Sheila M Embleton
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
Professor
Distinguished Research Professor
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Office: Ross Building, S580
Phone: (416)736-2100 Ext: 88849
Email: embleton@yorku.ca
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Dr. Sheila Embleton pursues an internationally recognized research agenda in multiple fields of linguistics but is also well known for contributions to the study of post-secondary education. She holds the title of Distinguished Research Professor in Linguistics at York University, where from 2000 to 2009 she served as Vice-President Academic (VP-Academic & Provost in 2008-09). In January 2023, Dr. Embleton became interim President of Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Embleton’s academic background and graduate work includes both mathematics (BSc 1975, MSc 1976, U of Toronto) and linguistics (PhD 1981, U of Toronto). Her formal training also encompasses four certificates granted by European institutions: linguistics, French (Université de Poitiers, 1974); German (Österreichisch-Amerikanische Gesellschaft, 1976); linguistics (Universität Salzburg, 1977); and Finnish (Finnish Ministry of Education, 1988). Her areas of language specialization include English, German, Germanic, French, Romance, Russian, Slavic, Finnish and Finno-Ugric. A native speaker of English, she has excellent command of French and German, good command of Russian, moderate command of Spanish, Finnish, and Swedish, and basic command of Italian. Her reading knowledge extends to Norwegian, Danish, Latin, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Estonian, Dutch, and several Slavic languages.
In linguistics, Dr. Embleton's substantial scholarly output as author or editor ranges through historical linguistics and language change, mathematical/statistical methods in linguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, onomastics, Finnish literature, and women and language. She is best known for applications of mathematical and statistical methods to linguistic problems broadly, with early work mostly in methods of tree reconstruction for families of related languages. Among Dr. Embleton’s most prominent publications is the enduring and still much-cited Statistics in Historical Linguistics (1986). Two recent volumes she co-edited are Language and Text: Data, Models, Information, Applications (2021) and Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language (2022). Her current linguistics research, which has been supported by a series of grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), focuses predominantly on dialectometry (statistical methods applied to dialect study), with particular application to British, Finnish, and Romanian dialects. Over the past several decades, Dr. Embleton’s distinguished contributions in linguistics have been acknowledged in Canada and abroad. She has held the positions of Visiting Professor, Vilém Mathesius Centre, Charles University, Prague and Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles (twice). In addition, she has been named: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Invited Member, Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura (Finnish Literature Society); Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland; Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA; London, UK); Fellow of the Bahamas Historical Society; and Continuing Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto.
During her vice-presidency at York, Dr. Embleton began to investigate post-secondary education through a researcher’s lens. She is interested in many policy and practical issues related to contemporary post-secondary education, both in Canada and internationally, especially in the European Union and India, research that has also been supported by SSHRC. She is equally a tireless advocate both for the internationalization of education and for access to higher education, based on merit rather than social, financial, or geographical factors. In 2005, the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) presented her with its Internationalization Leadership Award. As a specialist of post-secondary education, she has pursued two commissioned reports for CBIE, and also studied such specific topics as: the significance of scholarships in attracting international students to Canada; post-secondary collaborations between Canada and India; national and international policy in higher education; comparison of the objectives of international students versus those of the Canadian post-secondary institutions trying to attract them; and comparison of the internationalization of Chinese and Indian higher education. As part of her commitment to the internationalization of post-secondary education, Dr. Embleton led York’s India Strategy from 2005-09, and was closely involved in the preparation, negotiation, and approvals for York University’s Schulich School of Business MBA program in India. In 2011, the university recognized her with its Award for Outstanding Contribution to Internationalization. In addition, Dr. Embleton has represented York at the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute since 2001, and between 2008 and 2010 served consecutively as the Institute’s vice-president and president, during which time she led a strategic planning process. In general, Dr. Embleton has been involved in many aspects of academic relations between Canada and India, including visiting dozens of Indian universities, institutes, and government ministries. She frequently lectures, writes for the media, and leads panels on the rapidly evolving higher education scene in India.
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7245-1845
Degrees
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of TorontoM.Sc., Mathematics & Statistics, University of Toronto
B.Sc., Mathematics & Linguistics, University of Toronto
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesProfessional Leadership
Dr. Embleton has taken on prominent leadership roles throughout her career, positions which have allowed her to be an advocate for positive change within the institutions and organizations with which she has affiliated herself. In certain roles, she has influenced government policy. She has been an on-site assessor, in both academic and governance matters, at several universities across Canada, for the Romanian Research Assessment Exercise, and twice for the German Excellence Initiative. While Chief Steward of the York University Faculty Association from 2011 to 2022, she provided both grievance and equity training for the Canadian Association of University Teachers at many Canadian universities, and is the most recent winner of CAUT’s Bernice Schrank Award.
In January 2023, Dr. Embleton became Interim President, Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne. In this position, she is drawing on experience acquired during her years in academic administration at York University where she was Vice-President Academic / Academic & Provost from 2000 to 2009, having previously been Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1994 to 2000. While a university vice-president, she also chaired the Ontario Council of Academic Vice-Presidents (OCAV) from 2004 to 2008 and the National Vice-Presidents Academic Council from 2006 to 2007. As Chair of OCAV, she conceived and established the Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa exchange program, including securing provincial government funding for it. She is past President of the Canada India Education Council and past chair of CIEC’s Academic Relations Committee. Dr. Embleton also participated in advising and planning for the academic portions of visits to India by Ontario Premiers Dalton McGuinty (Jan 2007, Dec 2009) and Kathleen Wynne (Feb 2016), Québec Premier Jean Charest (Feb 2010), BC Premier Christy Clark (Nov 2011), and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Nov 2009, Nov 2012). She has been a member of Global Affairs Canada’s Focus India, Focus China and Focus Brazil groups, and a member of the Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Joint Study Group Advisory Committee.
Dr. Embleton is equally well known as a research leader. Since becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, she has served on the Society’s executive as Secretary (2015-2021), and most recently became President of its Academy of Arts and Humanities. Her enduring commitment to mathematics and wide-ranging interests in linguistics have seen her take on executive roles in/directorships of: the American Name Society, the Canadian Friends of Finland Education Foundation, the Canadian Society for the Study of Names, the International Council of Onomastic Sciences, the Linguistic Association of Canada and the US (LACUS), and the International Quantitative Linguistics Association. She is currently a member of the Ontario Geographical Names Board (Chair from June 2018, provincial appointment), and formerly held board positions with MITACS (Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems), Mprime Networks, the Canadian Bureau for International Education, TOEFL (Princeton, NJ), the TOEFL Committee of Examiners, and the Board of the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (Chair 2015-18).
Dr. Embleton’s research leadership also encompasses considerable editorial contributions. In addition to co-editing multiple works, she is a member of the editorial boards of numerous journals and book series, many of them the foremost in her fields. For instance, with the journal Diachronica she held the position of Managing Editor from 1988-91, and then became Associate Editor, a role in which she continues to the present. For Word, she has been Review Editor (1989-2013), a member of its Editorial Board (1989-2015), and in 2022 became a member of its Advisory Editorial Board. She also enjoyed a longstanding editorial affiliation with the Journal of Finnish Studies, serving as both its Review Editor and a member of it Editorial Board from 1996 to 2021. In 2021, Linguistics and Literature Review recognized Dr. Embleton with the honorary title of Chief Editor.
