Exhibits

Sign Languages of Canada

Description

COMING SOON

Sign Languages of Canada displays an important part of Canada’s language mosaic. In 2016, more than 48 000 Canadians knew a sign language. Sign languages have their own dialects, just like spoken languages. For example, the Maritime Sign Language dialect is used throughout Canada’s eastern coast. In Canada, the most popular sign language is American Sign Language with more than 20,000 users. Canadians also use Quebec Sign Language, Plains Indian Sign Language, Inuit Sign Language and Oneida Sign Language.

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Enjoy these videos about sign languages on Youtube!

American Sign Language (ASL): Lack of access to sign language a growing problem in Saskatchewan
Maritime Sign Language (MSL): How the deaf community is preserving Maritime Sign Language
Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL): Indian Sign Language Council of 1930 and Plains Sign Language camp a new spin on an old way of communicating on the Prairies
Oneida Sign Language (OSL): Oneida Sign Language Thanksgiving Address

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Yiddish Spring

Description

“Komets-alef: o! Back to School at the Yiddish Kheyder” offers a fresh and fun take on the traditional kheyder of old. This exhibition, created by Miriam Borden, invites you to explore some of the basic skills you will need to engage with Yiddish: how to read it, how to write it, how to speak it, and how to identify what it looks and sounds like.

In addition, Berlin-based composer Paul Brody created "The Music of Yiddish Curses and Blessings": an exciting sound installation for the CLM based on the voice-melodies of eight Toronto Yiddish speakers. Well-known European and Canadian klezmer musicians are contributing responses to the piece.

Enjoy the soundscape on Youtube

In collaboration with Ashkenaz Festival.

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Beyond Words: Dictionaries and Indigenous Languages

Description

Beyond Words: Dictionaries and Indigenous Languages highlights the complex relationship between Indigenous languages and dictionaries over several centuries, from word lists and dictionaries developed for exploration, colonization, conversion and assimilation purposes, to online language materials being developed by Indigenous communities to transmit the elders’ language knowledge to today’s youth.

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Current Exhibits

Olde Gaol Museum

50 Victoria Ave N

K9V 4G3 Lindsay , Ontario

Canada

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Ontario CA

Date:

Monday, August 24, 2020 to Sunday, August 8, 2021

Fort la Reine Museum

2652 E Saskatchewan Ave

R1N 3Z9 Portage la Prairie , Manitoba

Canada

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Manitoba CA

Date:

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 to Friday, October 15, 2021

Panels / Audio

Panels

Read Between the Signs: 150 Years of Language in Toronto

Description

Toronto’s diverse languages shape our city’s streets. These languages are part of the landscape, visible in storefronts, building facades, and street signs. They can reflect, and sometimes even obscure, the communities that live and work in this city. In presenting a visual history of Toronto’s languages, this exhibition makes use of archival and contemporary photos.

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A Tapestry of Voices: Celebrating Canada’s Languages

Description

This exhibit surveys Canada's rich linguistic landscape, including over 60 aboriginal languages, Canada's two official languages (French and English), and more than 100 languages that immigrants have brought to our shores. The exhibit explores themes that touch the lives of speakers of every language in Canada, such as: How have the languages of Canada changed over time? What happens when languages come in contact? How can our languages be maintained for future generations?

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Current Exhibits

Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre

33 Victoria St N

N0H 2L0 Southampton , Ontario

Canada

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Ontario CA

Date:

Monday, October 4, 2021 to Friday, January 7, 2022

Panels / Audio

Panels

Cree: The People's Language

Description

The Canadian Language Museum presents an exhibit about Cree, the most widely spoken Canadian Aboriginal language. Six colourful panels present maps, photos and information on topics including the syllabic writing system, word formation, animacy, and the future of Cree. There are also audio clips of Cree dialects from across Canada.

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Learn more about the Cree language by downloading our supplementary resources package below:

cree_resources_package_english.pdf

Photo credit: "Proof Close Up" by Christopher Chen (lumachrome)

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Le français au Canada

Description

Canada is not only the second largest country in the world, it is also the country with the largest number of native French speakers after France. French plays an important role in the linguistic landscape of Canada, perpetuating a language whose North American origins are nearly four centuries old. French in Canada presents the dynamic history and contemporary status of Francophone communities from coast to coast. This exhibit highlights the Laurentian and Acadian dialects and describes language contact with English and Aboriginal languages.

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Audio

Dans les prisons de Londres (Quebec)

Speaking the Inuit Way

Description

Speaking the Inuit Way introduces viewers to the diversity of the Inuit language. This exhibit presents Inuit writing systems, dialect differences and modern revitalization efforts, and illustrates how the language reflects both historical and contemporary Inuit culture and identity.

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Audio

Syllabics Song

Canadian English, Eh?

Description

Canadian English, Eh? focuses on Canadians' distinctive use of the English language. This exhibit explores the history of English in Canada, variations in Canadian English across the country and across generations, as well as influences from French and Aboriginal languages.

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Current Exhibits

Fort la Reine Museum

2652 E Saskatchewan Ave

R1N 3Z9 Portage la Prairie , Manitoba

Canada

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Manitoba CA

Date:

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 to Friday, October 15, 2021

Panels / Audio

Panels