Faculty and Staff Profile
June Johnson
Faculty/Departments:
Indigenous Education
Positions/Titles:
Faculty
June’s traditional name is ‘Um’agalis. She is from the Wewaikai Nation, Cape Mudge,
the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Dick) Peters. She is an elder in the community,
the mother of two and grandmother to six. She completed her Developmental Standard
Term Certificate in Language Revitalization at UVic in 2009, going on to teach Liqwala/Kwak’wala
language and culture in SD 72. She believes that teaching and learning together foster
a sense of pride and belonging. As coordinator of the Ligwiltach Elders and Youth
Culture Group, she teaches youth the cultural protocol of the Big House and traditional
dances. She also teaches First Nations traditional plants and medicinal workshops,
blanket making, traditional food cooking and cedar weaving.