Convocation Story:
Kaitlyn Cunningham, Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Indigenous Languages, recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal
Alumni
2025 Graduates
Convocation Stories
2024 Graduates
Convocation Stories
Dr. Lauren Schneider completed her PhD at SFU Linguistics and graduated in October 2024 with a focus on research into Hul’q’umi’num’, including its description, analysis, and reclamation. Dr. Schneider is also currently learning more about the morphosyntax of a broader range of North American Indigenous languages, as part of her work as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Interim Director of the NAMA Program at The University of Arizona. She recently presented at the Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL).
2023 Graduates
Convocation Stories
SFU Convocation Story: Kèyishí Bessie Cooley, 2023 Master's graduate
2022 Graduates
Graduate
Linguistics in a First Nations Language
Special Arrangement Cohorts
Fall 2022
- MA Project - Victoria Mckoy
"Conversational Shmˈalgyack (Sm’algyax) Audio Glossary"
Undergraduate
Spring 2022
- BA - Danielle Ignace, Minor in Indigenous Languages; Sociology; and Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency
- Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (68 graduands)
Fall 2022
- Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (21 graduands)
- 10 Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Snichim graduates and 11 Haíɫzaqvḷa graduates
2021 Graduates
Convocation Stories
- Donna M. Modeste is the first recipient of the new Minor in Indigenous Languages in her BA degree.
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Graduate
Linguistics in a First Nations Language
Special Arrangement Cohorts
Spring 2021
- MA Project - Luke Marston
"Xu’athun stl’q’een’: Hwulmuhw perspectives on art and language"
Fall 2021
- MA Project - Evangeline Guerin
"tsetsul'ulhtun' mustimuhw: Hul'q'umi'num' stories from our fishing life" - MA Project - Tara Morris (Thorne)
"Suwsiw: Hul'q'umi'num' stories of land and sea" - MA Project - Marlene Tommy
"Connecting generations through hwulmuhwqun stories"
Undergraduate
- BA - Donna M. Modeste
Double Minor in Indigenous Languages and Extended Minor in Linguistics (Spring 2021) - Diploma in Indigenous Language Proficiency (2 graduands)
- Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (10 graduands)
2020 Graduates
Convocation Stories
Graduate
Linguistics in a First Nations Language
(Special Arrangement Cohorts)
Spring 2020:
- MA Project - Gina Salazar
"Angry Raven and friends: Three new stories for Hul'q'umi'num' language learners."
Summer 2020:
- MA Project - Victor Guerin (August 26, 2020)
"xu’athun stl’q’een’: hwulmuhw perspectives on art and language"
- MA Thesis Defence - Rae Anne Baker Claxton (August 20, 2020)
"lhwet ’a’lu kw’u xwi’em’? hwi’ ’een’thu tse’!: How I learned to tell and perform a Hul’q’umi’num’ story" - MA Thesis Defence - Zack Gilkison "How What Was Said Was Said: Quotation in Hul’q’umi’num’ Narrative Performance"
Undergraduate
- BA - Julienne Ignace
Major in Linguistics, Diploma in Linguistics, and Diploma in Indigenous Languages (Secwepemctsin Language Cohort)
2019 Graduates
Elder Ruby Peter, 2019 Honorary Doctorate
- Coast Salish Elder and linguist Ruby Peter given SFU honorary degree: Read the article.
- See the SFU Convocation Photo Album for more images.
Graduate
Linguistics in a First Nations Language
(Special Arrangement Cohorts)
Summer 2019:
- MA Project - Regena Seward-Wilson
"ni’ q’ushintul’ ’u tunu shhw’alukw’a’ | Traveling with my family: Growing and learning in the Hul’q’umi’num’ language"
Fall 2019:
- MA Project - Ivy Seward
"Wind from the North: Hul’q’umi’num’ speakers in Saanich."