Dr. Lindsay Morcom: More than language: urban language revitalization
Channel: Queen's Faculty of Education
Date: 2020-11-05

This presentation is a recording from our Homecoming Pecha Kucha event on October 16, 2020. 

Pecha Kucha is a fast paced, visual way to share research stories. Each presenter will share 20 slides on their research and only be permitted 20 seconds to speak per slide. It's an excellent way to get a taste of some of the work being done by our faculty members.

Dr. Lindsay Morcom: More than language: affirming identity, community, and connections to land through urban language revitalization

Most research in Indigenous language revitalization focuses on on-reserve education, and formal education of children. While vital, this does not serve the majority of Indigenous people, who live off reserve but who have just as much right to access their language and culture (UNDRIP, 2007, art. 14.3). Since most provincial schools do not offer Indigenous language classes, grassroots initiatives are the key to language revitalization in urban contexts.  Furthermore, these initiatives provide urban Indigenous people with much more than language; they are a site of identity affirmation, community building, and declaration of ongoing and unbroken connection to the land.