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13 November 2024

Resources

  • Endangered Language Program’s 2024 Language Documentation Training Webinar Series. These webinars are co-hosted by the Endangered Languages Project (www.endangeredlanguages.com) and the Language Documentation Training Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (www.ldtc.org). Language documentation, or making good records of your language, can be an important part of strengthening your language. You’ll learn the basics of how to record good-quality audio and video, ways to look deeper at your language’s sounds and grammar, and tips for working with language materials – and you’ll get to connect with other people around the world doing this work. No previous experience or training is needed – we’ll start from the beginning! We look forward to learning with you this year.
  • Safeguarding Your Language Through Documentation. 2024. Written Aiyana Twigg for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, this toolkit is for Indigenous language learners, Knowledge Holders, youth, and anyone else who wants to contribute to the work of Indigenous language documentation and revitalization. Designed for people without formal training in linguistics, documentation or technology, it is an easy-to-use guide to equipment options, ethical considerations, how to set up a recording session, content considerations, elicitation strategies and more.
  • Reconciliation Toolkit for Non-Indigenous Archives in Canada. The Canadian Council of Archives, Archives Advisory Services Working Group is pleased to announce that the Reconciliation Toolkit for Non-Indigenous Archives in Canada is now available. The toolkit can be found at this link: https://archivescanada.ca/toolkit/. This Toolkit was made possible thanks to the support of the Council of Provincial and Territorial Archivists.
  • Elevating Indigenous Governance and Leadership in Urban Parks (Possibilities, challenges and pathways). Prepared independently by Robin Roth and Allison Bishop With contributions from Clint Jacobs, Peter Lariviere, and Doug Anderson. 2024. 
  • IBPOC Museum Professionals Network Podcast Series. In each episode, Network Coordinator Jazmin sits down with a professional or volunteer in the cultural sector to chat about the projects they are passionate about, why they do the work they do, and what advice they would give to emerging IBPOC professionals. 
  • Zine as a Medium for the Voice: interdisciplinary art explored through self-publication with Dana Belcourt. Recording from October 23, 2024. 
  • The W̱SÁNEĆ SQTO (Messenger). Episode 3: Reef Net Fishing with Eric Pelkey. In our latest episode, Eric Pelkey talks about the history of reef net fishing within the W̱SÁNEĆ community.Reef nets are a system given to us by XÁLS to fish in a way where we only take what we need. They also represent familial ties and connections to many family reef net sites, not just from Saanich but also in cousin nations like Lummi. Today, Eric Pelkey hopes the passing on of knowledge to the next generation will keep the practice alive and well
  • Canadian Red Cross: Prepared Together: Disaster Preparedness Virtual Learning Series. September 10 – 26, 2024. As the effects of climate change continue to impact communities across the country, the Canadian Red Cross is committed to supporting people and communities to prepare for, increase their resilience to, and respond to future disasters. 
  • Métis Speaker Series: Season Five: https://www.mnbc.ca/news-events/metis-speaker-series
  • Arts BC Hotline. Working in the arts and culture industry often requires us to navigate quickly through new and unfamiliar challenges. We know this, and we’ve created our Arts Hotline service with the aim of making it easier for you to get the support and trouble-shooting you need on all things arts, culture and community-focused. 
  • Northeast Documentation Centre: Ready or not: Disaster Preparedness for Community Archives. NEDCC’s “Ready – Or Not” project funded by the California State Library conducts emergency preparedness assessments of California organizations stewarding cultural resources. Following each visit, the project delivers a report with recommendations for mitigating risks, taking emergency preparedness actions, and completing a disaster plan, ensuring that California’s cultural heritage is preserved in the future. 10 short videos on this playlist. 
  • Language Revitalization Mentors Program. Endangered Languages Program: We are here to help! Talk with an ELP Language Revitalization Mentor to get support, ask questions, connect to learning resources, and discuss your language revitalization work with a helpful person.  
  • National Breath of Live Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages- Training Modules: https://mc.miamioh.edu/nbol/training/index

International Decade of Indigenous Languages

 The Global Task Force for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages was officially launched by UNESCO with participation of Member States, indigenous peoples’ organizations, three-party United Nations mechanisms, the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

September 2023. Assembly of First Nations. First Nations National Action Plan for the United Nations International Decade of Indigenous Languages.

April 22, 2022. Canadian Launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. https://rcgs.org/indigenous-languages/

March 17, 2022. FPCC website for Decade of Indigenous Languages. https://fpcc.ca/stories/the-decade-of-indigenous-languages/

November 16, 2021. Read the Global Action Plan: https://en.unesco.org/idil2022-2032/globalactionplan

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://idil2022-2032.org/

 Federal Indigenous Languages Act

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