News & Events

Upcoming Events

You're Invited:

The UTM Linguistics Club will be holding an End of the Year Bash, Thursday March 28 at 5-6 pm, IB 240.

The Linguistics Club will be supplying snacks and drinks so students can get together and chat linguistics. With the added bonus of the presence of our profs. Come relax for an hour and ask those questions that you are dying to ask! Either to upper year students or to the professors in the program! Or just come hang out and enjoy food! You need not be in Linguistics to attend!

RSVP through this Facebook link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/497443510316325/permalink/497443513649658/?notif_t=like

Hope to see you all there!

Departments of Historical Studies, Language Studies and Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga, invite you to:

South Asia Day on Friday March 8, 2013.

Location: CCIT Building and MiST Theatre.

Please see poster for all the details about this exciting event.

Past Events

This year marks the 26th anniversary of the UTM Italian Play - a celebration we can enjoy thanks to your continued attendance and passion for Italian Studies. This year, we are presenting one of the first (and best) Italian Renaissance comedies by Ludovico Ariosto, La Lena. To ensure your experience is optimized, we will again be using subtitles throughout the show.

The price of admission to the play is:
$7 for students/seniors
$10 for adults

Please note that: Once again, this year, registration will be online, by visiting www.utm.utoronto.ca/italian-play. Should you prefer to book tickets with a live voice, you could speak with any Italian Play Representative, who will be happy to save your seats. A reservations rep can be reached at 905-569-5732. Also, please feel free to contact us should you have any questions.

Show dates:
Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 7:30pm
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 2:00pm
Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 2:00pm

Location:
University of Toronto Mississauga
CCIT Building, Lecture Hall 1080 (CCT)

Please read the article featured in Tandem, and watch OMNI News coverage (click on click on March 1: Arte e Teatro) about this year's Italian Play.

You are cordially invited to the Crêpes Flipping event:

Tuesday February 12, 2013
1-3 p.m.
Dean's Lounge (room 262) North Building

Please join us to socialize, flip crêpes to bring luck and eat them afterwards to celebrate le Chandeleur!

All are welcome!

The Department of Language Studies in collaboration with UTM Library and Language Studies Academic Society present:

Canadian Language Museum, February 5-11, on the main floor of the UTM Library.

The exhibit is called Canadian English, Eh? and focuses on Canadians' distinctive use of English. This exhibit explores variations in Canadian English across the country, as well as influences from French and Aboriginal languages.

The website for more information is: http://www.languagemuseum.ca/mission/. The Language Portal of Canada http://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/index-eng.php has also published a headline on the traveling exhibit Canadian English, Eh? and it mentions the stop at UTM.

University of Toronto Mississauga
Department of Language Studies

invites you to a lecture in linguistics:

Exploring Earlier African American English:
Diversity and Identity in 19th-Century Letters

Gerard Van Herk
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Friday, November 16, 2012
2 p.m.
IB 377

Gerard Van Herk is the Canada Research Chair in Regional Language and Oral Text, and director of the Memorial University Sociolinguistics Laboratory (http://musl.ling.mun.ca/about.html).
His research interests include creoles, African American English, gender, identity, and the Englishes of Quebec and Newfoundland. He is the author of ”What is Sociolinguistics?” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).

Please see the event's poster for more details. We hope to see you there!

We would like to cordially invite you to the first Arab Culture Day at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). The event will take place on Friday, November 2^nd 2012, 5 p.m. -10 p.m., in the CCIT Building (Atrium of CCIT, CCT 1080 and MiST Theatre).

The evening will be a compilation of entertaining and culturally relevant performances, including a Dabke performance, a poetry reading, a discussion with Palestinian author and scholar Mr. Naji Farah, traditional Arabic music performances, and a fashion show showcasing traditional costumes of the Arab countries. The event will conclude with a short play titled “Stuck."

Catered refreshments will be provided. Please see the event's poster for the highlights of the program.

Romance Language Movies October - November 2012

Join us for movie viewings at NB 160. The Department of Language Studies will be showing Spanish, Italian and French movies Tuesdays from 7 to 10 pm. All movies with subtitles. Refreshments will be served.

Oct. 9:    Nueve reinas (Argentina)
Oct. 16:  Amelie (France)
Oct. 30:  Che bella giornata (Italy, at Kaneff 137)
Nov. 7:   The Pope’s toilet (Uruguay, in collaboration with the Hispanic Cultural Forum, at The Mist Theater)
Nov. 20: Oscar et la dame rose (France)