Siyi Fan Siyi dot Fan at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Siyi completed her MA in Linguistics at the University of Toronto in 2024. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of variationist sociolinguistics and health equity. Siyi's MA project explored and analyzed serious illness conversations, particularly those occurring between clinicians who speak Mandarin Chinese as a heritage language and patients who speak Mandarin as a homeland variety.
Ian Quan Ian dot Quan at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am Ian Quan, a second year undergrad student specializing in computer science with a statistics minor. I am a native Cantonese speaker from Hong Kong.
Douglas Quan Douglas dot Quan at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Douglas is a second-year student at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. He is specializing in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. He is a native speaker of Cantonese and is interested in language preservation with the help of technology.
Cookie Lau Cookie dot Lau at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I'm Cookie, a third-year undergrad studying psychology and genetics. As a Hongkonger, I love my language and I am dedicated to preserve and understand it more. I also love finding connections between different fields, like how personality or social economic status can influence language perception and maybe the other way around!
Victoria Wang Victoriayt dot Wang at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Victoria is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. She is double majoring in Anthropology and Archaeology, with a minor in Material Culture and Semiotics. She is a heritage speaker of Cantonese and interested in language preservation.
Janice Shum Janice dot Shum at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am an undergraduate student and will be majoring in Linguistics. I am a heritage speaker of Cantonese. I am really intrigued by the discoveries of how the environment like cultural or societal norms can change the perception and variation of a language and the examination of the connections between English and Cantonese in a sociolinguistic perspective.
Bonita Sham Poyan bonita dot sham at gmail dot com more information
Karina Cheung karina dot cheung at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Karina is a second-year student studying linguistics and cognitive science at U of T. She is a native Cantonese speaker from Hong Kong and interested in learning language variations in different regions!
Yannie Mork yannie dot mork at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Yannie is a second-year student at U of T. She is currently completing a double major in Ethics, Society and Law, and Sociology. She is a native Cantonese speaker, interested in learning more about the preservation of this language.
Ewen Lee ewen dot lee at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Ewen is a recent graduate from the University of Toronto, having completed a double major in Linguistics. and German Studies. He is a heritage speaker of Cantonese, and is primarily interested in phonology, heritage language maintenance, and endangered language documentation.
Mira Chow mira dot chow at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Mira is a master's student at OISE, who completed a bachelor's in linguistic anthropology. They have been involved in HLVC in the past, looking into lazy pronunciation. Language contact, language acquisition, and plurilingual interactions remain integral to their current research in education, and they are back this year to support the ongoing projects! Mira also speaks Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien fluently, and has been learning Vietnamese since the pandemic started.
Kate Cheung kate dot cheung at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Kate majors in human geography and sociocultural anthropology, but has a great interest in sociolinguistics as well. She has been involved in the HLVC project looking into "lazy pronunciation" starting in 2018 (through ROP), and she is thrilled to be able to help out again as a research assistant this year. This year she will further dive down to the history and roots of the "lazy pronunciation" phenomena.
Angel Tam ngaman dot tam at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Angel is pursuing a double major in Linguistics and German Studies as well as a minor in Anthropology. She is interested in sociolinguistics, especially multilingualism and how languages influence each other.
Haili Su Haili dot Su at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Valerie Pang Val dot Pang at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Christopher Zhu christopher dot zhu at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Jonathan Ng JonathanThomas dot Ng at alum dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Teresa Kwok teresahm dot kwok at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Teresa just finished her third year at University of Toronto, majoring in Linguistics and Cognitive Science. She is fluent in Cantonese, English and Mandarin. She is currently working on the Cantonese data in the HLVC project and is excited to be part of the team!
Samantha Pong Samantha dot Pong at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Samantha is currently pursuing a specialist in Linguistics and a major in Cognitive Science. She has a background in English, Cantonese, and French and is learning Scottish Gaelic, Korean, and Mandarin. She is looking forward to learning more and contributing to the study of Cantonese in Toronto!
Samuel Lo Samuel dot Lo at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Andrew Peters And dot Peters at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Ziwen Tracy Tan ziwen dot tan at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Tracy is a second year specializing in Linguistics and minoring in Statistics. She is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English and is learning French and Modern Greek. Her job in the HLVC project has been transcribing Cantonese into characters and is currently focusing on investigating the changes happening in the voice onset time of three generations. She is extremely grateful to be part of the team and enjoys her work very much. Working in the HLVC has helped her make up her mind to set linguistics as her future career goal. In her spare time, she loves to read, dance ballet, biking, and swimming.
