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July 17, 2023Call for Working Group Members: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Language Sciences at UBC
In 2021, Language Sciences submitted to Senate and the Board of Governors a proposal to become a Global Research Excellence (GREx) Institute. Promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion within and beyond UBC was one of six priorities highlighted in that proposal. As such, LangSci is now seeking…
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July 17, 2023Call for Working Group Members: Member Funding Proposal Review
Language Sciences is dedicated to providing fair and timely funding opportunities to its members. We are currently seeking LangSci members to serve on a working group responsible for reviewing proposals submitted by our members requesting funds from Language Sciences’ member funding streams: …
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July 12, 2023Amplifying Knowledge Mobilization: Ensuring Full Literacy SSHRC Partnership Grant Reaches Mid-Point
As the Ensuring Full Literacy team reaches the mid-point of their Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant, the next phase leans toward knowledge mobilization and sharing key research findings with the public. Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and…
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July 5, 2023Dr. Janet Werker departs from position of Language Sciences Co-Director
It is with deep gratitude that we announce that Dr. Janet Werker has departed from the role of Language Sciences Co-Director, and as of July 1st, 2023, the Language Sciences Co-Directors are Dr. Bryan Gick and Dr. Christine Schreyer. Dr. Werker has served as a founding co-director of…
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July 5, 2023The Possibility of Secular: Sikh Engagements with Modern Punjabi Literature: Q&A with Dr. Anne Murphy
Within the book, 'The Sikh World', Dr. Anne Murphy, Associate Professor in the Department of History at UBC and, explores Sikh participation in the practice of modern Punjabi literature, and the way this has provided a domain for the articulation of progressive interests and secular…
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June 2, 2023First Cohort Graduates from UBCO’s Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency Program
UBC Okanagan’s Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency program, which launched in 2021, will watch its first cohort of students graduate this summer having completed the brand-new degree program. Not only have the students acquired profound knowledge of the language from the program, but they’re also…
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June 2, 2023A Kinetic Analysis of Visual Prosody: Head Movements in Habitual and Loud Speech - Q&A with Dr. Doris Mücke, Lena Pagel, Dr. Simon Roessig and Dr. Márton Sóskuthy
Prosodic prominence manifests itself in intonation, timing and magnitude of supra-laryngeal articulation, as well as speech-accompanying gestures. The interplay of prosody and gesture has been described as ‘visual prosody’ and is known to play an important role in communication. However, few…
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June 1, 2023Member Spotlight: Dr. Giuseppe Carenini
Dr. Giuseppe Carenini is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. He has broad interdisciplinary interests and his work on Natural Language Processing and Information Visualization to support decision making has been published in over 100 peer-reviewed papers …
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May 5, 2023Call for Applicants: Language Sciences Co-Director
Applications are invited to fill the position of Co-Director of the Language Sciences Global Research Excellence Institute, at UBC Vancouver.
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May 5, 2023Reduction of Vowel Space in Alzheimer's Disease - Q&A with Arian Shamei
Reduced vowel space area (VSA) is a known effect of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD). In the study, 'Reduction of Vowel Space in Alzheimer's Disease' by Arian Shamei, Yadong Liu and Dr. Bryan Gick, using large publicly available corpuses, two experiments were conducted…