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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒡᓚᒡᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ                  

–AnnualReport LanguagesCommissionerofNunavut

–RapportAnnuel LaCommissaireauxlanguesduNunavut

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© BureauduCommissaireauxlanguesduNunavut,   ---

TheHonourableKevinO’Brien SpeakeroftheHouse LegislativeAssembly Iqaluit, Nunavut
L’honorableKevinO’Brien PrésidentdelaChambre Assembléelégislative Iqaluit(Nunavut)

  • Mr. Speaker:
  • MonsieurlePrésident,

PursuanttoSectionoftheOffıcial

Language s A ct, Iherebysubmittothe

LegislativeAssemblyforconsideration, the annualreportoftheLanguagesCommissioner ofNunavutcoveringtheperiodfromApril, toMarch, .

Autitredel’articledelaLo i s ur le s l angue s o ffıcielles, jesoumetsparles

présentes, pourconsidérationparl’Assemblée législative, lerapportannuelduCommissaire auxlanguesduNunavut, pourl’annéefiscale –.

  • Yoursrespectfully,
  • Jevouspriederecevoir, l’expressionde

messentimentslesplusdistingués.
EvaAariak

  • LanguagesCommissioner
  • EvaAariak

Commissaireauxlangues

    -  

  • ThelogooftheOfficeoftheLanguagesCom-
  • LesigleduBureauduCommissaireauxlangues

missionerofNunavutconsistsofasinglepurple duNunavutcomporteuneseulefleurde saxifrageflower, aupilaktunnguat inInuktitut,

saxifragebleu, appeléeaupilaktunngua ten

  • protectedbytheqilaut, theInuitdrum.
  • inuktitut, protégéeparle qilaut, letambourinuit

AstheofficialflowerofNunavut, aupilak- traditionnel. tunnguat representsallNunavummiutregardlessoftheirethnicbackgroundormother tongue. BlossominginNunavut’srockysoil, thissmallplantsignifiesstrength, endurance andatthesametimefragility. Aupilaktunnguat isapowerfulsymbolforNunavut’slanguages aslivingentitiesthatmustbenurturedand protectedtogrowstrong.
LafleurofficielleduNunavut,

aupilaktunnguat, seveutàl’imagedetousles

Nunavummiut, quellesquesoientleurlangue maternelleetleursoriginesethniques. Cette toutepetitefleurquipercelesolrocailleux duNunavutestunexempledeforceet d’endurancemaiségalement, d’unecertaine

fragilité. Aupilaktunngua testunpuissant

symboledeslanguesvivantesduNunavut, qui commeelle, ontbesoind’êtreprotégéeset nourriespourcroîtreets’affirmer.
Leqilau tillustrel’importancedeslangues inuitespournotrenouveauterritoire. Leqilaut, estundesobjetsqu’ontencommunles diversesculturesinuites. Lemotqilau tfigure danstouslesdialectesinuits. Lesonetle
Theqilaut pointstotheimportanceof theInuitlanguageinthenewterritory. Itisone ofthemostuniversalaspectsofInuitculture, withthetermqilau tcommontoallofNunavut’s dialects. Theqilau twas(andcontinuestobe) integraltothesingingofsongsandthetelling ofstoriesthroughwhichyoungpeoplelearned therichnessofthelanguagefromtheirelders. Thesoundoftheqilaut, likethelanguageitself, nomduqilau tfontpartiedeschantsetrécits hasresonatedintheearsofInuitforcountless generations. transmisauxnouvellesgénérationsparles aînésetquileurontinculquéslaconnaissance detoutelarichessedeleurlangue. Leson duqilaut, commelamusiquedelalangue, résonnedepuisdenombreusesgénérationsaux oreillesdesInuit.

   |   

 

 MessagefromtheLanguagesCommissionerofNunavut  RolesandResponsibilitiesoftheLanguagesCommissioner  SpecialReport:

