A 150-year-old Kuril Islands Tragedy: Yet Another Solution to the Copper Island Aleut Enigma
Examines the origins and evolution of Aleutian language spoken by the Yupik people of Copper Island.
Examines the origins and evolution of Aleutian language spoken by the Yupik people of Copper Island.
Looks at which of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call2 to Action have been completed. 2023 Report, 2022 Report, 2020 Report.
Argues for exemptions and amendments to The Bill, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec, which requires that French be used exclusively in the healthcare and education systems, public services, workforce and economic development.
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of San Francisco, 2021.
Utilizes data from the Census of Population, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and the Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
Looks at the importance of language to motivate, construct meanings, and create emotional connections for Indigenous communities.
Linguistics Thesis (MSc) -- Massachusetts Institiute of Technology, 2021.
Education Thesis (M.A) -- University of Manitoba, 2021.
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of Regina, 2021.
Colouring book teaches words in Northern and Heritage Michif and English.
Review conducted to "identify the relationships, correlations, and possible causations between housing and four socio-economic outcomes: education, health, the labour market, and Indigenous languages."
Looks at examples of community-led and community-based and state-sponsored community-run broadcasting systems from around the world.
Questions were asked about language programming, delivery and priority level, reasons for not having programming, and unfilled teaching positions.
Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves students learning about bannock, fried Saskatoon berries, and goose, making bannock, and Michif words associated with cooking and food.
Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 involves students learning and speaking Michef words associated with food and cooking, learning about bannock, fried Saskatoon berries, and goose, and making bannock.
Maps Indigenous territories around the world. Can be filtered by location, language, and treaties and superimposed with settler labels. Includes links to resources such as teacher's guide, mobile apps, and lists of territories, languages, and treaties.
Related Material: The Land You Live On Education Guide.
Discusses language as a socio-economic characteristic, a determining factor with respect to the labour market, and barriers created by reduced fluency in English and/or French. Concludes with recommendations and courses of action.
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves learning about growing and harvesting plants and their names in Michif.
Additional resources: Plant Harvesting Image Cards; Michif Terms Teacher Card.
Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 goals include recognizing the importance of harvesting, and identifying and describing the uses of several plants using Michif and English terms.