Donna Patrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 3638537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna Patrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna |
| FAMILY NAME | Patrick |
| SIGNATURE | PATRICK D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Endangered Languages in Canada
Canada is home to a great variety of indigenous languages, which comprise 11 language families.
Objects and language in trans-contextual communication
peer reviewed
Talk around objects”
In this study, we present findings from a collaborative ethnographic study with urban Inuit in Ottawa, Canada. We investigate “talk around objects” as a meaningful learning activity and a prism of human-object relationships. Focusing on Inuit clothing – namely the Inuit-made parka (winter coat) and amauti (a traditional Inuit baby carrier) – we examine the impact of everyday objects on social interaction, with a particular emphasis on the effects…
Indigenous languages and the racial hierarchisation of language policy in Canada
This paper addresses language policy and policy-making in Canada as forms of discourse produced and reproduced within systems of power and racial hierarchies. The analysis of indigenous language policy to be addressed here focuses on the historical, political and legal processes stemming from the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963–1969) to the 1982 Canadian Constitution and its aftermath. Through a critical historical and di…
Urban-Rural” Dynamics and Indigenous Urbanization
peer reviewed
Multiliteracies and family language policy in an urban Inuit community
New Research Directions in Canada
Language, culture and community among urban Inuit in Ottawa
This paper discusses the social experiences and needs of an urban Inuit community in Ottawa, drawing on interview data gathered as part of collaborative research with the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre. Its aim is to trace the role of social, historical, and geographical processes in urban Inuit experiences and to assess how they must be considered in an analysis of Inuit language and culture programming needs in the city. Our findings support th…
Inuit Identities, Language, and Territoriality1
This paper provides a framework for understanding the social complexity of the linkages between language, identity, and territoriality (or attachments to place). Drawing on qualitative research among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic and in Ottawa, it discusses Inuit identities in relation to the role played by local, regional, national, and global processes in constructing Inuitness and the transformation of Indigenous identities nationally and globa…
Les langues autochtones1 en péril au Canada
La question de la disparition des langues, en particulier de celle des langues autochtones, a mobilisé de nombreux chercheurs dans les domaines de l'anthropologie, de la sociolinguistique et de l'aménagement linguistique. Le présent article propose une approche multidimensionnelle de la « disparition » des langues dans une perspective à la fois historique, politique et économique. À partir de données provenant de divers contextes linguistiques au…
Language rights in Indigenous communities
Despite the rise of language rights, it is not clear whether the granting of rights to Indigenous and minority groups has any direct effect on the ability of these groups to revitalize and maintain their languages. This paper offers an analysis of macro-level rights discourse in Canada, drawing on certain Supreme Court of Canada decisions regarding Francophone-minority and Aboriginal peoples. It then traces certain consequences of the granting of…
Indigenous languages and the racial hierarchisation of language policy in Canada
This paper addresses language policy and policy-making in Canada as forms of discourse produced and reproduced within systems of power and racial hierarchies. The analysis of indigenous language policy to be addressed here focuses on the historical, political and legal processes stemming from the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963–1969) to the 1982 Canadian Constitution and its aftermath. Through a critical historical and di…
Language, culture and community among urban Inuit in Ottawa
This paper discusses the social experiences and needs of an urban Inuit community in Ottawa, drawing on interview data gathered as part of collaborative research with the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre. Its aim is to trace the role of social, historical, and geographical processes in urban Inuit experiences and to assess how they must be considered in an analysis of Inuit language and culture programming needs in the city. Our findings support th…
Objects and language in trans-contextual communication
peer reviewed
Urban-Rural” Dynamics and Indigenous Urbanization
peer reviewed
Language rights in Indigenous communities
Despite the rise of language rights, it is not clear whether the granting of rights to Indigenous and minority groups has any direct effect on the ability of these groups to revitalize and maintain their languages. This paper offers an analysis of macro-level rights discourse in Canada, drawing on certain Supreme Court of Canada decisions regarding Francophone-minority and Aboriginal peoples. It then traces certain consequences of the granting of…
