View some of our and others' previous events.
Past Events
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Department of Linguistics: Special Undergraduate-Friendly Colloquium
Room 37, Henry Angus building
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
CanadaAugust 2, 2019
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Department of Computer Science talk: Towards Verified Stochastic Variational Inference for Probabilistic Programs
Hugh Dempster Pavilion
6245 Agronomy Road
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
CanadaJuly 26, 2019
Image by xresch from Pixabay
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Towards Learning with Brain Efficiency
ICICS/CS X836
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
CanadaJune 28, 2019
Modern computing systems are plagued with significant issues in efficiently performing learning tasks.
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Language Science Talks: How prenatal experience shapes speech perception
Suedfeld Lounge (room 2510) Douglas T. Kenny Building
2136 West Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
CanadaJune 19, 2019
RSVP HERE. Language Sciences affiliate member and CNRS senior research scientist at the Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception Dr. Judit Gervain will present this Language Science Talks event.
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Department of Linguistics colloquium: The acquisition of lexical tone by Cantonese-speaking children
121 Totem Field Studios
2613 West Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
CanadaJune 17, 2019
Previous studies showed early production precedes late perception in Cantonese tone acquisition, contrary to the general principle that perception precedes production in child language, while some recent studies demonstrated that Cantonese tone acquisition is a protracted process.
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Congress: Assessing Language Performance: A showcase of established and innovative tools to assess different language skills across languages
AMS Nest - NEST 2314
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1
CanadaJune 5, 2019
Credit: Hover Collective
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Listening to the Land: A Community Engaged Sound Installation
UBC Life Building - LIFE 1503
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
CanadaJune 5, 2019
This exhibition features a series of Indigenous language and storytelling sound installations focused on local and regional Indigenous languages produced at the Community Engaged Documentation and Research Space (CEDR), new UBC infrastructure currently being developed by Dr. David Gaertner and Dr.
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Congress: Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous Language Revitalization, and Applied Linguistics: a Critical Dialogue
UBC Life Building - LIFE 2201
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1
CanadaJune 5, 2019
Photo credit: Hover Collective
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Congress: Valuing Partial Language Competencies in Language Education
AMS Nest - NEST 2314
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1
CanadaJune 3, 2019
Credit: Hover Collective
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A Queer Century, 1869–1969: A Rare Books Exhibition
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre - IBLC Rare Books and Special Collections
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
CanadaJune 3 - June 9, 2019