Province creates program to preserve Indigenous languages

CALGARY – The province is spending $1 million on a program at the new Central Library in Calgary to preserve Indigenous languages.

Premier Rachel Notley says she can’t think of a better place to house the Indigenous Languages Resource Centre.

Calgary’s new $245-million, 22,000-square-metre library opened last November to much fanfare and has drawn praise for its airy, modernist design.

Notley says the United Nations’ declaration that 2019 is the year of Indigenous languages is more than symbolic.