Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Languages in Canada"

Nationtalk: W̱JOȽEȽP, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF W̱SÁNEĆ NATION / BRENTWOOD BAY, B.C. — The First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) celebrates the Qualicum First Nation for its success in reawakening their language, pentl’ach (pronounced punt-lutch), which has been considered a “sleeping language” since the 1940s and has now been officially recognized by the Province as the 35th...

Typefaces express sovereignty. Here’s how Musqueam found just the right type for its language. The Tyee: On the Musqueam reserve, Vanessa Campbell used to holler across the band office whenever she came across a character that wasn’t on the computer keyboard. “How do I type a schwa?”  “Alt-four!” her boss would reply. Over years of practice,...

A new name won’t erase history, and it isn’t ‘cancel culture.’ Instead, it offers a hopeful, shared way forward. Janet Newbury, Rachelle Harvey and The Name Matters TodayThe Tyee The Name Matters is a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous volunteers who advocate for respectful and inclusive place names in the qathet region that reflect these lands’ oral history and the...

A new font to typeset Salish languages is the result of a unique collaboration between UBC, Musqueam and Syilx First Peoples Law Report: UBC News – What does reconciliation actually look like in practice? It’s often seen through policies, ceremonies or strategic plans. But in practice, it’s a process that unfolds slowly, through a whole...