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Alumni

Highlighting and celebrating the accomplishments of our amazing alumni.

2025 Graduates

Convocation Stories

Convocation Story:
Kaitlyn Cunningham, Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Indigenous Languages, recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal

2024 Graduates

Convocation Stories

Dr. Lauren Schneider completed her PhD at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Linguistics and graduated in October 2024 with a focus on research into ±á³Ü±ô’q’u³¾¾±â€µµ³Ü³¾â€™, including its description, analysis, and reclamation. Dr. Schneider is also currently learning more about the morphosyntax of a broader range of North American Indigenous languages, as part of her work as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Interim Director of the NAMA Program at . She recently presented at the Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL). 

2023 Graduates

Convocation Stories

´óÏó´«Ã½ Convocation Story: Kèyishí Bessie Cooley, 2023 Master's graduate

2022 Graduates

Jasḵwaan with her mentor, the late Primrose Adams at First People Cultural Council Mentor Apprentice Training (Aliana Parker, 2015) | give.sfu.ca

Graduate

Linguistics in a First Nations Language
Special Arrangement Cohorts

Fall 2022

  • "Conversational Shmˈalgyack (Sm’algyax) Audio Glossary"

Undergraduate

Spring 2022

  • BA - Danielle Ignace, Minor in Indigenous Languages; Sociology; and Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency
  • Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (68 graduands)

Fall 2022

  • Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (21 graduands)
  • 10 Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Snichim graduates and 11&²Ô²ú²õ±è;±á²¹Ã­É«³ú²¹±ç±¹á¸·a graduates

2021 Graduates

Convocation Stories

Graduate

Linguistics in a First Nations Language
Special Arrangement Cohorts

Spring 2021


  • "Xu’athun stl’q’een’: Hwulmuhw perspectives on art and language"

Fall 2021

  • "tsetsul'ulhtun' mustimuhw: Hul'q'umi'num' stories from our fishing life"
  • "Suwsiw: Hul'q'umi'num' stories of land and sea"
  • "Connecting generations through hwulmuhwqun stories"

Undergraduate

  • BA - Donna M. Modeste
    Double Minor in Indigenous Languages and Extended Minor in Linguistics (Spring 2021)
  • Diploma in Indigenous Language Proficiency (2 graduands)
  • Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (10 graduands)

2020 Graduates

Graduate

Linguistics in a First Nations Language
(Special Arrangement Cohorts)

Spring 2020:


  • "Angry Raven and friends: Three new stories for Hul'q'umi'num' language learners."

Summer 2020:

  •  (August 26, 2020)
    "xu’athun stl’q’een’: hwulmuhw perspectives on art and language"
  •  (August 20, 2020)
    "lhwet ’a’lu kw’u xwi’em’? hwi’ ’een’thu tse’!: How I learned to tell and perform a ±á³Ü±ô’q’u³¾¾±â€µµ³Ü³¾â€™ story"
  •  "How What Was Said Was Said: Quotation in ±á³Ü±ô’q’u³¾¾±â€µµ³Ü³¾â€™ Narrative Performance"

Undergraduate

  • BA - Julienne Ignace
    Major in Linguistics, Diploma in Linguistics, and Diploma in Indigenous Languages (Secwepemctsin Language Cohort)
Julienne Ignace

2019 Graduates

Graduate

Linguistics in a First Nations Language
(Special Arrangement Cohorts)

Summer 2019:


  • "ni’ q’ushintul’ ’u tunu shhw’alukw’a’ | Traveling with my family: Growing and learning in the ±á³Ü±ô’q’u³¾¾±â€µµ³Ü³¾â€™ language"

Fall 2019:


  • "Wind from the North: ±á³Ü±ô’q’u³¾¾±â€µµ³Ü³¾â€™ speakers in Saanich."