Languages Canada: The Paradoxes of Linguistic Inclusivity – Colonial/ Founding, Aboriginal and Immigrant language rights
Abstract This article approaches the question of inclusivity in contemporary Canadian society through the lens of official language policy. Although Canada has well-developed bilingual policies for English and French at the federal and provincial levels, the only jurisdictions which (at the time of...
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cruclpress:10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2019v34.005 2024-06-02T08:06:44+00:00 Languages Canada: The Paradoxes of Linguistic Inclusivity – Colonial/ Founding, Aboriginal and Immigrant language rights Battarbee, Keith 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2019v34.005 https://scienceopen.com/document_file/12663ae0-81e7-4d7a-915d-0574c5d2503b/ScienceOpen/05 LJCS Vol 34 2397-0928_Chapter_4.pdf https://scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2019v34.005 en eng UCL Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ London Journal of Canadian Studies volume 34, issue 1 ISSN 2397-0928 journal-article 2019 cruclpress https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2019v34.005 2024-05-07T14:18:41Z Abstract This article approaches the question of inclusivity in contemporary Canadian society through the lens of official language policy. Although Canada has well-developed bilingual policies for English and French at the federal and provincial levels, the only jurisdictions which (at the time of writing) afford official language status to Aboriginal languages in addition to English and French are the Northwest Territories (nine First Nations and Inuit languages) and Nunavut (the Inuit language/s). The article situates the development of these territorial language policies within the contexts of Canadian history, the emergence of language policy more generally in Western societies, and the human rights revolution, and offers a tentative evaluation of them in terms of inclusivity, noting the paradox that inclusive recognition of the territories’ indigenous languages has not been extended to the immigrant languages, whose speakers partly outnumber the smaller Aboriginal-language communities, as well as the daunting problems faced in turning official recognition into practical implementation. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit Northwest Territories Nunavut UCL Press Canada Northwest Territories Nunavut London Journal of Canadian Studies 34 1 79 102 |
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Abstract This article approaches the question of inclusivity in contemporary Canadian society through the lens of official language policy. Although Canada has well-developed bilingual policies for English and French at the federal and provincial levels, the only jurisdictions which (at the time of writing) afford official language status to Aboriginal languages in addition to English and French are the Northwest Territories (nine First Nations and Inuit languages) and Nunavut (the Inuit language/s). The article situates the development of these territorial language policies within the contexts of Canadian history, the emergence of language policy more generally in Western societies, and the human rights revolution, and offers a tentative evaluation of them in terms of inclusivity, noting the paradox that inclusive recognition of the territories’ indigenous languages has not been extended to the immigrant languages, whose speakers partly outnumber the smaller Aboriginal-language communities, as well as the daunting problems faced in turning official recognition into practical implementation. |
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Languages Canada: The Paradoxes of Linguistic Inclusivity – Colonial/ Founding, Aboriginal and Immigrant language rights |
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Languages Canada: The Paradoxes of Linguistic Inclusivity – Colonial/ Founding, Aboriginal and Immigrant language rights |
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Languages Canada: The Paradoxes of Linguistic Inclusivity – Colonial/ Founding, Aboriginal and Immigrant language rights |
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Languages Canada: The Paradoxes of Linguistic Inclusivity – Colonial/ Founding, Aboriginal and Immigrant language rights |
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Languages Canada: The Paradoxes of Linguistic Inclusivity – Colonial/ Founding, Aboriginal and Immigrant language rights |
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languages canada: the paradoxes of linguistic inclusivity – colonial/ founding, aboriginal and immigrant language rights |
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