Language and Culture

As sign language classes spread along Newfoundland's west coast, the lessons aren't just benefiting the deaf and hard of hearing.

"Learning, speaking-in and thinking-in Inuktitut helps young Inuit feel more connected to our community and traditional values."

A recently implemented Cree language program is making a big difference at the Pinehouse elementary school.

Learning a new language can be an ambitious but rewarding New Year’s resolution — especially if you’re learning it for love.

In October, Immigration Canada pulled funding from Centre d'accueil et d'établissement du nord de l'Alberta which offers employment services to francophone newcomers.

UBC has recently partnered with the First Nations House of Learning to update its language guidelines for referring to Indigenous peoples and cultures.

Thousands of people waved protest signs outside Ottawa City Hall Saturday afternoon to protest the Ontario government's cuts to French-language services.

A new study examined the Twitter language used in almost forty million tweets, and suggests that they mirrored Canadian and American national stereotypes.

New Brunswick’s official languages commissioner has been given a legal green light to intervene in a contentious court case involving Ambulance New Brunswick’s bilingual hiring practices.

In the next couple of weeks, all traces of English will be removed from hospital premises — a move that's drawn the ire of both anglophone and francophone mayors in the region.

A fortnight into 2019, the UN has already declared it the International Year of Indigenous Languages, but there is more to it than that

Sam Nammoura of Syrian Refugee Support Group Calgary says the group had heard from Canadian Blood Services that the holidays are some of the slowest days for donors, so 23 showed up to donate.

Johanne Mayer Hyland’s hatpin makes a powerful point.

Many of these languages are on the verge of extinction.

A motion to completely restore French Language Services Commissioner and proceed with a French Language University in Ontario has been defeated.