[BCMA] March 5 Webinar: Languages Matter! Celebrating International Heritage-Language Day

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

Posting on behalf of a non-subscriber, apologies for cross-posting.

Cheers,
Erica Hernandez-Read

Dear colleagues, students, and friends,
You are warmly invited to join us for Languages Matter! Celebrating International Heritage-Language Day, an international webinar marking International Mother Language Day (February 21) and celebrating the importance of heritage languages, intangible cultural heritage, and linguistic diversity in Canada and beyond.
Date: March 5 2026
Time: 9:00–10:30 PST
Format: Online | Open | Free
Register & Join: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0bd3b5bd-bdee-4f92-9156-bd87f3284efc@a7ee9abb-4885-492e-b331-a6fa051a39bb
Meeting ID: 249 619 902 709 12
Passcode: 6Fj9TF9F
Languages are living organisms holding universes of thought, memory, and culture. They shape people, and people are shaped by the expressions, symbolism, and cultural weight carried in words. Within them lives one of the deepest expressions of our shared humanity. This event offers examples and encouragement to speakers and communities while supporting the maintenance, intergenerational transmission, documentation, and revitalization of languages.
The webinar will open with welcoming remarks by UNESCO Chair in Living Heritage and Sustainable Livelihoods at UNBC, David Schimpky (Director of Secretariat, Canadian Commission for UNESCO), followed by a plenary address by Dr. Yvonne Pierreroy, Dakelh Elder and Founding Member of the Carrier Linguistic Society. The event will conclude with a moderated panel discussion led by John Mainville (Aleza Lake Research Forest), featuring Elizabeth Alvarez Alfaro (Casa de las Américas Heritage Society), Erika Hernandez-Read (Northern BC Archives), and Amy Hagiwara (Japanese language Instructor at UNBC).

Preliminary Program and poster attached!
We hope you will join us in celebrating linguistic diversity and the living heritage carried through language. Please feel free to share this invitation widely within your networks.
Warm regards,
Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville



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dr hab. Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Global and International Studies (INTS)

Professeure agrégée des Études globales et internationales

UNESCO Chair in Living Heritage and Sustainable Livelihoods

la Chaire UNESCO en Patrimoine vivant et moyens de subsistances viables

University of Northern British Columbia // Nizdeh Nekeyoh Hohudil’eh Baiyoh

Traditional Territory of the Lheidli T'enneh // Lheidli T’enneh Whuten

3333 University Way, Prince George, BC  V2N 4Z9 Canada

Tel: (250) 960-5434 Fax: (250) 960-5445
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https://www2.unbc.ca/global-and-international-studies


Co-Director, International Student Mobility Programming: https://www2.unbc.ca/global-international-studies/travelling-knowledges

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Lheidli T’enneh keyoh whust’i. I acknowledge the territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, the people whose name derives from relating to the place at confluence of the two rivers we today call Nechako and Fraser. //Niin a’da gabegandaan akii miinawaa bemaadazijik Lheidli T'enneh, gaye enjibaayik maampii akina.//Je tiens d’abord à souligner que les terres sur lesquelles nous sommes rassemblés font partie du territoire traditionnel non cédé des Lheidli T'enneh. //Szanuję  że mogę życ i pracować na terrytoriach ludzi rdzennych od Nuu -chah-nulth przez Lheidli T’enneh, Inninuwak i Anishinaabeg, aż po Mi’kmaq.




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