The Kahnawà:ke Education Center & Project Leader Kahtehrón:ni Iris Stacey secured an implementation grant from the Aboriginal Languages Initiative in the fall of 2019. The purpose of this second grant is to support the implementation and further development of the Five-Year Strategic Plan for Language Revitalization in Kahnawà:ke. The grant will support one full-time or two part-time project facilitators to work closely with community schools and organizations on their language plans.
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1st Anniversary Gathering – May 7, 2019
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon in Kahnawà:ke
This will be a follow up to the two community gatherings hosted in 2018. Spaces limited, priority will be given to individuals, organizations, and groups that participated in creating a five-year strategic plan for language revitalization in Kahnawà:ke.
Agenda for the half-day gathering:
8:00 Tea & Coffee, Opening Words 8:30 Summary of the Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Language Plan Celebrating Year 1 Accomplishments
9:45 Health Break
10:00 Revisiting & Updating Our Program/Organizational Plans
11:30 Sharing and Gallery Walk
11:45 Closing Remarks
Wa’tkwanonhwerá:ton,
The Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Steering Committee is very excited to announce that we will be bringing all community language programs and organizations together once again to mark the one year anniversary since the launch of Kahnawà:ke’s five-year plan for language revitalization. Our planning is underway so please save the date in your calendars! More information will come soon.
Skennen’kó:wa,
Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Steering Committee
Kahtehrón:ni Iris Stacey Awarded Vanier Scholarship
Our Project Leader from the Kahnawà:ke Education Center Kahtehrón:ni Iris Stacey was awarded a prestigious Vanier Scholarship to support her research on second language acquisition in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. Wa’tkwanonhwerá:ton Kahtehrón:ni!!
Click here to read the announcement from the Kahnawà:ke Education Center.
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