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Living our Indigenous Languages: Multimedia Showcase Feature Podcast: West Coast Hukilau Fiona talks to Dr. Candace Galla about language revitalization, the different means of storytelling, her recent research grant, and her preparation for the Aboriginal Language & Literacy summer institute. At the time of their conversation, Candace was getting ready for the Living Our Indigenous Languages in a Multimedia Technology Enhanced World event that took place on April 13. It’s a fascinating interview that we’re sure you’ll enjoy. Dr. Candace Galla http://downthehall.libsyn.com/ep-57-west-coast-hukilau Student Podcasts: LLED 480/565: Multimedia Technology & Indigenous Language Revitalization (Winter 2 - 2012) Maya Borhani is in a Master of Arts Erica Gibbons is a UBC graduate, class Keeley Ryan is settler Canadian of mixed program in Language and Literacy in of 2011, with majors in First Nations heritage, born and raised in Vancouver. Education. Maya grew up in Northern Studies and French. She has been She is a graduate student in literacy California and studies language and involved with UBC's First Nations education who chose to work with culture, poetic inquiry, place-based Languages Program since 2010. Erica is Michif because of its unique position identity, "literacy," and the intersections of an avid musician and language learner, as an indigenous language of contact. spiritual literacies with language, poetry, and plans on pursuing post-graduate Dylan Sparks is graduated with a performance, and cultural revitalization. studies in indigenous language studies. interdisciplinary degree within the School of Human Kinetics. He studied Kathleen Brow is a Master of Archival Jessie Loyer is a Cree-Metis librarian the hen’q’emin’em’ language with the Studies graduate. With a focus on First from Michel First Nation, raised in Musqueam community. Nations studies, her research interests Calahoo, Alberta. She is a Master’s include the issues of digitization, graduate in the School of Library, Todd Naknakim is from the Lai kwil tach copyright, ownership, and intellectual Archival and Information Studies Nation and is in the NITEP program. property – particularly when dealing with with a First Nations concentration at Todd intends on teaching Liq'wala, upon audio-visual records and oral histories. the University of British Columbia. graduation. Darlene Willier (Cree) is a Coordinator Angela Code spent her childhood on her Kendall Gananam Moraski is from for First Nations Education at Kwantlen home Sayisi Dene reserve at Tadoule Lake, Simsbury, Connecticut and a graduate of Polytechnic University. Manitoba where she was surrounded by the First Nations Languages Program at her Dene culture, family and Denesuline the University of British Columbia. He has (a.k.a. Chipewyan) language. Her major is worked with the Musqueam, Plains Cree, in First Nations Studies, and her Minor is in and Kwakwaka'wakw communities and First Nations Languages and Linguistics. is currently working with the Mohegan She is passionate about becoming Language Project out of the Mohegan fluent within her native language. community in southeastern Connecticut. http://www.candacekgalla.com/podcasts.html http://www.candacekgalla.com Faculty of Education Language & Literacy Education .

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