Katherine Sung khl dot sung at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Kei-Fung Anthony Ho anthonykfho at gmail dot com more information
I am a graduate of the University of Toronto that studied political science and history. I am a fourth generation Hongkonger and the first to be born outside of Hong Kong. I speak both English and Cantonese. My interest in joining HLVC to help further the research is because of my interest in politics. You may wonder, "what has that to do with language at all??" To keep it short, language (and its variations) can help define or redefine identities and in turn, have an effect on politics, especially in such a multi-cultural and multi-lingual country such as Canada. In my case, it is very interesting to see the variations between Cantonese spoken by native Hongkongers versus Hongkonger-Canadians who have integrated with Canadian society here in Toronto.
It was a great experience for me working with professors and other students in department of Linguistics, under the Research Opportunity Program. My research topic, The Variation in Vowels between Cantonese and English in Great Toronto Area, interested me a lot. Not only because I am was a bilingual student but also I was given the chance of using various kinds of software (ELAN, Praat, Ptosody Lab Forced-Aligner, Ploknik) to analyze data and observe interesting results. Professor Naomi is a very well-organized and approachable instructor. Although I am not a Linguistic student and found some materials too abstract, I benefited from her thoughtful explanations and discussions with other team members. There’s also rich funding for ROP student. Presenting research project outside U of T would be a great learning opportunity for all undergrads.
Tiffany Chung tiffanyc dot chung at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Josephine Tong josephine dot tong at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Ka-man Wong carmankm dot wong at utoronto dot ca more information
No additional information is available.
Mario So Gao mario dot sogao at utoronto dot ca more information
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Rita Pang (Team Leader) rita dot s dot pang at gmail dot com more information
Major: History
What languages do you speak? Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Portuguese, French
What are your ambitions (academic, work)? Eventually complete a master degree in Communications, and work full-time as a freelance translator/writer.
What attracted you to the HLVC project? The focus on Cantonese as a language and its development in Toronto, especially given the fact that the current immigration wave is coming from the Mainland, where the arrival of new Cantonese speakers (and who are from hkg) is becoming obsolete.
What have you contributed to the HLVC project? So far we didn't have much luck in finding third generation speakers. There are many of them but of age (12) yet. So far I've helped out with transcription, interviewing, and website support.
Omar Gamboa omar dot gamboagonzales at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Passionate about languages and language teaching, I earned a B.A. in modern languages (Spanish, French, English and Italian) from the Universidad de los Andes, in my native country Venezuela, in 2010. Since then, I have taught French as a second language in various institutions and countries (Venezuela, Mexico and Canada). In 2014, I earned a M.A. in French linguistics, sociolinguistics and didactics from the Université de Rouen in France. I am currently a PhD candidate in the Department of French at the University of Toronto. My fields of research are French morphology and the acquisition of French phonetics and phonology. My dissertation explores the properties of French deverbal eventive nouns. I have also conducted research in French L2 learning and teaching. Learn more on my website.
Francesca Comisso fh dot comisso at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am a second-year undergrad student, majoring in political science, plus minors in gender studies and French. Besides English, I speak Italian, Japanese, and French.
Kelly Crawford k dot crawford at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Kelly is a Computer Science and Linguistics major at the University of Toronto. His primary interests are computational linguistics,
natural language processing, language preservation and revitalization, writing systems, and accessibility.
Michael is in his fourth year of his linguistics PhD at Western University. His research projects are on the Ciociaria variety of Heritage Italian spoken in Sarnia, Ontario; and the rural English dialect(s) of Southwest Ontario. He also works with endangered languages and on creating community-based language archives. Michael's work on Faetar for the HLVC is to help convert, code, and analyze Faetar transcriptions and audio files into ELAN. Michael also contributed to the Canadian Language Museum's site.
