Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages
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Helping to promote Indigenous languages and support the efforts of Indigenous peoples to reclaim, revitalize, maintain, and strengthen their languages.
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Today, February 21, is International Mother Language Day, a UNESCO designated holiday created to celebrate the importance of language preservation and linguistic diversity. Learn more here about the importance of Indigenous language revitalization in Canada:
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What You Need to Know About Indigenous Language Revitalization
Learn about the urgent need for Indigenous language revitalization in Canada and the efforts being made to keep these languages alive.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today, February 21, is International Mother Language Day, a UNESCO designated holiday created to celebrate the importance of language preservation and linguistic diversity. Learn more here about the importance of Indigenous language revitalization in Canada:
www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-yo...
www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-yo...
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Questions worth pondering, particularly as digital tools for Indigenous language revitalization efforts have grown in importance, but there will inevitably be impacts from the advent of AI
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AI, algorithms and Indigenous agency in Taiwan
Collaboration is necessary to turn AI from a tool which exacerbates the marginalisation of Taiwan’s Indigenous communities into a means for cultural resurgence
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June 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Questions worth pondering, particularly as digital tools for Indigenous language revitalization efforts have grown in importance, but there will inevitably be impacts from the advent of AI
eastasiaforum.org/2025/04/25/a...
eastasiaforum.org/2025/04/25/a...
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Indigenous language revitalization is critical to addressing the polycrises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and insect extinction. Our worldviews are intimately linked to our languages. Glad to see this article today.
Reclaiming the language: Indigenous community in Sudbury connects through lost and forgotten words #Sudbury #Ontario
'This is a spiral of life, our life, our culture that is held within the language' says Margaret Biidaanakwat
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'This is a spiral of life, our life, our culture that is held within the language' says Margaret Biidaanakwat
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reclaiming the language: Indigenous community in Sudbury connects through lost and forgotten words | CBC News
The N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre in Sudbury recently hosted an Anishinaabemowin language camp event on the sacred N'Swakamok grounds--part of a growing movement to revitalize the ancestral lang...
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August 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Indigenous language revitalization is critical to addressing the polycrises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and insect extinction. Our worldviews are intimately linked to our languages. Glad to see this article today.
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The first full day of the Global Indigenous Languages Summit in Ottawa wrapped up Tuesday afternoon.
The theme was land and language, which featured a social media and youth component, as well as breakout sessions on Indigenous language revitalization.
The theme was land and language, which featured a social media and youth component, as well as breakout sessions on Indigenous language revitalization.
Indigenous languages summit focuses on revitalization
An Indigenous languages summit taking place in Ottawa features language experts from around the world and is focusing on revitalization.
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August 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The first full day of the Global Indigenous Languages Summit in Ottawa wrapped up Tuesday afternoon.
The theme was land and language, which featured a social media and youth component, as well as breakout sessions on Indigenous language revitalization.
The theme was land and language, which featured a social media and youth component, as well as breakout sessions on Indigenous language revitalization.
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Chantu William, a Tŝilhqot’in from B.C.'s central Interior and a graduate from FPCC's YES program, is featured in this CBC article.
She says, "learning her language growing up supported her mental health and identity as an Indigenous person".
#languagerevitalization #languagelearning
She says, "learning her language growing up supported her mental health and identity as an Indigenous person".
#languagerevitalization #languagelearning
A new research review out of the University of British Columbia (UBC) has found that Indigenous people experience better health outcomes when they speak their traditional languages.
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Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds | CBC News
Researchers analyzed 262 academic and community-based studies from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and determined 78 per cent of them connected Indigenous language vitality with ...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Chantu William, a Tŝilhqot’in from B.C.'s central Interior and a graduate from FPCC's YES program, is featured in this CBC article.
She says, "learning her language growing up supported her mental health and identity as an Indigenous person".
#languagerevitalization #languagelearning
She says, "learning her language growing up supported her mental health and identity as an Indigenous person".
#languagerevitalization #languagelearning
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Thrilled to be at WAVES 2025, the Global Indigenous Languages Summit by @ocil-ila.bsky.social to share the work of the Indigenous North American Type project @typotheque.com
Come visit our booth — the exhibit hall floor 3 & come to our collab session at 2 PM today in room 206! #WAVES2025 #langsky
Come visit our booth — the exhibit hall floor 3 & come to our collab session at 2 PM today in room 206! #WAVES2025 #langsky
August 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Thrilled to be at WAVES 2025, the Global Indigenous Languages Summit by @ocil-ila.bsky.social to share the work of the Indigenous North American Type project @typotheque.com
Come visit our booth — the exhibit hall floor 3 & come to our collab session at 2 PM today in room 206! #WAVES2025 #langsky
Come visit our booth — the exhibit hall floor 3 & come to our collab session at 2 PM today in room 206! #WAVES2025 #langsky
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We're honoured to be at #waves2025ottawa, hosted by @ocil-ila.bsky.social.
