DOCSLIB.ORG

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Programming Request for Proposals for Licensing

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Programming Request for Proposals for Licensing ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK PROGRAMMING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR LICENSING December 18, 2017 Aboriginal Language Programming – Series 2017-2018 Deadline for submissions: February 26, 2018 by 5:00 pm PT/CT/ET Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is sharing our Peoples’ journey, celebrating our cultures, inspiring our children and honouring the wisdom of our Elders. Exceptionally for this RFP, projects not developed with APTN will be eligible, however those that have received APTN’s development support will rate higher in APTN’s review process. Introduction This document constitutes a “Request for Proposals” (RFP) by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) for licencing. This RFP is limited to: • Aboriginal Language television series that must have an English or French version (see genres under Submission Specifics) and • Project proposals which will be submitted to the 2018-2019 Aboriginal Program (AP) of the Canada Media Fund (CMF). Although the CMF has yet to release their guidelines for their 2018-2019 fiscal, APTN will operate on the assumption that there will be one AP Fund deadline, as in their 2017-2018 fiscal. • APTN’s decisions for Aboriginal Language programming recommended to the AP fund will be based on selections from this RFP and the Emerging Director RFP to be issued on December 20, 2017. • APTN will not issue any other RFP’s for Aboriginal language projects for this fiscal year. • APTN recognizes the CMF’s decision to support a shift towards equal representation of gender in Canada’s screen-based industries. The CMF’s goal is to increase the amount of women-led productions, and are encouraging projects to add women to the enumerated cumulative Producer, Director and Writer positions to attain 40% of total number of positions held by women. Page 1 of 14 Submission specifics APTN’S current inventory has a large volume of content in Cree but lacks in other Aboriginal languages. Projects that propose delivering in the following Aboriginal languages will rate higher in APTN’s review process: Inuvialuktun, Inuktitut, Oji-Cree, Michif, and Mi’kmaq. Please see schedules B, C & D for programming general terms & conditions, eligibility and content priorities. Failure to comply with the conditions set out in these schedules will result in automatic rejection of your proposal. Under the Canada Media Fund Aboriginal Program requirement, the Aboriginal Language version must air first in peak viewing hours within 18 months of completion. The Aboriginal Language, and English or French version must be delivered at the same time in order to launch within the completion period. Children & Youth Series, Documentary Series and Music, Variety and Performing Arts Series, (Aboriginal Language(s) with an English and/or French version) All proposals must contain a DM Component. Children & Youth Series Language: Aboriginal and English/French Target Audience: 2-6 years/ 7-12 years/ 13 – 17 years 13 x 30 minutes Budget Range TV: $800,000 - $1,000,000 Budget Range DM: $50,000 - $101,000 Documentary Series Language: Aboriginal and English/French Target Audiences: 20-34, 35-49 13 x 30 minutes Budget Range TV: $800,000 - $1,000,000 Budget Range DM: $50,000 - $101,000 Documentary Series Themes Environmental/Nature based series; Hunting/Fishing/Trapping Series; Ecotourism/Travel based series; Supernatural/Otherworldly based series. Music, Variety and Performing Arts Series Language: Aboriginal and English/French Target Audience: 20-34 years 13 x 30 minutes Budget Range TV: $800,000 - $1,000,000 Budget Range DM: $50,000 - $101,000 Request for proposals open: December 18, 2017 Deadline for applications: February 26, 2018 by 5:00 pm PT/CT/ET Decisions to Producers: April 2018 Page 2 of 14 What APTN is looking for: Get ready to WOW us! APTN is looking for bold and unique ideas. Got an exciting and entertaining story to tell? Then we want it. We love complicated and compelling characters just like you and we want to watch them stumble and grow on APTN. The environment and setting can be anywhere provided the storyline and production follow Canadian content regulations. If the characters and themes are strong, we want to hear about them! Audiences love to be introduced into new worlds, ones that they have never seen before. The more dangerous and challenging the situations the better, both physically and mentally. There are so many unique, inspiring and interesting Aboriginal Peoples across the country; and there are certainly no shortage of incredible stories. We are looking for those special and moving