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UArctic Assembly 2023 Program Highlight #2: Indigenous-themed evening
Mar 24, 2023 During the UArctic Assembly 2023 you will have the chance to spend an evening learning more about First Nations and Inuit, and listen to a performance of traditional Inuit throat singing and drumming! The Indigenous-themed social evening is included in the registration fee for the UArctic Assembly 2023. Please confirm your presence […]
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The first known visual acuity chart in Inuktitut, Cree, and Ojibwe
14 Mar 2023 A large majority of Nunavik Inuit report Inuktitut as their first language. In their work in Puvirnituq, McGill University ophthalmologist Dr. Christian El-Hadad and his colleague Shaan Bhambra, a recent graduate of McGill’s medical school, noticed that many patients either read only, or mainly, Inuktitut. This made visual acuity testing using the […]
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Students take on powerful experiential learning with KAIROS blanket exercise
As a Sociology teacher, Laura Shea has experienced the KAIROS Blanket Exercise six times with different classes of students and Indigenous facilitators at Dawson. “I always learn from the facilitator and students,” she said. “It is very powerful experiential learning and I gain something different each time.” Laura is often facing a roomful of students […]
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Ietsénhaienhs Lazare participating in First Nation Languages and Education Forum
(Kahnawake – 7, Enníska/February 2023) The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke wishes to inform the community that Ietsénhaienhs Jessica Lazare will be participating in the First Nation Languages & Education Forum taking place from today (Tuesday) through Thursday in Toronto. The event is being hosted by the Chiefs of Ontario and the Technical Committee on Languages […]
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Concordians and Indigenous partners brought their latest film project to COP 15 in Montreal – Concordia News
February 3, 2023 The latest screening followed a successful online launch of 2 new documentaries years in the making Two Concordia journalism students, under the direction of Aphrodite Salas, assistant professor of journalism, and their Indigenous partners presented their work in the Canada Pavilion at the recent COP 15. The United Nations-organized conference, held in […]
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A Cree-speaking Alexa bot?
Story ideas from the McGill University community. Indigenous communities across the globe are fighting to retain their languages, which serve as means through which cultures, knowledge and traditions are preserved and transmitted between generations. Artificial intelligence (AI) may be able to help. Whether it be through a voice service like Amazon’s Alexa that teaches Indigenous […]
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Call for proposals to help support high-quality Indigenous early learning and child care
From: Employment and Social Development Canada January 31, 2023 High-quality and culturally appropriate early learning and child care programs designed by and with Indigenous families and communities give Indigenous children the best start in life and forms an essential part of Reconciliation. That is why the Government of Canada is committed to promoting and investing […]
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NTI president, Nunavik teacher named to Indigenous educators’ committee – Nunatsiaq News
Jan 31, 2023 National Advisory Committee on Indigenous Teacher Education aims to increase the number of Indigenous teachers in Canada Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Aluki Kotierk and Nunavik teacher Andrea Brazeau have been named to a national committee that has a goal to increase the number of Indigenous teachers in Canada. The Rideau Hall Foundation […]
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Quebec Education Minister’s Priorities: Bernard Drainville must intervene to decolonize education laws that undermine First Nations autonomy
WENDAKE, QC, Jan. 31, 2023 – On the occasion of the return to Parliament, the First Nations Education Council (FNEC) Chiefs Committee reacted coldly to the seven priorities that will guide the Minister of Education, Bernard Drainville, during the current mandate. “In his priorities, we would have liked to see Minister Drainville commit to integrating […]
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Wemotaci now offers college-level classes for community members – APTN News
January 03, 2023 Most Indigenous students in Canada can study in their communities before they have to leave home to attend college in the city. However, the community of Wemotaci in Quebec is now offering classes for college-level students who prefer to stay home. Read More: https://www.aptnnews.ca/videos/wemotaci-now-offers-college-level-classes-for-community-members/
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