Community Contributions
Over the course of her career, Dr. Embleton has embraced opportunities to share her expertise with communities outside the academy, offering her general knowledge as an educator or her specific expertise in one of her areas of research engagement. In this spirit, she has served as judge for a student writing competition sponsored by Canada Post and an Earth Day scholarship program organized by Toyota. When a Toronto radio station needed a phonetics coach for its radio actors, Dr. Embleton took on the role. For a police discipline hearing, she stood as expert witness. In 2017, she participated in an Ada Lovelace Day held at the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences, contributing to a panel about "Emerging Research Opportunities, Diversity, and Inclusion."
Since the mid-1980s, Dr. Embleton has interacted with media on several continents over one hundred times about different aspects of her research. The media has shown particular fascination for her linguistic work related to names and naming, an area of investigation in which Dr. Embleton has explored names associated with people from various countries or cultural groups, places located around the globe, and even the naming of aircrafts and wineries. For organizations like Bnai Brith (Markham-Unionville Chapter) and the Ontario Genealogical Society, Dr. Embleton has given talks on the subject of women and practices around their names, including historical insight into the retention of maiden names. She has been equally pleased to share her knowledge of Scandinavian languages and cultures with seniors’ organizations, and speak before the Canadian Friends of Finland on “The Role of English in Contemporary Finland” (2002).
Research Interests
- Bernice Schrank Award, Canadian Association of University Teachers - 2022
- Fellow, Bahamas Historical Society - 2022-present
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal - 2012
- Invited participant, as German Today Alumna, to German Center for Research and Innovation's conference and workshop, "Transatlantic Cooperation in Graduate Education," New York City, and Germany Today Alumni event - 2012
- Senior Women Academic Administration of Canada Recognition Award - 2011
- Award for Outstanding Contribution to Internationalization, York University - 2011
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada - 2010-present
- Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto - 2009-present
- Distinguished Research Professor, York University - 2009-present
- Internationalization Leadership Award, Canadian Bureau for International Education - 2005
- Invited participant, Germany Today 2005, “New Trends in German and European Higher Education,” Universität Bonn and DAAD - 2005
- Fellow, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), London - 2000-present
- Invited participant, Governor General’s Canadian Study Conference. Also chosen as co-chair of one study group. - 2000
- Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland - 1999-present
- Invited Member, Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura [Finnish Literature Society, similar to membership in an Academy] - 1997-present
Current Research Projects
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- Bernice Schrank Award, Canadian Association of University Teachers - 2022
- Fellow, Bahamas Historical Society - 2022-present
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal - 2012
- Invited participant, as German Today Alumna, to German Center for Research and Innovation's conference and workshop, "Transatlantic Cooperation in Graduate Education," New York City, and Germany Today Alumni event - 2012
- Senior Women Academic Administration of Canada Recognition Award - 2011
- Award for Outstanding Contribution to Internationalization, York University - 2011
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada - 2010-present
- Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto - 2009-present
- Distinguished Research Professor, York University - 2009-present
- Internationalization Leadership Award, Canadian Bureau for International Education - 2005
- Invited participant, Germany Today 2005, “New Trends in German and European Higher Education,” Universität Bonn and DAAD - 2005
- Fellow, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), London - 2000-present
- Invited participant, Governor General’s Canadian Study Conference. Also chosen as co-chair of one study group. - 2000
- Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland - 1999-present
- Invited Member, Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura [Finnish Literature Society, similar to membership in an Academy] - 1997-present
Supported by a SSHRCC Insight Grant $79,318. Co-applicants: Dorin Uritescu* and Eric Wheeler
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Exploration of contemporary issues in higher education policy, with a particular emphasis on comparative studies or those involving internationalization.
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Funded so far by a series of five SSHRCC grants.
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A study of place-names and personal-names, particularly as they reflect societal attitudes and changes.
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Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language, eds. Makoto Yamazaki, Haruko Sanada, Reinhard Köhler, Sheila Embleton, Relja Vulanovic, & Eric S. Wheeler. Quantitative Linguistics 75. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2022. viii + 229 pp.
Language and Text: Data, Models, Information, Applications. Proceedings of QUALICO 2018, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference, Wroclaw, Poland, July 2018, eds., Adam Pawlowski, Jan Macutek, Sheila Embleton & George Mikros. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 356. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2021. vi + 280 pp.
Names in Multi-Lingual, Multi-Cultural and Multi-Ethnic Contact. Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 17-22, 2008, York University, Toronto, Canada, eds. Wolfgang Ahrens, Sheila Embleton & André Lapierre. Toronto: York University, 2009.
The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the Transition from Historical-Comparative to Structural Linguistics, eds. Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1999. Volume 1: Historiographical perspectives, lv + 311 pp. Volume 2: Methodological perspectives and applications, lv + 335 pp.
Twenty-fourth LACUS Forum, ed. Sheila Embleton. Lake Bluff, Illinois: LACUS, 1998. xii + 477 pp.
Fourteenth LACUS Forum, ed. Sheila M. Embleton. Lake Bluff, Illinois: LACUS, 1988. x + 573 pp.
Statistics in Historical Linguistics. Bochum (W. Germany): Brockmeyer Verlag, 1986. viii + 194 pp.
Focus on Discourse: Papers in Honour of H. A. Gleason, Jr, ed. by Peter Avery, Karen Carlyle, Susan Ehrlich, Sheila Embleton, and Guy Ewing. Toronto: Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, 1983. 152 pp.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Too Much of a Good Thing”, in Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language, eds. Makoto Yamazaki, Haruko Sanada, Reinhard Köhler, Sheila Embleton, Relja Vulanovic & Eric S. Wheeler. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton, 2022, pp. 37-48. DOI 10.1515/9783110763560-004
(with Adam Pawlowski, Jan Macutek & George Mikros), “Introduction”, in Language and Text: Data, Models, Information, Applications, eds. Adam Pawlowski, Jan Macutek, Sheila Embleton & George Mikros. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2021, pp. 2-6.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “The Perils of Big Data,” in Language and Text: Data, Models, Information, Applications, eds. Adam Pawlowski, Jan Macutek, Sheila Embleton & George Mikros. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2021, pp. 138-44.
(with Eric Wheeler & Dorin Uritescu), “Language Identification by Simple Character Profiles”, in Words and Numbers: In Memory of Peter Grzybek (1957-2019), eds. Emmerich Kelih & Reinhard Köhler. Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag, 2020, pp. 44-52.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar & Amira El Masri), “ ‘Canada doesn’t have a Harvard and that’s a good thing…’: World Class Universities and the shifting Canadian higher education policy terrain”, In Pursuit of World Class Universities: A Global Experience, ed. Marcelo Rabossi, Saeed Paivandi & Kishore Joshi. Delhi, India: Studera Press, 2018, pp. 269-96.
“Encountering Mathematics and a Mathematics Institute”, The Fields Institute Turns Twenty-Five, ed. Elaine McKinnon Riehm. Toronto: The Fields Institute, 2017, pp. 115-20. [short article invited for this volume, not refereed.]
