FirstVoices

The languages sites include kid-friendly views of the content, and games based on the uploaded words and media.

As of 2024, FirstVoices hosts 65 public and 17 private sites for British Columbia languages, and also supports Indigenous communities throughout Canada, the US, New Zealand and Australia.

[5] In addition to the web platform, FirstVoices provides several other tools and projects related to language revitalization software:[6] Officially launched in 2003, the idea for FirstVoices came about in 1999 from Peter Brand and J,SIṈTEN (Dr. John Elliott), leaders in online SENĆOŦEN language revitalization.

[15] Almost three-quarters of BC's Indigenous population live away from reserves and are less likely to have access to language and cultural programming.

These make up the majority of the more than 350,000 yearly FirstVoices site visits, though many visitors are non-Indigenous people interested in Indigenous languages.