Please join in and practice speaking Hul’q’umi’num’ for four weekends this fall. Earn Simon Fraser University credit while taking part in fun language activities. Everyone welcome whether you are just beginning your learning journey or if you are far along your path to fluency.
Read moreOn July 22, 2016, Joan Brown, Quwqumalwut, pictured here with her husband Jerry Brown, Hyumulh, successfully defended her MA thesis in Indigenous Education and Linguistics at the University of Victoria. Her thesis, featuring canoe culture, is called “Culture is lived, Language gives it life.” One of the concepts brought out in Joan’s work is “paddling on both sides of the […]
Read moreHa’kwush tthu sqwal tst: Using immersive techniques in post-secondary language courses. Thomas Jones, Ruby Peter, Delores Louie, and Donna Gerdts say hay tseep q’u to all those who participated in workshop on adult immersion at CUVIC2016 on April 28, 2016. Transmission within families of our Coast Salish language Hul’q’umi’num’ was disrupted due to government policies, including residential schools. The burden […]
Read moreRuby Peter speaking about Hul'q'umi'num' education from Hakwush on Vimeo.
Read moreWe would like to thank all of you who are attending the Hul’q’umi’num’ language course, Tuesday and Wednesday 7–9 pm, April 19th–June 22nd at Ladysmith Secondary School. Whether you are already fluent or just beginning your journey, we hope you will enjoy studying the course materials. —The HLCC teaching team.
Read moreshkwun’el’s ‘handle’ This refers to the handles on all sorts of tools, for example knives, hammers, adzes, mauls, axes. (Roy Edwards, Stz’uminus, building a canoe) HOW IS THIS WORD FORMED? You are probably familiar with kwunut ‘take it, grab it, catch it’ nii ch kwunut tthu kapous? ‘Did you take his coat?’ If you put in glottalization and a strong […]
Read moreThank you to our friends and colleagues for participating at the International Mother Languages Day event at the Royal BC Museum on February 21, 2016.
Read moreHealing through language: Using childhood memories to create new Hul’q’umi’num’ stories. It was an emotional presentation, as Penelakut language specialist Valerie Bob spoke about the challenges of her family life which led to the loss of her language. Valerie, a Ph.D. student at Simon Fraser University, spoke about the uplighting experience of using her artistic talents and linguistic training to bring to life […]
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