« Protection, assimilation, settler colonialism: Andrew Woolford, ‘Protective legislation and paternalism: assimilative indigenous education in the US and Canada, 1928-1953’, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 2026
Homemaking projects: Kandice L. Grossman, ‘Home Is at the Heart of Place: Coalition Possibilities at Standing Rock’, in Michelle I. Gawerc, Rachel L. Einwohner (eds), Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change: Coalition-Building and Solidarity Across Difference, Emerald, 2026 »

Bilingual settler colonialsm: E. Haque, ‘Dual white settler coloniality and the genealogy of indigenous language policy’, Language Policy, 2026

26Oct26

Abstract: In order to examine the disjuncture in responses to the Indigenous Languages Act (ILA) between different Indigenous groups, in this paper I will explore the genealogy of Indigenous language policy in Canada by examining various government and community reports, documents, as well as parliamentary and committee debates from the 1960s onwards, which is when Canada’s first official language policy was announced. I argue that the continued state prioritization of official white settler languages means that even for a region like Inuit Nunangat with relatively good linguistic vitality through decades long efforts by the Inuit to prioritize Inuktut, the development of an Indigenous languages act cannot guarantee the future reclamation and ongoing vitality of Indigenous languages in Canada.


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