ASurveyofLanguageUseandLanguage ServiceswithintheGovernmentofNunavut

 –Activities
 OfficeActivitiesandPromotion  MonitoringandCollaborationwithother Departments  CommunityVisits  Conferences  WorkingRelationships

 –BudgetandExpenditures  AnUpdateonCurrentActivities  SummaryofRecommendations

 

 MessagedelaCommissaireauxlangues  MandatetattributionsduCommissaireauxlangues  SectionSpéciale:

Uneétudesurl’usagedeslanguesetlaprestationdeservices linguistiquesauGouvernementduNunavut

 Activités–  Budgetetdépenses– Misesàjourausujetdesactivitésencours Recommendations

  •  
  • ᒪᒃᐱᒐᐃᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᓂᖏᑦ |

 ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒥᓯᓇᐅᑉ
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ
 UqalangnikUqauhiin
Kamisinanganin

 ᐱᓕᕆᔭᒃᓴᖏᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᒃᓴᖏᓪᓗ
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒥᓯᓇᐅᑉ
 HavangitPiligiangillu
UqauhinutKamisinaup

 ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ
ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ

 ᓱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐄᑉᐳᕈ ᒥᑦ
ᒫᑦᔨ ᒧᑦ

 ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᓇᐃᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ  ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ
ᓱᓕᕆᐊᖏᓐᓄᑦᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭ
 Tikualuahimayumit:Ihivgiugutit
UqauhiikutAtuktuhautikutlu UqauhiikutluHavaktuhainiklu NunavutKavamatkutni

 PiliriatApril-mit
Matsi-mut

 mit–mutManikut
ItkukniagutaTitigaak

 TuhagakhatPiliriariyavutHadja
 Pitquyauyut
 ᐊᑐᓕᖁᔭᐅᔪᑦ

EnglishText

MessageFromTheLanguages CommissionerOfNunavut

Iamverypleasedtopresentthis, oursecondannualreportwithinmy fouryeartermastheLanguagesCommissionerofNunavut. Ithasbeen aninteresting, excitingand, indeed, busyyearfilledwithachievements andnewchallenges. Withourstaffandofficefullyestablished, weare enthusiasticabouttacklingtheintricatelanguageissuesfacingNunavut andournewgovernment.
Today, twoyearsafteritwasestablished, wearewitnessingthe
GovernmentofNunavuttakeitsfirststepsinrespondingtotheneedsof threeco-existinglanguages, Inuktitut(includingInuinnaqtun), Englishand French. Certainly, thereisenormousworkthatneedstobedone. However, asthenewinstitutionsofNunavutgrowstronger, Iamencouragedbythe factthatsomanypeoplewithingovernmentrecognizethefundamental roleourlanguageswillplayinshapinganddefininganewsociety, unique withinCanada.
TheOfficeoftheLanguagesCommissionerexiststoprotectthe

rightsoftheselanguagegroupsassetoutintheOffıcia l L anguage s A ct.

OneofthemajorresponsibilitiesoftheLanguagesCommissioneristo advisetheLegislativeAssemblyonmattersrelatedtothegovernment’s languagepolicy. Inordertoprovidethebestadvicepossibletothe GovernmentofNunavut, theOfficeoftheLanguagesCommissionerneeded aproperassessmentofthelanguagesusedwithinthegovernment. Over thecourseofthispastyear, wespentconsiderabletimeconductinga languagesurveywithseniorofficialsfromeachoftheGovernmentof Nunavut’sdepartments, boardsandagencies. Theresultsofthesurvey areincludedinthisannualreport. Iwouldsincerelyliketothankall thegovernmentorganizationsthattookpartinoursurveyfortheir co-operation. Itisoursincerehopethatthroughproactivecollaboration, theGovernmentofNunavutandtheOfficeoftheLanguagesCommissioner canensurethatlanguagerightsarerespectedandcomplaintsfromthe publickepttoaminimum.
ThispastyearsawthebeginningofthereviewoftheOffıcial
Language s A ct thatwasinheritedfromtheNorthwestTerritories. Giventhe

importanceoflanguageinNunavut, itisfittingthattheOffıcia l L anguages

Act willbeoneofthefirstpiecesoflegislationtobeamendedbythe LegislativeAssembly. Thenextfewyearswillbeveryimportantasthe specialcommitteethathasbeenappointedtoconductthereview, works withgovernmentdepartments, theOfficeoftheLanguagesCommissioner, Inuitorganizations, andcommunitiesthroughoutNunavuttodevelopnew languagelegislation. Therearesignificantchangesthatneedtobemadeso

