Indigenous Language Revitalization Program
PO Box 1700 STN CSC V8W 2Y2 Victoria, BC, Canada

Indigenous Languages Programming at UVic is excited to be partnering with - Pirurvik Centre as it launches programs in 2020!

Congratuations to CILR parnter the Gwich'in Tribal Council (GTC) on their language nest and this story. More at: https://www.cbc.ca//children-first-gwichin-tribal-council-

Announcing the new #CILRAward student financial award! The CILR Program is taking applications up till Friday Nov 22 from learners planning to take a course through one of our current partnerships or LING 379. More info on the award and the link to the application is available at: https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca//indigenous-l/CILR-award

In partnership with Nunavut Arctic College LING 180A Dynamics of Indigenous Language Shift is being offered with Instructor Emily Angulalik Dec 2-7 in Cambridge Bay. For #Nunavut learners to register call 1-250-472-4507 or email [email protected] and contact NAC about travel booking by calling either: Joleen at 1-867-983-4228 or Yvonne at 1-867-983-4111

Here are five easy ways to support Indigenous people in your community working to revive their languages. These ideas and this video are based on a guide created by Onowa McIvorIndigenous education researcher at the University of Victoriawith the Canadian Commission on UNESCO. It’s based on research by McIvor as part of the national language revitalization project called NEOLEW, translated as one mind, one people or doing things as one in the SENOEN language.