Everyone has a voice…
By Shalor Toncray on January 2, 2018The human voice is an amazing thing. It’s capable of making us laugh, cry, and feel a broad range of emotions. While it’s far from the only way to impart messages or portray emotions, our lives would be lacking if every person were to fall eternally silent.
2nd place in the Speech Communication Poster Competition
Two SCSD Ph.D students tied for 2nd place in the Speech Communication Poster Competition at the 174th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, held in New Orleans December 4-8, 2017.
Sarah Colby - for her poster: Inhibitory and lexical frequency effects in younger and older adults’ spoken word recognition
AJ Orena - for his poster: Segmenting words from bilingual speech: evidence from 8- and 10-month-olds
Global ‘goo-goo’: What baby talk sounds like around the world
Some scientists argue that baby talk not only helps infants acquire language, it helps parents form a positive emotional bond with their babies, said Linda Polka, a professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at McGill University in Canada.
To read the article: http://fox6now.com/2017/12/10/global-goo-goo-what-baby-talk-sounds-like-around-the-world/
McGill delivers voice training workshops for transgender students
Article from Med e-News
Celebrating Faculty of Medicine award winners
Article from http://publications.mcgill.ca/medenews/2017/11/29/celebrating-faculty-of-medicine-award-winners-2/
Kanwar Anit Singh Saini: winner of the 2017 Alumni Award of Merit for the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders
By Sophia Blankenhorn
Photo: Brooke Wedlock
When CBC Radio’s Metro Morning announced Kanwar Anit Singh Saini, MSc(A)’11, as a nominee for ‘Torontonian of the year’ in 2016, it came as a “huge surprise” to Saini.
Perhaps it shouldn’t have.
Since moving to Toronto from his native Montreal, Kanwar Anit Singh Saini, MSc(A)’11, a speech language pathologist (SLP), has found many novel ways to give back to his community.
Doctoral student Adriel John (AJ) Orena wins the Raymond H. Stetson Scholarship in Phonetics and Speech Science
Doctoral student Adriel John (AJ) Orena wins the Raymond H. Stetson Scholarship in Phonetics and Speech ScienceThis award was established through a grant to the Acoustical Society Foundation in 1998 to honor the memory of Professor Raymond H. Stetson, a pioneer investigator in phonetics and speech science. The purpose of the scholarship is to facilitate the research efforts of promising graduate students.
Dr. Li-Jessen wins the Rosemary Wedderburn Brown Prize
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Dr. Elin Thordardottir wins the CJSLPA Editor's award
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Wikipedia Teaching Initiative in SCSD
Click here to read the article.
English:
http://publications.mcgill.ca/medenews/2017/03/23/mcgill-students-develop-wikipedia-page-on-transgender-voice-therapy/
French:
Graduation Supervision & Skillsets
1. Grad Supervision website: The newly updated Supervision website provides comprehensive evidence-based information about supervision best practices, policies, roles and responsibilities, and resources for both students and supervisors.
McGill and Safe Space
McGill is dedicated to provide its community with the safest environment possible.
While the events depicted in this video are extremely unlikely, we need to make sure that everyone is ready to respond if such a dramatic event was to occur.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSnNZttgjk0&feature=youtu.be
SCSD Outreach 2016 Media Coverage
Click the link below to view media coverage on SCSD clinical outreach 2016.
http://publications.mcgill.ca/medenews/2016/06/29/preparing-a-new-generation-of-health-care-professionals-through-community-engagement/
