Indigenous languages summit to be held in Ottawa this August
February 28th, 2025
Officials are hoping about 2,000 delegates from around the world will attend an Indigenous languages summit that will be held in the nation’s capital this summer.
https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-languages-summit-be-held-ottawa-august
Garden River First Nation student leading research on fish contamination
March 9, 2025
A graduate student from Garden River First Nation is helping improve the safety testing of fish in her community.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/garden-river-fish-testing-1.7477827
CUPE unleashes damning report on North Bay school boards
March 11, 2025
A recent release from CUPE emphasized an increase of “widespread violence, burnout, and lack of supports for students in North Bay schools.” It’s not just in North Bay, either, the union is finding similar issues throughout the province. CUPE says the main causes are lack of provincial funding and the inability to hire people to work – the boards are understaffed.
https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/cupe-unleashes-damning-report-on-north-bay-school-boards-10357952
Ontario Tech students propose generative AI platform to preserve Indigenous languages
March 12, 2025
Since Anupriya Dubey began her studies at Ontario Tech University in 2021, she has been focused on working at the intersection of business and technology, and using STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to create smart, sustainable solutions for the world’s challenges. So when the fourth-year Computer Science student learned about the Design for Change pitch competition hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University, Dubey jumped at the opportunity to form a team.
“The competition challenge was to find ways to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to overcome barriers and improve learning experiences for all students in Canada,” says Dubey. “We focused on the issue of limited Internet access in rural Canada and the urgent need to preserve Indigenous languages using GenAI.”
