Canada Searches For Indigenous Languages Director

The Government of Canada has put out a call for applications to fill the positions of the Commissioner and Directors of Indigenous Languages. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announcing that the Notice of Appointment Opportunity, which solicits applications to fill the positions of (1) Commissioner and (up to 3) Directors of Indigenous Languages, has been posted on the Governor in Council Appointments website.

Paul Pelletier is the Director General, Indigenous Languages:

“The United Nation’s Education, Scientific and Cultural Education’s body said that there is no Indigenous language in Canada that is safe and the majority of them are in a state of endangerment. So the timing of the Indigenous Languages Act and the setting up of the Office of Commissioner is really important, because that office will help Indigenous communities in their efforts to revitalize and strengthen their languages.”

Pelletier talks about attracting candidates:

“We are reaching out as broadly as we can. So we’re just now, for example, concluding a number of consultations that were on the Office of the Commissioner and the funding model and we will be sending out this notice just to tell every single person who was invited to those sessions that the notice is out. We’re also working with Indigenous partners to send out a notification through all the organizations so that as many people as possible are aware of the postings.”

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