Naomi at United Nations workshop on multilingualism

During Reading Week, Naomi Nagy (faculty) went to the United Nations in NYC for a workshop and panel discussion‚ Diversity and Multilingualism in a Megacity.

In addition to describing the Heritage Language Variation and Change Project, she showcased other sociolinguistic investigations of heritage and indigenous languages in Canada, with a lot of U of T connections!

Arabic in Ontario: Atiqa Hachimi (faculty) and Robert Prazeres (Ph.D.) on Moroccan Arabic in Toronto; Nahed Mourad (University of Ottawa) on Lebanese Arabic in Ottawa.

Greek in Vancouver, B.C.: Panayiotis Pappas (Simon Fraser University) and colleagues.

Tagalog in Winnipeg: Nicole Rosen (Ph.D. 2007, now at the University of Manitoba) and colleagues.

Italian in rural/small-town Ontario: Michael Iannozzi (BA 2014, now at the University of Western Ontario).

Pennsylvanian German in the Kitchener-Waterloo area: Miriam Neuhausen (visiting student).

Algonquian Linguistic Atlas: Marie-Odile Junker (Carleton University), Sara Mackenzie (Ph.D. 2009, now at Memorial University of Newfoundland), and Nicole Rosen (Ph.D. 2007, now at the University of Manitoba).

Finnish in Sointula, British Columbia: Mirva Johnson (University of Wisconsin, Madison) (with Marisa Brook (faculty) working on substrate effects of the local variety of English).

Patxohã, Yudja, Kawaiwete (34 villages!), and English in Brazil (sociolinguistics and language documentation): Suzi Lima (faculty) and teams of indigenous researchers.