Language Books
The Canadian Language Museum has a small library of books related to our exhibits.
Book of the Month
Kiskajeyi — I AM READY blends images, English poetry and Mi’kmaq (L’nuk) hieroglyphic poetry to celebrate the revitilization of the L’nuk language and the United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages. The L’nuk people from the east coast of Canada have maintained a complex writing system, Komqwejwi’kasikl, for over 13 000 years. Michelle Sylliboy continues an ongoing dialogue through her hermeneutic explorations.
Featured Book for Children
The CLM has several children’s books, which provide an introduction for language beginners young and old.
Gina Valle’s project collects the winning and finalist submissions from the 2014 Multilingual Kid Lit Award, which is sponsored by the Rainbow Caterpillar bookstore. Supporting UNESCO’s recognition of the importance of a mother language in children’s self-esteem and in the maintenance of culture and language, this book brings together “everyone, grandparents, French immersion students, multilingual parents and children, curious readers big and small.” Founder of Diversity Matters, which provides diversity workshops and training, Valle is committed to a Canada that lives comfortably with many languages and cultures in our everyday life.
A Dictionary of Multicultural English in Toronto
In addition to developing the exhibit, Toronto Voices: Language and Identity at The Spot, under the supervision of the Canadian Language Museum, York students Melissa Douglas and Shiyan Liang created a dictionary of Toronto English with contributions from friends, family, the Glendon Linguistics Club, and the youths at The Spot.
The dictionary offers examples of usage in various parts of popular culture, including QR codes which link to some of the songs and videos.
Come visit us at the Museum and offer your contribution to our collection of Toronto’s favourite words!
Découvrez plus sur Manoir Glendon
Le MCL est situé dans l'aile est de l'historique Manoir Glendon.
As part of two capstone courses in Public History at York University, AP/HIST 4840 and GL/HIST 4310, students Amena Mirza, Jan Szulc, and Nera-Lei Vasilko created a brochure on the history of Glendon Hall under the supervision of the Canadian Language Museum.
