Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable LILLIAN EVA DYCK
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Issue No. 51
Third, fourth and fifth meetings:
The subject matter of Bill C-91, An Act respecting Indigenous languages
WITNESSES
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Avataq Cultural Institute:
Josepi Padlayat, President;
Zebedee Nungak, Specialist, Language file.
Nunavut Arctic College:
Rebecca Mearns, Dean of Education, Inuit and University Studies.
Government of Nunavut:
The Honourable David Joanasie, Minister of Languages, Minister of Culture and Heritage and Minister of Education;
Susan Enuaraq, Senior Advisor, Inuktut.
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated:
Aluki Kotierk, President.
As an individual:
Ian Martin, Professor, Glendon College, York University.
Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute:
Jordan Lachler, Director.
Six Nations of the Grand River:
Karen Sandy, Director.
Kontinónhstats - The Mohawk Language Custodian Association from Kanehsatà:ke:
Ellen Gabriel, Representative.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres:
Claudette Commanda, Executive Director.
First Peoples' Cultural Council:
Tracey Herbert, Chief Executive Officer (by video conference);
Susanne Gressner, Research and Development, Linguist (by video conference).
As individuals:
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, Indigenous Academic Lead, Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg;
Imelda Perley, Elder-in-Residence, Mi'kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre, University of New Brunswick (by video conference).
Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre:
Wanda Wilson, President.
T'selcéwtqen Clleq'mel'ten/Chief Atahm School:
Robert Matthew, Principal.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research:
Karon Shmon, Director, Publishing (by video conference);
David Morin, Curriculum Developer (by video conference).
Métis Settlements General Council:
Blake Desjarlais, Director of Public and National Affairs.
Council of Yukon First Nations:
Tina Jules, Director, Yukon Native Language Centre (by video conference).
Nisga'a Lisims Government:
Corinne McKay, Secretary-Treasurer.
Office of the Official Languages Commissioner of the Northwest Territories:
Shannon Gullberg, Official Languages Commissioner.
Office of the Official Languages Commissioner of Nunavut:
Helen Klengenberg, Official Languages Commissioner.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, Chair
The Honourable Scott Tannas, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Christmas, Coyle, *Day (or Mercer), Doyle, Francis, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), LaBoucane-Benson, Lovelace Nicholas, McCallum, McInnis, McPhedran, Ngo, Pate, Patterson, Plett, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint- Germain)
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Francis replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (April 4, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Griffin (April 4, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Griffin replaced the Honourable Senator Francis (April 3, 2019).