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So many amazing language revitalization gatherings happening across BC this year!

• Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in British Columbia. Open until April 6, 2024. Courtenay. 

• E. Pauline Johnson – Tekahionwake: A Retrospective. Until June 1, 2024. Vancouver

• Gender Equity in Media Festival. March 5 – 9, 2024. 

• Celebrating Salish Conference. March 6 – 8, 2024. Washington. 

• For Indigenous Community Organizations: Guided Dialogue Session on Succession Planning. March 8, 2024. 

• Reawakening Our Language: A Gathering to Honour First Peoples’ Language Revitalization. March 14 – 15, 2024. Fort St. John. 

• Panel Discussion: Native Language Revitalization and Contemporary Art. March 14, 2024. 

• American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference. March 16 – 19, 2024. Texas. 

• Healing Through Land, Jazz and History. March 19, 2024. 

• Gathering Our Voices. March 19 – 22, 2024. Victoria. 

• Calling in Language Warriors from the Four Directions: A Gathering for Indigenous Language Champions, Speakers, Learners and Language Advocates. March 21 – 22, 2024. Edmonton. 

• Indigenous Representation in Literature with Salt and Sage Books. March 23, 2024. 

• BCAFN Youth Forum. March 25 – 26, 2024. Richmond. 

• Cherokee Earth Dwellers: Stories and Teaching of the Natural World. March 27, 2024. 

• National Indigenous Languages Day. March 31, 2024.
  • Community Voices Video Campaign. (FPCC) Submit by March 25th 

• Introduction to Archival Practice. April 8 – June 17, 2024. 

• Oral Histories on Trial. April 10, 2024. 

• The Crossing Fonds Digital Archives Symposium. April  25 – 28, 2024. Vancouver and online. 

• Owning History: Indigenous Histories and Records Access. April 26, 2024. Winnipeg. 

• Heritage BC Conference. May 1- 3, 2024. Nelson. 
  • Language Revitalization and Technology: Tools for Empowering Communities with Dr. Christopher Horsethief and Thomas Whitton, Culture, Heritage and Language Manager, Doig River First Nation

• CoLang 2024. Arizona. June 3 – 24, 2024. 

• Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium 2024. June 5 -7, 2023. Victoria

• 2024 International Indigenous Music Summit. June 10 – 14, 2024. Toronto

• Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow. June 10 -13, 2024. 

• Managing Emergency Salvage of Heritage Collections. June 17 – 20, 2024. Ottawa

• Returning to Our Languages and Ways of Knowing. June 21 -22, 2024. Arizona

• International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages. July 24 – 27^th, 2024. Syilx-Okanagan Territory. Kelowna.

• Annual Elders Gathering. August 13 -14, 2024. Vancouver. 

• Chief Atahm Language Conference 2024. August 2024

• The Diviners (Stratford Festival). August 7 – October 2, 2024. Ontario. 
  • On the Diviners: Language Revitalization. September 12, 2024. 

• S’TEṈISTOLW̱ Conference. August 20 – 23, 2024. Victoria.

• InDIGenius Languages and Digital Technology Fair, 2024. 

• Arts BC 2024 Conference. October 3 – 5, 2024. Coquitlam.  

• imagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival. June 3 – 8, 2025. Toronto. June 9 – 15, 2025. Online. 

• Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032.
  • First Peoples’ Cultural Council
  • UNESCO youtube

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