Program and Presenters
The 57th Algonquian Conference will feature four rooms with concurrent sessions that will appeal to academics and community members alike!
Tiered registration to eliminate financial barriers to participation!
Feast and Celebration featuring local Indigenous entertainers and Indigenous languages, and the honouring of UWinnipeg's first cohort from UWinnipeg's innovative Teaching Indigenous Languages for Vitality certificate program.
Program
Saturday, October 18 – Program
Presenters
Keynote:
- Wabanakiw: An Unauthorized Cartography of Wolastokwi Futures – Dr. Bernard Perley
Language Keepers Panel on Indigenous Language Revitalization:
- Moderator: Dr. Richard Littlebear, Cheyenne
- Panelist: Pat Ningewance, Anishinaabe
- Panelist: Verna Demontigny, Michif/Red River Métis
- Panelist: Annie Belanger, Anishinaabe
- Panelist: Gail Welburn, Michif/Red River Métis
- Panelist: Stella Neff, Cree
- Panelist: Ann-Margaret Day-Osborne
- and others TBA.
Indigenous Linguists and Language Revitalization Practitioners Panel
- Moderator: Heather Souter
- Panelist: Mosian Bluecloud, Kickapoo
- Panelist: Kathleen Anderson, Michif/Red River Métis
- Panelist: Bri Alexander, Shawnee and Cherokee
- Panelist: Mskwaankwad Rice, Anishinaabe
- Panelist: Colleen Omand, Cree
- and others TBA
Youth Interactive Presentation on Indigenous Language Technology | Saturday, October 18, 2025
- Delaney Lothian, National Research Council of Canada
- Delassie Torkorno, National Research Council of Canada
- Aaron Fay, kiyanaw.net