/newsroom/taxonomy/term/14221/all en /newsroom/channels/news/first-known-visual-acuity-chart-inuktitut-cree-and-ojibwe-346876 <p>A large majority of Nunavik Inuit report Inuktitut as their first language. In their work in Puvirnituq, 黑料不打烊 University ophthalmologist Dr. <b>Christian El-Hadad</b> and his colleague<b> Shaan Bhambra</b>, a recent graduate of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 medical school, noticed that many patients either read only, or mainly, Inuktitut. This made visual acuity testing using the standard Latin alphabet chart difficult for some patients.</p> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:27:40 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 296088 at /newsroom /newsroom/janine-elizabeth-metallic Fri, 21 Apr 2023 04:34:00 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 298510 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cree-speaking-alexa-bot-345535 <p>Indigenous communities across the globe are fighting to retain their languages, which serve as means through which cultures, knowledge and traditions are preserved and transmitted between generations.</p> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:11:41 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288656 at /newsroom /newsroom/mela-sarkar Tue, 29 Jun 2021 19:23:10 +0000 Anonymous 22976 at /newsroom