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Our undergraduate and postgraduate students have many demands on their time, with an increasing number reliant on paid work to help fund their studies. It’s no surprise then that prospective students are keen to understand their study commitments so they can understand their likely capacity for paid work while at university. School editors can use […]
I presented a talk titled “Evaluating the morphological complexity of adult-directed speech vs. child-directed speech in Ticuna” at the 2026 Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas meeting. View the slides here. Jan 10, 2026
It is the last day of the year, and I am walking with four-year-old Minnie and her mum, Jenni. Jenni and I were in the same tutorial group when we started university in 2000, and we have stayed close friends ever since. We have been in each other’s lives for quarter of a century now, […]
I’ve thought about writing this post for awhile because I want to share all of the scholarships I applied for as a Canadian international PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. My goal with this post is to illuminate funding opportunities, and to help other Canadian researchers and potential doctoral students alleviate the financial stress […]
Last year, on February 12, 2025, Seattle Times reporter Danny Westneat penned an article titled, There’s not much to say, Canada, except: Sorry which laid out his response to Trump’s economic tariffs, and Canada’s unsavoury response. He said, “The awkward reality is I don’t know what to say to Canadians at this juncture in our […]
Over the coming weeks and months, there will be edge switch upgrades occurring on each floor of the Forum and the Bayes Centre. Scope: Wired connections in offices will be affected. WiFi, phones and doors will not be affected. This is being done to ensure the security, reliability, and modernity of our network. On each […]
