37.1284, Confs: Discoveries and Insights in Skills Training in Intergenerational Language Sustainability Conference (Canada)

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Date: 30-Mar-2026
From: Darren Flavelle [dragons at ualberta.ca]
Subject: Discoveries and Insights in Skills Training in Intergenerational Language Sustainability Conference


Discoveries and Insights in Skills Training in Intergenerational
Language Sustainability Conference
Short Title: DISTILS-01
Theme: Conceptions of Intergenerational Language Sustainability Skills
Training: Best Practices and Innovations

Date: 04-May-2026 - 08-May-2026
Location: Edmonton, Canada
Contact: Darren Flavelle
Contact Email: distils at instils.org
Meeting URL: https://www.instils.org/distils

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics

We're delighted to put on Discoveries and Insights into Skills
Training for Intergenerational Language Sustainability (DISTILS-01)!
This FREE Hybrid Conference about the intricacies of training
communities to document, preserve, and revitalize their language(s)
from a variety of perspectives from across the globe will be the first
of it's kind!
The hybrid nature of the conference allows for people to register for
both in person and online attendance and participation for the
Conference Presentations.
Please see the website: http://www.instils.org/distils  to register
and to see the full Conference Schedule with abstracts! All times in
MDT/UTC-6.
We are still working out if we can make the workshops function in
Hybrid modalities. But at least the talks will be recorded (pending
presenter consent) and viewable via Zoom if you can't make it in
person.
Preliminary Conference Schedule:
Monday May 4th - McLennan Ross Hall (Law Building) Rooms 231A and 237A
Monday 8:00-8:30 - Registration
Monday 8:30-9:30 - Welcome and Opening Ceremony
Monday 9:30-9:45 - Coffee break
Monday 9:45-11:00
First Keynote Address
Monday 11:00-11:30
Natalia Intja
University of Namibia
Bridging the Gap: A Framework for Intergenerational Language
Sustainability (ILS) and Community-Led Capacity Building in Namibia
Monday 11:30-12:00
Aliana Parker
First People's Cultural Council (Canada)
Community-Centred Practical Skills Training for Language
Revitalization
Monday 12:00-13:00 - Lunch
Monday 13:00-13:30
Kelsey Neely and Mandana Seyfeddinipur
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (Germany)
How can language documentation support language revitalization?
Monday 13:30-14:00
Kathleen Anderson (1) and Jacqueline Dormer (2)
Simon Fraser University (1), University of Winnipeg (2) (Canada)
Lessons from the Michif Context: An Unauthorized Guide to Surviving
Language Revitalization
Monday 14:00-14:30
Danielle Dacanay
Tłı̨chǫ Government (Canada)
Novel Terminology Development in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıı̀
Monday 14:30-14:45 - Coffee break
Monday 14:45-16:00
Sheilah Nicholas
West Region Native American Language Resource Center, University of
Arizona (USA)
Monday 16:00-16:30
Craig Kopris and Darcy Allred
Wyandotte Nation (USA)
How Do You Pass the Torch While You’re Still Lighting It?
Monday 16:30-17:00
Mirinda Burarungrot, Kumaree Laparporn, Pimnara Chanorn and Nattamon
Rojanakul
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol
University (Thailand)
Training Generations to Sustain Language: The Mahidol Model as a
Field-Tested Ecosystem for Intergenerational Language Sustainability
Tuesday May 5 - McLennan Ross Hall (Law Building) Rooms 231A and 237A
Tuesday 9:00-9:30
Tobias Weber
Technical University of Liberec (Czechia)
Modern Literacies for Intergenerational Language Sustainability:
Critical, Digital, Multimedial
Tuesday 9:30-10:00
Marigona Morina
University of Calgary (Canada)
Albanian Heritage Language Learning in Canada: Understanding Language
Maintenance and Identity Development among Second-Generation
Immigrants
Tuesday 10:00-10:30
Anna Belew
Endangered Languages Project (USA)
Reducing Barriers and Growing Networks of Knowledge Sharing in
Language Documentation and Revitalization
Tuesday 10:30-10:45 - Coffee break
Tuesday 10:45-12:00
Robert Elliott
Northwest Indigenous Languages Institute, University of Oregon (USA)
