
pimācihtātān nēhiyawēwin: “Keeping Our Language Alive” Conference
The pimācihtātān nēhiyawēwin: “Keeping Our Language Alive” Conference took place in May 2023 at Dakota Dunes Resort in Saskatchewan. The event focused on lessons learned from current Indigenous language strategies and exploring innovative approaches for the future, uniting grassroots speakers, aspiring language advocates and allies of Indigenous people.

Providing the Seat to Set the Cultural Wheels in Motion
Saskatoon Tribal Council's Wellness Centre in Saskatoon provides services for community members to engage in cultural revitalization and traditional teachings, as well as support services for mental health, addiction counseling and suicide prevention.

Reconciliation through language vitalization: Supporting the Victoria Native Friendship Centre’s Elders Program
The goal of the Victoria Native Friendship Centre’s (VNFC) Language Revitalization & Elders Program is to provide support to those most vulnerable in the community. Elders have survived residential school, lifelong poverty, cultural displacement and ongoing racist attitudes.

Health, Culture and Resilience Initiative of Métis Nation of Powell River
The Health, Culture and Resilience Initiative reconnects community members in the qathet Regional District (Texada Island, Lasqueti Island and Savary Island) in British Columbia with their lost culture and traditions. Through a series of cultural workshops, gatherings and food sustainability initiatives, the program promotes healing, education and Reconciliation.

Bringing Squamish language and cultural practices into Mass
The St. Paul's Language and Culture Project is a joint initiative between parishioners of the Squamish Nation and St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Vancouver, BC. Fostering healing and reconciliation is at the heart and spirit of this project, which looks to incorporate the Squamish language and cultural practices into Masses and Sacramental Rites



