Virginia Drywater-Whitekiller knows first hand some of the challenges of sticking with post-secondary education and is bringing that background to her new position as visiting chair in Aboriginal Studies at Vancouver Island University.
Drywater-Whitekiller, a member of the Cherokee Nation in the United States, began pursuing post-secondary education as a single mother to build a better life for her child and herself. She became the first university graduate in her immediate family.
“I’m always fascinated at the ability that higher education has to change people who go through the doors and come back out,” she said.
“I’ve seen myself how
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