Our students projects and theses work can be found here, listed in a chronological order. To read and download them, click on the “Read more” button.
Sq’utxulenuxw
George Seymour
About me
I am from Stz’uminus, where I was raised speaking our language. I completed an MA at and am a language mentor for the SFU Hul’q’umi’num’ Language Academy and for Cowichan Valley School District 79. I keep busy …
Xwukweybux
Colleen Manson
About me
’een’thu Xwukweybux. tun’ni’ tsun ’utl’ snuneymuxw, kwunu menulh Howard Manson (Adam and Emily Manson) ’i’ lhunu tenulh Eleanor Manson (Richard and Pearl Wyse). I am a language teacher for School District 68. ’uy’ nu shqweluwun kwunus ’i …
Cul’cimiye’
Margaret Seymour
About me
I am from Stz’uminus and I am completed my MA from SFU. I obtained my passion for teaching from my grandparents, Thelma David, Lena David, and Madeline Seymour and my parents. Perry and Elaine Seymour. I am …
Kweyulutstun
Thomas Samuel Jones
About me
I am from Snuneymuxw First Nations, and I completed an MA through the SFU Hul’q’umi’num’ language academy. I am active in the Coast Salish cultural community as a public speaker, artist, researcher, and paddler. My message …
lhqumtunaat
Laura Antoine
About me
I work for Cowichan Valley School District 79 and I completed my MA at SFU. Raised in a traditional family, I always try to bring a deep respect and seriousness to my cultural practice. I hope …
Luschiimtunaat
Sonya Charlie
About me
I am a busy mother and I completed my MA at SFU. My parents are Darlene Sylvester Sunatiye’ and Arvid Charlie Lushiim, from whom I inherited a love for my language and the importance of my cultural …
Siya’mulwut
Claudia Sylvester
About me
I am from Xwul’qw’selu. My grandparents are the late Wilfred and Sara Sylvester. My parents are Darlene Sylvester Sunatiye’ and Arvid Charlie Luschiim. I am a Hul’q’umi’num’ teacher for Cowichan Valley School District 79, and completed my …
Sti’tum’atulwut
Bernadette Peter
About me
’een’thu Sti’tum’atulwut, tun’ni’ tsun ’utl’ kwa’mutsun. kwthunu menulh Ronald Peter ’i’ lhunu ten Ruby Peter Sti’tum’at. Her parents were Basil and Cecelia Alphonse. I am truly honored to be learning the Hul’q’umi’num’ language. I have three children …
Swutthus
Harvey George
About me
I am a language teacher for Cowichan Valley School District 79, and I completed the MA in Linguistics of a First Nations Language Program at SFU. I serve as a language mentor in the SFU Hul’q’umi’num’ Language …
TELTÁLEMOT [Tultelumat] Ivy Seward
About me
I am from the Saanich First Nations. I am a language teacher and I completed an MA at SFU. I am also a person who has lived a life of learning the First Nations traditions …
Tth’ets’sulwut
Carol Louie
About me
I am from Xwul’qw’selu. My late mother was Donalda Louie Sla’quliye’ and my late father Francis Louie Xutth’xutth’uluq. I am a language teacher for Cowichan Valley School District 79 and I complete my MA through the SFU …
Yuleqtunaat
Roberta Charlie
About me
I am from Somena. I work for the Cowichan Tribes as a Hul’q’umi’num’ teacher at the daycare. I was raised in a family with strong beliefs in the culture and tradition and I follow these teachings closely …
yutustana:t
Gena Seward-Wilson
About me
I am a mother of three and we live in Nanaimo, where I teach Hul’q’umi’num’ for school district 68, following in the footsteps of my grandfather George Wyse and aunt Mandy Jones. I hope to teach my …
yutustana:t
Mandy (Verna) Jones
About me
’een’thu Yutustantaat, tun’ni’ tsun ’utl’ Snuneymuxw. kwunu menulh George Wyse tenulh Marge Thomas. I am a Hul’q’umi’num coordinator for School District 68 and completed an MA at SFU. I am married to Andy Jones and …
wuxwaxtunaat
Gina Salazar
Abstract
Storytelling is an important tool for sharing knowledge and language across generations. Stories teach us about our way of life and our perspectives on how to be as First Nations peoples. In this project, I share three new …
Marlene Tommy
Abstract
These hwulmuhwqun stories are about connecting generations. After learning the history of our people, learning the Hul’q’umi’num’ language was my way of connecting to those who are now gone yet live through their stories. The teachings passed …
Zachary Gilkison
About me
I come from Pestun, the state of Washington, and my linguistics studies at SFU have brought me to the beautiful Cowichan Valley, where I am honored to be learning Hul’q’umi’num’ and using my computer skills to help …
Rae Anne Claxton
Abstract
Stories are integral to Coast Salish culture, past and present. This thesis is about my journey towards Hul’q’umi’num’ fluency, through learning to tell a story with the support of my elders and linguistic training. Hul’q’umi’num’ is a …
Suwsiw
Tara Morris
This project presents five new Hul’q’umi’num stories about the land and sea, created with the help of my elders. The Coast Salish people of the Hul’q’umi’num’ territory have a deep physical and spiritual connection to the world around …
Tsulnamutiye’
Evangeline Guerin
For us Hul’q’umi’num’ people, storytelling is an important tool for sharing knowledge across generations. Stories teach us how to live as First Nations peoples. The goal of this project is to communicate Coast Salish traditional values and life …
Victor Guerin
Abstract
The ancestors of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking people lived along the lower Fraser River and all around the shores of neighbouring Burrard Inlet in British Columbia. The Central Coast Salish people living here today are their descendants. Throughout the …
Ts’uts’umult-hw
Luke Marston
This project is a study of Coast Salish art and how it relates to my Hul’q’umi’num’ language and culture. I draw on personal experience as an artist as well as research with Elders and speakers to lay down …
Rosemary Webb
Abstract
This thesis describes how co-speech gestures are used by Hul’q’umi’num’ storytellers. Hul’q’umi’num’ is the dialect of Halkomelem Salish spoken on Vancouver Island. All language users gesture, though the form and function of gestures can vary across languages and …
Helen Yu Zhang
Abstract
This thesis is about a collaborative dictionary project for Hul’q’umi’num’, the Island dialect of Halkomelem, a Salish language spoken in British Columbia, Canada. The goal of the project was to create a teachers’ and learners’ resource with …
Lauren Schneider
Abstract
Serial verb constructions (SVCs) are an understudied phenomena in Salish languages. Hul’q’umi’num’ is the Vancouver Island dialect of Halkomelem Salish and this language makes frequent use of SVCs in narratives. Using data from elicitations and a corpus of …
Tracy Sylvester
Abstract
The Hul’q’umi’num’ language is used by people on Vancouver Island identified as the Coast Salish People. It was through forced attendance of residential schools that our language was taken from us. Yet, it is within the same “lelum” …
tsumqwatun | Lawrence Mitchell
Abstract
This paper is about my journey in learning the hul’q’umi’num’ sqwal and the inspiration it has had in my life, allowing me to express myself, specifically in singing and when composing new songs. Moreover, the significant …
Simeltun | Arthur Jim
Abstract
This project is a report on our Indigenous language Hul’q’umi’num’ and the role it plays in First Nations archaeology. In particular, I relate the experiences I have had working on the sites in the Stz’uminus territory, …