—Commissioner Ronald E. Ignace"The cradle of our spirit is in our languages."
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In The News
Concordia students mark National Indigenous Languages Day with…
15 Apr 2025Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon emphasized land, self-determination and the unfinished work of the TRC’s 94 Calls to…
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Introducing: Discovery Language
09 Apr 2025A new Canadian Geographic series in print and online will take readers on a linguistic journey across the lands and…
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Pilot program supports strengthening of Indigenous languages in…
01 Apr 2025The Government of Manitoba, a province of Canada, has launched a pilot project to translate Hansard into the province’s Indigenous…
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Language research released for National Indigenous Languages Day
01 Apr 2025FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Beaver language of the Dane-zaa people was one of nine different language families analyzed…
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Beaver language research released for National Indigenous Languages…
31 Mar 2025The Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages and Statistics Canada have released data about the Dane-zaa language.
Read MorePilot project launched to translate Manitoba government transcripts…
31 Mar 2025A new pilot project will translate Manitoba’s political debates and proceedings into seven Indigenous languages, beginning with Anishinaabemowin, the province…
Read MorePilot project launched to translate Manitoba government transcripts…
31 Mar 2025A new pilot project will translate Manitoba’s political debates and proceedings into seven Indigenous languages, beginning with Anishinaabemowin, the province…
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Indigenous languages: the pace of extinction is slower…
06 Mar 2025100 years from now, how many people will still be speaking one of Canada’s 70 Indigenous languages? UdeM demographers come…
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