stories that are universally themed and will entertain viewers. Travel off the beaten path and seek out the stories that inspire and move you. Think big characters, personalities and story, while remembering humour, drama and conflict. We are very excited to hear what you’ve got. Please Note: • Producers must deliver a minimum of two versions of the program simultaneously (Aboriginal and French/English), and all versions must include described video (In English or French, as applicable): o the Aboriginal language version must be subtitled in either French or English; any English or French language segments in the Aboriginal language version are to be translated and delivered with Aboriginal language voice over, which is an APTN requirement. o the French or English version must be closed captioned • In accordance with the CMF 2017-2018 Aboriginal Language guidelines, all audio visual segments in the accompanying Digital Media component must be made available in an Aboriginal-Canadian language. DM components that anticipate making text available in an Aboriginal-Canadian language will rate higher in the review process. • In accordance with the CMF 2017-2018 Aboriginal Language guidelines, “on average, at least 20% of the original Aboriginal version of the Television Component’s on-screen dialogue and/or narration must have been originally shot in an Aboriginal language”. • The Aboriginal language version should be a complete viewing experience and must include bilingual opening and closing credits, titles, and graphics. Producers must demonstrate that on-screen fonts of the indicated Aboriginal language are available. • Producers must ensure that they have sufficient voice talent for the Aboriginal language version to provide a distinct voice to each subject (ie: actors, narrators, interview subjects). Producer should strive to have the voice reflect the sex and age of the original speaker. • APTN’S current inventory has a large volume of content in Cree but lacks in other Aboriginal languages. Projects that propose delivering in the following Aboriginal languages will rate higher in APTN’s review process: Inuvialuktun, Inuktitut, Oji-Cree, Michif, and Mi’kmaq. Page 3 of 14 • For programs selected for licence by APTN, producers should be aware that APTN has signed a Terms of Trade Agreement (TOT) with the Alliance of Aboriginal Media Professionals, which is applicable to all independent productions produced with Canadian Aboriginal producers. Under the Terms of Trade, APTN’s licence for television broadcast will be for a maximum of five (5) years. APTN’s exclusivity will be negotiated on a case by case basis. APTN will also licence the program for streaming on the aptn.ca website, with term and exclusivity to be contemporaneous with the television broadcast term. • The full TOT Agreement can be reviewed here: Terms of Trade Programs that receive a licence fee commitment must commence principal photography before June 30, 2019, and have interim financing or similar funding arrangements in place. APTN is unable to confirm at this time when first payment can occur. If a project is recommended for licencing, APTN will contact the producer to discuss potential payment drawdowns. APTN strongly suggests that producers forecast and budget for interim financing for a minimum period of 12 months. All payments will be payable in 60 days following receipt and approval of the invoice and deliverables. At minimum, all Digital Media components must include a Value-added digital media plan with a social media strategy with deployment phases and objectives (FB, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) complete with a content creation and deployment strategy (including images, .gifs, various web videos). In addition to the above mentioned DM components, proposals that include a rich and substantial Digital Media component will rate higher in the selection process. Rich and substantial digital media content includes: online video series or ‘webisodes’ to complement the TV component, “Web 2.0” and higher applications; highly immersive or highly interactive websites, second screen experience, mobile applications/content, or videogames; content or applications that meet or exceed current market standards for richness; or analogous content/applications. Rich and substantial DM projects that focus on delivering original webisodes will receive extra evaluation points. Priority will be given to DM components that are highly social, create large amounts of shareable content (i.e. digital video/webisodes), and will engage audiences on an on-going basis. DM projects that consist solely of a website will not be considered unless that website is highly specialized, utilizes new technology, and can contribute something unique to enhance the TV viewing experience. Page 4 of 14 What to Submit with your Proposal(s) 1. Television Component When submitting ensure that components are organized in the following order: 1. Signed ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING - SERIES 2017-2018 Section A: TELEVISION COMPONENT APPLICATION FORM. RFP's, Forms & Production Tools 2. Signed Proposal Submission Agreement for Producers Form. RFP's, Forms & Production Tools 3. Completed Declaration as to Aboriginal Descent Form. Individual- Declaration as to Descent Individual Company- Declaration as to Descent Company 4. Series short synopsis (one paragraph only). 