Exploring Theme: "Office of the Commissioner of Ind. Lang."

“All departments, government agencies and entities must engage in the language because it took 150 years with the combined weight of the church and state to get our languages in the state that they’re in today. It’s going to take a grand effort to reverse this…” —Indigenous Languages Commissioner Ronald E. Ignace The Office of...

Under Bill C-91, the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages will: conduct or commission research to support Indigenous languages and to obtain information on language use and vitality in light of community language assessments work with Canada and Indigenous organizations to support innovative language teaching projects promote Indigenous language use prepare annual reports to...