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Landmark Indigenous languages office under audit, $10M spent hosting conference
The review will examine whether the office’s books and practices comply with the Indigenous Languages Act after anonymous allegations and concerns over $10 million in summit spending.
- On Sunday, Canadian Heritage ordered a financial audit of the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, directing an independent firm to examine the office's books, records, systems and practices under the Indigenous Languages Act.
- The audit follows concerns over the $10 million spent to host WAVES 2025, a Global Indigenous Languages Summit, last August, which consumed nearly 100% of the commission's annual operating budget according to internal documents.
- Former employees alleged unresolved harassment and toxic workplace culture, while Patricia Ningewance, an Indigenous studies professor at the University of Manitoba, said, "I think they had all this money, and the showy thing to do is put on a big conference."
- Commissioner Ronald Ignace's five-year term concludes July 11, and his office defended the summit, citing a documentary produced to support "protection, revitalization and advancement of Indigenous languages in Canada."
- Established in 2019 after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended action to prevent the loss of about 70 Indigenous languages, the office now faces scrutiny over whether it fulfills its foundational mandate.
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Landmark Indigenous languages office under audit, $10M spent hosting conference
The federal government has ordered a financial audit into transactions and activities at a landmark Indigenous languages office after receiving anonymous complaints.
·Toronto, Canada
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