Ontario: Indigenous Language Revitalization: Role Of A Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist

Ontario: Indigenous Language Revitalization: Role Of A Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist Monica Nahwegahbow, 2011   Due to the risk of language extinction, immersion education is being implemented by Aboriginal communities in Canada and the United States as a language revitalization strategy. This paper describes one successful initiative, the Biidaaban Kinoomaagegamik Immersion Program (BKIP), started in 2006 by the community of Sagamok Anishnawbek (population: 1,400) situated on the...

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