5. Series long synopsis (one page maximum). 6. Program format and summary (identify the genre, running time, number of episodes, original language of shooting and language of versioning - the Aboriginal language version should be a complete viewing experience and must include bilingual opening and closing credits, titles, and graphics.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Fact Sheets French, Arabic, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Somali, Spanish
    Translated COVID-19 Resources – September 24, 2020 Page 1 of 4 COVID-19 Resources Available in Multiple Languages Please note that not all resources will be appropriate for the local context. Government of Canada (all webpages available in French) Awareness resources are available in the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Simplified or Traditional Chinese, Cree, Dene, Farsi, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Innu-Aimun, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut (Nunavik), Italian, Korean, Michif, Mikmaq, Ojibwe Eastern and Western, Oji-Cree, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese Relevant Resources (selected) Languages About COVID-19 All Reduce the spread of COVID-19: Wash All your hands infographic How to care for a child with COVID-19 at All home: Advice for caregivers Physical distancing: How to slow the All except Bengali, Romanian or spread of COVID-19 Vietnamese COVID-19: How to safely use a non- All except Bengali, Traditional Chinese, medical mask or face covering (poster) Greek, Gujarati, Polish, Romanian, Urdu or Vietnamese How to quarantine (self-isolate) at home All except Bengali, Traditional Chinese, when you may have been exposed and Greek, Gujarati, Polish, Romanian, Urdu have no symptoms or Vietnamese Government of Ontario (all webpages available in French) Relevant Resources Languages COVID-19: Reopening schools and child French, Simplified and Traditional care Chinese, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Polish Punjabi, Spanish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu 519-822-2715
    [Show full text]
  • Indigenous Languages
    INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES PRE-TEACH/PRE-ACTIVITY Have students look at the Indigenous languages and/or language groups that are displayed on the map. Discuss where this data came from (the 2016 census) and what biases or problems this data may have, such as the fear of self-identifying based on historical reasons or current gaps in data. Take some time to look at how censuses are performed, who participates in them, and what they can learn from the data that is and is not collected. Refer to the online and poster map of Indigenous Languages in Canada featured in the 2017 November/December issue of Canadian Geographic, and explore how students feel about the number of speakers each language has and what the current data means for the people who speak each language. Additionally, look at the language families listed and the names of each language used by the federal government in collecting this data. Discuss with students why these may not be the correct names and how they can help in the reconciliation process by using the correct language names. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Students will learn about the number and • Students will learn about the importance of diversity of languages and language groups language and the ties it has to culture. spoken by Indigenous Peoples in Canada. • Students will become engaged in learning a • Students will learn that Indigenous Peoples local Indigenous language. in Canada speak many languages and that some languages are endangered. INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES Foundational knowledge and perspectives FIRST NATIONS “One of the first acts of colonization and settlement “Our languages are central to our ceremonies, our rela- is to name the newly ‘discovered’ land in the lan- tionships to our lands, the animals, to each other, our guage of the colonizers or the ‘discoverers.’ This is understandings, of our worlds, including the natural done despite the fact that there are already names world, our stories and our laws.” for these places that were given by the original in- habitants.
