News & events

Advancing research with community impact December 18, 2019
SFU professor Marianne Ignace has long championed a collaborative approach to revitalizing First...

Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws with Drs. Chief Ron and Marianne Ignace March 01, 2019
Drs. Ron and Marianne Ignace spoke about their book, “Secwepemc People, Land and Laws, at the...

Prize-winning book brings 10,000 years of Shuswap First Nation history to life March 31, 2018
Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws (McGill-Queen’s University Press), written by SFU...

Secwepemc language Tlli7sa Story app introduced at the annual Secwepemc gathering in Skeetchestn August 21, 2016
The partnership has debuted a new language tuition app based on an 18 episode, nearly 180 sentence...

Keeping endangered languages alive: Interview with The Tyee July 13, 2016
Reporter Christopher Cheung interviewed several participants in the Partnership Grant to...

President's Lecture: Why First Nations Languages Matter December 02, 2015
On December 2nd, as part of the President’s Faculty Lecture Series, Partnership Director Marianne...

Language loss and indigenous culture in India and Canada February 25, 2015
Partnership Director Marianne Ignace and and Co-Investigator Tom Perry were among the Department of...

Partnerships for Success: Revitalizing Languages July 09, 2014
Dr. Marianne Ignace and Lucy Bell talk with funders SSHRC about the importance of the Partnership...

Partnership team at the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences July 09, 2014
Pictured above (front row, l-r) are Carrie Dyck, conference organizer, with Khelsilem, Julienna...

Culture, community and collaboration: New directions for protecting Indigenous heritage April 02, 2014
Partnership co-investigator George Nicholas reviews debates over the "ownership" of...