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onto Language and Culture September 27, 2018 2:18 PM
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It is the most corrosive wedge issue in Canada’s only officially bilingual province: language.Largely dormant for more than 20 years, the schism between French- and English-speaking New Brunswickers reappeared this week when voters cast their ballots along linguistic lines, creating a starkl
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A new report argues that English-only climate science and disaster alerts are excluding most of the world, and putting Indigenous communities at greater risk.
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The walls inside a Winnipeg gallery were lined with intricately-embroidered garments, tapestries, paintings, poetry, photographs and protest signs as visitors took in an exhibit celebrating Palestinian arts and culture at an open house event on Sunday.
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Instructors at Chau Luen Athletics in Vancouver's Chinatown are taking on the task of teaching young kids the traditional Chinese art of lion dancing. We visited one of their classes in progress to see what that training looks like.
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The program, along with other Indigenous Language programs at the university, faces difficulties as classes have been cut down. This situation raises concerns about the fate of language learning.
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As Greenland and Canada both feel the threat of American expansion, the two have deep ties they are hoping to build on.
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The newspaper, which has newsrooms in Richmond, B.C., and Toronto, is winding up its Canadian operations due to financial reasons, says a letter from the publisher.
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The program, along with other Indigenous Language programs at the university, faces difficulties as classes have been cut down. This situation raises concerns about the fate of language learning.
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Halifax Stanfield International Airport's new international connections facility now features eye-catching artwork welcoming visitors to Mi’kmaw territory.
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📰 Why We Chose This Story for Our Top 5 This Week → Because BEAUTIFUL 😍 and because "the location makes the work especially meaningful, as it introduces [the] culture to people who may be unfamiliar with the history and presence of Mi’kmaw people across Mi’kma’ki".
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Indigenous foods are varied, delicious and plentiful — but getting them into grocery stores can be too costly for small producers
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Advocates say although there are modest safeguards to protect Indigenous intellectual property around the globe, they often place the burden of proof on the Indigenous nation and they say more could be done.
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Jordi Mand's work is exploring the seminal moments in life—from birth to death.
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Vancouver’s Filipino community has a better idea of what a new cultural centre in Mount Pleasant may look like.
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Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966 and also is celebrated in countries with large African descendant populations.
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Comparing dialects, judging others, linguistic insecurity all part of “speaking badly”
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Many Winnipeggers flocked to The Forks on Monday to participate in a series of Louis Riel Day events celebrating Red River Métis culture
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Indiana University has digitized old audio recordings from the Nakota people, and is returning songs and stories needed to help revitalize the language in their communities.
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Katrina Clair is teaching Mi’kmaw to ensure kids like her children always have access to the language
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December 18 marked World Arabic Language Day, and Arab Canadians took the opportunity to share with OMNI News the importance of keeping the language alive through different activities in the diaspora.
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The traditional preparation and consumption of fermented cabbage has become the connective thread uniting the growing number of Korean-Canadians in British Columbia’s most multi-cultural city. Here, South Korea’s most prized culinary possession is a bridging cornerstone, from humble taverns to hip restaurants.
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📰 Why We Chose This Story for Our Top 5 This Week → Because it is a beautiful and heartfelt story of what kimchi and kimjang really mean to Korean Canadians in Vancouver: “It’s our soul food and if we don’t have it, we get nervous” 🥬❤️
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Seemingly meaningless adolescent slang isn’t “brain rot,” it’s linguistically normal, developmentally appropriate and a way of belonging.
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Many Quebec francophones perceive English and anglophones as peripheral to the province’s identity, study finds.
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Steve Kaufmann has over 1.5 million subscribers on his lingosteve YouTube channel. He spoke to CBC's On The Coast about how he came to understand so many languages and how to use the power of repetition to learn a new one.
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As students return to class after the holiday break, the formal use of addressing teachers by 'vous' is officially becoming the norm in elementary and high schools across the province.
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A cemetery in Perkins, Que., will be getting some unusual company in the near future: statues and artwork from Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Church. They're being buried as part of efforts to deconsecrate the historic edifice and resurrect it as a cultural hub.
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When Quebecers open Netflix and Spotify, they could soon see more French-language content pushed to the front on major platforms such as Netflix and Spotify. That’s because a Quebec adopted Bill 109 – a new law “affirming Quebec’s cultural sovereignty and enacting the Act respecting the discoverability of French-language cultural content.
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