    [Show full text]
  • INUVIALUIT LANGUAGE and IDENTITY: PERSPECTIVES on the SYMBOLIC MEANING of INUVIALUKTUN in the CANADIAN WESTERN ARCTIC by Alexand
    INUVIALUIT LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY: PERSPECTIVES ON THE SYMBOLIC MEANING OF INUVIALUKTUN IN THE CANADIAN WESTERN ARCTIC by Alexander C. Oehler B.A., University of Northern British Columbia, 2010 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA July 2012 © Alexander C. Oehler, 2012 Abstract: The revitalization of ancestral languages has been an issue of great concern to Aboriginal communities across North America for several decades. More recently, this concern has also found a voice in educational policy, particularly in regions where Aboriginal land claims have been ratified, and where public schools fall under a mandate to offer curricula that meet the needs of Aboriginal students. This research seeks to explore the cultural significance of Inuvialuktun, a regional Inuit language comprised of three distinct dialects traditionally spoken by the Inuvialuit of the northern Northwest Territories, Canada. More specifically, the research seeks to examine the role of current Inuvialuktun language revitalization efforts in the establishment of Inuvialuit collective and individual identities across several age groups. Tying into the sociolinguistic discourse on ancestral language revitalization in North America, the research seeks to contribute a case study from a region underrepresented in the literature on language and identity. The applied aim of the study is to provide better insight on existing language ideologies and language attitudes subscribed to by current and potential learners of Inuvialuktun in the community of Inuvik, NWT. Data obtained by the study is intended to aid local and territorial language planners in identifying potential obstacles and opportunities regarding language learner motivation.
    [Show full text]
  • Aboriginal Languages and Selected Vitality Indicators in 2011
    Catalogue no. 89-655-X— No. 001 ISBN 978-1-100-24855-4 Aboriginal Languages and Selected Vitality Indicators in 2011 by Stéphanie Langlois and Annie Turner Release date: October 16, 2014 How to obtain more information For information about this product or the wide range of services and data available from Statistics Canada, visit our website, www.statcan.gc.ca. You can also contact us by email at [email protected], telephone, from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the following toll-free numbers: • Statistical Information Service 1-800-263-1136 • National telecommunications device for the hearing impaired 1-800-363-7629 • Fax line 1-877-287-4369 Depository Services Program • Inquiries line 1-800-635-7943 • Fax line 1-800-565-7757 To access this product This product, Catalogue no. 89-655-X, is available free in electronic format. To obtain a single issue, visit our website, www.statcan.gc.ca, and browse by “Key resource” > “Publications.” Standards of service to the public Statistics Canada is committed to serving its clients in a prompt, reliable and courteous manner. To this end, Statistics Canada has developed standards of service that its employees observe. To obtain a copy of these service standards, please contact Statistics Canada toll-free at 1-800-263-1136. The service standards are also published on www.statcan.gc.ca under “About us” > “The agency” > “Providing services to Canadians.” Standard symbols Published by authority of the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada The following symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: .
    [Show full text]
  • Native American Languages, Indigenous Languages of the Native Peoples of North, Middle, and South America
    Native American Languages, indigenous languages of the native peoples of North, Middle, and South America. The precise number of languages originally spoken cannot be known, since many disappeared before they were documented. In North America, around 300 distinct, mutually unintelligible languages were spoken when Europeans arrived. Of those, 187 survive today, but few will continue far into the 21st century, since children are no longer learning the vast majority of these. In Middle America (Mexico and Central America) about 300 languages have been identified, of which about 140 are still spoken. South American languages have been the least studied. Around 1500 languages are known to have been spoken, but only about 350 are still in use. These, too are disappearing rapidly. Classification A major task facing scholars of Native American languages is their classification into language families. (A language family consists of all languages that have evolved from a single ancestral language, as English, German, French, Russian, Greek, Armenian, Hindi, and others have all evolved from Proto-Indo-European.) Because of the vast number of languages spoken in the Americas, and the gaps in our information about many of them, the task of classifying these languages is a challenging one. In 1891, Major John Wesley Powell proposed that the languages of North America constituted 58 independent families, mainly on the basis of superficial vocabulary resemblances. At the same time Daniel Brinton posited 80 families for South America. These two schemes form the basis of subsequent classifications. In 1929 Edward Sapir tentatively proposed grouping these families into superstocks, 6 in North America and 15 in Middle America.
