Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla
Unesco Co-chair on Rights Education Among Indigenous and Non-dominant Language Communities @UNESCO
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Unesco Co-chair on Rights Education Among Indigenous and Non-dominant Language Communities @UNESCO
The Chair is dedicated to supporting community-led language initiatives for Indigenous and non-dominant (ND) communities, with a focus on education, culture, language, and human rights. This commitment entails capacity building through training, education, knowledge dissemination, empowerment, and improving resource accessibility. Key initiatives include-Indigenous Language Rights & Realities (ILR & R): This free online publication promotes Indigenous-ethnic-ND scholarship and traditions. Launched in July 2024, it builds upon a successful preliminary publication with 15 peer-reviewed articles by Indigenous authors downloaded over times since 2023-Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Indigenous Languages: From Policy and Planning to Implementation and Assessment: A free MOOC launched on International Mother Tongue Day in February 2024. To date, it has enrolled over students from over 90 countries, serving as an Open Education Resource-English Language Partners Program: Since 2020, this program has provided tailored synchronous English language education to nearly Indigenous-ND students globally. Partnerships include Indigenous broadcasters and those displaced by war, offering culturally relevant language education-Capacity Building-Educational Training: A global network offers resources in pedagogies, curriculum development, online course delivery, and language preservation. Partnerships include over ten ethnic/Indigenous higher education institutions in Southeast Asia and collaborations with one of Latin America’s two Indigenous universities.These initiatives align with the Chair’s vision of empowering Indigenous-ND communities through holistic approaches to language and cultural preservation, education, linguistic rights, and human rights. They employ a collective-impact model led by Indigenous-ND communities to meet the goals of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
EDUCATION
University of Arizona
BA, Linguistics
University of Arizona
MA, Native American Linguistics
University of Arizona
PhD, Indigenous Language Revitalization & Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT CANDACE KALEIMAMOOWAHINEKAPU GALLA
As a Kanaka Hawaiʻi and Filipino scholar-educator and Associate Professor in the department of Language and Literacy Education (Faculty of Education) and the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies (Faculty of Arts) at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people, my scholarship has focused on Hawaiian language and Indigenous languages, emphasizing education, and community-centered revitalization, digital technology, well-being, traditional and cultural practices, and policy and planning. My research and scholarship have been disseminated through publications, TedX, keynotes, invited presentations, master classes, guest lectures, workshops, school and community engagement, as well as various media platforms - locally, nationally, and internationally. More recently, my colleague and I co-developed and -led the Massive Open Online Course “Indigenous Languages: From Policy and Planning to Implementation and Assessment,” which launched in 2024. We have had over 800 learners from nearly 90 countries worldwide. Before joining the University of British Columbia, I worked with the Indigenous Language Institute to deliver digital storytelling workshops in Native American communities across the continental US, served as the Program Coordinator of the American Indian Language Development Institute at the University of Arizona and taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo. I earned my PhD in Language, Reading, and Culture, MA in Native American Linguistics, and BA in Linguistics, all from the University of Arizona.
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