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ATTENTION

Sarah Dench, Secretary

Senate Committee on University Planning (SCUP)

FROM Norbert Haunerland, Associate Vice President, Research

First Nations Language Centre

DATE June 25, 2010

Attached is a proposal from Dr

T. Perry, for the establishment of the First Nations

Language Centre.

I recommend approval as a research Centre according to Policy 40.01. Onc

e approved

SCUP the proposal should be sent to Senate and the Board of Govelnors for

infonnation.

Motion:

That SCUP approves the "First Nations Language Centre" as a Research Centre for a 5

year ternl.

Dr. Norbert Hallllcrland

Associate

Vjce-Prcsident, Research

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T. Perry, Chair, Department of Linguistics

Cormack, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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Propose for First Nations languages Centre

DATE

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9. 2010

TIME 1:43 PM

Attached is a proposal for a research centre in First Nations languages. This proposal has the

support

of the Office of the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences.

This Centre will provide an important component

of research and development underpinning

the University's longstanding efforts

in First Nations language education and revitalization. The

Centre will serve as point of partnerships and conununications with First Nations communities

and a locus

of expertise on language education, curriculum and research in applied linguistics

of First Nations languages.

The proposed Centre is allied with Goal 1.5

Increase our International, First Nations and

interdisciplinary exposure

of the University's 3 Year Plan.

cc.

Dr. Lesley Cormack, Dean, Faculty

of Arts and Social Sciences

Dr. Tom Perry, Chair, Department of Linguistics

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Attached you 'NiH find a proposal to establish a research centre in First Nations

languages, which is intended to build on

the core of expertise in this area in the

university

and 2) the experience derived from 20 years of working with First Nations

communities in

support of their language revitalization efforts through our presence in

Kamloops.

As you know, the Linguistics Department will continue to offer the First Nations

language programming across the province and beyond after the wind-up of offerings

in Kamloops. The courses

we provide are only one part of the picture in language

revitalization efforts of First Nations communities, however; there is an important

research

and development piece that must accompany anything we do through

academic programming. This

part of the work has been facilitated informally through

our personnel in Kamloops in the past. We now need a more research-oriented

institutional arm to

carryon such ,vork, with a broader mandate. This centre is intended

to serve that purpose; it has the potential to becon1e a significant factor in this field in

Canada.

We request your approval of this proposal and ask that you recomlnend the

establishment of this centre to Senate.

T. Perry

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First Nations Language Centre

Simon Fraser

University

Background

SFU has developed a strong reputation among First Nations communities over the

past

20 years for its active participation in community efforts to revitalize

traditional languages. This is a complex task, as

the languages themselves are all

insufficiently

documented to some degree. Much of this activity has come through

the Kamloops program of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, both in the form of

university-level language courses offered in communities, and in the form of

research that serves and supports the communities' own language revitalization

programs. These two

dimensions of the university's activities across the province

and in

the Yukon are strongly complementary; both are key elements of language

revitalization programs.

The university is now

winding down the Kamloops site and most of its course

offerings.

The language programming, which has largely been funded by the

communities themselves as

part of their language revitalization efforts, will

continue.

In order to do so effectively, the research and development component of

this activity

will need to continue. It is for this reason that a First Nations Language

Centre is being proposed.

This initiative is in line

with the objectives of the University's planning. It will in

particular enhance the University's partnerships with First Nations communities, as

called for in

the current three-year plan, and reflects the call to provide "research

that is developed by and informed by First Nations peoples." in the First Nations

Strategic Plan of 2007 (p. 13). The collaboration with communities to produce this

research will

be a key feature of this Centre.

A listing of initial membership for the Centre is found in the Appendix (p. 7)

Goal

This proposal recolnmends the establishn1ent of a First Nations Language Centre

housed within the Simon Fraser University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The

First Nations Language

Centre will

• Maintain and develop ongoing partnerships with First Nations Communities

engaged in language revitalization efforts.

• Provide academic support for community-based efforts to revitalize seriously

endangered languages in First Nations comlnunities throughout British Columbia

and neighbouring areas.

• Offer research expertise with a focus on First Nations language revitalization

theory and practice in communities; support language curriculum development,

and facilitate research in the applied and descriptive linguistics of critically

endangered languages.

