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Health - Linguistics & Literature - 05.06.2025

And the results are no joke.
Social Sciences - Linguistics & Literature - 06.03.2025
Indigenous languages: the pace of extinction is slower than expected-but still alarming
100 years from now, how many people will still be speaking one of Canada's 70 Indigenous languages? UdeM demographers come up with a nuanced projection.
Linguistics & Literature - Campus - 13.01.2025

Innovation - Linguistics & Literature - 20.09.2024

In a new article, two UdeM librarians consider the possibilities and potential benefits of using ChatGPT and similar chatbots in campus libraries.
Linguistics & Literature - Innovation - 27.08.2024

Linguistics & Literature - 17.05.2024

Linguistics & Literature - Campus - 22.04.2024

Linguistics & Literature - 16.04.2024
Exploring the world of picture books
Dr. Jennifer Harris is no stranger to the publishing industry as an agented author with three published picture books and a fourth on the way.
Linguistics & Literature - Social Sciences - 23.01.2024
AI meets citizen science to unlock the nature of storytelling
First-of-its-kind project aims to reveal purpose of storytelling across cultures with transparent artificial intelligence and community collaboration A new project led by McGill researchers seeks to understand one of humanity's oldest practices and most powerful tools-storytelling.
Linguistics & Literature - 07.11.2023
SFU Writer’s Studio grad named Governor General’s Award finalist
Linguistics & Literature - 18.10.2023
Rare collection of Voltaire manuscripts makes its way to McGill University
This estate gift, entrusted to McGill by Professor Peter Lambert-David Southam, includes handwritten documents written by Voltaire himself The McGill University Library is now home to a rare collection of materials related to the prolific Enlightenment period philosopher, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Social Sciences - Linguistics & Literature - 04.10.2023
Lifelong Indigenous language advocate dedicates degree to Tlingit heritage
Linguistics & Literature - Campus - 26.09.2023

Linguistics & Literature - 02.06.2023
No closed doors
Linguistics & Literature - Event - 26.05.2023
A community celebration of Japanese art at McGill’s McLennan Library
Social Sciences - Linguistics & Literature - 08.05.2023

Linguistics & Literature - Music - 17.04.2023

Linguistics & Literature - 10.04.2023
Students from University of Toronto Mississauga’s first spoken-word course take the mic for live performance
Linguistics & Literature - History & Archeology - 22.03.2023

While the world continues to witness the exchange of bombs and gunfire in Urkaine, the University of Toronto's Ann Komaromi is involved in the exchange of underground journalism and literature about the former Soviet Union.
Health - Linguistics & Literature - 13.03.2023

Linguistics & Literature - 08.03.2023

Linguistics & Literature - Event - 27.02.2023

Campus - Linguistics & Literature - 24.02.2023

Linguistics & Literature - Campus - 23.02.2023
Students combine creative and professional writing in new program
Linguistics & Literature - 09.02.2023
Sharing a love of theatre with future generations
Linguistics & Literature - Media - 19.12.2022
Hubert Aquin in the media
Linguistics & Literature - Social Sciences - 01.12.2022

Linguistics & Literature - 21.11.2022
EVERYBODY plays the lottery of life with wit and wisdom
Linguistics & Literature - Social Sciences - 10.11.2022

Linguistics & Literature - 27.10.2022

Western French Studies professor Schwerdtner has studied Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed body of work for many years and thinks her Nobel Prize in Literature was long overdue When Annie Ernaux wa
Linguistics & Literature - Computer Science - 12.10.2022

The model automatically learns higher-level language patterns that can apply to different languages, enabling it to achieve better results Human languages are notoriously complex, and linguists have l
Linguistics & Literature - 06.10.2022
Why leaves change colour, a bilingual theatre journey, and how Uber could help cities cut carbon emissions
Linguistics & Literature - 31.08.2022

Campus - Linguistics & Literature - 27.07.2022

Computer Science - Linguistics & Literature - 11.07.2022

With 14,000 titles, University of Toronto Mississauga's Syd Bolton Collection takes video game studies to the next level From Space Invaders to Super Mario, video games are one of the most influential forms of media on the planet.
Linguistics & Literature - Environment - 06.07.2022
Seed libraries: Food safety and self-sufficiency meet at the library
Seed libraries are sprouting in Quebec, just like the seeds they offer free of charge to the communities they serve.
Social Sciences - Linguistics & Literature - 20.06.2022

Campus - Linguistics & Literature - 03.06.2022

Linguistics & Literature - 24.05.2022

Linguistics & Literature - Art & Design - 20.05.2022

When Claire Battershill took part in the printing fellowship program at Massey College in 2009, she discovered its cast iron printing presses were far more than simply relics of a bygone era.
Art & Design - Linguistics & Literature - 19.04.2022
Arts-focused anthology edited by PhD candidate offers ’beautiful representations of Disability life’
History & Archeology - Linguistics & Literature - 16.03.2022

Linguistics & Literature - Politics - 09.03.2022
’A watershed moment’: University of Toronto’s Lucan Ahmad Way on how the war in Ukraine could reinvigorate democracy
Campus - Linguistics & Literature - 15.02.2022

Linguistics & Literature - 31.01.2022

Q&As Erik Rolfsen Turns out, some words are more tactile than you might expect. That's according to a new global study noting a clear linguistic connection between sound and touch. The study found that words meaning "rough" were four times more likely to contain a rolled or trilled 'r' sound than words that mean "smooth." The researchers detected this relationship in a sample of 332 spoken languages around the world, including words like zakarra (Basque), barzgar (Mongolian), ruw (Dutch) and durva (Hungarian).
Linguistics & Literature - 27.01.2022

Linguistics & Literature - Social Sciences - 12.01.2022
William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library
Linguistics & Literature - 10.12.2021

Linguistics & Literature - 07.12.2021

In his new book, La révolution du magazine au Québec , the University of Toronto's Adrien Rannaud demonstrates how one of Quebec's first magazines reflected and advanced literature and culture from 1919 to 1960 - and how its impact is still evident today.
Social Sciences - Linguistics & Literature - 24.11.2021
Expert insights: Hulu’s ’The Handmaid’s Tale’ casts Canada as a racial utopia
Filming of The Handmaid's Tale at the Lincoln Memorial.
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