COVID-19 information in their own languages.The project, dubbed Translations 4 Our Nations, involves translation of up-to-date public health information about the virus into more than 40 Indigenous languages around the world, with the help of 120 Indigenous translators.
Vaccine rollout picks up speed in First Nations across Canada The project came together UBC’s Sukhmeet Singh Sachal connected online with Harvard Medical’s Victor Carmen and public health graduate students Sterling Stutz and Thilaxcy Yohatasan at the University of Toronto.The initiative came about amid concerns that the pandemic was disproportionately affecting the world’s Indigenous populations.“You’ve got to wonder, why is that happening?