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Dr. Allis Pakki Chipps-Sawyer

Chamas First Nations Art Society

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
(250) 474-0881 www.chamasart.com
I have worked in many, many jobs - mostly low-paying jobs because I valued doing work I enjoyed and could give myself to wholeheartedly. I started and ran a coffee house with three friends in Montreal (Le Baril, on Rue de la Montagne); started and ran a restaurant in Toronto (Deja Vu); started and worked in several unique youth clubs in Denmark; worked in tobacco fields; started and ran two free clinics (Rochdale Free Clinic and Hassle Free Clinic); worked in the Bohemian Embassy (an awesome coffee house); worked cutting herring fillets; worked as a bookkeeper for many companies including freelancing; and much more.
I also speak more languages than listed, but I had to choose from a list and they weren`t on there. Nitinaht, Lushootseed, Romany (Gypsy), and a little bit of Greenlandic.

Work Experience

University Of Victoria

Instructor

Taught courses on ethnobotany, Traditional Systems of Land and Resource Management, Introduction to Ethnoecology, Introduction to Environmental Studies, and Ethnoecology in the School of Environmental Studies.
August 2007 - July 2008 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

ATI

Teacher

Taught preparation of traditional foods for commercial use; English, Computer skills - primarily Adobe; and managed the computer system in the college. I LOVE Maniitsoq, Greenland and wish I could find work in Greenland again!!!! I`d move back in a heartbeat! As much as I love my reserve, my heart is in Greenland still!
December 2008 - August 2010 Maniitsoq, Greenland

Sooke School Board

Educator, school bus driver, cook and bottle washer, clean up crew, and curriculum developer

Ran the Beecher Bay Tribal Learning Centre single-handedly for all students from Kindergarten to adult on the reserve. As the only employee, I did all the jobs :-) and reaped all the benefits (not including wages). Worked 60 hours a week for between 16 and 25 hours pay of $20/hour on a contract basis. When the School Board decided to give 15 of my hours to a Band member to teach Native language in the schools, leaving me with the prospect of working 60 hours a week for 10 hours pay, I quit.
September 1993 - June 2005 Sooke, British Columbia, Canada

Education

University Of Victoria

B.A. Linguistics

Specializing in First Nations Languages. I actually took my last year at York University and graduated on the Dean`s Honour Roll.
September 1976 - May 1979 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

York University

M.A.

Interdisciplinary Studies: Linguistics (Primarily First Nations Languages); Environmental Studies, and Native/Canadian Relations
September 1981 - May 1985 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University Of Victoria

Ph.D.

Studied in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, computer graphics (with amazing, inspiring Dr. Don Bergland), and Environmental Studies (with equally amazing Dr. Nancy Turner).
September 1999 - May 2007 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

University Of Victoria

NILD (Native Indian Language Diploma)

Completed my studies to be a teacher of Nitinaht (Southern Nootkan).
September 1979 - May 1981 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Camosun College

Grades 9 - 12

Just doing my upgrading at the age of 28.
September 1975 - July 1976 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Languages

English (Fluent),
Danish (Fluent),

Skills

Too Many To List! All The Adobe Programs As Well As The Old Macromedia Programs (Loved Director And Will Always Miss It); Bryce; Office,