Language Policy· 2026Q1
Reclaiming multilingualism in Saskatchewan schools: historical thinking, policy discontinuities, and language futures
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Short summary
Historical analysis of language policy in Saskatchewan reveals how past planned language shifts can inform current efforts to reclaim societal multilingualism.
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Key points
- Historical thinking about language policy can guide current and future efforts to reclaim societal multilingualism.
- Past planned language shifts in Saskatchewan serve as case studies for understanding policy discontinuities.
- The authors' collaborative work is informed by their distinct identities and experiences with colonial policies.
- Understanding historical impacts on language is crucial for addressing contemporary language policy challenges.
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Abstract
This article explores past struggles over planned language shift in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan to demonstrate how historical thinking about language policy can be used to provide insight into contemporary and future efforts to reclaim societal multilingualism. We write this paper as co-authors with different backgrounds. Andrea is a white settler from rural Saskatchewan, with Western and Eastern European ancestors who came to this territory in the early 1900s. Belinda kakiyosēw Daniels is nēhiyaw from Sturgeon Lake First Nation and her ancestors have been in what is now Treaty 6 territory since time immemorial. These differences in our identities mean that, while we are both connected to Saskatchewan, provincial and federal systems and colonial policies have impacted our families, individual lives and trajectories in markedly different ways. Our collaborative work in language research is enriched by these differences.
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