26.1171, Confs: Anthropological Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Acquisition, Philosophy of Lang, Socioling/Canada

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Subject: 26.1171, Confs: Anthropological Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Acquisition, Philosophy of Lang, Socioling/Canada

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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:03:55
From: Lise Bazinet [lbazinet at uOttawa.ca]
Subject: Protecting Language Rights: Promoting Linguistic Pluralism

 
Protecting Language Rights: Promoting Linguistic Pluralism 
Short Title: IALC Conference 

Date: 20-May-2015 - 21-May-2015 
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 
Contact: Alexandra Auger 
Contact Email: IALC-OLBI at uOttawa.ca 
Meeting URL: http://languagecommissioners.org/welcome.php?lang=1 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Philosophy of Language; Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): Albanian, Gheg (aln)
                     Catalan-Valencian-Balear (cat)
                     English (eng)
                     French (fra)
                     Gascon (gsc)
                     Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian (ike)
                     Irish (gle)
                     Serbian (srp)
                     Spanish (spa)
                     Welsh (cym)

Meeting Description: 

The general public is invited to the second annual Conference of the Association of International Language Commissioners.

The IALC assists the language commissioners role throughout the world by promoting best practices and standards of excellence and by advancing language equality and diversity. 

Topics Include:

- Language Rights: Holding Governments to Account
- The Promotion and Protection of Linguistic Pluralism
- The Preservation and Revitalization of Aboriginal/Indigenous and Minority Languages
- Language and Group Conflict

Guest Speakers Include:

- Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages (Canada)
- Nicoletta Mariolini, Swiss Federal Delegate of Plurilingualism Switzerland)
- Naiomi W. Metallic, Aboriginal and Constitutional Rights, Burchells LLP, Halifax (Canada)
- Akhtarul Wasey, National Commissionner for Linguistic Minorities (India)
- Pär Stenbäck, Former Minister of Education and Foreign Relations (Finland)
- Colin Williams, Research Professor in sociolinguistics in the school of Welsh, Cardiff 
University (Wales, UK)

The conference is hosted on the University of Ottawa campus by the Official Language and 
Bilingualism Institute. 






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