    [Show full text]
  • Project Summary Report April 30Th, 2020
    Improving Communication on Climate Change and Long-Range Contaminants for Communities and Researchers in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region Project Summary Report April 30th, 2020 [Type here] Background It is well recognized that climate change will have significant impacts on not only the physical landscape, but also on social and economic landscapes within the Arctic. More specifically, climate change represents “an acute threat to socioecological systems, one that disproportionately impacts Arctic peoples”1. How these impacts will be transferred to the level of human activity remains uncertain. Therefore, the need to standardize and ensure comprehensibility of climate change wording and concepts in Inuvialuktun, is imperative in supporting informed responses by Inuvialuit communities to climate change. Climate change impacts to the Arctic environment has also sparked an unprecedented growth in climate change research being conducted in Arctic communities across the globe. This growth in research has resulted in increasingly more sophisticated and specialized terminology being used in climate change discourse. As a direct result of this advancement in scientific terminology, climate change information relayed to Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) communities has become increasingly difficult to comprehend, both conceptually and linguistically. More importantly, how an issue is framed by academic or political discourse can significantly affect the interpretation and thus the responses provided. Consequently, the gap between Traditional Knowledge (TK) and the scientific community has continued to increase over time, creating an unfortunate disconnect between researchers, politicians and ISR community members. Sallirmiutun, Uummarmiutun, and Kangiryuarmiutun, collectively known as the Inuvialuktun language, are the three dialects spoken in the ISR (Figure 1). The Inuvialuktun language is spoken by fewer than 50 per cent of the population, many of whom are Elders.
    [Show full text]
  • Spirit Bear: Fishing for Knowledge, Catching Dreams Based on a True Story
    Spirit Bear: Fishing for Knowledge, Catching Dreams Based on a True Story LakE BEArbine Dream Chipewyan: Nati Michif – Prairie: Pawatamihk Nipissing Dialect – Nishinaabemwin: Bwaajgan Innu – Montagnais: Paumu Innu – QC: Puamun Blackfoot: Papokan Quechua (Peru): Musquy Noray House Dialect – Cree: Pawahmowin Algonquin: Wejibaabandam Saulteaux: Pawatan Mushkego (Swampy) Cree: obwamowin Māori: Moemoea Anishinaabemowin: Bawajigan Carrier: Wahlelh Inuktitut: Sinakturtuq Dene: Nats’e’te Dream Chipewyan: Nati Michif – Prairie: Pawatamihk Nipissing Dialect – Nishinaabemwin: Bwaajgan Innu – Montagnais: Paumu Innu – QC: Puamun Blackfoot: Papokan Quechua (Peru): Musquy Noray House Dialect – Cree: Pawahmowin Algonquin: Wejibaabandam Saulteaux: Pawatan Mushkego (Swampy) Cree: obwamowin Māori: Moemoea Anishinaabemowin: Bawajigan Carrier: Wahlelh Inuktitut: Sinakturtuq Dene: Nats’e’te Dream Chipewyan: Nati Michif – Prairie: Pawatamihk Nipissing Dialect – Nishinaabemwin: Bwaajgan Innu – Montagnais: Paumu Innu – QC: Puamun Blackfoot: Papokan Quechua (Peru): Musquy Noray House Dialect – Cree: Pawahmowin Algonquin: Wejibaabandam Saulteaux: Pawatan Mushkego (Swampy) Cree: obwamowin Māori: Moemoea Anishinaabemowin: Bawajigan Carrier: Wahlelh Inuktitut: Sinakturtuq Dene: Nats’e’te Dream Chipewyan: Nati Michif – Prairie: Pawatamihk Nipissing Dialect – Nishinaabemwin: Bwaajgan Innu – Montagnais: Paumu Innu – QC: Puamun Blackfoot: Papokan Quechua (Peru): Musquy Noray House Dialect – Cree: Pawahmowin Algonquin: Wejibaabandam Saulteaux: Pawatan Mushkego (Swampy)
    [Show full text]
  • Inuit & Cancer: Fact Sheets
