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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Posting on behalf of a non-subscriber, apologies for cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Cheers,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Erica Hernandez-Read<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">You are warmly invited to join us for
</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Languages Matter! Celebrating International Heritage-Language Day</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Date</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">: March 5 2026<br>
<b>Time:</b> 9:00–10:30 PST<br>
<b>Format:</b> Online | Open | Free<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0bd3b5bd-bdee-4f92-9156-bd87f3284efc@a7ee9abb-4885-492e-b331-a6fa051a39bb">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0bd3b5bd-bdee-4f92-9156-bd87f3284efc@a7ee9abb-4885-492e-b331-a6fa051a39bb</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Meeting ID:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> 249 619 902 709 12<br>
<b>Passcode:</b> 6Fj9TF9F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">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). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Preliminary Program and poster attached!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">dr hab. Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville Ph.D. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">Associate Professor, Global and International Studies (INTS)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">Professeure agrégée des Études globales et internationales </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">UNESCO Chair in Living Heritage and Sustainable Livelihoods</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">la Chaire UNESCO en Patrimoine vivant et moyens de subsistances viables </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">University of Northern British Columbia // Nizdeh Nekeyoh Hohudil’eh Baiyoh </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">Traditional Territory of the Lheidli T'enneh // Lheidli T’enneh Whuten </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">3333 University Way, Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9 Canada </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">Tel: <u>(250) 960-5434</u> Fax:
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<u><a href="https://www2.unbc.ca/global-international-studies/travelling-knowledges"><span style="color:#262626">https://www2.unbc.ca/global-international-studies/travelling-knowledges</span></a></u> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#262626">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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