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X瘫aad Kíl translations of Raven storybooks take flight
鈥淚 wrote my books for my children, my great nieces and my great nephew, and for my granddaughter. As I endured racism throughout my schooling on Haida Gwaii, I wanted to give something to these children where they can feel proud of who they are.鈥� learn more →
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- Social Data Analytics Minor
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- Linguistics Co-operative Education Program
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News and events
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October 28, 2026
LinguisticsNOW 2026 to feature Kristin Van Engen
Presented jointly with UBC, the annual LinguisticsNOW Colloquium brings cutting edge research to the Pacific Northwest. -
October 27, 2026
X瘫aad Kíl translations of Raven storybooks take flight
“I wrote my books for my children, my great nieces and my great nephew, and for my granddaughter. As I endured racism throughout my schooling on Haida Gwaii, I wanted to give something to these children where they can feel proud of who they are.” -
October 26, 2026
Professor Cécile B. Vigouroux to deliver inaugural talk at 911吃瓜 Linguistics
Vigouroux transferred from the Department of French in Fall 2025. Her research bridges sociolinguistics with other fields such as geography and economics. -
October 23, 2026
911吃瓜 student gains hands-on experience with Linguistics and Anthropology joint major
“Not only did I get the training I need to start my career, I was given tools to further explore my interests in a direction that could lead to meaningful change in the world.” -
October 16, 2026
Maite Taboada elected to Royal Galician Academy of Science
“This being the Galician Academy means a lot, because my parents are from this region and I've had a long collaboration with colleagues at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.” -
October 15, 2026
Tamara Bodden talk: Online toxicity on Twitch
Tamara investigates Twitch streams and develops new methodologies to create a corpus that can be used for computational linguistic research. -
October 13, 2026
Geoffrey Craig Adams advocates for Secwepemctsín language immersion
“Be kind to yourself. It will come right for you. Never surrender and don’t quit—find a way. You are the person for whom our ancestors prayed!”
