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Call for presenters: 2026 SFU Linguistics Flash Talks
Come showcase your research as part of this event featuring rapid rounds of 5-min talks. learn more →
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Language Workers 2.0: Inaugural talk by Prof. Vigouroux
Vigouroux transferred from French to Linguistics in Fall 2025. Her research bridges sociolinguistics with other fields such as geography and economics. learn more →
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What We Click, What We Believe, and Why It Matters
View video of Maite Taboada’s panel discussion exploring real-life examples of how misinformation has shifted public opinion and created barriers to essential services—and what can we do about it. learn more →
Undergraduate Programs
- Linguistics Honours
- Linguistics Major
- Linguistics Extended Minor
- Indigenous Languages Minor
- Certificate in the Linguistics of Speech Science
- SFU–Canterbury Pathway to Master of Speech-Language Pathology
- Computing Science and Linguistics Joint Major
- Social Data Analytics Minor
- SFU–Exeter Accelerated Law program - Linguistics Major
- Linguistics Co-operative Education Program
- Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency
- Diploma in Indigenous Language Proficiency
- Linguistics and Anthropology Joint Major
- Concurrent BA–MA in Linguistics
- Linguistics Discipline - Cognitive Science Major
- Linguistics Discipline - Cognitive Science Minor
- Medical Humanities and Social Sciences Minor
Hear from our students
“What I love about linguistics is that language is such a human thing. And what linguistics does is instead of enforcing or prescribing rules for how people should speak, it describes and seeks to understand how languages evolve and develop and how they work.” –Student of LING 220: Introduction to Linguistics
“My favourite part of this class is developing language games and gaining real-world experience with kids visiting Science World. The course truly brings linguistics to life and you get to see what the science of language is about first hand.” –Student of LING 350: First Language Acquisition
News and events
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November 12, 2026
Call for presenters: 2026 SFU Linguistics Flash Talks
Come showcase your research as part of this event featuring rapid rounds of 5-min talks. -
November 09, 2026
What We Click, What We Believe, and Why It Matters
View video of Maite Taboada’s panel discussion exploring real-life examples of how misinformation has shifted public opinion and created barriers to essential services—and what can we do about it. -
November 04, 2026
Trevor Block to bridge gaps in research on acquisition of singular they using CGRS-D scholarship
Congratulations to Trevor Block! He has been awarded a Canada Graduate Research Scholarship for Doctoral studies. -
November 04, 2026
Ben Chung awarded CGRS-D scholarship to pursue Sm'algya̱x language research
Congratulations to Ben Chung! He has been awarded a Canada Graduate Research Scholarship for Doctoral studies. -
November 04, 2026
Kathleen Anderson awarded CGRS-M to analyze Southern Michif verbal morphology
Congratulations to Kathleen Anderson! She has been awarded a Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s Program. -
November 02, 2026
Fighting accent bias is everyone’s job, not just accented speakers’
The Conversation published a piece by Mary O’Brien, Gento Okawa and co-authors about the importance of focusing on what people are saying, not how they are saying it. -
October 30, 2026
The limits of model confidence: A talk by Sara Ng
How confident can we be about language model confidence? -
October 28, 2026
LinguisticsNOW 2026 to feature Kristin Van Engen
Presented jointly with UBC, the annual LinguisticsNOW Colloquium brings cutting edge research to the Pacific Northwest. -
October 27, 2026
X̱aad Kíl translations of Raven storybooks take flight
“I wrote my books for my children, my great nieces and my great nephew, and for my granddaughter. As I endured racism throughout my schooling on Haida Gwaii, I wanted to give something to these children where they can feel proud of who they are.” -
October 26, 2026
Language Workers 2.0: Inaugural talk by Prof. Vigouroux
Vigouroux transferred from French to Linguistics in Fall 2025. Her research bridges sociolinguistics with other fields such as geography and economics. -
October 23, 2026
SFU student gains hands-on experience with Linguistics and Anthropology joint major
“Not only did I get the training I need to start my career, I was given tools to further explore my interests in a direction that could lead to meaningful change in the world.” -
October 16, 2026
Maite Taboada elected to Royal Galician Academy of Science
“This being the Galician Academy means a lot, because my parents are from this region and I've had a long collaboration with colleagues at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.” -
October 15, 2026
Tamara Bodden talk: Online toxicity on Twitch
Tamara investigates Twitch streams and develops new methodologies to create a corpus that can be used for computational linguistic research. -
October 13, 2026
Geoffrey Craig Adams advocates for Secwepemctsín language immersion
“Be kind to yourself. It will come right for you. Never surrender and don’t quit—find a way. You are the person for whom our ancestors prayed!” -
September 30, 2026
Jasḵwaan Bedard featured on CITR-FM Radio
The interview discussed the revitalisation of X̱aad Kíl language and was broadcasted live on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Listen to the recording or read the transcript here.