Laura Colacci Laura dot Colacci at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Laura is a Master's student in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto. During her undergraduate studies, Laura participated in the Jackman Scholars in Residence program as a research assistant to a scriptwriting project taking the 1990's film Ciao, Professore! and converting it to a full stage script in Neapolitan. She was a research assistant of a Research Opportunity Project at UTM focusing on the importance of heritage in the Italian sociolinguistic landscape of Toronto. Laura is grateful to support the documentation of Faetar as she feels it helps her connect to her family's Monti Dauni roots.
Tonia Djogovic tonia dot djogovic at gmail dot com more information
Major: Linguistics and Italian Studies
What languages do you speak?: Italian, French, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian
What are your ambitions (academic, work)?: Teaching, traveling
What attracted you to the HLVC project?:
I was first attracted to Professor Nagy's research of Faetar, a little-spoken
dialect derived from Francoprovencal. I am a 3rd generation Italian, and already have some knowledge of a dialect from the nearby Italian region of Abruzzo. I was excited to learn more about my own Italian heritage through the HLVC project, as well as the continuing linguistic and cultural influences that immigration leaves on today's Canadians.
What have you contributed to the HLVC project?: Have been transcribing and translating interviews with speakers of Faetar for Prof. Naomi Nagy
Hungarian
Vivien Vereczki Vivien dot Vereczki at gmail dot com more information
No further information is available
Oliver Roth Oliver dot Roth at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Oliver in his final year of undergraduate study at the University of Toronto Mississauga, where he is double majoring in Linguistics and Computer Science. He is a heritage speaker of Hungarian, and is now working with Hungarian data in the HLVC lab.
Italian
Hassan Khan yetanotherhassan dot khan at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Angela Cristiano angela dot cristiano989 at gmail dot com more information
Angela is a PhD student at U Groningen. In 2022, she completed a Laurea magistrale (MA) in Linguistics at the University of Bologna, including a semester as a visiting student at UofT. Her primary interests are phonetics, spontaneous speech and reduction patterns and computational linguistics. She's a native speaker of Italian and the Neapolitan dialect (which she worked with for her bachelor's thesis), while also being fluent in English.
Simon LiVolsi simon dot livolsi at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I completed my linguistics specialist undergrad at the University of Toronto in 2022. I am especially intrigued by the cross-sectional area between phonology and sociolinguistics. Coming from an Italian family, the Italian language as well as languages such as Faetar are of great interest to me.
Anissa Baird Anissa dot Baird at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Anissa is currently working on her MA in Linguistics at the University of Toronto, where she also completed her undergraduate degree in a Computer Science/Linguistics double major. Her primary research interests are in Sociolinguistics (heritage languages and how social factors are affected by the gender non-binary) and Syntax (ellipsis and Italian clitic left dislocation). She has been a part of the HLVC Project since 2018 and is proud of what she has learned and achieved under it.
Rosie Owen Rosie dot Owen at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Rosalind Owen is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, specializing in linguistics. Her previous work in the Department of Linguistics includes investigations of copular constructions and cultural cognitive semantics. She is intrigued by the interactions between language and society and, within sociolinguistics, is particularly interested in lexical variation.
Amanda Leiva Amanda dot Leiva at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
No further info is available.
Tatiana Fimognari Tatiana dot Fimognari at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Tatiana is in her final year of undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She is completing a double major in Italian and French along with a language citation in Spanish. Tatiana worked as a research assistant in the Department of Language Studies through which she gained experience as a translator and has participated in research projects focussing on Italian sociolinguistics, language certification and languages in contact though the Department of Language Studies. Her academic interests also include language teaching and learning, language translation and linguistic creativity.
Lisa Marando mlisa dot marando at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Matteo Talotta Matteo dot Talotta at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Matteo is a fourth-year Italian and Political Science major. He can speak English and Italian and would like to learn Spanish. He is very excited to be a member of the HLVC project, and is currently working on transcribing and conducting interviews in the Italian language and Calabrese regional dialect. Matteo is very involved in organizations and activities regarding his culture and heritage language; he currently holds the position of President of the Italian Club of Erindale at the University of Toronto Mississauga since September 2013, as well as the position of Club Treasurer during the 2015-2016 academic year, and works closely with the Italian Department at UTM. Matteo also studied abroad in Florence, Italy during the fall 2015 semester, an experience in which he credits as significantly improving his Italian and understanding of the contemporary Italian language. Following his undergraduate studies, Matteo would like to pursue a master's degree in Italian studies and believes that this research opportunity with Professor Nagy will significantly benefit him as a graduate student. His favourite hobbies include listening to music, playing soccer and discussing European politics.
