Department of Linguistics / en 14 łÔąĎ±¬ÁĎ researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs /celebrates/14-u-t-researchers-awarded-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">14 łÔąĎ±¬ÁĎ researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-06-26T11:13:49-04:00" title="Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 11:13" class="datetime">Wed, 06/26/2024 - 11:13</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/camh" hreflang="en">CAMH</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6856" hreflang="en">Department of Linguistics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/donnelly-centre-cellular-biomolecular-research" hreflang="en">Donnelly Centre for Cellular &amp; Biomolecular Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ihpme" hreflang="en">IHPME</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/sunnybrook-health-sciences-centre" hreflang="en">Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/unity-health" hreflang="en">Unity Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-health-network" hreflang="en">University Health Network</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6869" hreflang="en">Women's College Hospital</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Fourteen faculty members from the University of Toronto have been awarded <a href="https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2024/spring-printemps-eng.aspx">Canada Research Chairs</a> in support of their research.</p> <p>Awarded by the Government of Canada, Canada Research Chair positions are designed to reinforce academic research and training excellence with a view to improving depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthening Canada’s international competitiveness and helping to train the next generation of highly skilled people.</p> <p>“The University of Toronto would like to congratulate all the faculty members who have been appointed Canada Research Chairs or had their positions renewed,” said <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, łÔąĎ±¬ÁĎ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “From reproductive mental health to the economics of infectious disease and theoretical particle physics, these researchers are advancing knowledge and innovation in important fields.”</p> <p>The latest cycle of Canada Research Chair appointees from łÔąĎ±¬ÁĎ includes six new and eight renewed positions:</p> <h3>New Canada Research Chairs</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Crystal Clark</strong> at Women’s College Hospital and the department of psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Reproductive Mental Health</li> <li><strong>Janine Farragher</strong> at the department of occupational science and occupational therapy in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Life Participation and Kidney Disease</li> <li><strong>Eno Hysi</strong> at Unity Health and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Quantitative Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Karen Maxwell </strong>at the department of biochemistry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Bacteriophage Biology and Therapeutics</li> <li><strong>Beate Sander</strong> at University Health Network and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – Tier 1 in Economics of Infectious Diseases</li> <li><strong>Karla Washington</strong> at the department of speech language pathology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Monolingual and Multilingual Paediatric Speech-Language Pathology</li> </ul> <h3>Renewed Canada Research Chairs</h3> <ul> <li><strong>David Curtin</strong> at the department of physics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 2 in Theoretical Particle Physics</li> <li><strong>Philipp Maass </strong>at the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Noncoding Disease Mechanisms</li> <li><strong>Julien Muffat </strong>at the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Synthetic Neuroimmunology and Stem Cell Bioengineering</li> <li><strong>Meaghan O’Reilly</strong> at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Biomedical Ultrasound</li> <li><strong>Hannes Rost </strong>at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Mass Spectometry-based Personalized Medicine</li> <li><strong>Sali Tagliamonte</strong> at the department of linguistics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 1 in Language Variation and Change</li> <li><strong>Ulrich Tepass </strong>at the department of cell and systems biology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science – Tier 1 in Epithelial Polarity and Development</li> <li><strong>Rachel Tyndale </strong>at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the department of pharmacology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Pharmacogenomics</li> </ul> <h3><a href="https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2024/spring-printemps-eng.aspx">Read the Government of Canada announcement</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/canada-research-chairs" hreflang="en">Canada Research Chairs</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:13:49 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 308310 at Pedro Mateo Pedro receives Connaught Community Partnership Research Award /celebrates/pedro-mateo-pedro-receives-connaught-community-partnership-research-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Pedro Mateo Pedro receives Connaught Community Partnership Research Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-03-02T13:13:19-05:00" title="Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 13:13" class="datetime">Thu, 03/02/2023 - 13:13</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-community-partnerships-research-awards" hreflang="en">Connaught Community Partnerships Research Awards</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6856" hreflang="en">Department of Linguistics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/pedro-mateo-pedro-portrai-cropt.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Pedro Mateo Pedro"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(supplied image)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong><a href="https://www.linguistics.