Certificate of Indigenous Language Guardianship at University of Regina

The Certificate of Indigenous Language Guardianship is a 10-course program for people who want to become community language warriors in Indigenous language revitalization. It adds a focus on working with language data and producing language learning materials, and can serve as an alternative to the Certificate of Indigenous Language II. Languages include Cree, Saulteaux (Ojibwe), Dene, Dakota and Nakota, and language-specific courses must be completed in the same language.

Faculty: Centre for Continuing Education  |  Department: First Nations University of Canada  |  Duration: 1-2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

What you will study

Required courses include ARTS 099 or CCE 099 Academic Integrity, Indigenous language courses numbered 100, 101, 202 and 203, a language linguistics course, a language transcription course (225), an Indigenous literature course, LING 230 Indigenous Languages of Turtle Island, LING 280 Language Documentation, and EINL 325 or LING 327 on language learning processes.

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