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Leaping Into 2020: Member Event and Lunch

February 26, 2020, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

RSVP (dietary requirements)

Join Language Sciences for lunch and a leap into the new year!

Every member is invited to attend, as well as anyone studying language in a scientific way, or working in language-related areas. Hear about Language Sciences' updates, including funding news and plans for the year, while munching some dejeuner. In addition, hear three flash talks by members Drs. Anne Murphy, Carla Hudson Kam, and  Anja-Xiaoxing Cui. 

This event is free but please RSVP via the link above so we can get a sense of numbers for catering.

If you require an accessibility-related measure (e.g.: sign language interpretation, captioning, accessible parking, specific dietary requirements, or any other accessibility-related measure) please contact Alex Walls at 604-822-7435 or alex.walls@ubc.ca.

We ask that attendees refrain from wearing perfumes and scented soaps to prevent causing allergic reactions for other attendees.

Click here for a map and directions to the venue via Google.


First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.


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