This document contains the minutes of a 2001 advisory board meeting, including remarks from Glenna Hansen (Commissioner of the Northwest Territories), Fibbie Tatti, Bill Erasmus, Elder Elizabeth Mackenzie, and a closing prayer by Andy Norwegian. The first section of the report covers language updates from each Official Language region. The second addresses Advisory Board discussions and recommendations for amendments to the OLA.

The advisory board concludes that the OLA lacks an Aboriginal Language Perspective and assigns lower status to Aboriginal Languages. They recommend that the Office of the Languages Commissioner should have expanded roles and responsibilities including extensive research, monitoring, evaluation, coordination, and planning. In addition, they comment on numerous other aspects of the act. Recommendations include: that language rights not be based on population size; that the Act apply to community governments and the private sector and be enforceable as such; that information about the act, and translated government information, be more widely developed and made accessible; and other important items.

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Office of the Languages Commissioner of the Northwest Territories [Fibbie Tatti]. Advisory Board Meeting October 23 & 24, 2001. Tabled Document, Yellowknife, 2002.