    Inuit & Cancer: Fact Sheets Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami February, 2009 INTRODUCTION Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami developed a series of fact sheets to raise awareness of Inuit and cancer with the intent of informing decision makers, advisors and non- government organizations about Inuit’s unique cancer concerns and realities. The following are the themes of each fact sheet: u About Inuit u Inuit Health Status u Health Care Delivery in Inuit Regions u Cancer Burden u Prevention u Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment u Cancer Care u Human Resources u Research & Surveillance This project received financial support from the Canadian Cancer Action Network. FACT SHEET: ABOUT INUIT Did you Know? Who are Inuit? u One person of Inuit descent is an Inuit are the indigenous people that Inuk, which is singular for Inuit. inhabit the Arctic regions of Canada, u Inuvialuit is the correct term for Russia, Alaska and Greenland. In Inuit from the Inuvialuit Settlement Canada, there are approximately 50,500 Region in the NWT. Inuit living primarily in four regions: u Inuit are “Aboriginal” or “First Nunavik (Northern Quebec), Peoples”, but are not “First Nunatsiavut (Labrador), the Inuvialuit Nations”. Also, Inuit are not Innu. Innu are a First Nations group Settlement Region (Northwest located in northeastern Quebec and Territories), and the new territory parts of Labrador. of Nunavut. There are Inuit living in u Inuit do not live “on” or “off” every political jurisdiction in Canada, reserve, this applies only to First with growing populations in Ottawa, Nations. Inuit live in Inuit Montreal, Yellowknife, Winnipeg, communities, hamlets or villages. Edmonton and other cities.
    [Show full text]
  • Proceedings of the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium
    !$"!" # #! $!% #% !&$ &$ )"!$& &%#&"!#!& /0(!&%!% %!'# %! !# %"# " $&""!#%#!%$)"!$&-%#! $&""!#%($"#!') #% !#%# #$ + %"#% %!!# #$ %# %! #$!"#!' $$$% - %#$"! $!#$ &,% !#( $%#)!!# #$+% $%#)!!# #$+ %# &$#%#%+%# "#% %!&%&#+%!'# %! & '&%+% !'# %! %). $)$+% '#$%)!$# $+ % #)1$ '#$%)+ %%# & !#! !& %! - %#!# *%! $"#!' ! ! $&""!#%%!%#% !& -$#%&%!%$!# *%! $!#%#&. $&""!#%+$($%!%!%# $&""!#% #%!& # %#%" %$,&% %# %! $$!%! /0+&$$ $$!%! ! !&$!"$!% !#%/ 0+!& + (1 !& %# %! /0- !")#%24335 &%#&"!#!& !' "$! ****************************************************************************************************************************** !" ******************************************************************************************************************** - $.,,!+!*4!*+!&,4%!'-&!$555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555: *+&&*++&4'*/055555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555: -&%!, 4*+!&,4 &-!,!*-%('$*'-&!$& 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555: ,!&'+&*4'.*&%&,''*/05555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555; *$!&#$*4!*,'*4!*-%('$* !!+'&!*,'*,4 &!&&'*, *&!*+&55555555< '#!"")##"!#$ ********************************************************************************* 0 *0!%'&4,!'&$*+!&,4 &-!,(!*!!, &,%!4&5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555=
    [Show full text]
  • Canada's Native Languages: Te Right of First Nations to Educate Teir
    Canada’s Native Languages: !e Right of First Nations to Educate !eir Children in !eir Own Languages David Leitch* Introduction Now, there is no more distinguishing feature of most cultures than their languages. Nor is Canada used to consider itself not only there a more meaningful way for a country to a bilingual, but also a bicultural country.1 recognize and preserve any of its constituent Biculturalism was based on the idea that cultures than to constitutionalize the right to Canada had two founding cultures, the educate children in the language of that culture French-language culture dominant in Quebec at public expense. !at is precisely the right and the English-language culture dominant that Mr. Trudeau delivered to the English and everywhere else, with French and English French minorities of Canada through section minorities scattered across the country. !is 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and view of Canada obviously failed to recognize Freedoms.4 Moreover, as will been seen, the both the Aboriginal cultures that existed Supreme Court of Canada has unequivocally prior to European contact and the cultures of a"rmed that the main purpose of this right is those immigrants who came to Canada with to preserve and promote the cultures associated no knowledge of French or English or with with those languages. knowledge of those languages but otherwise distinguishable cultures. In other words, Canada’s brand of multiculturalism does not place all cultures Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appeared on an equal footing. !e Charter may protect to announce the death of biculturalism in 1971 all cultures and languages from governmental when his government introduced the policy of interference,5 but it only explicitly gives the right multiculturalism.
