Events

February 2019

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
27	28	29	30	31	1	2
					Statistical Analysis with R workshop
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
				Language Sciences Writing Group	Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference
				Language Sciences Writing Group
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
		POSTPONED - Language Sciences Member Event	Indigenous Language Revitalization: Raising Awareness and Taking Action International Indigenous Speaker Series: Land, Language, & Learning: Living in Good Relations
17	18	19	20	21	22	23

24	25	26	27	28	1	2
			Swallowing Innovations Lab (SASS Lunchtime Colloquium)	Language Sciences Writing Group

Upcoming Events

Indigenous Language Revitalization: Raising Awareness and Taking Action

February 13, 2019

UBC Longhouse Great Hall

1985 West Mall

Vancouver, BC

Canada

Please RSVP here. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2019 the International Year for Indigenous Languages. Please join the Faculty of Education for a symposium that responds to the declaration to raise awareness of the crucial role languages play in the lives of Indigenous peoples and...

International Indigenous Speaker Series: Land, Language, & Learning: Living in Good Relations

February 13, 2019

UBC First Nations Longhouse

1985 West Mall

Vancouver, BC

Canada

Please RSVP here. This speaker series recognizes the inter-related themes of land, language, and learning as central to Indigenous people’s worldview and well-being. Leading international Indigenous scholars will share their education and research approaches concerned with these themes, recognizing...

Swallowing Innovations Lab (SASS Lunchtime Colloquium)

Language Sciences Writing Group

February 28, 2019

Room 2563, Douglas T. Kenny Building

2136 West Mall

Vancouver, BC

Canada

Set aside some focused writing time in community with other grad students and postdocs! Join fellow LangSci grad students and postdoctoral fellows every other Thursday from 2 to 4 pm in Kenny Room 2563 for the LangSci Writing Group. Each session will include some brief discussion of writing...

Language Science Talks! Misinformation managed: How to have healthy conversations online

March 6, 2019

WOOD 4, Instructional Resources Centre (IRC)

2194 Health Sciences Mall

Vancouver, BC

Canada

Please RSVP here. Can you spot unreliable news? And once you have, how can you discuss it - not argue about it - online? Join us for Language Science Talks on March 6th, where UBC History Assistant Professor Heidi Tworek will outline how the internet has changed communications, and how Canada can...

Language Sciences Member Event

This will be Language Sciences first member event of 2019, postponed from February 12th. Attendees can expect an update on Language Sciences activities, including from Associate Professor Lorienne Jenstad about the Health Outcomes and Language project, the LSURC organizing committee on how the...

Ronald Adjekum (SASS Colloquium)

Language and Politics in Pakistan: The Case of Punjabi

March 13, 2019

Asian Centre Auditorium

1871 West Mall

Vancouver, BC

Canada

Please RSVP here. Mushtaq Soofi is a celebrated poet, critic and advocate for the Punjabi language in Pakistan, where despite the numerical dominance of ethnic Punjabis, Urdu dominates and Punjabi has a peripheral status. Everyone is invited to attend and hear him describe the Punjabi-language...

Language Sciences Writing Group

March 14, 2019

Room 2563, Douglas T. Kenny Building

2136 West Mall

Vancouver, BC

Canada

Set aside some focused writing time in community with other grad students and postdocs! Join fellow LangSci grad students and postdoctoral fellows every other Thursday from 2 to 4 pm in Kenny Room 2563 for the LangSci Writing Group. Each session will include some brief discussion of writing...