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/pedro-mateo-pedro" target="_blank">Pedro Mateo Pedro</a></strong>&nbsp;of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linguistics.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank">department of linguistics</a>&nbsp;has received an award from the&nbsp;<a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/community-partnership-research-program-0" target="_blank">Connaught Community Partnership Research Program</a>&nbsp;for his project, Revitalization of Itzaj: An Endangered Mayan Language in Guatemala.&nbsp;</p> <p>Mateo Pedro is one of four researchers at the University of Toronto to receive the award this year. The others&nbsp;are&nbsp;<b><a href="/celebrates/beverley-essue-receives-connaught-community-research-partnership-award">Beverly Essue</a> </b>and <a href="/celebrates/angela-mashford-pringle-receives-connaught-community-partnership-research-award"><b>Angela Mashford-Pringle</b></a> of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and <a href="/celebrates/andrea-charise-receives-connaught-community-partnership-research-award"><b>Andrea Charise</b> </a>of the University of Toronto Scarborough.</p> <p>A native speaker of Q’anjob’al, a Mayan language of Guatemala, Mateo Pedro focuses on the documentation, description, and revitalization of Mayan languages, with special research interest in the acquisition of Mayan languages. He has also worked on the production of educational materials in Mayan languages in coordination with different institutions in Guatemala.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>“In this collaborative project with the Comunidad LingĂĽĂ­stica Itzaj of the Academia de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, we are implementing the Oxlajuj Aj immersion program, which includes a teaching method and a pedagogical grammar,” Mateo Pedro says. “Furthermore, the award will support my collaborative research with Mayan communities, and will provide an opportunity for łÔąĎ±¬ÁĎ students to conduct research in Mayan languages and language revitalization in Guatemala.”&nbsp;</p> <p>The Connaught Community Partnership Research Program creates new collaborative research partnerships, or nurtures early-stage partnerships, between łÔąĎ±¬ÁĎ and community partners, fostering access to each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on issues of shared interest that, over time, may evolve into more established relationships that will attract external funding.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/pedro-mateo-pedro-connaught">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/community-partnership-research-program-0">Learn more about the Connaught Community Partnership Research Program</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">A &amp; S</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:13:19 +0000 lanthierj 180217 at Five Faculty of Arts & Science professors recognized with Dean's Research Excellence Awards /celebrates/five-faculty-arts-science-professors-recognized-dean-s-research-excellence-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Five Faculty of Arts &amp; Science professors recognized with Dean's Research Excellence Awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-12-12T17:25:43-05:00" title="Monday, December 12, 2022 - 17:25" class="datetime">Mon, 12/12/2022 - 17:25</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-psychology" hreflang="en">Department of Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-ecology-evolutionary-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-political-science" hreflang="en">Department of Political Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/munk-school-global-affairs-public-policy" hreflang="en">Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; Public Policy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6856" hreflang="en">Department of Linguistics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/deans-research-excellence-awards-2022.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">The five recipients of this year’s Dean’s Research Excellence Award (L-R): Megan Frederickson, Kaley Walker, Naomi Nagy, Randall Hansen and Wil Cunningham</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><b>Wil Cunningham</b>, <b>Megan Frederickson</b>, <b>Randall Hansen</b>, <b>Naomi Nagy</b> and <b>Kaley Walker</b> are the first recipients of a new award from the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science created to recognize faculty members whose research achievements have been cited as especially noteworthy.</p> <p>The Dean’s Research Excellence Award was established with the aim of helping accomplished mid-career researchers compete successfully in national awards competitions. Winners have contributed a wealth of research that has had a significant and sustained influence in their chosen disciplines.</p> <p>The winners represent a wide range of fields: Cunningham is a professor in the department of psychology, Frederickson is a professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, Hansen is a professor in the department of political science, Nagy is a professor in the department of linguistics and Walker is a professor in the department of physics.</p> <p>“It is with enormous pride that I announce the inaugural winners of the Dean’s Research Excellence Awards,” says <b>Melanie Woodin</b>, dean of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. “The scholars we honour this year are widely recognized as having made an important and ongoing impact on research in their respective fields. As the very first recipients of these annual awards, they set a shining example for those who will follow them.”</p> <p>The five honourees will each receive $10,000 to further their professional development.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/celebrating-first-ever-winners-drea">See the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science </div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 22:25:43 +0000 lanthierj 178385 at