National Indigenous Languages Day
Every year on March 31, Canada celebrates National Indigenous Languages Day. This day recognizes and honours the more than 70 Indigenous languages from 12 distinct language families spoken in [...]
Your Role in the International Decade of Indigenous Languages
Following the success of the International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019, the United Nations, and the over 50 member countries, believed they needed to do more for Indigenous languages and [...]
Secret Path Week 2019
Tomorrow marks the start of Secret Path Week. This annual event, which runs from October 17th - October 22nd, marks the dates that both Gord Downie (October 17th) and Chanie Wenjack (October [...]
Indigenous Languages and Secret Path: Resources for High School Educators
The school year hasn’t quite begun, but many educators are planning what they will teach this year. To help prepare for Secret Path Week, we are sharing new resources we created over the summer [...]
International Year of Indigenous Languages
The United Nations has declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IY2019). This year’s goal is to raise awareness of the world’s Indigenous languages to benefit [...]
Language Revitalization Through Education
Embracing one’s culture and heritage is difficult if you don’t read or speak the language. That is one of the key challenges facing Indigenous youth today across Canada. Youth need to build [...]
