NEȾOLṈEW̱ is an Indigenous-led, Indigenous-governed, relationship-based national partnership of scholars, community leaders, educators, activists, and allies working at the heart of Indigenous language revitalization (ILR) in Canada — formed to engage in positive action through collaborative research.
The Greetings Project is a collaborative initiative with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO), Dr. Onowa McIvor Whitinui, and Native Land Digital. The project aims to enable both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to learn the greeting of the territory they live on or are visiting. This initiative supports an important objective of the UN International Decade of Indigenous Languages – normalizing the use of Indigenous languages in public spaces.
Rooted in land-based learning and Indigenous language revitalization, the SENĆOŦEN Tree Tiles project brings together art, culture, and community through hand-crafted cedar tiles inscribed with the names of local trees.
The 30th annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS) was hosted by the NEȾOLṈEW̱ Research Partnership at Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ (Sngequ House – UVIC) on the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples. Centered around the theme Kinship, Connections & Leadership in Indigenous Language Revitalization, the symposium fostered a rich exchange of innovative ideas towards advancing language revitalization efforts.
A site for wellbeing within Indigenous Language Revitalization, this platform invites visitors to explore new directions that centre Indigenous thought, lived experience, and holistic approaches to revitalization.
As part of the inaugural Aspiration Research Cluster grant program at UVic, Dr. Onowa McIvor Whitinui assembled an interdisciplinary team to explore the creation of a Centre for Indigenous Language Revitalization Research to facilitate capacity-building resources and support for local language reclamation initiatives.
This project created an online space to share information on Indigenous language education policies in Canada. It aims to engage with others who are interested in understanding what policies exist that either support or hinder immersion education for Indigenous languages.
