Bridget Chase

ATypI 2026 Call for Proposals - ATypI ATypI invites proposals for talks, workshops, panels, and experimental presentations for its two 2026 conferences. Stanford, California — HomescreenSharjah, UAE — Between For 2026, ATypI not only retu...

#ATypI invites proposals for its two 2026 conferences:

Homescreen references the unfinished journey of creating a truly global digital age ... as homescreens feel like “home” for a remarkably small number of language communities

tinyurl.com/AtypI-call

The Unicode Consortium: Inside the Global Mission We sit down with three Unicode Consortium contributors—Stephen Loomis (Chair, Digitally Disadvantaged Languages Working Group), Elango Cheran (Vice-Chair, Community Engagement, Google internatio...

"Ensuring #linguistic equality within #technology is one piece of a much larger puzzle to advance the bigger goals of #language vitality ... and #Unicode plays a massive role in that work"

multilingual-news.castos.com/episodes/uni...

Honoured to speak on "Localization Today" by MultiLingual Media:

Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds | CBC News Researchers analyzed 262 academic and community-based studies from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and determined 78 per cent of them connected Indigenous language vitality with ...

"Researchers analyzed 262 academic and community-based studies ... and determined 78% of them connected #Indigenous #language vitality with improved health.

... Language revitalization plays into identity and feelings of belonging and connection."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #langsky

Slide that says "Working in language revitalization technology - careers within the field and practical advice for job hunting" by Bridget Chase, IED 99: Special Studies in Indigenous Education: Technology for SENĆOŦEN Learning

Slide that says: Pursuing an Indigenous language technology role in the private sector? Here are some starting questions: What sorts of ethical considerations are you taking into account when doing this work? (If the answer is vague or generic, 🚩🚩🚩). How is the community involved? How much of the work is community-directed, and how is that direction being shared with the team? What are the data sovereignty practices in place? Is there AI/LLM/ML work happening here? What is the scope of this work, and how will Indigenous language rights be protected? If you’re building a piece of technology (an app, website, etc.) what are the long term maintenance plans? Who owns the product, who updates it? Who owns the code?

Delighted to guest lecture this afternoon in @uvic.ca's IED 199: Special Studies in Indigenous Education: Technology for SENĆOŦEN Learning. I shared my experiences and advice around working in #language #technology, and it was so fun to speak in a course taught by my dear friend+colleague Ben Chung.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 absolutely fantastic, I hope to be able to read more or watch this

The growing enthusiasm for applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to humanitarian and development goals has sparked a surge in "AI for Social Good" (AI4SG) initiatives from humanitarian and philanthropic institutions and tech monopolies alike. While these initiatives aspire to address global challenges such as poverty, gender inequality, and climate change, they often conceal deeper issues: AI systems that 1) simply fail to live up to their claims 2) encode Eurocentrism, systemic inequities, and injustices, and 3) built under capitalist, extractive, and borderline illegal practices. In this talk, I argue that that many AI4SG efforts are less about meaningful social transformation and more about techsolutionism—where complex political, historical, and social issues are reduced to technical problems assumed to be solvable through “innovation”. By critically examining who defines “good,” who benefits, and what structural issues remain unaddressed, this talk challenges the dominant narratives around AI4SG and calls for a more accountable, human-centric, and context-aware approach to “social good”.

i have been hesitant to participate in the “AI for Good” Summit, that takes place in Geneva annually. but this year, i have been given a keynote (not a panel or similar participation) so, i said yes. here’s the first draft of my talk

Thrilled to be presenting this morning with my fantastic colleague Leo Vicenti at Multilingüe 2025, an event about the revitalization of the Indigenous languages ​​of the Americas through #typography, #research, and #technology.

#multilingue2025 #langsky

Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide - First Peoples Cultural Council Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide to Reporting on Indigenous & Minoritized Languages by ELP and FPCC.

The Endangered Languages Project (@e-l-p.bsky.social), in partnership with the First People's Cultural Council, recently released a guide for journalists who are writing about Indigenous and minority languages. It's great. Let me show you.
fpcc.ca/resource/say...

Do you know someone who writes about #Indigenous, #minoritized and/or #endangered languages and #languagerevitalization? This new publication might be useful! ⤵️

We warmly invite journalists and editors to use this resource, and share it with their colleagues. We hope it can help you tell these important stories, and "say it with respect". Find the guide at (a QR code)! (Note for alt text readers, the link is also embedded into the first post in this thread)

Anna, Amanda and I collaborated with language community members, #linguists & scholars on this resource. If you're a #journalist #reporter, #editor or #writer who may engage with topics of Indigenous / minoritized languages, #language endangerment or language revitalization, please use + share this!

This guide has three main sections centered around using respectful language when telling stories about language-related topics: red flags, disrespectful; yellow flags, use with caution; green flags, respectful. Each flag has an explanation and - where appropriate - a suggested alternative.

In particular, working in #language #technology, I cringe seeing article after article claiming that some new fancy app or AI is "saving a dying language". These sorts of stories perpetrate false narratives. We wanted to develop a resource to help tell these stories with respect. #langsky #langtech

Thrilled to launch a #journalism resource written by myself, @nabelew.bsky.social & Amanda Holmes:
tinyurl.com/languagejour...

We appreciate the growing attention the #media is giving to #language endangerment & revitalization, but issues are often covered in ways cause unintentional harm. How? 🗞️

Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship

This *NEW* Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship supports PhD students who are engaged in the documentation of Indigenous languages and the archiving of linguistic data as part of their PhD graduate studies.