Paolo Frascà Paolo dot Frasca at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Paolo Frascà is a Ph.D. Candidate and Course Instructor in Italian Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto; he holds an Honours B.A. in Italian Studies and Spanish and a M.A. in Italian Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies from the same University. Paolo's publications and conference papers have focused on Italian literature, cinema, linguistics, and pedagogy. He is a Project Assistant for the Endangered Language Alliance of Toronto (Italian Dialects Project), an occasional contributor to the Corriere Canadese Newspaper, and an interpreter/translator. He has been working with the Heritage Languages Variation and Change Project (Italian) for almost two years. He is passionate about diversity (especially cultural and linguistic), music, equality, vegetarianism and travel. Paolo's current research explores issues of sexual diversity in contemporary Italian literature and cinema. His dissertation is tentatively titled The Importance of (not) Being Ernesto: Self-Censorship and Self-Expression in Umberto Saba.
Josephine Petrolo Josephine dot Petrolo at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
No additional information is available.
Letizia Tesi Letizia dot Tesi at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
No additional information is available.
Walter Mancini Walter dot Mancini at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Nicole Redi Nicole dot Redi at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Ambra Del Frate Ambra dot Del Frate at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Sabrina Bilotta Sabrina dot Bilotta at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Julia Grasso Julia dot Grasso at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am a fourth year undergraduate student majoring in both Linguistics and Italian. I am involved with the analysis of the homeland Calabrian corpus with particular focus on how dialect use has changed over time and how null subject variation works in Homeland vs. Heritage Italian.
Vanessa Bertone(Team Leader) vanessa dot bertone at utoronto dot ca more information
No additional information is available.
Rosanna Calla rosanna dot calla at utoronto dot ca more information
Awet Tekeste awet dot tekeste at utoronto dot ca more information
No additional information is available.
Silvia Isabella s dot isabella at utoronto dot ca more information
Major: Ninja arts
Languages: English, French, Italian
Ambitions: to be a multilingual ninja
what attracted me to the project: A good way to practice both my Italian and ninja skills.
my contributions: interviews and transcribing for the Italian side
Generation: second.
Courtney Clinton courtney dot clinton at gmail dot com more information
No additional information is available.
Korean
Rachel Kim rachelk dot kim at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am an undergraduate student in the Life Sciences Program at the University of Toronto. I am majoring in Human Biology and minoring in both Psychology and Physiology. I am a second-generation individual and a fluent speaker of Korean and English. I am eager to learn about the microsociolinguistics of Korean through this research project.
Sol Yi Kim amysol dot kim at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am a Masters of Education (M.Ed.) student in OISE at the University of Toronto. I'm majoring in Language and Literacies Education, and I have a huge interest in Linguistics and heritage languages. I am a native speaker of Korean and am interested in how the Korean language is spoken as a heritage language in GTA. I am excited to be part of this project!
Hun Sung Lee hyunsung dot lee at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Ethan Tokko geon dot tokko at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Ethan Geon Tokko is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, double majoring in history and philosophy and minoring in East Asian Studies. He was born and raised in Yongin, Korea, and moved and grew up in Vancouver, Canada. He speaks fluent Korean and English and conversational Japanese.
Hyoeun Park Hyoeun dot Park at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Hyoeun Park is a native speaker of Korean studying applied statistics with sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics disciplinary focuses at the University of Toronto. Her major areas of interest are artificial intelligence, natural language processing, sociolinguistics, and syntax.
Aileen Song aileendh dot song at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Sheila Chung (Team Leader) sheila dot chung at utoronto dot ca more information
Major: French Linguistics (B.A, 2011), Developmental
Psychology & Education
(M.A candidate) Languages: English, French, Korean
What are your ambitions? I'd like to develop curriculum materials specially designed for at-risk children in French immersion. This fall I will be starting the PhD program in Developmental Psychology and Education at OISE.
I hope to write a screenplay one day as well!
What have you contributed to the HLVC project? I have recruited and interviewed participants, transcribed files and helped train new RAs. Being a part of the HLVC project allowed me to conduct my own research as an undergraduate student -- Under Professor Naomi Nagy's supervision, I completed an Independent Study Project (LIN497Y) where
we examined code-switching and its relationship to one's cultural
identity among Koreans in Toronto, and presented my findings at some conferences.
