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April 1, 2024

Japanese 1Z06 student wins third place at the Ontario Japanese Speech Contest

Japanese 1Z06 student Zhe Zou won third place in the beginner’s category at the Ontario Japanese speech contest this year. Congratulations Zhe Zou! The Ontario Japanese Speech Contest was first held in 1983. The 2024 OJSC is the 42nd Contest. Students learning Japanese at universities and language schools present their speeches in four categories: Beginners’, … Continued

April 1, 2024

51st annual Ontario High School German Contest at McMaster

It’s time for the 51st annual Ontario High School German Contest. This year’s Contest will take place on Sunday, April 14th at McMaster University in Hamilton. This is an excellent opportunity for German students to test their language skills and meet students who share their enthusiasm for German language and culture. This year we … Continued

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March 19, 2024

Researchers team up with CBC Kids to make closed captions better

McMaster grad Melda Coskun is working on an interdisciplinary project that explores best practices for closed captioning in kids’ TV. ...

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March 8, 2024

International visiting researcher program encourages mutual learning and collaboration

Four researchers from different backgrounds in Linguistics join together for a term here at McMaster to conduct research on under-studied languages....

A smiling Konrad Eisenbichler standing in his office with his arms crossed, in front of a wall full of interesting keepsakes and book covers from his career.

November 21, 2023

From the Renaissance to the diasporic experience

Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Konrad Eisenbichler is known for his scholarship many facets of the Italian Renaissance, his literary translations, and his work documenting the experience of everyday Canadians. ...

Smiling Savage Bear and Bonnie Freeman standing at a podium in front of a screen with a presentation on it.

November 14, 2023

McMaster Indigenous Research Day highlights important scholarship

The second annual event brought together scholars from across campus to showcase research on topics that included water sovereignty on Six Nations, Indigenous-informed teaching practices and using language as medicine. ...

Magda Stroínska’s book cover, along with a portrait picture of her.

October 16, 2023

‘Everyone is vulnerable to propaganda’

Linguistics professor Magda Stroínska discusses her childhood in communist Poland and her new book about navigating propaganda and lies. ...

A person in an emergency worker's vest seen from behind walking through a destroyed playground toward burned and bombed-out buildings in Kyiv.

June 23, 2023

The Narratives of War shares testimony of 1,500 Ukrainian civilians

Researchers from McMaster and a Ukrainian university have collected and translated anonymous 300-word accounts of the war, which will be part of a virtual exhibit beginning June 29....

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May 1, 2023

Partnerships in teaching and learning: spotlight on year 2 implementation grant projects

Some of last year’s Partnered in Teaching and Learning grant recipients share how their work has brought collaboration and partnership to life in teaching and learning communities across McMaster....

December 9, 2022

Far from home, Ukrainian scholar works to keep her language alive

At McMaster's Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics, Ukrainian researcher Alina Dochu is working to reverse the decline of the Crimean Tatar language, which is in danger of dying out because of a Russian ban....