Current Problems: Language and Culture (13-17)
Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"
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(Filtered by Indigenous Group "Métis")
March 6, 2024
Canada should provide Indigenous languages with constitutional protection
A book written in Inuktitut. A lack of concrete constitutional guarantees, community credibility and long-term funding has rendered the government’s efforts to revitalize Indigenous languages largely ineffective. (Shutterstock) First Peoples’s Law Report: The Conversation – Funding for the Canadian government’s legislation supporting Indigenous languages is set to expire in 2024, and so far, there has been...
August 14, 2022
Ottawa should offer Indigenous-language training, exemptions to public servants
Toronto Star: OTTAWA – Senior civil servants explored offering Indigenous-language training to federal employees and possible exemptions to those who already speak one from requiring fluency in both English and French, newly released documents show. Deputy ministers from several departments discussed the issue last fall. A memo, released to The Canadian Press under federal access-to-information...
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