What attracted you to the HLVC project? As a person who was shocked to see how Korean was spoken so differently soon after I first arrived in Canada, I had always been fond of the underlying factors that may be held responsible for the differences. Being in an environment where the differences are so significant, so dynamic, and with the growing curiosities, I believe that the HLVC project has my answers.
What have you contributed to the HLVC project? I have been involved with conducting interviews, seeking out for potential candidates, transcribing, and editing.
Justine Lewicki Justine dot Lewicki at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Justine is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, double majoring in Global Health and Nutritional Sciences and minoring in Equity Studies. Having been raised in Toronto by immigrant Polish parents, she is a heritage Polish speaker and has travelled to Poland several times. She is interested in how the Polish language changes over time and place.
Emily Moran Emily dot Moran at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Rachel Keir Rachel dot Keir at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Rachel is also working on Italian for the HLVC Project!
Darragh Winkelman Darragh dot Winkelman at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
no more info is available
Portuguese
Joana da Silva Joana dot Silva at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Joana is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, majoring in International Relations and minoring in Spanish and French. She is part of the Jackman Scholars in Residence Program and is helping with the Portuguese heritage language research.
Júlia Schulz Walber Julia dot SchulzWalber at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Tania Barbosa
tania dot barbosa at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
No further information available.
Guilherme Gusukuma Teruya akio dot teruya at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Currently pursuing a specialist in linguistics. I was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, where, coming from a Japanese and Okinawan background, I grew up speaking mostly Portuguese interspersed with bits of Japanese and Okinawan. I am fascinated by the great diversity of Portuguese varieties spoken all over the world, as well as the way they interact with the languages they come in contact with. I am eager to learn more about the Portuguese spoken in Toronto.
Ana Algarvio Alves Wong ana dot algarvio dot wong at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Ashley Campos Ashley dot Campos at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am very excited to be working with the entire team on the Heritage Language Variation and Change (HLVC) project. I hope to achieve and work towards the goal of the project of documenting the language brought by immigrants to Canada and then analyzing those recordings based on variation among the speakers. As an interviewer, it is especially exciting to get to use my own language skills and cultural knowledge and hear about the experiences of other individuals from the Portuguese community in the city of Toronto.
Maria Clara Ramos maclara dot ramos123 at gmail dot com more information
no more info is available
Cindy Vieira cindy dot vieira at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Chloe Gorman Chloe dot Gorman at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Chloë is finishing up her second year, and is pursuing a Linguistics major and Italian and Spanish minors. She is fluent in English, French and Portuguese, and is learning Italian and Spanish here at UofT. She is excited to be joining this project, especially as she gets to learn more about her heritage language of Portuguese and researching in Linguistics.
Catarina-Raquel De Oliveira Gomes c dot deoliveiragomes at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
no more info is available
Andreia Real Andreia dot Real at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am currently pursuing a double major in Criminology & Sociolegal Studies and Portuguese with a minor in Political Science. I have always had an interest in the study of language and its varying linguistic differences. My work on Portuguese for HLVC is to recruit and interview Portuguese participants who are from the Leiria area of Portugal.
Russian
Julia Petrosov Julia dot Petrosov at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Julia is an MA student in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. Her current research focuses on language variation in the gaming community. She is fluent in English, Russian, and Ukrainian, and is contributing to the HLVC project this year through work related to the variation of morphological case in heritage and homeland Russian speakers.
Annika Rossmanith a dot rossmanith at student dot rug dot nl more information
Annika is a visiting graduate student from Germany, pursuing a Master's degree in Multilingualism at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research investigates language attitudes of heritage speakers and for her thesis she focuses on Russian heritage speakers and their relationship towards their language in a culturally and linguistically diverse environment like Toronto. In addition to her thesis, she's developing a new sociolinguistics assignment for undergrad courses. She is working in the HLVC lab until the end of April 2020.
Natalia Bakaeva Bakaeva dot Natalia at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Anya will begin her second year at UofT in 2017, pursuing a Cognitive Science
major. She is fluent in English and Russian, and is a part of an ongoing
translation project (2017 marking its seventh year) of Nikolai Gorkavyi's trilogy Astrovityanka from Russian to English.
