Resources

Impact of COVID-19 on Language and Literacy in Canada report

One of the most significant achievements of a young baby’s life is the emerging ability to understand and use language to communicate. Language is an inherently social phenomenon— its meaning and power stem from how it is used by members of a community to convey thoughts, ideas, feelings, and to identify tangible elements in the...

Living Language, Resurgent Radio: A Survey of Indigenous Language Broadcasting Initiatives

Read Mark Turin and David Danos recently published piece in Language Documentation & Conservation. Abstract For a demise that has been predicted for over 60 years, radio is a remarkably resilient communications medium, and one that warrants deeper examination as a vehicle for the revitalization of historically marginalized and Indigenous languages. Radio has not been...