LINGUIST List 14.2696

Mon Oct 6 2003

Calls: Applied Ling/ON, Canada

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    Message 1: RAISING OUR VOICES

     Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:25:34 +0000
    From: taylor <tayloruwo.ca>
    Subject: RAISING OUR VOICES


    RAISING OUR VOICES

    Date: 17-Oct-2003 - 19-Oct-2003 Location: London, ON, Canada, Canada Contact: Shelley Taylor Contact Email: tayloruwo.ca Meeting URL: http://www.woodland-centre.on.ca

    Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    RAISING OUR VOICES

    Conference presented by the Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council in partnership with Woodland Cultural Centre and the University of Western Ontario

    The conference deals with First Nations language teaching and revitalization efforts, including a focus on literacy development.

    Plenary Speakers:

    Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Roskilde University (Denmark) Robert Munsch (childrens author & story teller, Canada) RAISING OUR VOICES

    Conference presented by the Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council in partnership with Woodland Cultural Centre and the University of Western Ontario

    The conference deals with First Nations language teaching and revitalization efforts, including a focus on literacy development.

    Plenary Speakers:

    Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Roskilde University (Denmark) ''Revitalising indigenous and minority languages: any role for linguistic human rights in counteracting linguistic genocide?''

    Robert Munsch (childrens author & story teller, Canada) ''How to make reading fun for kids!''

    Papers will be presented by Doris Boissoneau, Dorothy Lazore, Mary Joy Elijah, Alfred Keye, David Maracle, Margaret Peters, Jim Etherington, Ian Martin, Carrie Dyck, Philomene Chegahno, Regna Darnell, Bobby Jacobs, Carolyn Hepburn, Theodore Peters, Bill Mattice, Ernestine Proulx, Norma Robson, Jim Hollander, Berdina Johnston, John Beck, Barbara Burnaby & Bruce Beardy

    For more details, e-mail Angie Monture (woodlandcentreexeculink.com) or Shelley K. Taylor (tayloruwo.ca). For related information, visit the Woodland Cultural Centre website at http://www.woodland-centre.on.