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The Indigenous Education department at the University of Victoria and Dr. Lorna Wanostsw’a7 Williams are proud to host E₭ÁTEL - We are all connected, Global and Local Glimpses of Language Revitalization (UVic and Beyond). Please join us in celebrating and learning more about the amazing language revitalization work taking place both globally and locally. Thank you to the W̱SÁNEC language champions PENÁC and SX̱EDTELISIYE for the event name!

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Presentations by Suzanne Gessner, First People’s Culture Council; Russell Myers Ross, Yunesit'in community partner;  Paula Laita Pallares, Soziolinguistika Klusterra Research Centre;  President Kevin Hall, University of Victoria; Drs. Onowa McIvor and Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins, NEȾOLṈEW̱; SXEDŦELISIYE & PENAWEN, UVic graduates and WSANEC community partners.

On April 4, join us for the premiere of Illuminating Impacts of Indigenous Language Revitalization. This cinematically rich and visually beautiful short film looks back across 10 years of Indigenous Language Revitalization at UVic within Vancouver Island language communities and seeks to explore hidden impacts from perspectives of participants and former students. 

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