Bella Soblirova Bella dot Soblirova at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Bella is in third year, majoring in Philosophy and Ethics, Society and Law. She is in the process of becoming an executive at the University of Toronto History Society. She is looking forward to working alongside the HLVC team and connecting to the Russian-Canadian community in the GTA. Bella enjoys reading books from the Golden Era of Russian literature, playing the piano, and re-watching episodes of BBC Sherlock.
Valeriya Mordvinova Valeriya dot Mordvinova at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Valeriya was an HLVC RA during her third year of undergraduate degree at UofT. Her childhood was spent in Russia, but she has been living in Canada since grade 8. She has graduated from the financial economics specialist program and will be doing a Master’s in Economics at UofT in 2017-18. Valeriya has always enjoyed learning languages. She speaks fluent Russian and English, and has also studied French, Spanish and Latin. Valeriya is President of the University of Toronto Aviation club, and the Royal Aeronautical Society's Young Persons Network representative for the Montréal Branch, the only branch in Canada. She is also a competitive Ballroom dancer. Valeriya’s favourite activities are dancing, flying and travelling.
Marat Kassymov marat dot kassymov at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
No additional information is available.
Natalia Lapinskaya natalia dot lapinskaya at utoronto dot ca more information
Meghan Hollett meghan dot hollett at utoronto dot ca more information
No additional information is available.
Kate Chtcherbakov kate dot chtcherbakov at utoronto dot ca more information
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Tagalog
Maria Ramizo mariaadrianne dot ramizo at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Pocholo Umbal [Faculty collaborator] p dot umbal at utoronto dot ca more information
Pocholo is a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at U of T. He was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up in Vancouver, BC. He is fluent in English and Tagalog. His research investigates the role of language contact and ethnic identity in conditioning phonetic variation, particularly within the Filipino speech community in Canada. He is currently contributing heritage and homeland Tagalog data, which can be used for future HLVC studies! Check out his PhD Dissertation about variation and change in (Heritage) Tagalog.
Sophia Alcasabas Sophia dot Alcasabas at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Sophia is an undergrad student double majoring in Linguistics and Cognitive Science, with a minor in French. She was born in Manila, Philippines, and moved to Toronto, Canada when she was 6. She is fluent in Tagalog and English. By being part of the HLVC project, she hopes to gain research experience and learn about how the use of Tagalog changes with time, both in the homeland and here in our community. She's currently working with the HLVC project as an editorial assistant.
Kyla Cortez Kylacassandra dot Cortez at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Kaye Ocampo kaye dot ocampo at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Kaye is an undergraduate student double majoring in East Asian Studies and Linguistics. She was born and raised in the Philippines, but now based in Toronto for university. She is fluent in both Tagalog and English. She is currently volunteering to collect more heritage/homeland Tagalog data.
Lemuel John Nuesca lemueljohn dot nuesca at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Shiyang Sun Shiyang dot Sun at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Shiyang is a third-year undergrad at U of T, majoring in Linguistics and East Asian Studies. She is interested in Sociolinguistics and Dialectology.
Nicole Janine Casalla Nicole dot Casalla at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Nicole is a third-year undergraduate student studying Mental Health Studies (Co-op) in UTSC. She was born in Western Samar (Visayas island), Philippines and grew up in Metro Manila and Batangas (Luzon island), Philippines. She moved to Toronto, Canada when she was 19 years old with her fluency in Tagalog and English. Inspired by her linguistics and sociolinguistics courses, she is currently working with the Jackman Scholars-in-Residence virtually for the heritage Tagalog language.
Rikki Ocumen Aaron dot Ocumen at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Coming soon.
Jann Aldrin Gamboa Jann dot Gamboa at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Jann is an incoming third-year undergraduate student double majoring in Biochemistry and Mathematics and minoring in Immunology. He was born and raised in Central Luzon and is fluent in Filipino and English. Jann is one of the scholars of the 2021 Jacackman Scholars-in-Residence. He is interested in the evolution of the Tagalog language spoken in the GTA and hopes to contribute to the expanding field of micro-sociolinguistics.