    -  

thattheOffıcia l L anguage s A ct trulyreflectsthewishesandtheneedsof

thepeopleofNunavut. IencourageallNunavummiuttoprovidetheirinput onhowthegovernmentcanbestmeetitslanguageobligations.
ThroughmytravelstocommunitiesinNunavutandconferences bothhereandabroad, Ihavearenewedsenseofthecommonchallenges Aboriginalcommunitiesfaceinensuringthesurvivaloftheirlanguages. Oureldersareveryconcernedoverthedishearteninglossoflanguage andagenerallackofteachingoflanguageskillstoyoungpeople. Their concernshavebeenincreasingoverthelastdecade. Itisimperative thatthegovernmentandtheInuitorganizationscollectivelyseeksolid, long-termsolutionstothissituation, whilewestillhavepeoplewiththe richlanguageskillsthatweareatriskoflosing. Languageandcultureare thefruitofourwell-being:theyhelpdefinewhoweareandprovidean enormoussourceofprideforall. Indeed, thedeterminationtoensurethe survivalofourlanguageandculturewaswhatsustainedsomanyInuitin thelongstruggletocreateNunavut.
Iampleasedtoprovideyouwiththehighlightsofouractivities overthepastyearandlookforwardtoourcontinuingworktogether intheyearstocome.
Iwouldliketoextendspecialthankstomystaffandthatofthe
LegislativeAssemblyfortheirassistanceinproducingthisyear’sreport.

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RolesandResponsibilitiesofthe LanguagesCommissioner

ThedutiesofNunavut’sLanguagesCommissioneraredetailedinthe

Offıcia l L anguage s A ct. BasedontheprovisionsoftheAct, andthehistory

ofthisofficeintheNorthwestTerritories, thereareanumberofdifferent functionstheLanguagesCommissionerserves.

a. TheRoleofOmbudsman

OneofthecentralresponsibilitiesoftheLanguagesCommissioneristo receive, investigateandreportoncomplaintsfromthepublicregarding violationsoftheirlanguagerights. Thelanguagerightsandobligations

containedintheOffıcia l L anguage s A c tinclude:

• TherighttouseanyoftheofficiallanguagesintheLegislative Assembly;

• TherighttouseanyoftheofficiallanguagesinNunavut’scourts; • Therightofthepublictocommunicatewithandreceiveservices fromallheadofficesof organizationsinInuktitut(including Inuinnaqtun)EnglishandFrench;and

• Therighttocommunicatewithandreceiveservicesfromanyregional orcommunityofficeofthe inanyoftheofficiallanguageswhere thereis“significantdemand”forservicesintheselanguages.

Ifamemberofthepublicfeelsthatanyoftheserightshave beenviolated, theymaylaunchaformalcomplaintwiththeLanguages Commissioner. Ifthecomplaintfallswithinthejurisdictionofheroffice, theLanguagesCommissionerandherstaffwillinvestigatethecomplaint andfileareportwiththeGovernmentLeaderortheDeputyMinister ofthegovernmentorganizationinvolved. Thisreportmaycontain recommendationsregardingactionthatisneededforthegovernmentto

complywiththeOffıcia l L anguag e A ct.

