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September 27, 2018 12:03 PM
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15 French Words That English-Speakers In Canada Always Mess Up - MTL Blog

15 French Words That English-Speakers In Canada Always Mess Up - MTL Blog | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
Parlez-vous français?
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September 21, 2018 3:24 PM
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Use it or lose it: Cree community takes action on language preservation | CBC News

Use it or lose it: Cree community takes action on language preservation | CBC News | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
Wemindji's language coordinator says that for years, she felt as if she was 'fighting a monster alone.' But that's changed in recent months, with a resurgence in interest in preserving and promoting the Cree language.
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September 21, 2018 3:22 PM
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New English translation brings to life Felix Gatineau's story of French Canadians in Southbridge - News - telegram.com - Worcester, MA

New English translation brings to life Felix Gatineau's story of French Canadians in Southbridge - News - telegram.com - Worcester, MA | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
SOUTHBRIDGE – Barbara J. Martel remembers when she was a young child seeing the striking monument with the bronze bust of Felix Gatineau at the corner of Main and South streets when she attended the former Notre Dame School.By her early teens she had learned more about her family history, giving her a deeper appreciation of Mr. Gatineau, her great-grandfather and a French-Canadian immigrant who settled in town as a young man in 1877. He later became one of the area’s most
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September 16, 2018 1:41 PM
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Prof provides 'cheat sheet' to help communities learn Indigenous greetings | CBC News

Prof provides 'cheat sheet' to help communities learn Indigenous greetings | CBC News | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
A Vancouver Island professor has created an Indigenous languages cheat-sheet to help communities in B.C. incorporate words and greetings into their vocabulary.
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September 16, 2018 1:39 PM
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Divisive bilingualism debate rears its head in N.B. election campaign | CBC News

Divisive bilingualism debate rears its head in N.B. election campaign | CBC News | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
With less than two weeks to go until New Brunswickers go to the polls, the divisive issue of what languages political leaders speak is once again rearing its head in Canada’s only officially bilingual province.
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September 13, 2018 3:41 PM
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Immigration fuelling French-immersion demand as provinces vie for teachers

Immigration fuelling French-immersion demand as provinces vie for teachers | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
VANCOUVER — Back-to-school buzz only led to worry for a Vancouver father fretting about his daughter’s chances of getting into French immersion — a year before she starts kindergarten.
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September 13, 2018 3:39 PM
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Quebec's French-only road signs to be replaced with pictograms | CTV News

French-only road signs in Quebec will be phased out by the end of the year in favour of pictogram icons that are not language dependent.
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September 6, 2018 11:37 PM
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Decoding racist language: there’s an app for that | The Star

Decoding racist language: there’s an app for that | The Star | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
The Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation recently released Language De-Coded, an online app that encourages Canadians to reflect on the potentially harmful language they use every day.
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September 5, 2018 11:54 PM
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Facebook adds Alaska's Inupiaq as language option - Orlando Sentinel

Facebook adds Alaska's Inupiaq as language option - Orlando Sentinel | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
Britt'Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska's far north, but English was the only language spoken at home.
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August 27, 2018 12:44 PM
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Europeans are far ahead of America on foreign language education - 

Europeans are far ahead of America on foreign language education -  | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
Only 20% of American students learn a second language, compared to 92% of Europeans.
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August 13, 2018 3:24 PM
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The ultimate guide to understanding teen slang and text

The ultimate guide to understanding teen slang and text | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
If it feels like you need a translator to talk with your teenager, you’re not alone. Between all the shooks, lits, fires and fams, parents often get lost. Here's a guide to understanding teen slang.
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September 24, 2018 2:29 PM
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B.C. group campaigns to include Farsi as second language in schools | CBC News

B.C. group campaigns to include Farsi as second language in schools | CBC News | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
In B.C. schools, there are nine provincially approved second-language programs. One group is pushing to make Farsi the next one included.
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September 21, 2018 3:23 PM
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Province struggles to recruit teachers as core French classes disappear from schools | CBC News

Province struggles to recruit teachers as core French classes disappear from schools | CBC News | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
For years, the province has struggled to recruit French teachers — both immersion and core. The director of strategic policy at the ministry of education cites the increase in popularity of immersion as one reason.
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September 21, 2018 3:22 PM
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Québécois music isn’t marginalized—it's English Canadians who are missing out

Québécois music isn’t marginalized—it's English Canadians who are missing out | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
How Quebec's music industry has remained strong, prolific, and diverse, while also being unapologetically Québécois
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September 16, 2018 1:40 PM
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Guide to Indigenous languages in Canada - University of Victoria

Guide to Indigenous languages in Canada - University of Victoria | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
On the 11th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Sept. 13, 2007), the Canadian Commission on UNESCO published this three-page quick-facts and tips guide to Indigenous languages in Canada.
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September 16, 2018 1:39 PM
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Canada’s civic vocabulary is broken. How can we fix it? A user’s guide to inclusion

Canada’s civic vocabulary is broken. How can we fix it? A user’s guide to inclusion | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
Jargon and obfuscation are keeping Canadians from having the most meaningful conversations of our age. Here, four thinkers take stock of our failure to communicate, and rewrite the dictionary to make things clearer
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September 13, 2018 3:40 PM
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Parents raise concerns over switch from French to Cree in some Regina public schools | Globalnews.ca

Parents raise concerns over switch from French to Cree in some Regina public schools | Globalnews.ca | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
Rosemont Community School in Regina is the latest elementary school to swap out core French for Cree, but some parents say they were never consulted and now their only option is to transfer schools.
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September 6, 2018 11:38 PM
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Quebec election: Radio-Canada, PQ fight over a French phrase

Quebec election: Radio-Canada, PQ fight over a French phrase | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
Every campaign needs a good scandal. This may be the weirdest one in recent memory: Who owns the words "À la semaine prochaine"?
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September 5, 2018 11:54 PM
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Geoff Johnson: K-12 immersion not the only way to parlez

Geoff Johnson: K-12 immersion not the only way to parlez | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
The news that B.C. is not alone among the provinces in struggling to find teachers to teach French immersion programs is not just bad news for parents wanting to see their children become bilingual. . .
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September 1, 2018 2:47 PM
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Don't assume language or dialect is locked to a particular place

Why our understanding of the relationship between ‘place’ and ‘language’ is crucial for social justice.
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August 27, 2018 12:43 PM
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Québec solidaire clarifies: French is Quebec’s only official language

Québec solidaire clarifies: French is Quebec’s only official language | Language and Culture | Scoop.it
Parti Québécois leaders expressed outrage after Québec solidaire said on Twitter that English was also an official language in the province.
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