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Sept 8: Responding to a question about adding Indigenous languages to Canada’s list of official languages, Trudeau said it’s “obvious that we need to recognize the value of that culture ...
A podcast website launched in late April from the First Nations University of Canada is hoping to keep Indigenous languages alive, many of which are on the verge of extinction.
At the top of this list is Indigenous language revitalization, an issue so pressing that the United Nation declared 2019 the Year of Indigenous Languages. Indigenous languages throughout the world ...
OTTAWA — Proposed changes to the Official Languages Act are likely to create more "arbitrary barriers" for Indigenous people hoping to work in federal institutions and advance to higher levels ...
New Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says protecting Indigenous languages to make sure they are taught to future generations is a priority for the Liberal government, alongside ...
(ANNews) - The Musée Héritage Museum in St Albert, Alberta is hosting an exhibition called First Languages until Saturday, February 24th, 2024. It is a new exhibition that showcases the ...
Not every syllabics character is used in all Indigenous languages, so Christian El-Hadad and Nishaant Bhambra chose ones that are common to those that are widely spoken in Canada: Inuktitut, Cree ...
‘The suppression of language was a key feature of Canada’s longstanding policy of assimilation of Indigenous peoples.’ Jan. 16, 2022 2 min read ...
Associated Links International Year of Indigenous Languages Aboriginal Peoples' Program Aboriginal Languages Initiative Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting SOURCE Canadian Heritage (media only ...
Proposed changes to the Official Languages Act are likely to create more “arbitrary barriers” for Indigenous people hoping to work in federal institutions and advance to higher levels, says ...
SFU's Indigenous Languages Program and SFU’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences invited the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) to Burnaby campus to lead an Oral Proficiency ...
Ideally, she’d like to see Indigenous language immersion programs offered in all schools, from kindgarten to Grade 12 and in post-secondary, for non-Indigenous as well as Indigenous students.