Exploring Theme: "Objections to Bill C-91"

A book written in Inuktitut. A lack of concrete constitutional guarantees, community credibility and long-term funding has rendered the government’s efforts to revitalize Indigenous languages largely ineffective. (Shutterstock) First Peoples’s Law Report: The Conversation – Funding for the Canadian government’s legislation supporting Indigenous languages is set to expire in 2024, and so far, there has been...

Consultations are ongoing to update the Indigenous Languages Act CBC News: As the federal government considers changes to the Indigenous Languages Act, some Indigenous educators say they need more support to keep their languages alive. “First Nation schools are severely underfunded when it comes to immersion programming, let alone the basics in terms of language...

Mar. 1, 2022: The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) – is dismayed to learn that one of its most influential artists has been denied participation in the Festival international de la chanson de Granby (FICG) because of the predominantly Indigenous language content of his songs. Indeed, the performance of Samian, a multidisciplinary Anishinabeg artist, at the...