Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Languages in Canada"

Customers can see and hear Mi’kmaw words for more than a dozen food items CBC Indigenous: Walking through the Westside Sobeys in New Glasgow, N.S., shoppers can now familiarize themselves with the original language of Nova Scotia, Mi’kmaw.  Customers can scan QR codes to hear the Mi’kmaw pronunciation of 15 items, such as pie’skman (corn), samqwan (water), wisawipuneksit (carrot) and tapatat (potato). The initiative was launched in partnership with...

‘It’s been a long haul for the school and the joy is immense for everyone,’ says board chair CBC Indigenous: After nearly 40 years, students at a language immersion school in Six Nations of the Grand River near Hamilton, Ont., will get their own building. Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo Private School is the only school in Canada offering Cayuga and Kanien’kéha (Mohawk...

‘It’s just going to be like a pencil,’ says one AI language camp co-ordinator CBC Indigenous: Indigenous language experts working in computer science say Artificial Intelligence is a useful tool in language revitalization but communities must prioritize the ownership of their data. “It’s just going to be like a pencil. It’s useful but it’s not...