Principal Investigator:Shiri, Ali Licensed Year(s):
2017
20162015 Summary:
Specific objectives are to: 1) investigate and identify the information needs and information seeking behaviour of community members in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR); 2) develop a digital library of information resources; 3) explore appropriate methodologies for treatment of cultural heritage information; 4) create a culturally appropriate metadata framework as a basis for resource descri...
Principal Investigator:Berthelin, Signe Rix Licensed Year(s):2015
2014
Summary:
Different languages express things differently. Every language is a unique way of communicating thoughts and feelings and knowledge. The science of Linguistics is interested in finding out more about what human language is like, and therefore interested in many different languages.
The principal investigator is interested in ‘modal words’ / ‘modal expressions’ in Uummarmiutun. With a modal wor...
Principal Investigator:Bourcier, Andre Licensed Year(s):
1997
Summary:
The goal of this project to discuss with the communities what their respective linguistic needs are and to propose a series of recommendations for linguists and cultural officers regarding their linguistic intervention in these communities. The first part of this study will be an assessment of the means made available to the communities by the authorities. The researcher will then try to determine...