WAVES 2025 aims to promote & champion all #Indigenouslanguages in Canada as well as support global Indigenous language revitalization efforts. 🌎
WAVES 2025 aims to promote & champion all #Indigenouslanguages in Canada as well as support global Indigenous language revitalization efforts. 🌎
August 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We're honoured to be at #waves2025ottawa, hosted by @ocil-ila.bsky.social.
WAVES 2025 aims to promote & champion all #Indigenouslanguages in Canada as well as support global Indigenous language revitalization efforts. 🌎
WAVES 2025 aims to promote & champion all #Indigenouslanguages in Canada as well as support global Indigenous language revitalization efforts. 🌎
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Nous sommes honorés d’être à #ondes2025ottawa, organisé par @ocil-ila.bsky.social.
ONDES 2025 vise à promouvoir et à défendre toutes les #languesautochtones au Canada ainsi qu'à soutenir les efforts de revitalisation des langues autochtones à l’échelle mondiale. 🌎
ONDES 2025 vise à promouvoir et à défendre toutes les #languesautochtones au Canada ainsi qu'à soutenir les efforts de revitalisation des langues autochtones à l’échelle mondiale. 🌎
August 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Nous sommes honorés d’être à #ondes2025ottawa, organisé par @ocil-ila.bsky.social.
ONDES 2025 vise à promouvoir et à défendre toutes les #languesautochtones au Canada ainsi qu'à soutenir les efforts de revitalisation des langues autochtones à l’échelle mondiale. 🌎
ONDES 2025 vise à promouvoir et à défendre toutes les #languesautochtones au Canada ainsi qu'à soutenir les efforts de revitalisation des langues autochtones à l’échelle mondiale. 🌎
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We are attending this year's WAVES 2025, Global Indigenous Languages Summit!
Happening this week in Ottawa.
We hope to see you there!
#WAVES2025 #LanguageRevitalization #IDIL
Happening this week in Ottawa.
We hope to see you there!
#WAVES2025 #LanguageRevitalization #IDIL
We're excited to announce WAVES 2025, a Global Indigenous Languages Summit! Visit waves2025.ca and register today to secure your spot!
#WAVES2025 #IndigenousLanguages #commissionforindigenouslanguages #IndigenousLanguagesSummit #OttawaCanada #DecadeofIndigenousLanguages
#WAVES2025 #IndigenousLanguages #commissionforindigenouslanguages #IndigenousLanguagesSummit #OttawaCanada #DecadeofIndigenousLanguages
August 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We are attending this year's WAVES 2025, Global Indigenous Languages Summit!
Happening this week in Ottawa.
We hope to see you there!
#WAVES2025 #LanguageRevitalization #IDIL
Happening this week in Ottawa.
We hope to see you there!
#WAVES2025 #LanguageRevitalization #IDIL
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Chi miigwetch @ocil-ila.bsky.social for this vital gathering, and to @fpcc.ca for their sponsorship and the opportunity to learn from the great Wanosts'a7, a Woman Who Walks In Peace Among People indeed, merci infiniment 🙏
August 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Chi miigwetch @ocil-ila.bsky.social for this vital gathering, and to @fpcc.ca for their sponsorship and the opportunity to learn from the great Wanosts'a7, a Woman Who Walks In Peace Among People indeed, merci infiniment 🙏
Revitalization the focus of Indigenous languages summit in Ottawa www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
Indigenous languages summit focuses on revitalization
An Indigenous languages summit taking place in Ottawa features language experts from around the world and is focusing on revitalization.
www.aptnnews.ca
August 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Revitalization the focus of Indigenous languages summit in Ottawa www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
Tomorrow’s the day we come together for WAVES 2025, Global Indigenous Languages Summit! Let’s lift up our voices and spark new energy for Indigenous languages and communities, and shape the future for Indigenous Languages.
August 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tomorrow’s the day we come together for WAVES 2025, Global Indigenous Languages Summit! Let’s lift up our voices and spark new energy for Indigenous languages and communities, and shape the future for Indigenous Languages.
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ELP will be at the WAVES Global Indigenous Languages Summit in Ottawa, August 11-14. We are looking forward to meeting and learning from other language revitalization folks around the world!
Learn more: waves2025.ca
Learn more: waves2025.ca
June 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ELP will be at the WAVES Global Indigenous Languages Summit in Ottawa, August 11-14. We are looking forward to meeting and learning from other language revitalization folks around the world!
Learn more: waves2025.ca
Learn more: waves2025.ca
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Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-health-outcomes-indigenous-language-revitalization-1.7569554
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𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
June 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-health-outcomes-indigenous-language-revitalization-1.7569554
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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The First Peoples’ Cultural Council of British Columbia has put together a guide for journalists on reporting on indigenous and minority languages, language endangerment, and language revitalization:
fpcc.ca/resource/say...
#indigenous #FirstNations #aboriginal #languages #linguistics #journalism
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#indigenous #FirstNations #aboriginal #languages #linguistics #journalism
Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide - First Peoples Cultural Council
Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide to Reporting on Indigenous & Minoritized Languages by ELP and FPCC.
