Events

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry or savour their songs. -Nelson Mandela The Life Languages Impact • Help retain and empower Aboriginal languages and culture • Equitably transform genomic and broader health care • Create connected communities The Concept Improving the health and well-being of people living with rare diseases and Indigenous people are global public health needs. These domains are united by a shared them of equity. So, how can we innovate to better serve these areas of unmet social and medical need ? Life Languages will help retain and empower Aboriginal language, for all the benefits that brings, and partner that with our genetic language to transform health care. The limits of my language are the limits of my world. - Ludwig Wittgenstein We have started a journey with local and international partners. We now need help to accelerate and scale the delivery of the Life Languages impact.

As part of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages help PARADISEC improve its digital archive of endangered languages by sharing knowledge about unidentified languages from its online catalogue.

As part of support and promotion for IYIL2019 Treaty Education in collaboration with Mi’kmaw Culture and Language department will be celebrating a provincial event in the community of We’koqma’q. As part of the initial stages of planning an Atlantic wide video conference will showcase how we can promote language through creative arts as well as […]

UNESCO, in the capacity of the leading UN agency of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, and in cooperation with Member States, indigenous peoples’ organizations, academic, and other public and private partners, as well as UNDESA and other UN-system organizations, will organize the Official Global Launch event of the 2019 International Year on Indigenous Languages that will take place from 15.00 p.m. to 18.00 p.m. and cultural programme from 18.15 to 19.00 p.m. on Monday, 28 January 2019 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France (Room II).