• Facilitate communication between First Nations communities and the university.

Objectives

Using an integrated approach to research in language revitalization, the objectives of

the First Nations Language

Centre will be to collaborate with specific First Nations

language communities

and their organizations to

• Support loca) First Nations language learning in a safe environment while

maintaining high academic

standards, in collaboration with First Nations

community organizations.

• Work in concert with academic programming in First Nations languages offered

by SFU to improve effectiveness and impact of this programming

• Deliver support for local First Nations language learners and instructors by

facilitating language

curriculum design, language course and lesson planning,

student assessment, and evaluation formats as part of the centre's focus on

research in language revitalization

• Conduct collaborative research on best practices and locally practicable solutions

in First Nations language revitalization

and maintenance;

• Enable, attract and conduct collaborative research with First Nations

communities in applied linguistics

of First Nations languages, including, e.g.

pedagogical grammars of First Nations languages, standards and methods of

assessing First Nations language proficiency,

and multimedia design and online

delivery

of First Nations language learning.

• Attract graduate students doing research in various fields relevant to First

Nations languages

and linguistics, community language revitalization, language

planning and documentation;

• Facilitate networking and collaboration among First Nations language learners of

diverse

languages to share successes, challenges, learning and teaching

methodologies, research projects

and results.

Scope of the Centre's Activities

Through its Kamloops program, SFU has provided First Nations language

programming to

learners in the Secwepemc Nation (the host Aboriginal Nation) and

Aboriginal communities

throughout

and beyond since 1990. The following

languages and partnerships have been represented:

• Secwepemctsin (Eastern and Western*) Dialects) - in partnership with

Tk'emlups

FN, Skeetchestn FN, Esk'etemc FN and Northern Secwepemc

Tribal

(Council/Cariboo-Chilcotin Weekend University)

• Upper and Lower St'at'imcets (Lillooet and Mount Currie dialects) - in

partnership with Upper St'at'imc Language and Culture Society and Lil'wat

Currie

•

Dakelh (Carrier)*) - in partnership with Weekend University, Williams Lake

• Nuxalk (Bella Coola)*) - in partnership with Nuxalk FN

• Hilzaqvla (Heiltsuk - Bella BeUa)*) - in partnership with Heiltsuk College and

Bella Bella Community School

•

Xaad Kil (Haida - Massett Dialect)*) - in partnership with Old Massett Village

Council and Xaad Kilh Guusuu.u SOciety

• Nlakapmxcin (Thompson) - formerly in partnership with

• Northern Tutchone - formerly in partnership with Selkirk FN, Yukon

• Upriver Halq'emeylem (Sto:lo)*) - in partnership with Sto:lo Nation

• Downriver Halkomelem - in partnership with Katzie First Nation

• Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) - in partnership with Tsilhqot'in National Government

and Weekend University, Williams

Lake

• Southern Tutchone - in partnership with Yukon Department of Education

• Kaska - in partnership with Yukon Department of Education

• Tlingit - in partnership with Yukon Department of Education

• Han - in partnership with Yukon Department of Education

Through the KamIoops program

to date, some 250 students from 13 of the above

languages have graduated with the

SFU Certificate in First Nations Language

Proficiency, and with various other First Nations language and linguistics

credentials, including a

BA with Joint Major in Linguistics and First Nations Studies,

or Joint Major in Anthropology and Linguistics, or with Postbaccalaureate Diplomas

in Linguistics. A large number of these graduates come from rural areas throughout

BC and the Yukon, from geographic and social environments where students are

typically disadvantaged

in gaining access to university education.

In addition, SFU Kanlloops faculty have been active in research ,and have been able

to attract research funding to Simon Fraser University from SSHRC and smaller

public and private funding organizations:

• SSHRC Standard Research Grant - Secwepemc language discourse (2006-2009),

M. Ignace (\-vith S. Russell, Ron Ignace and Mona Jules) - $ 95,000

•

Haida Toponymy - supported by the Hans Rausing Foundation for Endangered

languages

(2006), M. Ignace - ca. $15,000

•

Tsilhqot'in Practical Grammar (S. Russell, Ed Cook and Mariah Myers) -

supported

by the

Vancouver

Foundation ($15,000).

