Canadian Language Museum opening

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Mar 22 saw the Opening of the Inaugural Exhibit of the Canadian Language Museum ‘Canadian English, Eh?’ in Wilson Hall, New College. The opening was lively and very well attended; delicious pastries were provided by Linguistics grad students and friends. Punch and finger food was generously provided by New College. The exhibit was displayed for 2 weeks and was very well received. The students of LIN201H1S Canadian English, taught by Prof. Naomi Nagy, participated in the exhibit both by acting as docents each day at lunch and by a special hour-long presentation of their own research into Canadian English.

The exhibit traveled to Waterloo at then end of May for the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and then to Montreal at the beginning of June for the conference on Change and Variation in Canada VI.

For more information on the Canadian Language Museum, please go to http://www.languagemuseum.ca.

--> Heather Mawby, Elaine Gold,Tamara Ivis, Caylie Gnyra, U of T Masters of Museum Studies students who curated the exhibit, with Elaine Gold, Chair of Canadian Language Museum and exhibit consultant

--> Diane Massam and Nik Rolle

--> Derek Denis and Alex Motut

--> Elan Dresher and Kevin Heffernan

--> Sali Tagliamonte, Elizabeth Cowper and Yves Roberge

--> Craig Diegel, Yves Roberge and Erin Brassel

Marisa Brook, Chris Spahr and Sali Tagliamonte discuss the exhibit

 

-->Crowd scene & exhibit

 

-->Grad students + Sali

Thanks to

--> Tara Clews for these great photos!

 

 There was also this picture in the U of T bulletin on April 3, 2012.