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Linguist honoured for work with Salish communities

June 15, 2021 - The Ring

UVic linguist Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins has spent her career in collaborative, community-based work in Indigenous language revitalization with Salish communities, effecting lasting change in the field of linguistics in the process. She has been honoured with the 2021 Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award from the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC (CUFA-BC).

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Making good teachers great

May 19, 2021 - The Ring

UVic economics student Samuel Seshadri has some ideas about what makes an outstanding teacher鈥攁nd some things that can help good teachers become great. His plan to address this challenge, along with past work in peer mentoring, has helped him become one of 10 3M National Student Fellows for 2021. He鈥檚 the sixth UVic student in three years to receive this award, which focus on student leadership in improving postsecondary education.

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