First Nations communities who have worked with SFU faculty have been able to

attract grants towards language documentation and materials development, as well

as curriculum

development. Some examples are:

• Sm'a)gyax Practical Grammar - M. Ignace and M. Anderson, UNBC - supported by

Aboriginal Language Initiative Funding (ALI) to the Tsimshian Tribal Council,

SSHRC funding to Dr. Anderson and School District 52 funds.

• Secwepemc language CD ROM and learning guide (M. Ignace) - supported by

Aboriginal Language Initiative Funding

(ALI) to Secwepemc Cultural Education

Society

•

A variety of First Nations K-12 language curriculum documents by M. Ignace and/

S. Russell in collaboration with local fluent speakers and elders

(Secwepemctsin, Haida, Sm'algyax, Nuxalk, Heiltsuk) - supported by local school

districts,

ALI and BCLI funding and other sources.

Most

of these projects have involved SFU undergraduate and/or graduate students

as collaborators and research assistants.

Although

SFU Kamloops was the pioneer institution in providing access to First

Nations language

learning among Aboriginal learners, especially in their home

communities,

various programs and courses in First Nations language teaching and

learning have come to exist since the mid 1990s. Notably, the University of

Victoria

has recently established a programme in Aboriginal language revitalization in

partnership with Enowkin Centre, and the University of British Columbia has

articulated its offerings (mainly limited to Musqueam

and some Kwakwala) into a

First Nations Language

Program.

The particular strengths of SFU Kamloops with regards to First Nations

language teaching

and research have been;

../ The very breadth and depth of local First Nations partnerships and

language

groups who have collaborated with SFU and who have

produced graduates with the SFU FNLP certificate and some other

credentials;

../ The unique capacity of SFU faculty to work directly in and with a large

number of First Nations languages to assist local learners, develop

materials

and curricula, and conduct applied and academic research

leading to

notable output in theses, academic conference presentations,

academic publications

and applied works, such as First Nations

language

curriculum materials.

With the restructuring of the Kamloops program, management of SFU's aboriginal

language offerings

across the province will be carried out by the Linguistics

Department in Burnaby, with the administrative support of the First Nations Studies

office. The research

and development activities of the proposed centre are important

prerequisites for the continued success of these offerings, as is the community

liaison that is a by-product of of the community-based research done by members of

the proposed centre. The courses offered in communities by the Linguistics

Department, in turn, will

support the efforts of the centre to become a catalyst in

language preservation within communities. This is a clear case where teaching and

community-based

research each contribute strongly to a cornmonly held goal. The

academic

program and the Centre will complement each other and will together

provide important support for communities who want to preserve and enhance

their cultural legacies, for which traditional languages are

key.

There are two dimensions to the proposed Centre's activities that carryon this

established trajectory of service

to communities, coupled with academic research

and training.

To do so, the Centre should become known as:

• A focal point for research and training for the support and revitalization of

Western

Canada's aboriginal languages, and a funnel for funding in support of

such activities, coming from agencies at

all levels.

• A

partner and resource for First Nations communities interested in

proactively initiating activities aimed at preserving and revitalizing their

traditional local languages. These may include curriculum development,

community language program organization and delivery, training for

language teachers, and brokering university-credit language courses tailored

for the community by SFU's Linguistics Department.

Funding

for these activities will come from external sources, from various Federal

and private agencies

to band council funding in the communities themselves. The

SFU Kamloops program has established a track record in this connection that can be

carried forward

by the Centre.

It should be noted that various granting agencies that support First Nations

language revitalization

in British Columbia - especially those provided through the

First

People's Heritage, Language and Culture Council of BC - will be likely

supporters of the

Centre's activities in materials development and documentation.

Development Plan

A plan to broaden and intensify the ability of a First Nations Languages Centre at

SFU to attract funding should focus on the following points:

Network and liaise with First Nations communities and community

organizations throughout British

Columbia to encourage and engage further

comJnunity contracts

for First Nations language revitalization projects.

2) Develop a communications strategy to promote the First Nations language

Centre via website and print materials.

3) Provide assistance to First Nations communities and organizations (where

needed)

to resource First Nations language projects.

4) Provide assistance to existing CFL faculty to secure grants in liaison with

SFU's ORS.

