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Sterzuk, Andrea; Fayant, Russell – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2016
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) began in June, 2008 as a response to the Indian Residential School legacy. The commission concluded with a 2015 report which includes 94 calls to action. Some of these calls pertain to higher education including the following example "We call upon post-secondary institutions to create…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Language Maintenance, Higher Education, American Indians
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Snoddon, Kristin – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
This article examines several legal cases in Canada, the USA, and Australia involving signed language in education for Deaf students. In all three contexts, signed language rights for Deaf students have been viewed from within a disability legislation framework that either does not extend to recognizing language rights in education or that…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Equal Education, Court Litigation, Deafness