UBC Language Sciences designated a Global Research Excellence Institute

June 7, 2021

The Vancouver Senate has designated UBC’s Language Sciences Institute as a Global Research Excellence (GREx) Institute – effective May 19, 2021. 

To read a Q&A with Academic Co-Directors, Dr. Janet Weker and Dr. Bryan Gick, and to learn about how UBC Language Sciences is addressing why we need interdisciplinary language research and what the future holds for the newly approved Global Research Excellence Institute, please click here



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