This exhibit 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’ knowledge to today’s youth.
Visit the Exhibit
This exhibit is not currently on display.
Previous locations
| Kitchener Public Library | Kitchener, Ontario | October 2025 |
| Simcoe County Museum | Minesing, Ontario | August to September 2025 |
| Welcome Centre, Kincardine Centre for the Arts | Kincardine, Ontario | June 2025 |
| Oshawa Museum | Oshawa, Ontario | March 2025 |
| Collingwood Public Library | Collingwood, Ontario | October 2024 |
| Museum on the Boyne | Alliston, Ontario | June 2024 |
| Milton Public Library, Beaty Branch | Milton, Ontario | May 2024 |
| Musée Héritage Museum | St. Albert, Alberta | October 2023 to February 2024 |
| The Fort Museum of the North West Mounted Police and First Nations Interpretive Centre | Fort Macleod, Alberta | July to September 2023 |
| Library, University of Guelph | Guelph, Ontario | October to November 2022 |
| Archives and Mackenzie Centre, Peace River Museum | Peace River, Alberta | May to June 2022 |
| Regina Campus Library, First Nations University of Canada | Regina, Saskatchewan | November 2021 |
| Northern Campus Library, First Nations University of Canada | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | October to November 2021 |
| Old Gaol Museum | Lindsay, Ontario | August 2020 to August 2021 |
| Fort la Reine Museum | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba | September to October 2020 |
| Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, Arthur A. Wishart Library, Algoma University | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | June to July 2020 |
| Mississauga Central Library | Mississauga, Ontario | June 2020 |
| Hillside School, Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation | Kettle Point, Ontario | March 2020 |
| Sherwood Community Centre and Library | Milton, Ontario | December 2019 to January 2020 |
| Milton Public Library, Main Branch | Milton, Ontario | December 2019 |
| Calgary Public Library, Central Branch | Calgary, Alberta | November 2019 |
| Celebration of Indigenous Languages event at University of Calgary, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literature, and Cultures | Calgary, Alberta | November 2019 |
| Canadian Language Museum, Glendon Campus, York University | Toronto, Ontario | September to October 2019 |
| 2019 Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy & Planning Conference, OISE, University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | August 2019 |
| Aanin Branch, Markham Public Library | Markham, Ontario | July 2019 |
| Lennox & Addington Museum and Archives | Napanee, Ontario | June 2019 |
| 2019 Congress of the Humanities and Social Studies, Irving K Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Ontario | June 2019 |
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