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UCC marks International Mother Language Day 2024
For the second year, UCC marked International Mother Language Day as part of its annual Refugee Week.
, first proclaimed by UNESCO and later adopted by the UN General Assembly, underscores the role of languages in promoting inclusion and achieving . For the second year, UCC marks this important date as part of its annual Refugee Week. In Translating ethnographic writing on migrants and outreach work with refugees, Dr J.C. MacQuarie, a night ethnographer, one advocate, Roos Demol, and their guest, Pride Moyo, uncovered the importance of language in working with migrants and refugees. This panel will discuss the struggles of multi-lingual migrants and refugees relying on English as a second or third language lack of facilitation resources at work, school or in health institutions, in the country of destination. Julius-Cezar spoke about the difficulties of translating ethnographic research and writing about hidden and vulnerable populations, and how to make these visible to mixed audiences, Roos spoke about language as a tool in rapport building, feelings of belonging, and identity, and Pride Moyo spoke about inequities and inequalities, un/deservingness at the workplace, in healthcare or education of migrants and refugees.