We have a new font release. Hard-to-categorise, designed to bring an informal, warm personality to both Thai and Latin scripts. www.typotheque.com/blog/pristine

I don’t usually share non-language-related news stories on here, but I can’t help myself with this one. There was LITERALLY an entire episode of Parks and Rec about this!

A purple and blue graphic with text at top: "ELP Intern Showcase". Below are photos of the three interns: Elwin Huaman, a young Quechua wearing a black t-shirt; Maison Ole Nkurrunah, a young Maasai man wearing a red shawl, beaded necklaces, and sunglasses; and Riathung Ngullie, a young Naga man wearing a white shirt. Below is text: "Friday, March 28, 9:00 am Pacific (UTC-7), https://bit.ly/ELPinterns2025" and the ELP logo and a QR code to register.

On March 28, come learn from and support ELP's 2024-25 interns as they share about their languages, communities, and their work at ELP!

Elwin Huaman (Quechua), Maison Ole Nkurrunah (Maasai) and Riathung Kyong (Kyong/Naga) will be sharing about all they've done this year: bit.ly/ELPinterns2025

Screenshot of a slide that says "What are the core types of issues communities face?" with three boxes underneath that say: 1. Access to full Unicode representation of one's orthography, 2. Access to functional and thoughtfully designed keyboards, and 3. Access to typefaces that accurately and respectfully render orthographies

A photo of Bridget Chase and others sitting on a panel at ICANN 82

I enjoyed presenting to technology stakeholders today at #ICANN82: "Business Experiences in Updating Systems for the Evolving TLD Landscape"

Ensuring accurate & predictable access to digital spaces for all languages, across all devices, is a cornerstone of language justice. #langsky @typotheque.com

Picture of a presenter at the opening ceremony of ICANN 82, saying: “The board thanks the entire ICANN community for the effort to promote the implementation of a multilingual Internet. Your involvement recognizes the need for a UA (Universal Acceptance) ready world where all a valid names works, regardless of language, length and script.”

Graphic promotional advertisement for panel presentation: “Promoting Consumer Choice: Business Experiences in Updating Systems for the Evolving TLD Landscape”.

Excited to be presenting about digital access for Indigenous languages at #ICANN82 on behalf of @typotheque.com, supporting a #multilingual internet.

ICANN “recognizes the need for a Universal Acceptance ready world, where all valid names work regardless of language, length and script.”

#langsky

Screenshot of the first page of the article: "Orthography Choice in Indigenous Language CALL Courses", authors are: Jackie Dormer University of Victoria, Kari A. B. Chew Independent Scholar, Colette Child Hase' Language Revitalization Society, Sara Child Hase' Language Revitalization Society/North Island College, Lokosh (Joshua D. Hinson) Chickasaw Nation, Juliet Morgan Chickasaw Nation, Olivia N. Sammons Carleton University, Heather Souter Prairies to Woodlands Indigenous Language Revitalization Circle /University of Winnipeg. Abstract: For many Indigenous Nations and organizations, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) courses have become an effective means to support Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation (ILR) efforts. Engaging a methodology of storywork and highlighting relationships between relevant fields of ILR, CALL, and applied linguistics, this article focuses on orthography choice and use in Indigenous language CALL courses. As contributors to three North American Indigenous language courses⁠—Chikashshanompa' (Chickasaw) on Rosetta Stone, Kwak̓wala on 7000 Languages, and Southern Michif for Beginners on 7000 Languages, we offer reflections on community-led processes which addressed tensions and challenges in representing written language in CALL courses. Through reflections, we illuminate the complexity of orthography choice and use in Indigenous language CALL courses and share strategies with others creating their own Indigenous language courses.

A great piece on computer-assisted #language learning courses:

"Decisions around #orthography, dialectal variation, and terminology in designing an #Indigenous language course, particularly one that is delivered online ... must be treated with a great deal of care"

tinyurl.com/2urkafrf #langsky 💻💬

On Nov. 7th, I told my sociolinguistics students this was going to happen. They did an activity on language policy and one of the lessons was that repressive regimes always try to criminalize languages that are not ideologically associated with nationalism. I’m sorry I was right.

ISO Trans/Nonbinary (Non-English) Language Experts. Want to help make free trans-inclusive resources for language learning and get paid for your expertise? I’m looking for people to participate in an online professional learning network April 1-May 6 who are in-community and can bring their language and cultural knowledge to help us collaboratively develop free language education materials. Do you qualify? 1. Are you trans/nonbinary (in the broadest sense of these terms)? 2. Are you at least 18 years of age or older? 3. Do you know a language other than English? 4. Would you like to work with a language teacher to create trans-inclusive open educational resources? April 1-May 6, 2025 10 hours Flexible Scheduling. If matched with a teacher, you will receive $250 compensation for co-creating an educational resource. Fill out a short interest form or ask questions: https://bit.ly/TLangExpert

ISO Trans/nonbinary people to hire as (non-English) language experts

Are you trans and know a language other than English? I'm looking for people who are in-community and want to collaboratively develop free language learning materials.

Interest form: bit.ly/TLangExpert

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Depending on where you live in the world, it can be difficult to source books in one's native language to read to children. This is a (free!) fill-in-the-blanks book that allows caregivers to use their language of choice! Great for bi- or multilingual families and a wonderful resource all around.

Thank you for sharing!

A great new resource for language revitalization and promotion! 🤩

Thanks so much! 🤩

This looks like a great resource for anyone involved with language revitalization!

Thank you so much for sharing!

I’m so appreciative of all of the love this has gotten, and I’m excited to share that I will be working with an awesome collaborator to translate the book into Spanish! / ¡Trabajaré con un colaborador increíble para traducir el libro al español! #langsky

Thank you so much for sharing!