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BC Chinook Jargon

In 2014 Jay Powell was the only remaining fluent speaker of Chinook Jargon in British Columbia. He had learned it from elders while he was creating dictionaries and learning materials for endangered west coast languages. He met Sam Sullivan, former Mayor of Vancouver, and told him of his concern for the language. Sullivan committed to doing his best to revive the language in BC.

Transcribimus

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Since 2012, Global Civic has sponsored Transcribimus, a volunteer-driven project providing free access to early Vancouver City Council minutes (1886–1896). In collaboration with the City of Vancouver Archives, the volunteers at Transcribimus have transcribed over 5,000 pages of hand-written historical documents, making them searchable and accessible to students, researchers, and the public.

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