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At its #Waves2025 annual conference, low-code automation vendor Make set out an AI agent strategy that emphasizes visibility and the notion of 'visual orchestration'. Ian Thomas explains: bit.ly/4ocOkIZ
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Next up is Lil’watul Indigenous languages expert Dr. Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams, with whom I’m not familiar at all - though I very much know the organizations she is connected to #WAVES2025
August 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Calls on states to commit to full implementation of UNDRIP (particularly article 14), to work with Indigenous people to ensure funding is consistent, sustained and adequate, to integrate ILs into public life, to support IL education, and bridge the digital divide #WAVES2025
August 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Chair de poule ce matin à #WAVES2025: the great #TomsonHighway on why soeaking many languages is like living in a house with more than one window…#kisâkihitin❤️

Keen to learn next from Dr Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams!

Miigwetch + 🙌 Kukpi7 Dr Ronald E. Ignace + teams + #CCUNESCO
#LanguageIsLife
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Language erosion is not natural but is a product of discrimination, marginalization, assimilation and a lack of state support. States need to support Indigenous languages because “anyone responsible for breaking something has a primary responsibility for fixing it” #WAVES2025
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
he notes that despite the UN’s efforts (which he’s been detailing), at least 40% of the world’s languages are endangered - most Indigenous - and on average an Indigenous language dies *every two weeks* #WAVES2025
August 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
cool speakers at this morning’s plenary, including GG Mary Simon (who I admire a lot even if I’m equivocal about the office she holds) and UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights Dr. Albert K. Berume, whose speech is happening now #WAVES2025
August 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Watching a screening of ‘Rhythms of the Land’ now since obviously I am drawn, mothlike, to anything with a music angle #WAVES2025 commissionforindigenouslanguages.ca/rhythms-of-t...
Rhythms of the Land - Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages
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August 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“When developing technology, cultural intelligence is just as important as developing artificial intelligence” — Peter-Lucas Jones

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Te Hiku is a champion of ethical language technology grounded in data sovereignty best practices.

www.wired.com/story/maori-... #WAVES2025 #langsky
Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech
Te Hiku Media gathered huge swathes of Māori language data. Corporates are now trying to get the rights to it
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August 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
First off this morning, blessed to hear Peter-Lucas Jones (Te Aupōuri, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāti Kahu) speak about the amazing work of Te Hiku Media.

“We don’t just want to be the users of technology, we want to be the creators of it too.“

#WAVES2025 #langsky
August 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’ll be attending as many talks and presentations as I can at #WAVES2025 over the next couple of days, and I’ll use this thread 🧵 to share some of the insights from the great speakers and knowledge keepers here. Today, the theme is #Langauge & #Technology! 💻💬

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August 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thrilled to be at WAVES 2025, the Global Indigenous Languages Summit by @ocil-ila.bsky.social to share the work of the Indigenous North American Type project @typotheque.com

Come visit our booth — the exhibit hall floor 3 & come to our collab session at 2 PM today in room 206! #WAVES2025 #langsky
August 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Program hasn’t even started yet but I had great conversations in the exhibitor hall with a woman from Taiwan’s Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation and with the folks doing font design for North American Indigenous languages at Typotheque #WAVES2025
August 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
at the #WAVES2025 Global Indigenous Languages Summit today - not much of a livetweeter but I’m looking forward to what the day brings!
August 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
August 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We are attending this year's WAVES 2025, Global Indigenous Languages Summit!

Happening this week in Ottawa.

We hope to see you there!

#WAVES2025 #LanguageRevitalization #IDIL
August 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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August 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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August 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🌊 Reminder: WAVES 2025 is coming up next week in Ottawa!

Join Indigenous language leaders from around the globe to celebrate and strengthen our languages.

✨ Free registration is still open: waves2025.ca

#WAVES2025 #IndigenousLanguages #LanguageRevitalization #7Gen #Ottawa2025
August 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Spotlight: Guest Speakers 🔆
Don’t miss your chance to hear Dr. Caroline Running Wolf and Dr. Michael Running Wolf talk about “Using XR for Indigenous Language Revitalization.”
Session Time: 2:00–3:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Location: Westin Hotel, Confederation Ballroom
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July 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🌊 Reminder: WAVES 2025 is coming up August 11–14 in Ottawa!

Join Indigenous language leaders from around the globe to celebrate and strengthen our languages.

✨ Free registration is still open: waves2025.ca

#WAVES2025 #IndigenousLanguages #LanguageRevitalization #7Gen #Ottawa2025
July 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Don't miss the Commission's first Global Indigenous Languages Summit, WAVES 2025, this August 11-14 in Ottawa, Canada.

Space is limited, and time is running out! Register today to reserve your spot. waves2025.ca
June 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM