Feature Story: Researchers working to support the revitalization of Indigenous languages

• Main Author: External Relations, University of Regina
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: External Relations, University of Regina 2017
• Subjects: Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics; Andrea Sterzuk; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action; Canada; Regina; inuktitut
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10294/8102

Most Indigenous languages in Canada are not likely to survive without massive revitalization efforts. Only Inuktitut, Cree and Ojibway are considered strong enough to be able to survive into the next century. Dr. Andrea Sterzuk, associate professor of language and literacy education at the University of Regina, and current president of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA), says acknowledging the precarious situation of Indigenous languages in Canada, among other effects of settler colonialism, spurred ACLA into action. Staff no