Multiliteracies and family language policy in an urban Inuit community
Inuit Identities, Language, and Territoriality1
This paper provides a framework for understanding the social complexity of the linkages between language, identity, and territoriality (or attachments to place). Drawing on qualitative research among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic and in Ottawa, it discusses Inuit identities in relation to the role played by local, regional, national, and global processes in constructing Inuitness and the transformation of Indigenous identities nationally and globa…
Les langues autochtones1 en péril au Canada
La question de la disparition des langues, en particulier de celle des langues autochtones, a mobilisé de nombreux chercheurs dans les domaines de l'anthropologie, de la sociolinguistique et de l'aménagement linguistique. Le présent article propose une approche multidimensionnelle de la « disparition » des langues dans une perspective à la fois historique, politique et économique. À partir de données provenant de divers contextes linguistiques au…
Talk around objects”
In this study, we present findings from a collaborative ethnographic study with urban Inuit in Ottawa, Canada. We investigate “talk around objects” as a meaningful learning activity and a prism of human-object relationships. Focusing on Inuit clothing – namely the Inuit-made parka (winter coat) and amauti (a traditional Inuit baby carrier) – we examine the impact of everyday objects on social interaction, with a particular emphasis on the effects…
Language rights in Indigenous communities
Despite the rise of language rights, it is not clear whether the granting of rights to Indigenous and minority groups has any direct effect on the ability of these groups to revitalize and maintain their languages. This paper offers an analysis of macro-level rights discourse in Canada, drawing on certain Supreme Court of Canada decisions regarding Francophone-minority and Aboriginal peoples. It then traces certain consequences of the granting of…
Les langues autochtones1 en péril au Canada
La question de la disparition des langues, en particulier de celle des langues autochtones, a mobilisé de nombreux chercheurs dans les domaines de l'anthropologie, de la sociolinguistique et de l'aménagement linguistique. Le présent article propose une approche multidimensionnelle de la « disparition » des langues dans une perspective à la fois historique, politique et économique. À partir de données provenant de divers contextes linguistiques au…
Inuit Identities, Language, and Territoriality1
This paper provides a framework for understanding the social complexity of the linkages between language, identity, and territoriality (or attachments to place). Drawing on qualitative research among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic and in Ottawa, it discusses Inuit identities in relation to the role played by local, regional, national, and global processes in constructing Inuitness and the transformation of Indigenous identities nationally and globa…
Language, culture and community among urban Inuit in Ottawa
This paper discusses the social experiences and needs of an urban Inuit community in Ottawa, drawing on interview data gathered as part of collaborative research with the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre. Its aim is to trace the role of social, historical, and geographical processes in urban Inuit experiences and to assess how they must be considered in an analysis of Inuit language and culture programming needs in the city. Our findings support th…
New Research Directions in Canada
Multiliteracies and family language policy in an urban Inuit community
Urban-Rural” Dynamics and Indigenous Urbanization
peer reviewed
Objects and language in trans-contextual communication
peer reviewed
Talk around objects”
In this study, we present findings from a collaborative ethnographic study with urban Inuit in Ottawa, Canada. We investigate “talk around objects” as a meaningful learning activity and a prism of human-object relationships. Focusing on Inuit clothing – namely the Inuit-made parka (winter coat) and amauti (a traditional Inuit baby carrier) – we examine the impact of everyday objects on social interaction, with a particular emphasis on the effects…
Indigenous languages and the racial hierarchisation of language policy in Canada
This paper addresses language policy and policy-making in Canada as forms of discourse produced and reproduced within systems of power and racial hierarchies. The analysis of indigenous language policy to be addressed here focuses on the historical, political and legal processes stemming from the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963–1969) to the 1982 Canadian Constitution and its aftermath. Through a critical historical and di…
Endangered Languages in Canada
Canada is home to a great variety of indigenous languages, which comprise 11 language families.
Sociology (9 works) · Indigenous (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Canadian Identity and History (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works)