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UBC FNEL Sessional Lecturer Position (Part time), September 2018 - April 2019

The First Nations and Endangered Languages Program within the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies (CIS) at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver Campus), invites applications for a part-time Sessional Lecturer for the 8 instructional months (September 2018 to April 2019) of the…

The Great 8: Frequently Asked Questions about Graduate Students and Careers

The Great 8: Frequently Asked Questions about Graduate Students and Careers Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Henry Angus 435 2053 Main Mall Danielle Barkley from UBC’s Centre for Student Involvement & Careers will be providing an information session for Language Sciences graduate students…

Language Science Talks: Dr. Nobuaki Minematsu, 'Speech Structure and Its Derivatives - What is the skeleton of spoken language?'

The Language Sciences Initiative welcomes Dr. Nobuaki Minematsu to UBC to present Speech Structure and Its Derivatives - What is the skeleton of spoken language?, a lecture discussing his work using speech structure to examine how human infants deal with the variability of human speech acoustics…

Heiltsuk Nation, Indigenous Storybooks and Storybooks Canada featured at the MOA exhibit 'Culture at the Centre'

To support the important work of the Heiltsuk Nation through the work of the Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre in researching, preserving, and supporting the revitalization of the history, language and cultural traditions of the Heiltsuk Nation, Indigenous Storybooks and sister site Storybooks…

Linguistics Colloquium - Dr. Neda Todorovic, 'What is needed to obtain future interpretation?'

Language Science Talks - Anuschka van 't Hooft, 'Collaborative Language Documentation in Mexico: Working with Speakers Online'

The Language Sciences Initiative, in collaboration with the Departments of Linguistics and Anthropology, the First Nations & Endangered Languages Program, and the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, welcomes Dr. Anuschka van ‘t Hooft to UBC to present Collaborative Language…

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Celebrate Language: International Mother Tongue Day at UBC

Join the Centre for India and South Asia Research and Project Kavi for presentations and performances in celebration of languages. February 15, 2018 1871 West Mall Asian Centre Auditorium Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Program Presentation by Bangladesh…

Postdoctoral Position, University of Alberta - Language and Literacy Development in Refugee Children

The following announcement is a job posting from the Language Acquisition Lab at the University of Alberta, dir. Dr. Johanne Paradis, Department of Linguistics. Dr. Johanne Paradis, Director of the Language Acquisition Lab in the Linguistics Department  at the University of Alberta is…

Not Your Usual Tour: Amazonian Languages