Defining Words and Worlds We’ve written quite a bit about Indigenous language revitalization on this blog, but I don’t think we’ve ever taken the time to thoroughly explain what it is. Here’s an attempt to do that. It’s long, I know, but there’s act
Language Love on the West Coast Last month the government of British Columbia announced that their 2018 budget would include $50 million to support Indigenous language revitalization across the province. I’m very excited, of course, as there is more and more support for the work
An event to bring people together If you live in the Vancouver area, I invite you to the September 23 Community Languages Festival – Facebook event here – held from 2-5 PM at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood house. The goals are to bring people together from different languages backgr
What can we consider from community organizing? I have been working this summer as an intern with Where Are Your Keys in the community of St. Paul, Alaska, where a local language team is leading the revitalization of the native language, Unangam Tunuu. The experience has directed my a
During my Master of Education program, I read an article in which the author speculated that the future belonged not to monolingual English speakers, but to multilingual people who could better understand and converse with people from different language backgrounds. I keep that in min
How language sparked a revolution Last month I visited South Africa where my parents and grandparents were born, and many family members still live. My parents left South Africa in the early 1970s because they didn’t want to raise children in an apartheid state. In 1948, the Sou
How Materials Development is Different for Endangered Languages Over the last few weeks, I participated in a course at the University of British Columbia called “Materials Development for Indigenous Language Learning and Teaching” taught by Dr. Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu
