University of Manitoba environment and geography professor Steph McLachlan received funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research as part of a COVID-19 Rapid Response Program. One of the first projects he commissioned is a public health video delivered in Cree by a raven puppet.
It's Phyllis Hart's job to translate the English script into Cree. The elder and educator said she's happy to be involved in the project, laughing as she explains how hard it can be to find the right words. "It's essential to get this information across in every possible way, and the language, the humour that the peoples share with one another, so they have an understanding," Hart said, adding non-Indigenous people may not "get" the humour.
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