When Leah Ayaruaq McKay moved from Qikitarjuaq to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, at 13, she carried more than her belongings. She carried Inuktitut, the Inuit language spoken in the central and eastern ...

Languages are windows into the worlds of the people who speak them – reflecting what they value and experience daily. In our recently-published study we took a broad approach towards understanding the ...

In January 2021, in close collaboration with the Government of Nunavut, Microsoft announced the launch of Inuktitut in Microsoft Translator. Today, at the start of Uqausirmut Quviasuutiqarniq, an ...

Join Moderator Tiffany Ayalik and speakers James Dommek Jr., Byron Nicholai and Julia Ogina for a conversation about the past, present and future of Inuit music with four practicing artists. Alyson ...

Like many Indigenous people of North America, Miali Coley-Sudlovenick fears that her native language is dying. European colonization left Inuit struggling to preserve their culture and tongue in an ...

Richard Compton receives funding in the form of research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Transmission and Knowledge of ...

Languages are much more than just a communication tool. They reflect the values and daily experiences of the peoples who speak them. A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Microsoft's Translator now supports over 100 languages and dialects. Recently, 12 new languages and dialects were added to Translator. In addition to languages spoken by a large number of people, ...