Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, lawyer and an associate professor of arts and head of the Indigenous studies department at the University of Manitoba, speaks about how to make Indigenous language right to education a reality in Canada. Katie Hyslop reports for The Tyee.ca. Published on Feb. 21, 2025.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/21/Tackling-Canada-Discrimination-Indigenous-Language-Education/

Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, lawyer and an associate professor of arts and head of the Indigenous studies department at the University of Manitoba, speaks about how to make Indigenous language right to education a reality in Canada. Katie Hyslop reports for The Tyee.ca. Published on Feb. 21, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/21/Tackling-Canada-Discrimination-Indigenous-Language-Education/

Tackling Canada’s Discrimination Against Indigenous Language Education

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