Agenda (Tentative)
Last modified: May 13 2009.Wednesday, May 20, 2009
| 5:00PM-7:00PM | Conference Registration (Bloomfield Centre) |
| 7:00PM | Opening Prayer Lone Wolf Choir, Lennox Island First Nation - Reclaiming Mi'kmaw Language Through Song! Greetings from Dignitaries Chief Gerard Julian, Paq'tnkek First Nation Dr. Jeff Orr, Dean of Education, StFX Jikeptin Andrew Denny, Grand Council Eleanor Bernard, Executive Director, Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey Delegate, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Candy Palmeter, Director, Mi'kmaq Liaison Office Keynote Address: Janine Metallic (Listuguj Mi'gmag/McGill University) "Mlgugtmnej 'gtil'sutiminu" MC for the evening: John-Jerome Paul, Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey |
Thursday, May 21, 2009
| Immersion Programs Alumni Lounge |
Mi'kmaw Language and Culture in Provincial Schools/Core Council Room A |
Community Strategies to Promote Mi'kmaw Language Conference Room B |
Elders MacKay Lounge |
Elders - Language and Spirituality Teepee |
Sharing Our Knowledge (Poster, Booths, Displays) Small Boardroom |
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| 9:00AM-10:15AM | Growing more support!: One community used to double the number of children in Immersion program
Starr Sock |
Quill work in the classroom : Connecting art, culture and language
Marlene Joudry |
The On-Line Mi.kmaw Dictionary Program
Stephanie Ingles, Blaire Gould and working group |
Stories and conversations with our Elders | Pipe-carrying Elders will set up a sacred fire and talk about the link between language and spirituality | This room is intended for people to showcase some of their work and resources |
| 10:15AM-10:45AM | Nutrition Break | |||||
| 10:45AM-12:00PM | Developing Mi.kmaw language in pre-school age children . teaching ideas.
Flora Anne and Linda Isadore |
Bring a Gem! Teachers who teach core Mi.kmaw are asked to bring one great language teaching idea/resource to share in a talking circle!
Jacqueline Sullivan, Donna Lameman Core Language Teachers |
New Material and Resources to Support Mi'kmaq Language Programs
Patsy Paul Martin |
Stories and conversations with our Elders | Pipe-carrying Elders will set up a sacred fire and talk about the link between language and spirituality | This room is intended for people to showcase some of their work and resources |
| 12:00PM | Lunch in Cafeteria in Bloomfield | |||||
| 1:00PM-2:15PM | Kiwaskuwi'ki/Ilutmi'tij/Elu'tij Ta'n We'wten L'ui Kina'muemk
Translators/Interpreter/Makers of L'nui Curriculum Lillian Marshall, Rosemary and George Marshall, Theresa Levessque, Christopher Andrews, Beverly and Shara Johnson |
Story Sack Program as a way to develop language
Sheila Francis and Elder Language Support Group |
Update on the On-going Study of Mi.kmaw Language at Wagmatcook
Josephine Peck and Donna-Lee Smith |
Stories and conversations with our Elders | Pipe-carrying Elders will set up a sacred fire and talk about the link between language and spirituality | This room is intended for people to showcase some of their work and resources |
| 2:15PM-2:45PM | Nutrition Break | |||||
| 2:45PM-4:00PM | Emerging research on Mi.kmaw Immersion programs showing the positive effects on Mi.kmaw children.
Starr Sock, Ida Denny, Jeff Orr, Anne Orr, Joanne Tompkins |
Growing Language on the Rock! Language revitalization efforts in Conne River.
Angela Christmas |
Our Evolving Mi.kmaq Language
Miranda Gould |
Stories and conversations with our Elders | Pipe-carrying Elders will set up a sacred fire and talk about the link between language and spirituality | This room is intended for people to showcase some of their work and resources |
| 6:00PM-12:00AM | Banquet MacKay Room Speaker: Kjikeptin Andrew Denny Dance to Follow with "Blue" |
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Friday May 22, 2009
| 9:00AM-10:15AM | Let.s Put Our Heads Together #1 A community wanting help to set up language nests in New Brunswick? |
Let.s Put Our Heads Together #2 How can immersion be implemented in communities that don.t have speakers? |
Let.s Put Our Heads Together #3 What further work can be done to make people aware of how endangered Mi.kmaw language is? |
Let.s Put Our Heads Together #4 What ideas/strategies can be shared among established immersion programs (Eskasoni, Wagmatcook) and new programs like Membertou |
| 10:15AM-10:45AM | Nutrition Break | |||
| 10:45AM-11:30AM | Immersion Next Steps We invite communities and individuals that are interested in developing immersion strategies to support one another in program planning related to immersion. |
Provincial Schools and Core Language We invite communities and individuals that are interested in developing immersion strategies to support one another in program planning related to issues in teaching core language. |
Community Strategies We invite communities and individuals that are interested in developing immersion strategies to strengthen community support for Mi.kmaw language and culture. |
| 11:30AM-12:00PM | Closing
Eleanor Bernard: Voices from the Four Directions This closing circle will take place in the MacKay Room |
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Lunch to follow in the Cafeteria in Bloomfield Centre