5) Lobby the

Ministry of Advanced Education towards additional funds to

enable First Nations language revitalization work throughout BC through

Simon Fraser University.

It is expected that the activities of the Centre would be underwritten by grants and

contracts as for any

other centre. The Centre's activities in the community will be

self-financing. The contribution of the Centre to instructional activities in

communities will

be through a planning, development, and coordinating role using

expertise and experience

not available in local communities. The costs of the

community activities themselves will be financed by

the communities or grants

received by them.

Conclusion

The planned continuation of SFU's First Nations language program throughout the

province in the wake of the discontinuation of the Kamloops program provides a

particular

opportunity for the University to focus and enhance the research activity

related to

the problem of First Nations language revitalization. This Centre is

intended to build on the momentum in this area that has developed in connection

with the Kamloops program over the past 20 years. The continued program of

language instruction in communities will complement the work of this Centre, since

neither instruction nor research alone will have the impact on the erosion of

traditional linguistic skills that communities desire. First Nations language are so

close to extinction that it takes both initiatives in order to retrieve and re-invigorate

the traditional languages of these communities. This Centre will provide the

research initiative needed to maintain

the momentum SFU has achieved over the

past two decades.

Appendix: Founding members

Alderete, John. Associate Professor, Linguistics Department

Gerdts,

Donna. Professor, Linguistics Department

Ignace, Marianne. Associate

Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Mellow, Dean. Associate Professor, Linguistics Department

Perry, Thomas, Associate Professor, Linguistics Department

Russell, Susan, Lecturer, Linguistics Department

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Terms of Reference

First Nations Language Centre

Statement of Special Purpose

The purpose of the First Nations Language Centre is to conduct research into and provide

academic support for community-based efforts to preserve and revitalize First Nations

languages. In

so doing, the Centre will bring expertise in First Nations language

revitalization into First Nations communities throughout British Columbia and

neighboring areas as well as facilitate descriptive and applied linguistic research into

critically endangered languages. A further goal will be

to facilitate communication

between First Nations communities and the university.

Membership

Members

of faculty at Simon Fraser University who have academic expertise in First

Nations languages may become members

of the Centre. Colleagues from outside the

university and retired members may be appointed as corresponding members for a

specific term. All invitations to become members will come from the Steering Committee

(see below).

Statement

of Internal Governing Procedures

The Centre will be governed by a Steering Conlmittee, made up of members of the

Centre. The Steering

Committee will be appointed by the Dean of Arts and Social

Sciences and will consist of at least five members. The chair of the Linguistics

Department and the Director

of the First Nations Studies programs will be members of

the Steering Committee by virtue of their respective offices.

Operational responsibility for internal governance of the Centre lies with the Centre's

Director, who develops Centre policies in consultation with the Steering Committee and

manages the activities

of the Centre. The Director will chair the Steering Committee.

Two advisory boards consIstIng of leading members First Nations communItIes or

academics with interest in the

Centre's mandate will also provide guidance to the

program

of the Centre. Membership in these boards will be at the invitation of the

Steering

Committee, subject to the approval of the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social

Sciences. The

Chair of each advisory board will be elected annually by and from the

members

of the board:

1. A Community Advisory Board will include prominent members of First Nations

communities who have an abiding interest in the preservation

of their communities'

culture and language, and who are willing to give advice to the Centre and act as

advocates for language preservation and revitalization in their

own communities and

beyond.

An Expert Advisory Board \vill include First Nations language authorities, teachers,

elders, and others who are considered by their communities to be leaders in the work

preserving and revitalizing their community's language, and who are actively engaged

in that work. This Board will also include some academics from outside

SFU who have

expertise in this area and who actively conduct research and support community

projects in this area.

Appointment

of Director

The Director will

be appointed

the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, upon a

nomination by and from the Steering

Committee of the Centre. The term of appointment

would normally be for a three-year period, renewable upon mutual agreement.

Identification

of the Applicable Status under R 40.01

The First Nations Language Centre is identified as a Research Centre in the sense of

R40.0 1, reporting to the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Centre's Obligation

Coolply with University Policy

The First Nations Language Centre will comply with Simon Fraser University policies in

all its activities.

April,

2010

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