Onowa McIvor, University of Victoria

Research

Indigenous languages Indigenous language learning language revitalization kinship leadership language learning & technology Indigenous best practices distance education

Latest papers

Persistence in Indigenous language work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AlterNative (Auckland, N.Z. : 2005) · 2022

All 1 publications

Latest funding

(Re)building pedagogies and long-term resilient systems for Indigenous language learning during a pandemic
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Engaging, connecting, and mibilizing Indigenous language learning leaders, supporters, and reseachers through an online sharing space project - NILLA (Netolnew Indigenous Language Learning Atlas)
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Netolnew: one mind, one people working to understand and enhance indigenous adults' contributions to reviving indigenous languages in Canada
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$199,500

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Persistence in Indigenous language work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chew KA, McIvor O, Hemlock KK, Marinakis A

AlterNative (Auckland, N.Z. : 2005)2022

DOI: 10.1177/11771801221122820 PMID: 38603225

(Re)building pedagogies and long-term resilient systems for Indigenous language learning during a pandemic

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: McIvor, Onowa

Keywords: Indigenous languages; Indigenous language learning; language learning & technology; Indigenous best practices; distance education

$25,000

Engaging, connecting, and mibilizing Indigenous language learning leaders, supporters, and reseachers through an online sharing space project - NILLA (Netolnew Indigenous Language Learning Atlas)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation - Connection Grants

Principal investigators: McIvor, Onowa

Keywords: Indigenous languages; Indigenous language learning; language revitilization; language maintenance; Indigenous research; knowledge sharing; online portal

$50,000

Netolnew: one mind, one people working to understand and enhance indigenous adults' contributions to reviving indigenous languages in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: McIvor, Onowa B.

Keywords: indigenous adult second language education; indigenous adult language learning; indigenous adult language teaching; indigenous second language learning; master-apprentice language learning

$199,500

Walking the prevention circle: re-searching community capacity building for violence prevention

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: violence prevention; Aboriginal youth; Aboriginal communities; community mobilization

$2,084,901

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Indigenous languages Dear Professor McIvor, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Persistence in Indigenous language work during the COVID-19 pandemic." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "(Re)building pedagogies and long-term resilient systems for Indigenous language learning during a pandemic" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]