Enrique Trinidad Enrique dot Trinidad at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Enrique is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, majoring in Health and Disease and minoring in Slavic Language and Cultures: Polish and in Linguistics. Born in Toronto to Filipino immigrants he is a heritage speaker of Tagalog and is interested in how languages in contact influence each other.
Katrina Saguil chelsea dot saguil at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I’m an undergrad pursuing a double major in Linguistics and Cognitive Science and a minor in Psychology! I was born and raised in Manila, Philippines, and I moved to Toronto when I was 16. As someone who is in between generations of heritage speakers, I am interested to learn more about the language variations that exist within the Filipino community in Toronto.
Carlo Castaneda carlo dot castaneda at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Carlo is finishing his last year as an undergrad, majoring in Linguistics and hopes to start his master’s in applied Linguistics this year. He was born and raised in the Philippines and has worked assessing literacy of Filipino newcomer students in the public school board. He's interested in second language acquisition and pedagogy, relationship between well-being and literacy, and sociolinguistic competence of L2 English speakers. He is excited to be a part of the team and hopes to contribute more in the HLVC project!
Olha is an undergraduate student at the Kyiv National Linguistic University, majoring in Linguistics and Germanic philology. She is a homeland speaker of Ukrainian and interested in learning about variation in the use of Ukrainian in Toronto.
Polina Rybitska Polina dot Rybitska at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology and Neuroscience. I was born in Lviv, Ukraine and immigrated to Toronto at an early age. I speak both Ukrainian and Russian and am hoping to investigate how the two languages have changed over time within their respective communities in Toronto.
Roman Korol Roman dot Korol at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Roman is a young scholar from Lutsk, Ukraine. His primary interest is natural sciences, but he is also devoted to Ukrainian language and folk dance. The latter two help him to reconnect with the Fatherland. Roman has been a member of the Ukrainian HLVC team since 2016. He interviewed many heritage speakers in Toronto and even went on a most recent “field trip” to Ukraine to record some interviews with homeland Ukrainians. In September 2018 he is going to Caltech to pursue a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry.
I was born in Philadelphia, U.S.A and moved to Canada at the age of 2. My family comes from Western Ukraine, from Ivano-Frankivsk. I am a fourth year student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, but during the summers I live at home in Mississauga. I am a Linguistics major and Psychology minor. In the future I hope to pursue Speech and Language Pathology. I am very excited to be joining the HLVC lab and to be working on Ukrainian, to be able to preserve this language and see how this language has changed or not over the generations. I am very involved in the Ukrainian Community with Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival, Carassauga Festival of cultures, and many other Ukrainian events. I am fluent in Ukrainian, English, French, Russian and I am conversational in Italian and Spanish. I love learning new languages and travelling the world. I hope that one day I get to travel the whole globe. I would like to thank Professor Nagy for allowing me the opportunity to work on the HLVC project and I believe that this will be a great experience not only for me personally but also for Graduate School. I am very excited to be coming back and thank Dr.Nagy for having me again!
Christine Strelchuk Christine dot Strelchuk at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Oleksiy Sorokin Oleksiy dot Sorokin at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I'm a 3rd year Political Science and History double-major student from Kiev, Ukraine. Moved to Canada to expand horizons and to get a high class education. Joined the HLVC project to help preserve Ukrainian culture far from home. Fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, English and French. Love to travel, read and play soccer.
Maksym Shkvorets Maksym dot Shkvorets at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
No additional information is available.
Ivan Yergiyev Ivan dot Yergiyev at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Ivan is a third-year transfer University of Toronto student who pursues mathematics and economics majors at St George campus. He can fluently speak three languages including English, Russian and Ukrainian. Ivan is taking part in transcribing Ukrainian language interviews and is very excited to be considered as the part of HLVC project team. Ivan moved in Toronto last year to pursue his future academic goals and ambitions from Ukraine where he was born. This project helps him not to forget his homeland and learn more about languages spoken in Canada and particularly in Toronto. Being the part of the team means a lot to Ivan. He believes that hardworking, dedication and communication will help him in the future with his finance career. Talking of hobbies Ivan likes movie and music industry, loves being involved into sports and working out.