    [Show full text]
  • Nominal Contact in Michif. by Carrie Gillon and Nicole Rosen , with Verna De - Montigny
    806 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 9 5, NUMBER 4 (201 9) Corbett, Greville G. 2009. Canonical inflection classes. Selected proceedings of the 6th Décembrettes , ed. by Fabio Montermini, Gilles Boyé, and Jessie Tseng, 1–11. Online: http://www.lingref.com/cpp/decemb /6/paper2231.pdf . Dahl, Östen . 2004. The growth and maintenance of linguistic complexity . Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Harley, Heidi. 2008. When is a syncretism more than a syncretism? Impoverishment, metasyncretism, and underspecification. Phi theory: Phi-features across modules and interfaces , ed. by Daniel Harbour, David Adger, and Susana Béjar, 251–94. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Parker, Jeff, and Andrea D. Sims. 2020. Irregularity, paradigmatic layers, and the complexity of inflection class systems: A study of Russian nouns. Morphological complexities , ed. by Peter Arkadiev and Francesco Gardani. Oxford: Oxford University Press, to appear. Sagot, Benoît, and Géraldine Walther. 2011 . Non-canonical inflection: Data, formalisation and com - plexity measures. SFCM 2011: The second workshop on Systems and Frameworks for Computational Morphology , ed. by Cerstin Mahlow and Michael Piotrowski, 23–45. Berlin: Springer. Stump, Gregory T . 2016. Inflectional paradigms: Content and form at the syntax-morphology interface . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Zwicky, Arnold M. 1992. Some choices in the theory of morphology. Formal grammar: Theory and imple - mentation , ed. by Robert Levine, 327–71. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Department of Linguistics 1712 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 [[email protected]] Nominal contact in Michif. By Carrie Gillon and Nicole Rosen , with Verna De - montigny . (Oxford studies of endangered languages.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. xxii, 202. ISBN 9780198795339. $88 (Hb). Reviewed by Sarah G.
    [Show full text]
  • Inuktut Uqausiit (Inuit Languages) in Canada – History and Contemporary Developments by Nadine C
    Inuktut Uqausiit (Inuit Languages) in Canada – History and Contemporary Developments by Nadine C. Fabbi, Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle. The author would like to thank Heather Campbell, Language and Culture Coordinator, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; Toni White and Catharyn Andersen from the Torngâsok Cultural Centre, Nunatsiavut; and Jay Arnakak, Qikiqtani Inuit Association, Nunavut for their expert advice. Written for the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium, Sustainable Development Working Group, Arctic Council, coordinated by the Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), and hosted by the Saami Council, Norway, October 2008, www.arcticlanguages.com. Language not only communicates, it defines culture, nature, history, humanity and ancestry. Preserving endangered languages is a vital part of securing the culture and heritage of our rich human landscape. Language keeps traditions alive, it inspires knowledge and respect about our past and the planet on which we live, and it links communities across borders and beyond time. Quoted from the United Nations web site “The UN Works for Cultural Diversity: Endangered Languages” The scientific community has warned that such historical assimilation campaigns—combined with declining Indigenous populations, increased mobility, economic pressures, as well as exposure to television and other communications technologies—could lead to the loss of half of the world’s 6,000 to 7,000 languages by 2050. With such a decline, they warn, will come the demise of local knowledge, mentalities, creativity and heritage, as well as specialized information such as unique survival skills and traditional medicines. from Canada World View, Fall 2004 Language is a cultural mosaic of communication.
    [Show full text]