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First Nations Language Centre (FNLC)

Marianne Ignace
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First of Traditional Languages Apps Ready for Testing in New Year
Indigenous SFU Community Stories, Tech and Innovation

Marianne Ignace has an ambitious plan. Within the next five years, she hopes to have developed language-learning apps for speakers and learners of some 12 First Nations languages in B.C. and Yukon.

Diane Luckow
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Major Grant Helps Preserve First Nations Languages
Indigenous SFU Community Stories

Of Canada’s 60 First Nations languages, 30 are found only in B.C.  According to Marianne Ignane, director of SFU’s FNLC, these languages are in a state of decline, which is why she has made it her life’s work to find ways of preserving and teaching these languages.

OLC Admin
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