Andrea Custer, Vanier Scholar

Indigenous Language Reclamation Practitioner

Presentations

2026    Keynote Address: Indigenous language learners in mixed spaces. Building Relationships
Through Pedagogy: Engaging language learning spaces, kinoomadziwin Education, online.

2025    Poster Presentation: Preserving Cree Language and Identity: Bilingual Parenting in an
English-Dominant Society. HaBilNet 3 Colloquium, San Sebastián, Spain

2025    Conference Presentation: Following the Trails of Our Ancestors: Reconnecting the Peter
Ballantyne Cree Nation Diaspora with nīhithaw Language and Heritage. International
Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC 2025), Honolulu, Hawaii
Presented collaboratively with youth and community members from Peter Ballantyne Cree
Nation, including Jordan Linklater, Shiloh Custer, Pracey Jobb, Bella Stevenson, Alton Michel,
Randy Clarke and Blair Michel.

2024    Keynote Address:Our Language, Our Culture: Language Revitalization. Ahtahkakoop,
Saskatchewan

2023    Invited Presentation:. kāhkithaw niwāhkōmākanak – All My Relations. Introduction to
Indigenous Philosophy of North America Lecture Series, Otto von Guericke University
Magdeburg, Germany (Online, June 8, 2023)

2022    Panel Discussion: Back to Language: A Discussion on Cree & Saulteaux Language
Revitalization. Think Indigenous, Online Panel

2021    Collaborative Presentations: Custer, A. & Ross, C. Cree and Coffee: An Online Language
Group. Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS), Online (June 17, 2021)

2021    Collaborative Presentations: Custer, A. & Ross, C. Cree and Coffee: An Online Language
Group,  Language Keepers Conference, Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre (SICC),
Saskatoon, SK (September 21, 2021)

2021    Collaborative Presentations: Custer, A. & Ross, C. Cree and Coffee: An Online Language
Group World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC), Online (July 8, 2021)

2021    Guest Lecture: Indigenous Languages in Canada. Harry Ainley High School, Edmonton,  AB
(Online, November 19, 2021)