It was almost four years ago that the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission were released. The No. 14 Call to Action urged the federal government to bring in an Aboriginal Languages Act. That hasn’t happened. Today in The Conversation Canada, Indigenous language scholar Frank Deer from the University of Manitoba writes about the need for Indigenous languages to survive and thrive: “Understanding meaning in an Indigenous language and how it may provide cultural and historical knowledge is essential to understanding for an Indigenous person’s own cultural identity.”

Here's what else we have to get you into the weekend: Roomana Hukil of McMaster University looks at the impact that the re-election of the right-wing BJP government will have on NGOs, some of which have been regarded by the government as anti-Indian; Joshua Davies of the Université du Québec à Montréal tells us about his research that looks at the patterns of layers in rock formations to better understand the impact of climate change more than two billion years ago.

And we leave you with a story about new research on gestational diabetes – a temporary condition that occurs during pregnancy. But Kaberi Dasgupta of McGill University writes how gestational diabetes in mothers is linked to future diabetes not only in the mothers themselves, but also in their partners and children.

Regards,