Member Spotlights
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April 2, 2025
LSURC 25' - Best Oral Presentation Q&A
As LSURC 25' came to a successful close, we spoke to Hope Trischuk, who won the best oral presentation award.
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April 2, 2025
LSURC 25' - 2nd Place in Poster Presentation Q&A
As LSURC 25' came to a successful close, we spoke to Maddy Walter and Sabrina Luk on their project that won 2nd Place in Poster Presentation.
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April 1, 2025
LSURC 25' - Best Poster Presentation Q&A
As LSURC 25' came to a successful close, we spoke to Victor Wong, Dayeon Choi, and Ragul Loganathan on their project that won Best Poster Presentation.
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February 19, 2025On First and Last Words -- a conversation with author Michael Erard
When linguist and author Michael Erard stumbled upon some yellowing bones in the puckerbrush on his berry-picking excursion one day in 2022, it took him a moment to recognize and reconcile with the sight of death. Several weeks later, authorities divulged the identity of the dead person -- a…
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November 21, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #3: Dr. Vered Shwartz on AI biases -- causes and solutions
*The article belongs to the monthly LangSci Meets AI series, where our members discuss their research on AI's development in their respective fields. Together, these conversations trace the contours of a landscape rapidly evolving, constantly rerouting our social fabrics. In this third feature, Dr…
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October 23, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #2: Dr. Garrett Nicolai on the nuances in AI and LLM
Dr. Garrett Nicolai on common misunderstandings about AI, the biases they have, and his new project.
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October 8, 2024
Dr. Ron Darvin on Generative AI and Learning
1.Tell us about your research interest(s) and how they are related to AI.My primary research interest lies in understanding the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the digital literacies of multilingual youth in Canada, particularly with regard to issues of equity and diversity. The phenomenal rise…
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October 8, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #1: Dr. Ron Darvin on Generative AI and Learning
The LangSci Meets AI series features members' research on AI's development in their respective fields.
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June 5, 2024Indigenous History Month: Dr. Christopher Hammerly on his studies on Ojibwe
Dr. Christopher Hammerly's SSHRC-Insight-Grant-funded project on Ojibwe.
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May 31, 2024Starr Sandoval: Non-speaker-oriented expressives in Ktunaxa
Starr Sandoval, winner of the Best Talk Award at LangSci's Research Day, discusses her studies on non-speaker-oriented expressives in Ktunaxa.