Whilerespondingtocomplaintsisanimportantdutyofthe
LanguagesCommissioner, itisnotnecessarilythebestmeansof guaranteeingthelanguagerightsofNunavummiut. Launchingaformal complainttoaninstitutionissomethingquiteforeigntomanyInuit. If theLanguagesCommissioneristohearandrespondtotheirconcerns regardinglanguageissues, shemustworktomaintainpersonalcontactwith thepublic. VisitstoNunavut’scommunitiesarecrucialinthisregard, and theLanguagesCommissioneriscommittedtovisitingeachofthethree regionsofNunavutatleastonceeachfiscalyear.

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    -  

Canada’sLanguagesCommissioners:EvaAariak (Nunavut), DyaneAdam(Federal), andFibbieTatti()

b. TheMonitoringRoleoftheLanguagesCommissioner

TheOffıcia l L anguage s A c trequirestheLanguagesCommissionerto

takeallactionswithinherauthoritytoensuretherights, statusand privilegesofeachoftheofficiallanguages. Thelanguageobligationsof theGovernmentofNunavutarecomplexandinvolveanumberofdifferent documentsincluding:

  

IntheBathurs t M andate, theGovernmentofNunavutmadethe

followingcommitments:

I n  , Nunavu t i s a p lac e w her e [ ...] Inuktitu t i n a l l i t s f orm s i s t he workin g l anguag e o f t h e G overnmen t o f N unavut.

I n  , Nunavu t i s a p lac e w her e [ ...] w e a r e a f ull y f unctional bilingua l s ociet y i n I nuktitu t a n d E nglish, respectfu l a n d c ommitted t o t h e n eed s a n d r ight s o f F renc h s peakers, wit h a g rowin g a bility t o p articipat e i n F rench.

TheBathurs t M andat efurtherinstructs departmentstomakethe

productionoflaws, policies, formsandprogrammeinformationinall officiallanguagesapriority. Departmentsarealsotorespondtothe generationofpassivespeakersofInuktitut.

    

Articleofthelandclaimcommitsthe toattainingalevelof Inuitemploymentthatisrepresentativeoftheoverallpopulationof Nunavut. Itistoachievethispartlybyremovingexistingbarriersto Inuitemployment. Articledefinessystemicdiscriminationas“policies orpractices, whicharenotintendedtodiscriminate, butwhichhave adisproportionateandadverseaffectofdesignatedgroups”. Although notexplicitlymentionedassuch, theentrenchmentofEnglishasthe workinglanguageoftheGovernmentofNunavutconstitutesaserious barriertoemploymentfortheInuktitutspeakingmajority. Furthermore, thetargetssetforInuitemploymentareunlikelytobemetunlessthe

Bathurs t M andat egoalofanInuktitutspeakinggovernmentisachieved.

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  ,       

(ThisissueisdiscussedingreaterdetailintheSurve y o n L anguag e U se an d L anguag e S ervice s w ithi n t h e G overnmen t o f N unavu tcontained

inthisreport, seepage)
Articleofthelandclaim, meanwhile, obligesthegovernmentto
“provideInuitwithanopportunitytoparticipateinthedevelopmentof socialandculturalpoliciesandinthedesignofsocialandcultural programsandservices, includingtheirmethodofdeliveryintheNunavut SettlementArea.”ArticleisdirectedprimarilyattheNunavutSocial DevelopmentCouncil(). Asthemandateof asitpertainsto languageandthatofourofficeintersect, theLanguagesCommissioner hasbeenworkingwith toensurethattheeffortsofthetwo organizationscomplementeachother.

     

Aseducationisaterritorialresponsibility, SectionoftheCharter dealingwithminoritylanguageeducationrightshasdirectimplications fortheGovernmentofNunavut. Thissectionguaranteesthatthe FrenchandEnglishspeakingminoritiesofCanadacanhavetheir childreneducatedintheirlanguageswhereverthenumberofstudents makesthisreasonable. ThisobligationrangesfromprovidingFrenchor Englishinstructiontoprovidingseparateschoolsforminoritylanguage communities.

