{"id":80754,"date":"2026-02-06T08:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=80754"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:11:11","slug":"students-at-ecole-secondaire-saint-joseph-create-their-own-moccasins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/students-at-ecole-secondaire-saint-joseph-create-their-own-moccasins\/","title":{"rendered":"Students at \u00c9cole secondaire Saint\u2011Joseph create their own moccasins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-08.09.33.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-80752\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-08.09.33-300x296.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-08.09.33-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-08.09.33-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-08.09.33.png 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The tradition of moccasin\u2011making continues to thrive at \u00c9cole secondaire Saint\u2011Joseph (Wawa). Grade 11 students enrolled in the French course titled \u201c<em>Discovering Contemporary Indigenous Voices\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>took part in an immersive experience combining culture, craftsmanship, and learning. Guided by their teachers Mme Val\u00e9rie L\u00e9vesque and Mme Carole Bouffard, the students learned to work with a variety of materials to craft their own pair of moccasins. This activity, carried out with respect and openness toward Indigenous traditions, allowed the students to appreciate the skill required for this art form. They observed that each step, from cutting to assembling and sewing, demands precision, meticulousness, and above all, patience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To complement the workshop, participants also had the opportunity to enjoy a traditional meal featuring a honey\u2011salmon broth, served with raspberry, blueberry, and cedar preserves, as well as carrots, wild rice, and salmon\u2011skin chips. These educational and cultural activities offered students a meaningful and direct encounter with contemporary Indigenous knowledge, while fostering openness, respect, and personal growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tradition of moccasin\u2011making continues to thrive at \u00c9cole secondaire Saint\u2011Joseph (Wawa). Grade 11 students enrolled in the French course titled \u201cDiscovering Contemporary Indigenous Voices\u201d\u00a0 took part in an immersive experience combining culture, craftsmanship, and learning. Guided by their teachers Mme Val\u00e9rie L\u00e9vesque and Mme Carole Bouffard, the students learned to work with a variety &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 07:56:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80755,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80754\/revisions\/80755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}