a part of our culture and be a part of our language; that it is open to everybody to learn.\u201d In the morning, Nuu-chah-nulth… <\/p>\n

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By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Hitacu, B.C. \u2013 Yuu\u0142u\u0294i\u0142\u0294at\u1e25 Government\u2019s education department held an uplifting professional development day on Feb. 13 at the Cix\u02b7atin Centre in Hitacu. Manager of education services Jennifer Touchie said about 90 West Coasters from Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Huu-ay-aht, School District 70 and Pacific Rim Hospice attended the full-day event, which centered around \u2018Moving through trauma by connecting to culture, language and traditional foods\u2019. \u201cI was really happy to see SD70 and community participate,\u201d said Touchie. \u201cMaybe this will open up new roads for reconnecting with our children in a different way, and (I was happy) to have teachers be a part of our culture and be a part of our language; that it is open to everybody to learn.\u201d In the morning, Nuu-chah-nulth... <\/p>\n

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