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Between 4 and 6 May, the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) hosted the Kaingang Mentors Meeting, which marked progress toward the creation of the country’s first Wikipedia in an Indigenous language — a historic step for the digital preservation of Brazilian Indigenous languages. The event took place as part of the Wikikaingang project, with advisory support from the UNESCO Chair on Language Policies for Multilingualism at UFSC, chaired by Professor Gilvan Müller de Oliveira. Read the news published by UFRGS below:

UFRGS sedia encontro para consolidar a primeira Wikipédia em língua indígena brasileira

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The Angolan consul, Stela Maria da Graça Santana de Sousa Santiago, and the Rector of UFSC, Irineu Manoel de Souza. Photos: SI-GR/SECOM

On 30 April, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) welcomed the consul of the Republic of Angola, Stela Maria da Graça Santana de Sousa Santiago, for a visit to the Rector’s Office. The agenda, coordinated by the Association of Angolans in Florianópolis (ASSAF) and supported by the Office of International Relations (SINTER), reinforced the institution’s commitment to academic cooperation and to the well-being of its Angolan student community. The Consulate has jurisdiction over the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

The delegation was received by Rector Irineu Manoel de Souza; Head of the Rector’s Office Bernardo Meyer; Secretary for International Relations Fernanda Leal; and Director of International Relations Guilherme Carlos da Costa. Representatives of the Consulate and the president of ASSAF, Elisa Dulce João Fundanga, also attended the meeting.

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