How to Build a Community‑Driven, University‑Based Indigenous Language
Center (Without Really Trying)
Tuesday 12:00-13:00 - Lunch
Tuesday 13:00-13:30
Nabraj Lama
Institute for Socio Cultural Research and Analysis (Nepal)
Bridging Global Knowledge with Local Realities: Reflections from
Developing a Multilingual Dictionary for the Tamang Community of Nepal
Tuesday 13:30-14:00
Ítalo Cantarutti
Universidad Católica de Temuco (Chile)
Tuesday 14:00-14:30
Nainakala Tamang (1) and Nabraj Lama (2)
Institute for Socio Cultural Research and Analysis (1), Lumbini
Buddhist University (2) (Nepal)
Tuesday 14:30-15:00 - Coffee break
Tuesday 15:00-15:30
Cora Lesure
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Strengths and Limitations of a Linguistics Focused Approach
Tuesday 15:30-16:00
James Bednall
Charles Darwin University (Australia)
Designing, developing and accrediting ILS training programs: A case
study from northern Australia
Tuesday 16:00-16:30
Samantha Disbray and Desmond Crump
University of Queensland (Australia)
Indigenous Language Revitalisation and collaboration at the University
of Queensland
Tuesday 16:30-17:00
Erin McGarvey
University of Alberta (Canada)
Auxiliary skills training in community-based language work: a can of
worms
Wednesday May 6 - McLennan Ross Hall (Law Building) Rooms 231A and
237A
Wednesday 9:00-9:30
Santiago Gualapuro Gualapuro
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA)
Kichwa Speech and the Challenges of a Standard Orthography
Wednesday 9:30-10:00
Zubair Torwali and Aftab Ahmad
Idara Baraye Taleem wa Taraai (IBT) (Pakistan)
Intergenerational Language Sustainability and the Torwali experience
in Northern Pakistan
Wednesday 10:00-10:30
Arimardan Kumar Tripathi
Central Institute of Hindi (India)
Intergenerational Language Maintenance with Regrouping Marginal
Communities with Widely Used Scripts: Case and Context of India
Wednesday 10:30-10:45 - Coffee break
Wednesday 10:45-12:00
Urtzi Urrutikoetxea
Garabide (Spain)
Garabide: Linguistic Collaboration, Activist Training, and
Transnational Networks for Language Revitalization
Wednesday 12:00-13:00 - Lunch
Wednesday 13:00-13:30
Dunlop Ochieng
The Open University of Tanzania
Intergenerational Language Maintenance among Non-Swahili natives in
Dar es Salaam: A Comparative Study of Migrant Families
Wednesday 13:30-14:00
Quegas Mutale
Luunga Visionary Trust (LUVIT) (Zimbabwe)
Language Revitalization in Zimbabwe: Grassroots efforts to generate
intergenerational language sustainability among the Tonga communities
Wednesday 14:00-14:30
Talent Mudenda and Mitchell Chibvamindu
University of Warsaw (Poland)
Rural and urban contexts shaping the teaching and learning of the
Tonga language in Zimbabwe
Wednesday 14:30-15:00 - Coffee break
Wednesday 15:00-15:30
Leonora Rotomane Houma
Solomon Islands National University
Challenges in teaching local vernaculars in Solomon Islands schools
Wednesday 16:00-16:30
Kevin Martens Wong
Kodrah Kristang (Singapore)
The Dragon’s Work: Autopoietic trauma processing and individuation as
core skills informing successful intergenerational language
sustainability
Wednesday 18:00-22:00 - Conference Dinner at Boxer
Thursday May 7 - Workshops
Thursday 9:00-12:00
Group A: Putting a Canvas on the Frame: Improving the INSTILS
Framework for ILS Skills Training
Group B: DRAGONS GOLD: Designing Your Own Language Documentation Tools
Group C: The Long View: Futures Thinking for Intergenerational
Language Sustainability
Thursday 12:00-13:00 - Lunch
Thursday 13:00-16:00
Group A: DRAGONS GOLD: Designing Your Own Language Documentation Tools
Group B: The Long View: Futures Thinking for Intergenerational
Language Sustainability
Group C: Putting a Canvas on the Frame: Improving the INSTILS
Framework for ILS Skills Training
Friday May 8 - Workshops
Friday 9:00-12:00
Group A: The Long View: Futures Thinking for Intergenerational
Language Sustainability
Group B: Putting a Canvas on the Frame: Improving the INSTILS
Framework for ILS Skills Training
Group C: DRAGONS GOLD: Designing Your Own Language Documentation Tools
Friday 12:00-13:00 - Lunch
Friday 13:00-16:00
Conference wrap-up and planning for next steps



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