Donna Patrick

In Canada, more than 70 Indigenous languages, cutting across 12 language “families” or groups, are considered endangered, a situation that has sparked political, legal, media, and educational attention. Endangered languages and contexts of language use are often analyzed separately from their political, economic, and social-historical contexts. The presentation, however, will examine all of these elements together, through the lens of language policy, Indigenous socio-economic and political developments, and institutional processes. These processes include language education, but the presentation will also trace the past 50 years or so of bilingual and Inuktut-language education research, practice, and outcomes in the context of colonial history in the Canadian North.

Donna Patrick is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa. She has worked with Inuit and on Inuit languages for over thirty years, and since 2003 has worked on a number of participatory research projects with Inuit in Ottawa and Montreal. Her research has involved such topics as Indigenous and minority language policy and politics, language rights and practices, Indigenous language education, teaching and learning, critical literacies, and social semiotics.

Wydarzenie można zaliczyć w ramach programu OSA:

• Opiekun: dr Anna Wyrwisz
• Liczba godzin OSA: 2 godziny
• Forma zaliczenia: sporządzenie krótkiej notatki w języku angielskim lub polskim (max. 500-600 znaków), dotyczącej tematyki poruszanej podczas wykładu i przesłanie jej dr Annie Wyrwisz do 25.04.2024. Notatki wysłane po tym terminie nie będą przyjmowane.