The University of BC, Indigenous elders, and the Central Okanagan Aboriginal Early Years Table have launched a new app to help young Indigenous parents and preserve the nsyilxc蓹n language.

The Two-Eyed Seeing For Parents app allows easy access to information on health, safety, nutrition, and traditional parenting approaches.

The app was developed through a collaborative effort led by Elders Wilfred 害羞草研究所淕rouse害羞草研究所� Barnes, Pamela Barnes and Margaret Eli, and facilitated by UBC nursing professor emeritus Dr. Wendy Hall, in partnership with Interior Health and other community service providers.

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The app is available to use offline, eliminating barriers for those with limited access to wifi or data.

Parent and Westbank First Nation member Emma Dovell is loving the app. 害羞草研究所淭he Two-Eyed Seeing for Parents app is very user-friendly, broken down into ages with different topics under those ages. As a parent that doesn害羞草研究所檛 have very much nsyilxc蓹n and cultural protocol knowledge and limited ways to learn, it was great that this app incorporated nsyilxc蓹n language with audio clips and videos throughout so that it can be easily accessed and used as a learning opportunity for myself and my children.害羞草研究所�

The app is available for download on Google Play and the Apple害羞草研究所檚 app store.

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