Level Up Comms A Introduction to General Communications

This Level Up Project is for students who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. Project Level A: Introduction to General Communications This is the first of a gradual multiple step learning experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details: In this project level students will watch 6 Indigenous Education videos, complete corresponding reflection pages for each, and attend respective team meetings. Students will shadow and work alongside a Communications specialist to become familar with general communications, journalistic communications and familarizing themselves with IISB platforms and techniques. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to competely work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communication project, will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2023 Level Up Comms D Beginning Indigenous Communications

This Level Up Project is for interns who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is one step in a multiple step learning experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details: In this project level students will take what they have learned from the first three level up projects and begin to practice teachings through independent work periods and attending respective team meetings. Students will work to develop and edit speaker biographies, introductions, quote sheets, and Knowledge Nugget descriptions. Once a first draft is complete students will meet with a Communication specialist to review their work and learn further communications tips and techniques. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to completely work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communication training, will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2023 Level Up Comms B Introduction to Indigenous Communications

This Level Up Project is for students who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is the one of a gradual multiple step learning experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details: In this project level students will watch 6 Indigenous Education videos, complete corresponding reflection pages for each, and attend respective team meetings. Students will shadow and work alongside a Communications specialist to continue becoming more proficient with general communications, and journalistic communications while also becoming familiar with Indigenous communications. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to competely work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communication project, will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2023 Level Up Comms C Introduction to Building Relations Communications

This Level Up Project is for students who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is one step of a multiple step learning experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details: In this project level students will continue to watch further Indigenous Education videos, complete corresponding reflection pages for each, and attend respective team meetings. Continuing to shadow and work alongside a Communications specialist, students will learn to combine two worlds using the teachings from the first two level up projects to discover the difference between Western and Indigenous communication styles and techniques. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to completely work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communication training, will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2023 Level Up Comms E Intermediate Indigenous Communications

This Level Up Project is for interns who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is one of a multiple step learning experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details: In this project level students will continue independent practice on presentation summaries and POD descriptions, complete review sessions with Communications specialists, and attend respective team meetings. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to completely work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communication training, will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2024 Level Up Comms A - Introduction to General Communications

This Level Up Project is for students who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. Project Level A: Introduction to General Communications This is the first of a gradual multiple step learning experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details: In this project level students will watch 6 Indigenous Education videos, complete corresponding reflection pages for each, and attend respective team meetings. Students will shadow and work alongside a Communications specialist to become familar with general communications, journalistic communications and familarizing themselves with IISB platforms and techniques. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to competely work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communication project, will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2024 Level Up Comms B - Introduction to Indigenous Communications

This Level Up Project is for students who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is the one of a gradual multiple step learning experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details: In this project level students will watch 6 Indigenous Education videos, complete corresponding reflection pages for each, and attend respective team meetings. Students will shadow and work alongside a Communications specialist to continue becoming more proficient with general communications, and journalistic communications while also becoming familiar with Indigenous communications. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to competely work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communication project, will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2024 Level Up Comms F - High-Intermediate Indigenous Communications

This Level Up Project is for interns who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is one of a multiple step learning experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details:  In this project level students will continue independent practice on keynotes, complete review sessions with a Communication specialist and attend respective team meetings.  Students will also be introduced to social media, client, and speaker specific communications techniques. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to completely work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communication training, will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2024 Level Up Comms G - Continued Experience and Learning

This Level Up Project is for students who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is the one of a gradual multiple-step learning experience designed to allow students to garner continued learning and experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details:  In this project level students will continue to build upon the skills learned and developed in previous project levels and attend respective team meetings. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communications experience will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2024 Level Up Comms I - Continued Experience and Learning

This Level Up Project is for students who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is the one of a gradual multiple-step learning experience designed to allow students to garner continued learning and experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details:  In this project level students will continue to build upon the skills learned and developed in previous project levels and attend respective team meetings. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communications experience will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2024 Level Up Comms J - Continued Experience and Learning

This Level Up Project is for students who wish to learn and develop their communications skills across cultures. This is the one of a gradual multiple-step learning experience designed to allow students to garner continued learning and experience in Indigenous Communications. Project Details:  In this project level students will continue to build upon the skills learned and developed in previous project levels and attend respective team meetings. The goal of this project is to equip students with the necessary skills to work with IISB, an Indigenous organization, to develop communications assets. Students who complete this level of communications experience will then be eligible to go on to the next level of communications projects.

2024 Level Up Video Editing C - Video Editing Practice I

This Level Up Project is for Indigenous video editors who wish to learn and develop their video editing skills across cultures. This is an 80-hour project and a pre-requisite for additional video editing projects. This is one of a gradual multiple-step learning experience in Indigenous video development and editing. This project is designed for people who identify as Indigenous Project Details: Students will attend respective team meetings, and will shadow and work alongside a Production specialist to become familiar with general video editing and development techniques, including credits, trailers, promo videos. The goal of this project is to equip students with the skills to move forward to work confidently with IISB in the curation of Knowledge Nuggets. Students who complete this first level of video editing training will then be eligible to go on to the next level of video editing projects.

2024 Level Up Video Editing E - Beginner Knowledge Nugget Development

This Level Up Project is for Indigenous video editors who wish to learn and develop their video editing skills across cultures. This is an 80-hour project and a pre-requisite for additional video editing projects. This is the first of a gradual multiple-step learning experience in Indigenous video development and editing. This project is designed for people who identify as Indigenous Project Details: Students will and attend respective team meetings Students will shadow and work alongside a Production specialist to become familiar with the Knowledge Nugget curation process and techniques. The goal of this project is to equip students with the skills to move forward to work confidently with IISB in the curation of Knowledge Nuggets. Students who complete this level of video editing training will then be eligible to go on to the next level of video editing projects.

2024 Level Up Video Editing F - Intermediate Knowledge Nugget Development

This Level Up Project is for Indigenous video editors who wish to learn and develop their video editing skills across cultures. This is an 80-hour project and a pre-requisite for additional video editing projects. This is one of a gradual multiple-step learning experience in Indigenous video development and editing. This project is designed for people who identify as Indigenous Project Details: Students will attend respective team meetings and will work alongside the IISB Production Team to independantly curate first 2 Knowledge Nuggets. Students who complete this level of video editing training will then be eligible to go on to the next level of video editing projects.