Too late to learn another colonial language, say Indigenous students opposing Quebec's Bill 96

Tired of advocating for themselves against powerful institutions, Indigenous students at English colleges asked their schools to speak up for them. Earlier this spring, a group of about 15 Indigenous students attended a meeting at Dawson College in downtown Montreal.

"While it's really nice the French people are trying to keep their language alive, it really affects my people," said Zye Rashontiiostha Mayo, 19. "That is an insane ask because you're asking the parents to learn a new language, teach a new language, and also try and succeed in whatever career path they're going into."saying the changes to the French language charter, known as Bill 96, "are creating multiple systemic and discriminatory barriers" to the roughly 300 Indigenous students studying at their schools.

After high school, she attended Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue in French, but says she "failed miserably" and went on to work and start a family. Now with six children, she has been juggling her studies with parenting and part-time work in the city. At the meeting, a Dawson official said the school couldn't yet make any promises and that it was asking the Indigenous students to stand behind it.

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