Interview with Baiba Bumbiere from Montreal (in Latvian)

Baiba Bumbiere, principal of the Montreal Latvian School and mother of two daughters, shares her insights on preserving the Latvian language and culture in the diaspora. She talks about her experience of passing on the Latvian language and culture to children growing up in a mixed family with three languages. She discusses the differences in maintaining the language while living in France and in Canada, as well as how passing on the language differed between her first and second child. Baiba highlights the importance of Latvian schools and camps in the diaspora, and reminds us that it is never too late to start — every small effort and every step is valuable.