As the founding editor of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, she turned to “trashy novels” and parliamentary debates to find Canada’s version of the language. By Ian Austen In Canada, it's possible to ...

Lexicographer Katherine Barber shared her love of words with Canadians, reminding and sometimes educating them about Canadianisms such as “Molson muscle,” “gotchies” and “jambuster.” (Meaning, ...

"Just how far removed we had already become from Britain even in the nineteenth century was not well understood in the mother country," begins an essay in the first pages of the Canadian Oxford ...

In 2020, the owners of GV Calgary made the “painful decision” to permanently close the language school as the pandemic hammered international education. Now, the language sector is making a coming ...

The Canadian Language Museum is launching a new exhibit that showcases works by 14 printmakers who were asked to respond to the words of Canada’s anthem. The exhibit, dubbed “Anthem: Expressions of ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in Toronto on Tuesday. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Canada’s “Lavscam” affair exposed the intersectional tensions of modern Canadian ...

As Canada’s language sector begins to recover from the pandemic, it faces a new challenge – a shortage of English-language teachers. In its annual report, Languages Canada said that about one in five ...

Citizenship Judge Raminder Gill presents the certificate to a new Canadian at a special citizenship ceremony at the ROM. As of January 30, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will accept ...

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