Mariana Kouzela Mariana dot Kouzela at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Mariana writes: Working on the HLVC project has been a very rewarding and interesting experience for me. I feel that while I am contributing to the project as a research assistant for the Ukrainian language portion of it, I am also gaining a tremendous amount of insight and knowledge about the Ukrainian language in return by working on it. It is really quite intriguing and valuable to me, as a second-generation speaker myself, to see how the language changes among the generations. The HLVC project has enabled me to understand and notice the differences that exist in my heritage language, and to appreciate it more than ever before. After being a part of such a research project, I believe it is truly vital to continue such research as a means of further developing an understanding of how languages change from generation to generation, and perhaps serving as a teaching tool on how to preserve heritage languages among successive generations.
Melania Hrycyna (Team Leader) melhrycyna at hotmail dot com more information
Mel recently completed a volunteer mission in Ukraine.
While there, she recorded more speakers for the Homeland portion of the HLVC corpus.
In 2013-14, she's off to grad school at Dalhousie, studying Audiology.
Zakir Muhammad Zakir dot Muhammad dot mail at utoronto dot ca more information
Zakir is a UofT Computer Science undergraduate student from Markham.
He is minoring in Linguistics and Mathematics and is interested in exploring the ways in which CS and Linguistics may overlap. Website
Jack Mahlmann Jack dot Mahlmann at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Jack is a MA student in Linguistics at the University of Toronto studying revitalization and documentation of Central American Indigenous languages. He's currently working with the HLVC project as an editorial assistant.
Brian Diep Brian dot Diep at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am a fourth-year undergraduate with a Statistics and Linguistics double major. I've always been fascinated by the intersection of data, language, and technology with a focus on computational linguistics and natural language processing. I've been excited to apply my theoretical foundation in statistics to real linguistic data with the HLVC project. My main contribution to the project has been in statistical analysis.
Tim Gadanidis Timothy dot Gadanidis at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Tim is a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at UofT. His main research interest is variation and change in discourse-pragmatic markers (such as "um" and "uh"). His role on the HLVC project involved data analysis and some administrative work. [personal website]
Abram Clear Abram dot Clear at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Abram completed a MA in the Department of Linguistics at UofT in 2022. They completed their undergraduate studies at William & Mary in 2021, majoring in linguistics and anthropology. They are a native speaker of Appalachian English and are interested in sociophonetics and how dialectal variance can inform models of sound perception and phonology. For their forum paper, they investigated the phonetics of ethnically-marked ways of speaking in Toronto, with a focus on the Italian community.
Matt Riopelle matthew dot riopelle at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
No further information is available.
Fiona Wilson fm dot wilson at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Volodymyr Sukhodolskiy vladimir dot sukhodolskiy at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Volodymyr is a fourth year student at the University of Toronto, who studies European Studies, Political science and History. He speaks five languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian and French and wants to learn German, Spanish and Arabic. Despite his linguistic skills Volodymyr was participating in the HLVC via mapping the project, rather than conducting interviews or transcribing them. His favorite hobbies are reading books, mapping, meeting new people and tennis.
Ruth Maddeaux Ruth dot Maddeaux at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
Haohang (Max) Xi max dot xi at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Leslei Tran Leslei dot Tran at mail dot utoronto dot ca more information
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Konstantin Shapoval k dot shapoval at alum dot utoronto dot ca more information
I am passionate about information technology and communication and eventually hope to work as a freelance writer (fiction, technical, translations), programmer (web and mobile technologies, and video game design) and an educator (e-learning)...
With some computer programming skills under my belt (I did web development in PHP and Java since grade 11) I enrolled in Arts & Science program to learn more about communication: Linguistics to understand the rules that govern our language, English to learn from the best examples of literature, and Writing & Rhetoric to learn the art of persuasion. (In 2013, I got my HBA).
I knew very little about HLVC research project when I just started -- what attracted me to it was the fantastic group of individuals I was going to work with. I knew I had a lot to learn from every researcher on the team, and looking back I believe that I did learn a lot... and not just about linguistics, but about communication in general.
Marisa Brook marisa dot brook at utoronto dot ca more information
When I worked on this, I was a Ph.D. student in the Department of Linguistics. Now I teach there.
My research interests mostly have to do with language variation and change.
I've been working with Naomi on evaluating speech rate as a proxy for fluency in the languages of the HLVC. (Paper forthcoming 2020 in International Journal of Bilingualism!
See more on my homepa gge.
