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Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, associate professor and Head of the Indigenous Studies department

The Tyee: Tackling Canada’s Discrimination Against Indigenous Language Education

February 21, 2025 — 

Lorena Sekwan Fontaine has spent decades thinking about discrimination against Indigenous Peoples and its impact on the intergenerational transmission of languages and cultures.

Fontaine grew up speaking English, not the languages of her ancestors: Ojibwe and Cree.

To read the entire article, please follow the link to The Tyee.

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