We are grateful to Elder Opolahsomuwehs (Imelda Perley) for gifting us a more action-oriented word. Piluwitahasuwawsuwakon (bill-wee-duh-huz-zoo-wows-sue-wah'-gn) is a Wolastoqey word, meaning, “allowing your thinking to change so that action will follow in a good way toward truth.”
Amanda Reid has been named Piluwitahasuwin (Assistant Vice-President Indigenous Engagement) at the University of New Brunswick.
UNESCO declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages. The Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre at UNB Fredericton marked the occasion with a number of events.
Mawoluhkhotipon: Ally & Safe Space Program for Wabanaki and Indigenous Peoples was officially launched in February on the UNB Saint John campus.
