For Louise Fraser, crossing the convocation stage on Wednesday at the University of Saskatchewan to pick up her latest bachelor’s degree may have made history, but it is only the first step toward her plans for the future.

The 87-year-old earned a degree in education, making her one of the oldest graduates at the university. However, this monumental moment was more than becoming a teacher – it was the start of Fraser’s journey of passing on to others something that she was once forced to forget.

“I lost my language when I was in residential school,” Fraser told Global News after collecting her degree Wednesday. “We were forbidden to speak our language and I want that back for myself and I’m still working on that.”

Fraser spent the last two and a half years studying to become a teach

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