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December 8, 2016


The Glendon Declaration

The Crown and Her Federal Government in enacting an Indigenous Language Act must create an Office of the Commissioners of Indigenous Languages, with three national Indigenous Language Commissioners, one for the First Nations, one for the Inuit, and one for the Métis, with an ancillary staff complement comparable to that of the Office of the...

November 18, 2016


The Glendon Declaration

The Crown and Her Federal government must enact an Indigenous Languages Act. In doing so, it can be guided by the Report of the 2005 Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Cultures, which responds to each of the five principles required by the TRC Report. https://www.glendon.yorku.ca/crlcc/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/Glendon-declaration-Final-Draft-Oct-2016-public.pdf...

February 9, 2016


The Glendon Truth and Reconciliation Declaration on Indigenous Languages

On February 9, 2016, eighty-two Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars gathered together at Glendon College, York University, for a national Colloquium on the implications for Indigenous language policy of the TRC Report of December, 2015. Notably, the gathering was opened by former National Chief Phil Fontaine and attended by invited speakers, indigenous language policy researchers and...

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