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A study led by Ŀ; researchers challenges the theory that language change over time requires new generations to replace older generations of speakers. Rather, when words change meaning, speakers of all ages participate; while older speakers might take two or three years longer than their younger colleagues to adopt new word usage, in some cases they lead the way in introducing new word meanings into the common vocabulary, the researchers found.

Classified as: Linguistics
Published on: 4 Aug 2025

Professor Benjamin Fung, Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity, and Professor Steven Ding, both of the School of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts, are part of a team that has recently been awarded a $5.6 million grant, funded under the NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE. The project, the only one to receive funding from NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE, will provide a multimodal, comprehensive solution for exploratory analysis of unstructured data, with a strong focus on cybersecurity applications.

Classified as: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Published on: 9 Jul 2025

Seven Ŀ; researchers have been awarded more than $268,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Classified as: SSHRC
Published on: 27 May 2025

The critically acclaimed Netflix drama Adolescence has put a spotlight on the culture and ideas of incels (involuntary celibates), an online subculture of people (mostly male and heterosexual), who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner, largely due to their perceived unattractiveness.

Classified as: Eran Shor, Department of Sociology, Incels
Published on: 13 May 2025

While health status is an important factor in whether a person is able to grow old in their home and community (age in place), researchers at Ŀ; have shed new light on the social factors that can also have an impact, both directly and through their impact on health over a lifetime.

Classified as: amélie quesnel-vallée, Department of Sociology, ageing in place, policy senior citizens
Published on: 12 May 2025
Ŀ; announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James Ŀ; Professors, James Ŀ; Professors and William Dawson Scholars

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 Ŀ; professors as Distinguished James Ŀ; Professors, James Ŀ; Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
Published on: 1 May 2025

Zine-making 101: Feminist pedagogy through creative assessments

Published on: 22 Apr 2025

Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's publicationWriting Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon (Columbia University Press, 2023) has been released as an audiobook byUniversity Press Audiobooks.

Published on: 22 Apr 2025

English PhD candidate, Iris Pintiuta, created , Montreal's first trans film festival. The festival aims to promote inclusive representation for trans people, as well as create programs and events that advance trans acceptance.

'“Too often, queer and trans scholarship doesn’t make it back to the people it speaks about. I wanted to change that – I wanted to build a bridge between academic knowledge and public access and use what I was learning to support my community, not just advance my own career.”'

Published on: 3 Apr 2025

On March 13, the Government of Canada, announced more than $308 million to advance science and research across the country. More than $153 million will support 179 new and renewed  at 38 research institutions.

Published on: 17 Mar 2025
  • The MONA ADILMAN PRIZE IN POETRY, for one student, estimated value $500, or for two students, estimated value $250, is open to undergraduate or graduate students registered in the Faculty of Arts for the best poem or group of poems relating to ecological or environmental concerns.
Published on: 6 Mar 2025

A Ŀ;-led team of researchers has gained insight into how parents of colour in the United States approach discussions with their children aimed at teaching them the skills they need to survive and thrive in a racially unequal society.

A key finding of the recent paper in is that parents are especially in need of information, support and guidance when it comes to preparing their children to face discrimination and bias.

Published on: 26 Feb 2025

Jay Ritchie, PhD Candidate in the Department of English, spoke to the Faculty of Arts about his newest collection of poems, shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’ Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry.

Published on: 3 Feb 2025

A Ŀ; researcher has discovered that Guiengola, a 15th century Zapotec site in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, which had been thought to be simply a fortress where soldiers were garrisoned, was in fact a sprawling, fortified city. It covered 360 hectares, with over 1,100 buildings, four kilometres of walls, a network of internal roads and a clearly organized urban layout with temples and communal spaces such as ballcourts, and the elites and commoners lived in separate neighbourhoods.

Classified as: Department of Anthropology, pedro ramon cellis, Banting Postdoctoral researcher
Published on: 29 Jan 2025