NEWS

Jaskwaan Bedard: In her own words

July 15, 2024. Announcing our newest member of faculty in the Indigenous Languages Program (INLP), Jasḵwaan Bedard. 

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Dr. Heather Bliss and PhD student Lauren Schneider present at WAIL

May 07, 2024. As part of a session titled “Community approaches to Revitalization,” Dr. Heather Bliss delivered a research talk titled Weaving our knowledge together to create a Blackfoot learning hub, centred on Blackfoot language revitalization efforts.

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Halat Kaiya Williams, Indigenous Languages graduate student, is interviewed by North Shore News

March 09, 2024. Halat speaks with North Shore News regarding the Language Nest program.

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SFU Excellence in Teaching Award: Dr. Marianne Ignace

March 06, 2024. Congratulations to Dr. Marianne Ignace on receiving the 2023 SFU Excellence in Teaching Award. Other accolades include the 2020 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the 2019 Governor General's Award for Innovation.

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Legacy gift funds scholarship awards for Indigenous language learners

February 01, 2023. Thanks to a generous legacy gift from the Lobstick Foundation, endowments have been created to permanently fund two scholarship awards benefitting Indigenous students, guaranteeing its financial support for Indigenous language learners for many years to come. 

Supporting students enrolled in the Indigenous Languages Program (INLP), the Dr. Aimee August Award in Indigenous Language Proficiency and the Dr. Ruby Peter Graduate Award in Indigenous Language Proficiency were established in honour of their namesakes, who had made great strides in Indigenous language revitalization, instruction, and documentation.

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New master's degree program established to support Indigenous language revitalization

September 26, 2022. This new two-year program focuses entirely on training individuals who will go on to support the reclamation, revitalization, and strengthening of their Indigenous languages.

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The RSC Presents the Class of 2020

September 8, 2020. The Royal Society of Canada celebrated new Fellows in an induction ceremony today for their "outstanding scholary, scientific and artistic achievement." Seven SFU Researchers were elected into the group of 87 Fellows.

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New postdoctoral fellow, Dr. James Crippen (Dzéiwsh), aims to break down myths around Indigenous languages

June 19, 2020. Dr. James Crippen/Dzéiwsh started a Tenure-track appointment in January 2021 at McGill University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics. He was the first postdoctoral fellow in the Indigenous Languages Program in 2020 enabled through Aboriginal Strategic Initiatives.

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Elders and great-grandchildren share the legacy of learning Hul'q'umi'num'

December 16, 2019. CBC News published an article highlighting the work Elder Ruby Peter and the Hul'q'umi'num' Language and Culture Society has done to preserve the Hul'q'umi'num' language. This past spring, four generations of Elder Peter's family received university honours from SFU.

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