Language commissioner wants review of N.W.T. legislation, says role is restrictive
No Indigenous language complaints made to Brenda Gauthier’s office since 2017 What does the official language commissioner office do? That
Read moreNo Indigenous language complaints made to Brenda Gauthier’s office since 2017 What does the official language commissioner office do? That
Read moreAn Icelandic delegation visited Canada on the weekend, the first state visit in 23 years. “Iceland and Canada have had
Read moreBy Meribeth Deen · CBC News Students from ‘Language Leaders Tomorrow’ program performed in Whitehorse on Thursday Until a few years ago,
Read moreUNESCO held conference this month on its action plan on decade of Indigenous languages For Alice Rigney, speaking her Dene
Read moreThe truth and reconciliation commission, due to begin in 2023, is likely to stir up difficult emotions. A working group
Read moreSami Language Week ran from October 19-25, an occasion that was marked, along other events, by the addition of two
Read moreSami Language Week is underway this week in Finland, Norway and Sweden and everyone is being encouraged to make Sami
Read moreWith Project Surname, Inuit had to choose and register family names, which were not common in their culture After a
Read moreStatistics Canada, which admits to having historical “data gaps” in the North, will conduct its first survey in all four
Read moreThe Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) launched a new podcast last week that the organization hopes will amplify the work, and
Read moreNunavut is getting a new all-Inuktut TV channel this year. Inuit TV will have Inuktut programming in dialects from all Inuit
Read moreThe sequel to the Walt Disney mega-hit film Frozen will also be available in the Saami language, Walt Disney Animation
Read moreInuit languages declined in Nunavut in the 15 years between 2001 and 2016, according to a Statistics Canada report released
Read moreFor most people, a panel on the Irish-language revival movement, probably wouldn’t be top-of-mind at a First Peoples’ conference, but
Read moreThe United Nations has designated 2019 as the Year of Indigenous Languages. The goal is to to make people more
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