Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Languages in Canada"

Inuktut to be first Indigenous language spoken in Canada added to Google Translate CBC News: Google Translate is adding a new language to its platform that could serve thousands of people in Ottawa as well as Canada’s North: Inuktut.  It’s one of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages across the country, and is the first...

Land-based learning, language classes a focal point at John George Martin Memorial CBC Indigenous: It’s not just a new school year for students in Wunnumin Lake First Nation — it’s also their first semester in their new school. Students and teachers were joined by community members and dignitaries at the grand opening Friday of John George...

One of the leaders pushing for change says it ends a ‘truly painful’ reminder CBC News: The National Capital Commission (NCC) board of directors voted Thursday to rename the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway as Kichi Zībī Mīkan. The Ottawa River Parkway was renamed in 2012 after Canada’s first prime minister, who oversaw the centralization and expansion of the country’s residential school system....

Toronto Star: OTTAWA – The number of people who speak an Indigenous language has fallen overall in Canada, but the figure grew for the country’s youngest generation, new census data suggests. Statistics Canada released data from the 2021 census that shows about 243,000 people reported being able to speak an Indigenous language, which is a...