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Article content Born in the village of Kuujjuaq in northeastern Quebec, Simon was not given the chance to learn French in the federal day school to which she was sent. She has promised to learn French to be able to speak to Canada’s seven million French-speaking citizens in their own language. Predictably, the Bloc Quebecois said it’s “unthinkable” that the Governor-General of the country it wants to separate from, doesn’t speak French. We apologize, but this video has failed to load....

Article content Born in the village of Kuujjuaq in northeastern Quebec, Simon was not given the chance to learn French in the federal day school to which she was sent. She has promised to learn French to be able to speak to Canada’s seven million French-speaking citizens in their own language. Predictably, the Bloc Quebecois said it’s “unthinkable” that the Governor-General of the country it wants to separate from, doesn’t speak French. We apologize, but this video has failed to load....

Article content “Most of the friendship centres have been in their respective communities for more than 50 years and have received consistent funding from the province that supports and provides programming for Indigenous peoples in urban centres,” David Grey, the chairperson of the Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres said on Friday. “Centres have used that funding to leverage additional monies, usually about $7 for every dollar received. The Manitoba Association of Friendship Cent...

Ministerio de Educación: «El martes 6 de julio empezará vacunación a docentes de zonas rurales» El titular del Minedu, Ricardo Cuenca señaló que “más de 100,000 escolares de zonas rurales del país han retornado, al 24 de junio, a clases semipresenciales, en las que trabajan 7,000 docentes”. Ricardo Cuenca/Expreso 28 Jun 2021 06:21 pm La Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros (PCM) brindó este lunes conferencia de prensa sobre las acciones realizadas por el Ejecutivo frente a la ...

isiXhosa academic pleased about her book receiving official nod By Sivenathi Gosa - 26 June 2021 University of the Western Cape lecturer Dr Pumla Cutalele-Maqhude believes indigenous languages are not well accommodated in education policies, which has led her to writing and publishing an isiXhosa book for school pupils, titled isiXhosa Sam Nawe. .. This article is free to read if you register or sign in. If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue.

BITS N PIECESEven predators cant stay awake all the time. But sharks dont exactly advertise when theyre taking a power nap.A strange behavior has given them up, though. Marine biologists have discovered that sharks surf ocean currents in a...

By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Two years after the Indigenous Languages Act became law, Canadian Heritage has appointed the four-member commission that is tasked with reclaiming, revitalizing, maintaining and strengthening Indigenous languages. On June 14, Ronald Ignace was named commissioner. He is joined by three directors, Robert Watt (Inuit), Georgina Liberty (Metis) and Joan Greyeyes (First Nations). They make up the members of the Office of the Commission for Indig...

As human languages are driven to extinction around the world, a verbal encyclopedia of medical knowledge is on the brink of being forgotten.

A study of North America, northwest Amazonia and New Guinea links Indigenous language and medicinal plants.

Global body calls for protection of endangered languages spoken by marginalized ethnic minorities