Alberta’s government plans to spend $6 million dollars over the next two years to help establish a new program that will bring Indigenous language education into classrooms across the province.
“We know that two thirds of Indigenous languages spoken in Canada are at risk, but I can say as well language can live and breathe and grow again if we nurture it,” said Alberta’s Minister of Education David Eggen. “This program will be the first in Canada focused on increasing Indigenous language teacher