Languages, Place, and Power: Exploring Multilingualism and Language Learning on Indigenous Land
Buchanan Tower 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, British ColumbiaSettlers on Indigenous land are not just English-speaking or French-speaking. The hundreds of languages we learn, use, and teach at UBC add up to a complex picture of what we might call settler multilingualism. What do different models of multilingualism and monolingualism currently promoted today tell us about how we acknowledge, or undermine, Indigenous sovereignty? […]