View some of our and others' previous events.
Past Events
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July 15, 2022Language Technology for Research and Education
On Friday on July 15th, hosted by the Cantonese Language Program with the Department of Asian Studies, Dr. Joanna Sio and Dr. Luis Morgado from the Asian Studies Department of Palacký University Olomouc at the Czech Republic will be visiting UBC and presenting on "Language Technology…
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June 28, 2022Language Science Talks - Harassment of Health Communicators & Language and Perception Through Mathematics
NOTE: This event will no longer be held in-person. Please use the Zoom details below to attend virtually. Join us on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 from 12:00-1:00pm for the next Language Science Talk featuring Dr. Chris Tenove and Denitza Dramkin. Dr. Janet Werker, Language Sciences Co-Director will…
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June 6, 2022Reframing the Work of Dictionaries with Revitalization Lexicography
Join this seminar by Dr. Patricia Anderson entitled, 'Reframing the work of dictionaries with revitalization lexicography' on Monday, June 6th, 2022. The seminar will be preceded by a free lunch. Contact organizer Mark Turin with questions. Both lunch and seminar will be held at the xʷ…
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May 19 - May 20, 2022NIRx fNIRS Workshop
The Ensuring Full Literacy team invites you to attend a 2-day fNIRS Training Workshop with NIRx Medical Technologies, hosted by the Werker and Emberson Labs. The workshop will feature introductory sessions on fNIRS methods and analyses (with Zoom and in-person options) as well as…
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May 18 - May 20, 2022Language, Law & Justice Workshop
Join UBC's Department of Linguistics for the upcoming Language, Law & Justice Workshop, featuring talks from a range of speakers, including criminologists, exonerees, legal experts and linguists! Date: Wednesday, May 18th - Friday, May 20th, 2020 Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm PDT This is a…
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May 17, 2022Literacy and Technology & New Media: Home Literacy Environment and Early Bilingual Vocabulary Gaps
The foundation of bilingualism is built upon vocabulary development in both languages. However, bilingual children often experience differential trajectories in vocabulary development across their two languages. Such is the case of many Chinese bilingual children in North America. A body of…
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May 6, 20224th Cascadia Workshop in Sociolinguistics
The University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University will host the fourth Cascadia Workshop in Sociolinguistics (CWSL) online on May 6, 2022. This student-centred event has the primary aim of bringing together researchers working on sociolinguistic topics of interest in the Pacific…
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April 19, 2022Diversity and Literary Acquisition
Zoom Link Meeting ID: 688 8472 6165 Passcode: 359917 Speakers Susan Rvachew, Ph.D. (McGill University), Dahlia Thompson (M. Phil., Doctoral Candidate), and Carlos Perez Valle (B.A., Doctoral Student) will present on Diversity and Literary Acquisition as part of the Literacy and…
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April 1, 2022Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference
As a long-standing tradition of UBC Psychology’s undergraduate community, the Psychology Students’ Association of UBC (PSA) and the Department of Psychology are proud to announce the 24th Annual UBC Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC) will be held virtually on…
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April 1, 2022Multilingual Caseloads: Clinical Perspectives From Pediatric SLPS
The Bilingualism & Multilingualism Development (BAM!TO) Lab is offering an online workshop and roundtable discussion on Friday, April 1st (8:00am - 11:00am PST) that will focus on speech language pathologists’ perspectives on providing assessment and intervention for multilingual…