People

The Indigenous Languages Program team consists of faculty members from various disciplines, instructors, and staff.

Faculty

Marianne Ignace
Professor

Director, Indigenous Languages Program (INLP)

Department of Linguistics
Department of Indigenous Studies
First Nations Language Centre

Dr. Panayiotis Pappas
Professor

Chair, Department of Linguistics

Donna Gerdts
Professor
Department of Linguistics

Associate Director, INLP (2020-)

Peter Jacobs
Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics

Associate Director, INLP (2020-)

Heather Bliss
Lecturer
Department of Linguistics

Postdoctoral Fellow Visiting Faculty

James Crippen
Postdoctoral Fellow 2020
Indigenous Languages Program, SFU
Assistant Professor, Linguistics, McGill University

FASS News: New postdoctoral fellow, James Crippen (Dzéiwsh), aims to break down myths around Indigenous languages

Dr. John Lyon
Visiting Professor 2020-21
Indigenous Languages Program
Assistant Professor, Community, Culture and Global Studies, UBC Okanagan

Profile: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/people/adjunct-profiles/lyon

Affiliated Departments or Programs

First Nations Language Centre (FNLC)

Department of Linguistics (LING)

Staff

Lorraine Yam, MA (LS)
Manager, Academic and Administrative Services
Academic Advisor (CINLP, DINLP, and FNEP Outreach)

For advising requests and advising appointments, please contact inlp@sfu.ca.

Shagufta Saddiq
Program Coordinator, INLP
inlp@sfu.ca

Vacant
Coordinator, Communications & Events

Joint position: Linguistics and INLP

For media updates, please contact inlpcomm@sfu.ca.

Brett Romans
Budget/Program Assistant
inlp@sfu.ca

Announcement Notifications:

To circulate* University sponsored, University-related, and General Public Announcements - Public Service (PSA) and Events Announcments, please email inlp@sfu.ca.
*=University and/or Department approved announcements only.