Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies

06/04/2026

This National Indigenous History Month, we invite you to go beyond the land acknowledgement and take some time to understand your relationship to the land, treaties, and to the Indigenous communities near you.

Across the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, along with FNS, we take our commitment to treaty and to the 94 Calls to Action seriously and make it a priority not just in June, but year-round.

This , we're amplifying First Nations, Inuit and Métis voices and taking some time to ground ourselves on the land in which we're situated.

06/02/2026

Variations in tone are core features of many of Africa’s more than 2,000 languages and dialects. This aural nuance is the kind of vital data that the text-based large language models of AI have been slow to accommodate, leaving out most of the world’s oral languages and dialects.

Newly appointed CIFAR AI Chair Ife Adebara, assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, is working to change this. Her research aims to incorporate African languages into AI tools like ChatGPT to make them more accessible to users worldwide.

Read more about her work: https://bit.ly/4uOQv9c

05/22/2026

05/06/2026

Congratulations to Sylvia Ijeoma Madueke for receiving the 2026 Faculty of Arts Academic Teaching Staff (ATS) Award!

05/01/2026

Interested in learning about Italian Cinema? Enrol in ITAL 420: Italian Cinema offered in Winter 2027!

Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Italian cinema with ITAL 420, exploring timeless classics and contemporary films. Engage in critical discussions on directors, genres, and Italy’s cinematic legacy through in-class lectures, screenings, guest speakers, and online discussions.

05/01/2026

04/22/2026

Enrol in ITAL 356: Women in Italian Culture offered in Fall 2026!

Learn about courtesans and nuns. Examine the groundbreaking feats of the first professional actress and the first woman graduate. Explore the contribution of Italian women in literature, fashion, cinema, politics.

This course will be taught in English and there are no prerequisites.

04/13/2026

Interested in learning about Italian Cinema? Enrol in ITAL 499: Italian Cinema offered in Winter 2027!

Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Italian cinema with ITAL 499, exploring timeless classics and contemporary films. Engage in critical discussions on directors, genres, and Italy’s cinematic legacy through in-class lectures, screenings, guest speakers,
and online discussions.