SayITFirst Inc. incorporated in 2009 for the sole purpose of using technology and community participation to Modernize, Expand, Revitalize and Localize (MERL) Aboriginal languages in Canada, and to help FNMI communities produce more language speakers tomorrow, than exist today. The methodology applied is simple – help children and those interested in reclaiming their language to use technology to scale the access, to collectively harness the vast knowledge contained by all people into one location for use in the school systems. The idea is simply to create tools, used by the education system, parents and communities to reach a level of 20 hours per week for a three year period to achieve an acceptable level of fluency in the Native language.

SayITFirst has consulted to Microsoft Canada Co. for their Education and Aboriginal Solution Strategy, as well as for the New Brunswick Department of Education, Office of First Nation Perspective, Rainy River District School Board and associated First Nations. This project currently services the Maliseet, Mi’Kmaw, and Ojibwe language groups, working closely with FNEII, Three Nations and the Rainy River District First Nations. SayITFirst also sits on the New Brunswick Department of Education’s Steering Committee for its 21st Century Schools strategy.