09-09-22

I really like the idea of having a Territorial Language Centre for Nunavut and I thought I should copy and past the item on: Possible roles of a National Language Centre:

1) To help regional language centres with things they find difficult, for example:
to be a clearing house for research and researchers and putting them together with regional centres; carrying out coordination and information exchange between regions, including training in conjunction with training providers; building some infrastructure that will be useful to a wide range of regional centres and community programs like templates for intereactive educational materials, dictionaries, talking books.technical assistance for language work along the lines of what provided by the Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity
2) To develop policy,
3) To lobby for funding and recognition
4) To promote the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language

and the various functions of the National Indigenous Language Centre listed are to support:
1. Language nests (Indigenous language in early childhood)
2. Community language teams
3. Regional Indigenous Language Centres
4. a National Indigenous Languages Centre

I remember a few years back, Dept of Education senior managers were getting all excited about setting up Language Nests. There might be a few Language Nests that started under the PreSchool or Early childhood programs (daycares) in most of the communities across Nunavut. But, I see the RLC as a place to focus on Inuit Language issues such as standardizing inuktitut and enriching the language. Just my thoughts on how to deal with Inuit Language in Nunavut.