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July 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The First Peoples’ Cultural Council of British Columbia has put together a guide for journalists on reporting on indigenous and minority languages, language endangerment, and language revitalization:
fpcc.ca/resource/say...
#indigenous #FirstNations #aboriginal #languages #linguistics #journalism
fpcc.ca/resource/say...
#indigenous #FirstNations #aboriginal #languages #linguistics #journalism
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The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres held their AGM in Kingston on Saturday, with delegates from across Ontario, including Kenora and Red Lake. I spoke about the Kingston Native Centre and its role in language revitalization. I hope everyone enjoyed their time in Kingston!
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July 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres held their AGM in Kingston on Saturday, with delegates from across Ontario, including Kenora and Red Lake. I spoke about the Kingston Native Centre and its role in language revitalization. I hope everyone enjoyed their time in Kingston!
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Spotlight: Guest Speakers 🔆
Don’t miss your chance to hear Dr. Caroline Running Wolf and Dr. Michael Running Wolf talk about “Using XR for Indigenous Language Revitalization.”
Session Time: 2:00–3:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Location: Westin Hotel, Confederation Ballroom
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Don’t miss your chance to hear Dr. Caroline Running Wolf and Dr. Michael Running Wolf talk about “Using XR for Indigenous Language Revitalization.”
Session Time: 2:00–3:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Location: Westin Hotel, Confederation Ballroom
waves2025.ca
July 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Spotlight: Guest Speakers 🔆
Don’t miss your chance to hear Dr. Caroline Running Wolf and Dr. Michael Running Wolf talk about “Using XR for Indigenous Language Revitalization.”
Session Time: 2:00–3:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Location: Westin Hotel, Confederation Ballroom
waves2025.ca
Don’t miss your chance to hear Dr. Caroline Running Wolf and Dr. Michael Running Wolf talk about “Using XR for Indigenous Language Revitalization.”
Session Time: 2:00–3:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Location: Westin Hotel, Confederation Ballroom
waves2025.ca
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2025 All Nations Childcare Gathering celebrates Indigenous Early Learning and Language Revitalization
Read more via Anishinabek News: https://anishinabeknews.ca/2025/08/01/2025-all-nations-childcare-gathering-celebrates-indigenous-early-learning-and-language-revitalization/
Read more via Anishinabek News: https://anishinabeknews.ca/2025/08/01/2025-all-nations-childcare-gathering-celebrates-indigenous-early-learning-and-language-revitalization/
August 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
2025 All Nations Childcare Gathering celebrates Indigenous Early Learning and Language Revitalization
Read more via Anishinabek News: https://anishinabeknews.ca/2025/08/01/2025-all-nations-childcare-gathering-celebrates-indigenous-early-learning-and-language-revitalization/
Read more via Anishinabek News: https://anishinabeknews.ca/2025/08/01/2025-all-nations-childcare-gathering-celebrates-indigenous-early-learning-and-language-revitalization/
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August 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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August 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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There are 60 to 90 Indigenous languages [exact numbers vary] with over 237,000 individuals being fluent in at least one as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Due to the limited population of speakers most languages are critically endangered and thus preservation efforts are underway to maintain them.
Due to the limited population of speakers most languages are critically endangered and thus preservation efforts are underway to maintain them.
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
There are 60 to 90 Indigenous languages [exact numbers vary] with over 237,000 individuals being fluent in at least one as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Due to the limited population of speakers most languages are critically endangered and thus preservation efforts are underway to maintain them.
Due to the limited population of speakers most languages are critically endangered and thus preservation efforts are underway to maintain them.
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Commissioner Ronald E. Ignace and Directors Georgina Liberty, Robert Watt, and Joan Greyeyes form a dynamic team committed to promoting Indigenous languages in Canada #IndigneousLanguagesCanada #IndigenousLanguages
February 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Commissioner Ronald E. Ignace and Directors Georgina Liberty, Robert Watt, and Joan Greyeyes form a dynamic team committed to promoting Indigenous languages in Canada #IndigneousLanguagesCanada #IndigenousLanguages
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One of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in this country is now available through Google's translation service, the first time the tech giant has included a First Nations, Métis or Inuit language spoken in Canada on its platform.
Google adds first Indigenous language in Canada to its translation service
One of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in this country is now available through Google's translation service, the first time the tech giant has included a First Nations, Métis or Inuit language spoken in Canada on its platform.
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October 17, 2024 at 1:23 PM
One of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in this country is now available through Google's translation service, the first time the tech giant has included a First Nations, Métis or Inuit language spoken in Canada on its platform.
We extend our gratitude to First Peoples Cultural Foundation for their support. Their commitment empowers Indigenous languages revitalization and helps to celebrate our shared cultural heritage. Thank you for being part of this vital movement.
August 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We extend our gratitude to First Peoples Cultural Foundation for their support. Their commitment empowers Indigenous languages revitalization and helps to celebrate our shared cultural heritage. Thank you for being part of this vital movement.