ELAN is Moving!

ELAN has outgrown the office we’ve shared for eight years with CRAAR (Center for Research-Action on Race Relations) and Repercussion Theatre (Shakespeare in the Park).

In mid-July we will move to our own office on the 7^th floor in the same building (suite 708) at 460 Ste-Catherine West. We’re hoping for a quick and painless move, but please forgive us if we’re a bit slower than usual to respond, especially between July 14-18.

We’ll hold an open house in the fall so you can come and visit our new home! Keep an eye on ELANews, Facebook and Twitter for more info in August.

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.