  •      
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   

Throughthistwo-yearagreement, theGovernmentofCanadahas agreedtoprovidethe with$.millionforthetranslationof legislationintoFrench, thedeliveryofFrenchlanguageservices andlanguageprojectsforthefrancophonecommunity. Thefederal governmentalsoprovides$.millionforInuktitutprojectsaimedat languagepreservationandpromotionandrevitalizationprogrammesin communitieswhereInuktitutisatrisk.

ItwilltakemanyyearsfortheGovernmentofNunavuttofullycomply withalloftheobligationscontainedinthesedocuments. Thisyear, the LanguagesCommissionerconductedanextensivesurveyoflanguageuse andlanguageserviceswithinthe. Thiswillprovideherofficewiththe abilitytomonitortheprogressgovernmentorganizationsmaketoward meetingtheirlanguagecommitments. Itwillbeanongoingresponsibilityof theLanguagesCommissionertoprovideboththeLegislativeAssemblyand thepublicwithupdatesonthegovernment’seffortsinthisregard.

c. AdvisoryRoleoftheLanguagesCommissioner

Withthreeofficiallanguagegroups, andanumberofsmallerdialects, thelanguageissuesinNunavutaresomeofthemostcomplexofany jurisdictioninCanada. Itisimportant, therefore, thattheGovernment ofNunavuthaveanindependentofficespecificallyassignedtostudying andprovidingadviceonlanguageissues. SectionoftheOffıcial

Language s A c tprovidestheLanguagesCommissionerwiththepowerto

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    -  

makerecommendationstotheLegislativeAssemblyregardingchangesto theActthatare“necessaryanddesirableinordertogiveeffecttoitsspirit andintent”. Duetothenumerousandoverlappinglanguageobligationsof the, theLanguagesCommissionermustconsiderallofthedocuments

outlinedabove, inadditiontotheOffıcia l L anguage s A ct, whenmakingher

recommendations. ThemembersoftheStandingCommitteeonCulture, EducationandHealthagreedwiththisexpandedinterpretationofthe LanguagesCommissioner’sdutiesandrequestedthat, inthisreport, she

givespecialconsiderationtotheNunavu t L an d C laim s A greement in

reportingtotheLegislativeAssembly.1

d. LanguagePromotion

TheLanguagesCommissionerhasanimportantroleinbringinglanguage issuestothepublic’sattentionandinparticipatinginlanguagepromotion activitiesthroughoutNunavut. TheLanguagesCommissionerhasfulfilled thisduty, inpart, bycollaboratingwith onactivitiesforInuktitut Uqauttin(InuktitutLanguageWeek). Shehasalsobeeninterviewedon radioandtelevision, deliveredspeechesatconferencesandvisitedsome ofNunavut’scommunities. Establishingthegroundworkforherother responsibilitieshasbeenverytimeconsuming. Nowthatthisworkis, for themostpart, complete, theLanguagesCommissionerplanstofocusmore energyontheareaoflanguagepromotionintheupcomingyear.

Alloftheaboveresponsibilitiesreflecttherolelanguagecommissioners playbothinYellowknifeandinOttawa. Thisisnotsurprisinggivenhow

closelytheNorthwestTerritoriesOffıcia l L anguage s A ct, whichNunavut

inherited, wasmodelledonthatofthefederalgovernment. Duetothe uniquenessofthelanguageissuesconfrontingNunavut, itisimportant tore-evaluatetheroleoftheLanguagesCommissionertodetermine whethertheoffice’scurrentresponsibilitiesadequatelyaddresstheneeds ofthenewterritory. Weareconsideringthisquestionasweexaminethe languagepoliciesofanumberofgovernments, bothwithinCanadaand internationally. Ourrecommendationswillbeincludedinoursubmissionto theSpecialCommitteeoftheLegislativeAssemblyreviewingtheOffıcial

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EducationandHealth. (). Revie w o f t h e  –  A nnua l R eport o f t h e L anguage s C ommissione r o f N unavut. page

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