A Haida Gwaii duo is promoting the beauty of an endangered Indigenous language in a unique way — by singing rap songs. Jiixa (Gladys Vandal), an elder of the Haida Eagle Clan, teamed up with Julia ...

Sarah de Leeuw's latest poetry collection Lot takes readers to Haida Gwaii, where she grew up. The poems investigate the history, language and the violence of colonization and how that has shaped the ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Haida Eagle Clan ...

An artist's rendering of the new Vancouver Island Regional Library branch opening in the Village of Masset that will feature an immersive Haida language lab. (Vancouver Island Regional Library - image ...

A trip to Haida Gwaii has given an SFU visiting linguist a new perspective on language preservation, something she has devoted a lifetime to researching in her native India. Professor Anvita Abbi is ...

HIELLEN, British Columbia — Speaking Haida for the first time in more than 60 years looked painful. Sphenia Jones' cheeks glistened with sweat, and her eyes clenched shut. She tried again to produce ...

A musical duo from Haida Gwaii is passing on the traditional language to the next generation by rapping. Elder Jiixa (Gladys Vandal) and Julia Weder formed the rap group Siijuu Jaadas, meaning cool ...

On October 19th, Laurel Weldon, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at SFU and Panayiotis Pappas, Chair of the Department of Linguistics, travelled to Old Masset in Haida Gwaii to ...

On the fabled islands of Haida Gwaii off the coast of northern British Columbia, ancient cedar forests are cloaked in incandescent moss and the sea is churned by a wailing wind. Many visitors are ...

Leonie Sandercock receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for ongoing research on the impact of the film, Edge of the KNife , on the Haida community, on Haida ...