Our Elders and experienced language instructors welcome you to join them in your journey toward fluency. In this full-time program offered by Simon Fraser University, May 2022 to April 2023, students will earn 32 units of university credit including a Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency.
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Read morePlease 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 moreThe nine-month program will start in April 2017 in Duncan, BC. E-mail gerdts@sfu.ca for more information. Applications for admission are now being accepted. Go here for more information about the requirements and admissions procedure: The Graduate Certificate in the Linguistics of a First Nations Language (Hul’q’umi’num’) program offers training for language researchers, educators, and material developers. Students gain expertise in communication skills, language documentation, […]
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 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 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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