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News and Announcements
Celebrating Hinako Ishikawa: A Big Win at the Teaching Awards
Congratulations to Hinako Ishikawa for winning the "Teaching Award 2023 Sessional Instructors" award.
E. Catherine Barclay Scholarship Newsletter: Winter 2024
Greetings from France
‘Empathy activism’ and how 1 educator is creating more inclusive teaching spaces
2023 Inclusive Excellence Award recipient Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri approaches empathy as a skill that can be taught
Stepping into the World of Chinese Calligraphy: A Cultural Event in the Chinese Program
The Chinese program organized a cultural event centered around Chinese calligraphy. Held on the afternoon of January 30, 2024, the event was an experience of culture and art, attracting a group of students eager to immerse themselves in this traditional art form.
Appointments - Office of the Dean
The Faculty of Arts announces interim Associate Dean, Research roles
Japanese program: Great semester kick-off with many events
It has been a very busy but fruitful semester for everyone in the Japanese program. Back in October, we held many inetersting events, “Meet and Greet” to meet up with other fellow Japanese major students, “Tea tasting with JET” to learn about the Japanese tea culture and the JET(Japan Exchange and Teaching) Programme, “Professor Xiao Jie Yang Memorial Lecture” to celebrate his life work, and “Kimono 101” to learn about the Japanese kimono culture.
In the Media
In the News Ben Whaley, Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, in CBC News
Does Netflix's Avatar prove that good live-action adaptations are impossible?
In the News Darin Flynn, SLLLC, in Newsweek
Woman Wanting To Sing N-Word While Listening to Rap Sparks Fierce Debate
In the News Lloyd Sciban, Professor Emeritus, SLLLC, in Calgary Herald
City council approves Tomorrow's Chinatown cultural and development plan
In the News Darin Flynn, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Culture, in CBC.CA News
How Indigenous sign languages are helping this woman connect with her culture
In the News Darin Flynn, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, MyMcMurray.com
Oxford English Dictionary declares 'VAX' 2021 Word of the Year
In the News Darin Flynn, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, in NewsTalk 1010
Curious Kids: How are languages formed?
Consciousness: Where Science and Ethics Converge
The Annual Leslie. S. Kawamura Memorial Lecture, presented by the Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies and classics and religion.
Join Peter Hershock from the East West Center in Honolulu to examine consciousness and its ethics.
March 22
7 - 9 p.m.
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