Career event
Careers and Opportunities with Linguistics Degrees (COLD)
November 15, 2019
On November 13th, the Linguistics Student Union (LSU) hosted an exciting career event in AQ 3150. The event featured a panel of speakers who talked about their careers and the opportunities that a degree in Linguistics can provide in today's job market.
In addition to career advice and tips for selecting a pathway suited to students' individual aptitude, speakers also discussed topical issues such as how Linguistics graduates can be a force for good in our increasingly data-driven world.
Speakers
- Suzanne Hilgendorf, Associate Professor at SFU Linguistics
- PhD student Dasha Gluhareva, Consultant at TransPerfect Translations
- Linguistics BA alum Elisha Cooper, Deputy Executive Officer at the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS)
- Linguistics and Computing Science Joint Major alum Vagrant Gautam, Computational Linguist at Dialpad
- Hanna Smith, Audiologist at Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility