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), "Play with the Data!", in Festschrift for Reinhard Köhler on the occasion of his 65th birthday, eds. Emmerich Kelih, Roísín Knight, Jàn Mačutek & Andrew Wilson. Issues In Quantitative Linguistics, 4. Studies in Quantitative Linguistics, 23. Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag, 2016, pp.128-34.
"Historical Linguistics: Numerical Methods", in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, volume 11, editor-in-chief James D. Wright. Oxford: Elsevier, 2015, pp.23-26.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar), "The Complex Web of Policy Choices: Dilemmas Facing Indian Higher Education Reform", Higher Education in the BRICS Countries: Investigating the Pact between Higher Education and Society, eds. Simon Schwarzman, Rómulo Pinheiro & Pundy Pillai. Higher Education Dynamics, 44. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London: Springer, 2015, pp. 312-34.
“The Building of International Alliances: A Case Study of Canada-India Collaborations in Post-secondary Education”, in Making Policy in Turbulent Times: Challenges and Prospects for Higher Education, eds. Paul Axelrod, Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Theresa Shanahan & Richard Wellen. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013, pp. 381-403.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), "Effective Comparisons of Geographic and Linguistic Distances", in Synergetic Linguistics [Fs. Reinhard Köhler], eds. Gabriel Altmann, Peter Grzybek, Sven Naumann & Relja Vulanovic. Vienna: Praesens Verlag, 2012, pp. 225-32.
"Importance of Scholarships to International Education", in A World of Learning: Canada's Performance and Potential in International Education / Un monde à apprendre: Resultants et potential du Canada en matière d'éducation internationale, ed. Jennifer Humphries. Ottawa: Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2012, pp. 30-32.
"Scholarships for Study in Canada", in A World of Learning: Canada's Performance and Potential in International Education / Un monde à apprendre: resultants et potential du Canada en matière d'éducation internationale, ed. Jennifer Humphries. Ottawa: Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2012, p. 68.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler) , “How do I know if I am right? Checking quantitative hypotheses”, in Text and Language: Structures, Functions, Interrelations. Quantitative Perspectives, eds. Peter Grzybek, Emmerich Kelih & Ján Mačutek. Vienna: Praesens Verlag, 2010, pp. 49-56.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Data Management and Linguistic Analysis: Multidimensional Scaling applied to Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, in Issues in Quantitative Linguistics, ed. Reinhard Köhler. Studies in Quantitative Linguistics 5. Lüdenscheid, Germany, RAM Verlag, 2009, pp. 10-16.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “The Stability of Multidimensional Scaling over Large Data Sets: Evidence from the Digitized Atlas of Finnish”, in Mélanges en l’honneur de Juhani Härmä, eds. Eva Havu, Mervi Helkkula & Ulla Tuomarla. Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique de Helsinki LXXVII. Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, 2009, pp. 101-08.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler) “Romanian Online Dialect Atlas: Data Capture and Presentation”, in Viribus Quantitatis: Festschrift for Gabriel Altmann, eds. Peter Grzybek and Reinhard Köhler. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2006, pp. 87-96.
“Historical Linguistics: Numerical Methods”, in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, eds. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. Elsevier, 2004, pp. 6743-47.
“Quantitative Methods and Lexicostatistics in the 20th century”, in History of the Language Sciences, vol. 2, eds. Sylvain Auroux et al. Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2001, pp. 1998-2005.
“Lexicostatistics/Glottochronology: From Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin to Future Horizons”, in Time Depth in Historical Linguistics, eds. Colin Renfrew, April McMahon and Larry Trask. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2000, pp. 143-65.
(with John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe), “Introduction: Problems of Structuralist Beginnings (and Endings)”, in The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the Transition from Historical-Comparative to Structural Linguistics, eds. Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1999, pp. ix-xxviii.
(with André Lapierre), “Commercial Aircraft Naming”, in You Name It: Perspectives on Onomastic Research eds. Ritva Liisa Pitkänen and Kaija Mallat. Helsinki: Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, 1997, pp. 217-36.
(with Eric Wheeler), “Multidimensional Scaling and the SED Data”, in The Computer Developed Linguistic Atlas of England 2, eds. Wolfgang Viereck and Heinrich Ramisch. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1997, pp. 5-11.
(with Raimo Anttila), “The Iconic Index: From Sound Change to Rhyming Slang”, in Iconicity in Language, ed. Raffaele Simone. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1995, pp. 87-118. (revised, updated, and expanded version of 1989 article, solicited by Simone)
“Mathematical Concepts in Historical/Comparative Linguistics”, in Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, vol. 2, editor-in-chief William Bright. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp. 131-35. [second revised edition, editor-in-chief William Frawley, 2003]
“Mathematical Methods of Genetic Classification”, in Sprung from Some Common Source: Investigations into the Prehistory of Languages, eds. Sydney M. Lamb and E. Douglas Mitchell. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991, pp. 365-88.
“The Translation of Names in Astérix”, in Viribus Unitis: Festschrift Gabriel Altmann, eds. Rüdiger Grotjahn, Sebastian Kempgen, Reinhard Köhler, and Werner Lehfeldt, Wissenschaftlicher. Verlag: Trier, 1991, pp. 17-38.
“Incorporating Borrowing Rates in Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction”, in Historical Linguistics, ed. by Barron Brainerd. Bochum, West Germany: Brockmeyer, 1983, pp. 1-24. Translated into Rumanian by Solomon Marcus, appears also as “Ameliorari fundamentale ale modelului lui Swadesh”, Timpul, 1984.
“Reply to Henri Guiter’s ‘Origines Indo Européennes et Glottochronologie’”, in Historical Linguistics, ed. Barron Brainerd. Bochum, West Germany: Brockmeyer, 1983, pp. 222-30.
Michel Beaulieu, David K. Ratz, and Ronald N. Harpelle, eds. ‘Hard Work Conquers All: Building the Finnish Community in Canada’, Canadian Historical Review 102:2 (June 2021): 341-44.
Michael Corballis, ‘The Truth about Language: What It Is and Where It Came From’, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 41: 8 (2020): 740-42. (Online version published August 29, 2019.)
Peter Grzybek (ed.), Contributions to the Science of Text and Language. Word Length Studies and Related Issues, Zeitschrift für Rezensionen zur germanistischen Sprachwissenschaft, 2:1 (2010): 69-74.
William Bright, ‘Native American Place Names of the United States’, Language, 38:4 (2008): 877-80.
Brett Kessler, ‘The Significance of Word Lists’, Diachronica, 22: 2 (2005): 429-50.
(with Hans Holm), H. Mark Hubey, ‘Mathematical Foundations of Linguistics’, Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 8:2 (August 2001): 149-62.
Dieter Kremer (ed.), ‘Namensoziologie’, Rivista Italiana di Onomastica, 7: 2 (2001): 596-99. (in French)
Merrily K. Aubrey, ‘Place Names of Alberta, volume 4, Northern Alberta’, Names, 46:1 (March 1998): 42-49.
Adrian Room, ‘An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies’, Onomastica Canadiana, volume 79:2 (December 1997): 118-22.
April M.S. McMahon, ‘Understanding Language Change’, Diachronica, 14:1 (1997): 137-48.
Harald Haarman, ‘Die Sprachenwelt Europas: Geschichte und Zukunft der Sprachnationen zwischen Atlantik und Ural’, Language in Society, 24: 1 (March 1995): 138-41.
Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, and Paul Black, ‘An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment’, Diachronica, 12:2 (1995): 263-68.
Lutz Hummel, ‘Dialektometrische Analysen zum Kleinen Deutschen Sprachatlas [KDSA]’, Language, 71:1 (March 1995): 197-98.
(with Raimo Anttila), Norman Bird, ‘The Roots and Non-Roots of Indo-European: A Lexicostatistical Survey’, Diachronica, 12:2 (1995): 251-54.
Lars Vikør, ‘The Nordic Languages: Their Status and Interrelations’, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 7 ( 1994): 93-99.
Robbins Burling, ‘Patterns of Language: Structure, Variation, Change’, Language in Society, 23: 4 (December 1994): 600-604.
Tracey Harrison, ‘Place Names of Alberta, volume 3, Central Alberta’, Names, 42:4 (December 1994): 292-96.
Edgar C. Polomé (ed.), ‘Research Guide on Language Change’, Diachronica, 10: 2 (1993): 270-84.
Hans Henrich Hock, ‘Principles of Historical Linguistics, Second Edition’, Diachronica, 10: 1 (1993): 131-34.
Jenny Cheshire (ed.), ‘English Around the World: Sociolinguistic Perspectives’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 38:4 (December 1993): 444-50.
Aphrodite Karamitsanis, ‘Place Names of Alberta, volume 1, Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills’, ‘volume 2, Southern Alberta’, Names, 40:3 (September 1992): 200-202.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), Charles V.J. Russ (ed.), ‘The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 37: 1 (March 1992): 61-63.
Philippe Thoiron and Alain Pavé, “Index et Concordance pour ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ de Lewis Carroll”, Glottometrika, 13 (1992): 299-300.
Royal Skousen, ‘Analogical Modeling of Language’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 37:1 (March 1992): 85-90.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), Stephen Barbour and Patrick Stevenson, ‘Variation in German: A Critical Approach to German Sociolinguistics’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 37:1 (March 1992): 55-61.
Heikki Leskinen and Eero Kiviniemi (eds.), ‘Finnish Onomastics/Namenkunde in Finnland’, Onomastica Canadiana, 73: 1 (June 1991): 42-48.
Heinrich Kleine, ‘Phonologische und Statistisch-Dialektgeographische Untersuchungen an Nordelsässischen Ortsdialekten’, Language, 67:1 (March 1991): 183-84.
Mieko Ogura, ‘Dynamic Dialectology: A Study of Language in Time and Space’, Language, 67:3 (September 1991): 657-58.
Mieko Ogura, “Dynamic Dialectology: A Study of Language in Time and Space”, Diachronica, 8:1 (1991): 103-16.
Alfred Bammesberger, ‘English Linguistics’, Word, 41:3 (December 1990): 371-76. [preliminary version, California Linguistic Newsletter, 20: 3 (May-June 1990): 30-31.]
Jean-Claude Boulanger (ed.), ‘Le Nom Propre au Carrefour des études humaines et des Sciences Sociales’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 35:4 (December 1990): 379-80.
‘Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung. Band 100/Heft 1 und 2’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 35: 1 (March 1990): 54-56.
Alexis Manaster-Ramer (ed.), ‘Mathematics of Language’, Language, 65: 4 (December 1989) 902-904.
Robert L. Hadlich and J.D. Ellsworth (eds.), ‘East Meets West: Homage to Edgar C. Knowlton, Jr.’, Word, 40:3 (December 1989): 375-82.
Stanley McCray, ‘Advanced Principles of Historical Linguistics’, Word, 40:3 (December 1989): 403-07.
Frank Parker, ‘Linguistics for Non-Linguists’, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 84:4 (October 1988): 1574-75.
Gyula Décsy, ‘Statistical Report on the Languages of the World as of 1985, Part II’, Language, 64:3 (September 1988): 649-50.
Peter E. Raper, ‘Dictionary of Southern African Place Names’, Onomastica Canadiana, 70:2 (December 1988): 89-92.
(with Raimo Anttila), Vitalij V. Shevoroshkin and T. L. Markey (eds.), ‘Typology, Relationship and Time’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 33:1 (March 1988): 79-89.
André Martinet, ‘Des Steppes aux Océans: L’indo européen et les “Indo Européens”’, Language, 63:2 (June 1987): 426-27.
Anthony Woods, Paul Fletcher, and Arthur Hughes, ‘Statistics in Language Studies’, Language, 63:4 (December 1987): 921-22.
Cheris Kramarae and Paula A. Treichler, ‘A Feminist Dictionary’, Journal of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, 9 (1987): 161-64.
combined review of Florian Coulmas, ‘Sprache und Staat: Studien zur Sprachplanung’, and Florian Coulmas (ed.), ‘Linguistic Minorities and Literacy’, Language, 63:4 (December 1987): 906-10.
George Yule, ‘The Study of Language’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 32:2 (June 1987): 214-16.
Gyula Décsy, ‘Statistical Report on the Languages of the World as of 1985, Part I’, Language, 63:2 (June 1987): 448-50.
John M. Kirk, Stewart Sanderson, and J. D. A. Widdowson (eds.), ‘Studies in Linguistic Geography’, Language, 63:2 (June 1987): 429-30.
Peter Stein, ‘Kreolisch und Französisch’, Language, 63:2 (June 1987): 446-47.
Richard Y. Bourhis (ed.), ‘Conflict and Language Planning in Quebec’, Language in Society, 16:2 (June 1987): 261-65.
W. J. Hutchins, ‘Machine Translation: Past, Present, Future’, Computers and Translation, 2 (1987): 119-23.
Wolfgang Huber, ‘Vom quantitativen zum qualitativen Begriff der Information’, Erasmus [I have not been able to ascertain the page numbers].
Alfred Bammesberger, ‘A Sketch of Diachronic English Morphology’, Language, 62:1 (March 1986): 212-13.
Alfred Bammesberger, ‘English Etymology’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 31:3 (Fall 1986): 303-06.
David Kilby, ‘Descriptive Syntax and the English Verb’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 31:3 (Fall 1986): 306-08.
István Bátori and Heinz J. Weber (eds.), ‘Neue Ansätze in Maschineller Sprachübersetzung: Wissensrepräsentation und Textbezug’, Computers and Translation, 1:4 (October-December 1986): 269-71.
Michael Clyne, ‘Language and Society in the German Speaking Countries’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 30:4 (Winter 1986): 486-88.
Virgil J. Vogel, ‘Indian Names in Michigan’, Onomastica Canadiana, 68:2 (December 1986): 67-68.
W.F. Bolton, ‘The Language of 1984: Orwell’s English and Ours’, Language, 62: 1 (March 1986): 214-15.
Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demers, and Robert M. Harnish, ‘Linguistics: an Introduction to Language and Communication’, Second Edition, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 30:1 (Spring 1985): 84-90.
Aldo Scaglione, (ed.), ‘The Emergence of National Languages’, Language, 61:3 (September 1985): 732-33.
Annette Sabban, ‘Gälisch Englischer Sprachkontakt’, Language, 61:3 (September 1985): 719.
Charles W. J Withers, ‘Gaelic in Scotland 1698-1981’, Language, 61:3 (September 1985): 718-19.
Francine Frank and Frank Anshen, ‘Language and the Sexes’, Language, 61:4 (December 1985): 935.
Gerald Leonard Cohen, ‘Origin of the Term “Shyster”’, Language, 61:4 (December 1985): 924-25.
James Floyd Smith, ‘Language and Language Attitudes in a Bilingual Community: Terherne (Friesland)’, Language in Society, 14:2 (June 1985): 279.
John R. Costello, ‘Syntactic Change and Syntactic Reconstruction: A Tagmemic Approach’, Language, 61: 2 (June 1985): 497-98.
Karl-Dieter Bünting and Wolfgang Eichler, ‘ABC der deutschen Grammatik’, Die Unterrichtspraxis, 18:1 (Spring 1985): 216-17.
Lawrence D. Carrington (ed.), ‘Studies in Caribbean Language’, Language, 61:4 (December 1985): 927-28.
Mary R. Miller, ‘Place Names of the Northern Neck of Virginia’, Language in Society, 14:1 (March 1985): 145-46.
Philip M. Smith, ‘Language, the Sexes and Society’, Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, 6: 4 (Winter 1985): 119-20.
Walter A. Sedelow and Sally Yeates Sedelow, (eds.), ‘Computers in Language Research, Volume 2’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 30:1 (Spring 1985): 83-84.
Beatrice Stadler, ‘Language Maintenance and Assimilation: The Case of Selected German Speaking Immigrants in Vancouver, Canada’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 29:2 (Fall 1984): 190-92.
Daniel Dugast, ‘La Statistique Lexicale’, Quantitative Linguistics, 25 (1984): 184-87.
Daniel Dugast, ‘Vocabulaire et Stylistique 1: Théâtre et Dialogue’, Quantitative Linguistics, 26 (1984): 164-67.
Evelyn Hatch and Hossein Farhady, ‘Research Design and Statistics for Applied Linguistics’, Word, 35:3 (December 1984): 283-85.
Hans Goebl, ‘Dialektometrie: Prinzipien und Methoden des Einsatzes der Numerischen Taxonomie im Bereich der Dialektgeographie’, Language, 60:3 (September 1984): 654-55.
Isabelle Kreindler, (ed.), ‘The Changing Status of Russian in the Soviet Union’, Language, 60:1 (March 1984): 159-61.
Jürgen Kunz (ed.) ‘Automatische Analyse des Deutschen’, Language, 60:3 (September 1984): 667-68.
Michael Davenport, Erik Hansen, and Hans Frede Nielsen (eds.), ‘Current Topics in English Historical Linguistics’, Language, 60:3 (September 1984): 662- 63.
Philippe Thoiron, ‘Dynamisme du texte et stylostatistique’, Quantitative Linguistics, 26 (1984): 168-70.
Robert A. Hall, Jr., ‘The Kensington Rune Stone is Genuine’, Word, 35:1 (April 1984): 113-15.
Ursula Klenk, ‘Formale Sprachen’, Word, 35:1 (April 1984): 115-18.
Winfried Lenders and Klaus Peter Wegera (eds.), ‘Maschinelle Auswertung sprachhistorischer Quellen’, Language, 60:3 (September 1984): 667.
Aldo Scaglione, ‘The Theory of German Word Order from the Renaissance to the Present’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 28:1 (Spring 1983): 83-84.
Bernard Comrie (ed.), ‘Studies in the Languages of the USSR’, Language, 59:3 (September 1983): 697-98.
combined review of Karl C. Diller, (ed.), ‘Individual Differences and Universals in Language Learning Aptitude’; Robin C. Scarcella and Stephen D. Krashen, (eds.), ‘Research in Second Language Acquisition’; Roger W. Andersen, (ed.), ‘New Dimensions in Second Language Acquisition Research’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 28:2 (Fall 1983): 185-87.
Gabriel Altmann, ‘Statistik für Linguisten’, Word, 34:2 (1983): 129-33.
Peter C. Patton and Renee A. Holoien, ‘Computing in the Humanities’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 28: 1 (Spring 1983): 79-80.
Stig Johansson, ‘Studies of Error Gravity: Native Reactions to Errors Produced by Swedish Learners of English’, Language, 59:4 (December 1983): 940-41.
Georges Bourcier, English Adaptation by Cecily Clark, ‘An Introduction to the History of the English Language’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 27:2 (Fall 1982): 183-84.
Solomon A. Birnbaum, ‘Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 27:1 (Spring 1982): 76-77.
T. L. Markey, ‘Frisian’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 27:2 (Fall 1982): 182-83.
Bozena Henisz Dostert, R. Ross Macdonald, and Michael Zarechnak, ‘Machine Translation’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 26:2 (Fall 1981): 234-36.
J. Hintikka, J. Niiniluoto, and E. Saarinen, ‘Essays on Mathematical and Philosophical Logic’, Word, 32:3 (1981): 238-41.
Robert Henry Billigmeier, ‘A Crisis in Swiss Pluralism’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 25:2 (Fall 1980): 234-35.
A Statistical Note on Friedrich and Redfield 1978. Chicago: The Waite Press, 1983. 4 p.
Incorporating Borrowing Rates in Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Toronto, 1981. viii + 316.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Contemporary Trends in Names of Wines and Wineries in the English-Speaking World”, Onomastica 65 (2021): 305-15. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17651/ONOMAST.65.2.18
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Parish Names in the English-Speaking Caribbean”, Onomastica Uralica, 12 (2018): 379-95.
(with Rod Skinkle), “Comparing International Student and Institutional Objectives at Canadian Colleges and Universities: Implications for Institutional Strategy”, Higher Education Management and Policy (HEMP), 24:3 (2014): 37-55.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Defining Dialect Regions with Interpretations: Advancing the Multidimensional Scaling Approach”, Literary and Linguistic Computing: Journal of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 28:1 (2013): 13-22.
“Comment on Eric W. Holman et al.’s 'Automated Dating of the World’s Language Families Based on Lexical Similarity' ”, Current Anthropology, 52:6 (December 2011): 867.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Defining User Access to the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, Dialectologia e Geolinguistica, 16 (2008): 27-33.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Digitalized Dialect Studies: North-Western Romanian”, Conferinţele Academiei Române [Proceedings of the Romanian Academy], Editura Academiei Române, Bucharest (2008): 5-27.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “An Exploration into the Management of High Volumes of Complex Knowledge in the Social Sciences and Humanities,” Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 11 (2004): 183-92.
“Bilingualism in Contemporary Finland: Whither Swedish?”, Journal of Finnish Studies, 5: 2 (2001): 4-34.
“Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Onomastica Canadiana”, Onomastica Canadiana, 83:2 (December 2001): 64-67. [refereed journal, but this short article was invited for the anniversary, and not refereed]
(with Eric Wheeler), “Computerized Dialect Atlas of Finnish: Dealing with Ambiguity,” Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 7 (2000): 227-31.
(with Eric Wheeler), “Finnish Dialect Atlas for Quantitative Studies”, Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 4 (1997): 99-102.
(with Raimo Anttila), “On the Origin of Suomi ‘Finland’”, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 7 (1994): 25-32.
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, Onoma, 32 (1994-95): 124-39. (slightly revised and updated version of conference proceedings 13, solicited by chair of Onoma’s Editorial Committee)
“Names and Their Substitutes: Onomastic Observations on Astérix and its Translations”, Target, 3: 2 (1991): 175-206.
(with Raimo Anttila), “Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Toponymy, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, Onomastica Canadiana, 71:1 (June 1989): 37-47. [review article]
(with Raimo Anttila), “The Iconic Index: From Sound Change to Rhyming Slang”, Diachronica, 6: 2 (1989): 155-80.
(with Wolfgang P. Ahrens), “Toponymy, Language, and Spontaneous Naming in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao”, Onomastica Canadiana, 69:1 (June 1987): 32-40.
“-city, -ville, -world, and -land as Elements in Abstract Place Names”, Onomastica Canadiana, 68: 1 (June 1986): 1-20.
“Principles of Historical Linguistics: Ad(d) Hock”, Diachronica, 3:2 (Fall 1986): 203-31. [review article]
“Lexicostatistics Applied to the Germanic, Romance, and Wakashan Families”, Word, 36:1 (April 1985): 37-60.
(with Ruth King), “Attitudes Towards Maiden Name Retention”, Onomastica Canadiana, 66 (December 1984): 11-22.
“Application of Current Lexicostatistical Methods to Germanic, Romance, and Wakashan”, Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, 4 (1983): 72-91.
“The Choice between Surname and First Name for Personal-Name-Derived Place Names”, Onomastica Canadiana, 63 (June 1983): 2-16.
“Vocal Tract Models, Formant Frequencies, and Computational Methods”, Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, 3 (1982): 1-17.
“Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing (Derivation of Mathematical Formulae and Application to Computer generated Data)”, Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, 2 (1981): 99-122.
“German Evidence for a Universal Clause Union Rule”, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 24:1 (Spring 1979): 48-51.
“A Note on ‘The Structure of the “Equation” copular Sentence in Italian”, accepted by Canadian Journal of Italian Studies, which ceased publication before the article could be published.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Town and Settlement Names in the Bahamas: Who is Alice?” Newsletter of the Bahamas Historical Society, May 2022.
“Canada-India Academic Relations: What’s Next?”, Canada Watch, (Winter 2019), pp. 5, 6, 19, 20.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Amira El Masri, Zainab Kizilbash and Neville Panthaki), “Modi’s Visit to Canada: A Missed Opportunity?” University World News, 366 (May 10, 2015).
“Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Onomastica Canadiana”, Onomastica Canadiana, 83:2 (December 2001): 64-67. (This short article was invited for the anniversary, and not refereed.)
“Statistics and Historical Linguistics: Some Comments”, Mother Tongue, 24 (March 1995): 41-45. (Solicited by the editor.)
“More on the Term ‘Allophone’: Some Comments on Canadian Usage”, California Linguistic Newsletter, 20:2 (December-January 1989/90): 1-2.
Letter to the Editor: “Aboriginal Languages in Canada: Questions and Answers”, Language and Society, 16 (September 1985): 16.
Letter to the Editor: “New Term for Allophone”, Language and Society, 9 (Spring 1983): 22.
(with A. M. Kinloch, Edward Berry, Guy Carden, C. D. Ellis, et al.), “Report of the Secretary for Canada”, Newsletter of the American Dialect Society, 15:1 (January 1983): 10-12.
(with A. M. Kinloch, Edward Berry, Guy Carden, C. D. Ellis, et al.), “Report of the Secretary for Canada”, Publications of the Modern Language Association, 97:6 (November 1982): 1102.
(Panel presenter and discussant), “Building Strong Working Relationships Following a Period of Disruption”, Deans’ Post-Strike Council Retreat, Faculty Bargaining Services (CAUBO), University of Manitoba, online, March 8, 2022.
(Panel presenter), “Institutional Barriers and Challenges to Securing Accommodations for Faculty”, OCUFA SWEC [Status of Women and Equity Committee] Workshop, Toronto, October 14, 2022.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Dialect Variation as Geography”, Methods in Dialectology 17, University of Mainz, Germany, August 1-6, 2022. August 5. (conference postponed to 2021 then to 2022, due to CoViD-19 pandemic).
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Baltic Germans in the Imperial Russian Navy: Navigators, Explorers, and Contributors to Place Naming”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Western University, May 30, 2020. (accepted, but conference postponed to 2021 due to CoViD-19 pandemic) (Presented remotely at Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, University of Alberta, May 29, 2021.)
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Baltic Germans in the Russian Imperial Navy: Navigators, Explorers, and Contributors to Place Naming”, 27th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, August 23 – 27, 2021. (Conference postponed from 2020.). August 26, 2021
Invited Plenary Lecture: “Names in India: History, Colonialism, Renaming, Contemporary Issues”, 27th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, August 23 – 27, 2021. (Conference postponed from 2020).
(with Eric Wheeler), “RODA – The Dialect Atlas Goes Online”, Panel in Memory of Dorin Uritescu, CRLCC (Centre for Research on Language and Culture Contact), Glendon College, York University. April 8, 2021.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Too Much of a Good Thing”, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2020), National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tachikawa, Japan, September 9 – 11, 2021. (Conference postponed from 2020.) September 11, 2021.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Place Name Changes in Former German Colonies”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, June 2, 2019.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Naming and Renaming of Pacific Ocean Island Nations and Territories”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, University of Regina, May 27, 2018.
Invited: “Parish Names in the English- and French-speaking Caribbean”, International Linguistic Association, Borough of Manhattan Community College, May 5, 2018.
(Panel presenter and moderator), “Emerging Research Opportunities, Diversity, and Inclusion”, Ada Lovelace Day at the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences, organized with Ryerson University, October 20, 2017.
(Panel presenter), “Canada-India Academic Relations”, at “Facing the Future Together: Exploring New Pathways for Canada-India Collaborations”, York Centre for Asian Research and Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University, , October 13, 2017.
(Panel presenter), “Internationalization of Higher Education in India and China," Online Symposium, February 28, 2017.
(Panel presenter), “Soft Power and Higher Education in a New Era of Geo-Politics: The Case of India”. Panel on “Internationalization of Higher Education in India and China: Juxtaposition of Contrasting Approaches.” Co-presenters Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Amira El Masri, Ruth Hayhoe, Hantian Wu and Qiang Zha, 61st Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Atlanta, March 5-9, 2017.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Metadata for Analyzing Geolinguistic Variation”, Methods in Dialectology 16, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tachikawa, Japan, August 7-11, 2017.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Parish Names in the English-speaking Caribbean”, XXVIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Debrecen, Hungary, August 31, 2017. [Much revised and extended version of May 2015 paper.]
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Town and Settlement Names in the Bahamas: Who is Alice?”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Ryerson University, May 27, 2017.
Chief Guest: Inaugural Speech, 2nd Canadian Punjabi Women Conference (CPWC), DISHA, South Asian Women: Socio-Cultural Expression, Brampton, Ontario, June 17-18, 2017.
“Advancement of Quantitative Linguistics in Canada/North America – Focus: Historical Linguistics”, Altmann-Piotrovskij Law Workshop, University of Vienna, September 28, 2017.
(Panel co-presenter with Catherine Burr and Robin Vose), “Academic Freedom and Freedom from Harassment in the Academy: An Exploration”, Queen’s University Faculty Association Annual Academic Freedom Lecture, April 4, 2016.
(Panel co-presenter with Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Ruth Hayhoe and Qiang Zha), “The Internationalization of Chinese and Indian Higher Education: Lessons from Comparative Historical and Institutional Analysis”, 60th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Vancouver, March 10, 2016.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “An Expanded Quantitative Study of Linguistic vs. Geographic Distance Using Romanian Dialect Data”, QUALICO 2016 International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, Universität Trier, Germany, August 26, 2016.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Metadata and Geolinguistic Variation”, Special Session, CRLCC Conference, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, November 19, 2016.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Names of Wines and Wineries in Niagara, Canada”, Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, March 12, 2016.
Invited Speaker, “The Past 10 Years of Emerging Canada-India Education Activities”, Synergy 2016, Canada-India Education Conference, Toronto, September 23, 2016.
(Panel presenter), “Canada-India Educational Links”, Canada India Education Conference, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Université Laval, May 15, 2015.
(Panel presenter), “Contract Academic Staff”, OCUFA Grievance Committee Meeting, Toronto, January 23, 2015.
(Panel presenter), “Including New Education Delivery Methods”, Roundtable discussion with leaders from academia and industry, Synergy 2015, Canada-India Education Conference, Mississauga, October 30, 2015.
(Panel presenter), “Recruitment in India”, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Workshop, CBIE Annual Meeting, Niagara Falls, November 22, 2015.
(Panel presenter), Word Global Roundtable, simulcast with Beijing Normal University, Columbia University, New York City, April 25, 2015.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Analyzing Dialect Variation with Metadata: The New Format of the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas – Crişana”, VIIIth Congress of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics [SIDG 2015]. Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, September 14, 2015.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Exploring Linguistic vs. Geographic Distance Quantitatively”, VIIIth Congress of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics [SIDG 2015]. Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, September 18, 2015.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Parish Names in the English-speaking Caribbean”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, University of Ottawa, May 30, 2015.
(Panel presenter), “Feminist Transformative Leadership”, OCUFA Workshop, Toronto, May 23, 2014.
(Panel presenter), “Present and Future Roles of Finnish Studies in North America”, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, University of Toronto, October 10, 2014.
(Panel presenter), “Successes and Challenges in Developing Sustainable Partnerships”, panel on “Engaging Canada: Developing Sustainable Bi-national Partnerships”, 10th FICCI [Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry] Higher Education Summit, New Delhi, November 12-14, 2014.
(Seminar leader), “Seminar to all faculty and students interested in pursuing opportunities in Canada”, IIT – Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. November 15, 2014.
(Welcoming presentation), “A Habitable Place for Indigenous Scholars: Opportunities and Responsibilities for Improving Recruitment and Retention in the University”, York University, October 31, 2014.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “A Comparison of Three Digital Systems for Dialect Geography”, Methods in Dialectology 15, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, August 11-15, 2014.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Quantitative Studies: The Advantages for Dialectology”, QUALICO 2014 International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, Olomouc, Czech Republic, May 29, 2014.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Ruth Hayhoe and Qiang Zha), “The Next Global Knowledge Powerhouses? The Importance to Canada’s Role in a Global Knowledge Society of Comparing Chinese and Indian Higher Education Reform Policies”, Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, May 26, 2014.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “The Niagara Peninsula and the Names of its Wineries”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, May 24, 2014.
“Academic Administration and University Governance”, FICCI [Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry] delegation, University of Toronto Mississauga, June 17, 2014.
“The Diverse Naming Patterns of Contemporary India”, XXVth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Glasgow, August 29, 2014.
(Panel presenter), “Emerging Challenges: Program Prioritization and Budget Implications”, OCUFA University Finance Committee Workshop, Toronto, November 22, 2013.
(Panel presenter), “Focus on Law and Governance of Higher Education”, 9th FICCI [Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry] Higher Education Summit, New Delhi, November 13-14, 2013.
(Panel presenter), Research Roundtable at How to Build a Macroscope: Text Mining the Humanities, Scott Library, York University, March 15, 2013.
“The Diversity of Naming Patterns in India”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, June 1, 2013.
(Panel presenter), “Beyond Education Summit: Moving Forward – Canada India Education Collaboration”, Engaging India: Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, University of Calgary, June 3-4, 2012.
(with Rod Skinkle), “Recruitment of International Students at Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions: A Values Proposition?”, CBIE Annual Conference, Montréal, November 5, 2012.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar), “The Complex Web of Policy Choices: Dilemmas Facing Indian Higher Education Reform”. BRICS Recent Trends in Higher Education: Analyses around the Pact Between Higher Education and Society, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and Centre for Advanced Studies, Brazil, November 9, 2012.
(with Ted Hewitt and Rod Skinkle), “Comparing International Student and Institutional Objectives at Canadian Colleges and Universities: Implications for Institutional Strategy”, IMHE [Institutional Management in Higher Education] Conference “Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education”, Paris, September 17-19, 2012.
Invited: “Internationalization Alliances: Canada-India Collaborations in Post-Secondary Education”, Policy Formation in Post-Secondary Education: Issues and Prospects in Turbulent Times, Toronto, March 17, 2012.
Invited Keynote Address: “Names in India”, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, January 6, 2012.
“Renaming Practices in India”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Waterloo, Ontario, May 26, 2012.
“York’s Relationships with India”, Engaging Canada Conference: Higher Education in India and Canada: Opportunities and Challenges, University of Mumbai, December 19, 2012.
(Panel presenter), “Developing Higher Education Internationalization Policies: Options for the University Community”, closing session at “The Race to Globalize Higher Education in Canada”, OCUFA Annual Conference, Toronto, January 21-22, 2011.
(Panel presenter), “Education”, Corporate Social Responsibility Thought Leadership Conclave, Wockhardt Foundation, Mumbai, February 19, 2011.
(Panel presenter), “Internationalization”, FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry), Delhi, India, November 11-12, 2011.
(Panel presenter), “Moving Towards Corporate Universities”, CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) conference, Delhi, India, November 14-15, 2011.
(Panel presenter), “Profiling Successes in Research and Innovation Collaboration”, AUCC Workshop on “Advancing Excellence in Strategic Engagement with Brazil”, Ottawa, June 14, 2011.
(with André Lapierre), “Canada’s International Education Strategy: Focus on Scholarships / La Stratégie Internationale en Matière d’Éducation: Les Bourses d’Études”, CBIE Annual Conference, Ottawa, November 23, 2011.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Defining Dialect Regions with Interpretations: Advancing the Multidimensional Scaling Approach”, Methods in Dialectology 14, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, August 3, 2011.
(with Husain Neemuchwala), “Focus on India: Strategies for Success”, OAIE Conference [Ontario Association of International Educators] / CBIE [Canadian Bureau for International Education] Regional Meeting, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, May 11, 2011.
(with Husain Neemuchwala), “India in Focus (CIEC)”, “Being Global 2011: Strategies and Models for Internationalizing Canadian Higher Education”, Higher Education Strategy Associates Conference, Toronto, January 14, 2011.
(with Husain Neemuchwala), “Observations on the Internationalization of Canadian Campuses”, Academic Summit 2011, Mississauga, April 14, 2011.
(with Jennifer Humphries, Pauline L’Écuyer, and Guangwei Ouyang), “Getting the Facts about Canadian Higher Education”, 63rd Annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 1, 2011.
(with Rod Skinkle), “International Student Prospect Survey – India Cohort 2011”, CBIE Annual Conference, Ottawa, November 21, 2011.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar), “Access, Social Equity and the Challenges of Internationalizing Higher Education: Implications for Canada & India”, CSSHE [Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education] Conference on “Higher Education, Globalization, and Social Justice”, Vancouver, November 3, 2011.
Invited Speaker: “Mathematical Aspects of the Genetic Classification of Languages”, International Conference on Bridging Disciplines: Evolution and Classification in Biology, Language and History of Science, Universität Ulm, Germany, June 23-26, 2011. [declined at last minute because of competing Indian/Canadian government engagement in Toronto, the Harper-Singh summit after the G20]
“Emerging Issues in Internationalization”, Presentation at “Internationalization: Myth or Reality?”, Global Associates International Symposium, Annual UPCEA [University Professional and Continuing Education Association] Conference, Toronto, April 6, 2011.
“Opportunities and Challenges for Canada-India Educational Exchanges”, Seventh Annual Asian Heritage Month Education Roundtable, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, May 10, 2011.
“The Global and the Local – at the Intersection of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Organic Agriculture”, Morarka Foundation, Shekhawati Festival, Nawalgarh, India, February 11, 2011.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Continuum et fragmentation géolinguistiques d’après l’Atlas linguistique de la Crişana en ligne”. XXVIe Congrès International de Linguistique et Philologie Romanes, Valencia, September 2010.
Invited Opening Keynote Address: “Education System in Canada, and the Role of Multiculturalism”, International Seminar on “Land of Promise: Stories of the Immigrant in Multicultural Canada”, Centre for Canadian Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, February 3-5, 2010.
(Panel presenter), “Canadian Universities Operating in India”, Synergy 2010 Canada-India Education Conference, Brampton, September 23, 2010.
“Emergency Preparedness at Canadian Universities”, University Internationalization Seminar, Embassy of Canada, Oslo, Norway, November 18, 2010.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Generalized Online Dialect Atlas”, International Linguistics Association Annual Meeting, New Paltz, New York, April 15 – 17, 2010.
(Panel presenter), “Internationalization of Graduate Education, Partnership Forum / L’internationalisation des etudes supérieures, tribune sur le partenariat”, Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS), Toronto, November 6, 2010.
“Internationalization Trends at Canadian Universities and University Colleges”, University Internationalization Seminar, Embassy of Canada, Oslo, Norway, November 18, 2010.
“Leadership and the Role of the Dean – Strategies for Effective Leadership”, FBS (Faculty Bargaining Services) Ontario Contract Administration Workshop, CAUBO (Canadian Association of University Business Officers) meeting, University of Guelph, November 12, 2010.
(Panel presenter), “Models for on-the-ground Engagement in India: Offshore Campuses, Joint Programs, Articulated Undergraduate Programs: Panel to Explore Case Studies”, AUCC Workshop, “Advancing Excellence in Strategic Engagement with India”, Ottawa, June 10, 2010.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “RODA: Analytic vs. Interpretive Data in Geolinguistic Variation”, Sixth Congress of Dialectology and Geolinguistics, University of Maribor, Slovenia, September 14, 2009.
“Canada as a Small Country”, International Conference on The University in a Small Country and Global World, University of Latvia, Riga, September 26, 2009.
“Canada – India Education Relations”, National Law University of Delhi, October 22, 2009.
(Co-organizer and Panel presenter), “Canada-India Graduate Mobility Workshop”, AUCC-Shastri Workshop, New Delhi, India, December 14-15, 2009.
“Canada’s Role in International Education”, Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India, October 26, 2009. [Teachers from all over India were also present, as part of a teacher orientation program.]
“Canada’s Role in International Education”, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India, October 30, 2009.
“Education System in Canada”, Center for Canadian Studies, University of Delhi (South Campus), India, October 27, 2009.
(Panel presenter), “Environmental Education in Canadian Schools and Universities”, for panel “Strategies for Environmental Education and Planning, India, Canada”, International Conference on Environmental Issues in Emerging and Advanced Economies, panel organized by Reaney Centre for Canadian Studies, Gujurat University, Ahmedabad, December 6, 2009.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “How Do I Know If I Am Right? Checking Quantitative Hypotheses”, Sixth International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, University of Graz, Austria, September 18, 2009.
“Three-Year Indian Baccalaureates and Accreditation Issues”, Addressing Obstacles in Canada – India Academic Relationships, Banff, Alberta, February 19-21, 2009.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Identifying Dialect Regions: Specific Features vs. Overall Measures Using the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas and Multidimensional Scaling”, Methods in Dialectology XIII Conference, University of Leeds, August, 2008.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Lessons from Digitizing a Linguistic Atlas”, International Conference on Linguistic, Literary and Ethnolinguistic Communication in the New European Context, Iasi, Romania, Académie roumaine, Institut de Philologie roumaine “Al. Philippide”, September 25-27, 2008.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Digitalized Dialect Studies: North-Western Romanian”, Centre for Research on Language Contact, Glendon College, York University, January 17, 2008. (Updated and alternatively focussed version from the 2007 presentation in Romania.)
“A Decade of History: Comparing Ontario Secondary School and College (CAAT) Transfer Students at York University”, PCCAT (Pan-Canadian Consortium on Admissions and Transfer) Annual Conference, Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, June 17, 2008.
(Lead discussant/Panel presenter), “Canadian Universities in India – Initiatives and Recent Successes”, “Canada-India: A synergy in education II”, Canada-India Business Council, Brampton, Ontario, June 2, 2008.
(Panel presenter), “If I knew then what I know now”, CHERD (Centre for Higher Education Research and Development, University of Manitoba) Academic Leadership Program for Women Administrators, Toronto, February 14, 2008.
“India Studies in Canada: A Binational Perspective”, University of Alberta, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Roundtable, Edmonton, Alberta, October 17, 2008.
“Internationalization: Opportunities and Challenges / York University’s India Experience”, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Shastri Indo-Canadian Roundtable, Surrey, British Columbia, November 6, 2008.
“Internationalization: Opportunities and Challenges / York University’s India Experience”, University of Northern British Columbia, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Roundtable, Prince George, British Columbia, November 7, 2008.
“Reflections on Canadian Academic Cooperation with Europe”, Quality Network for Universities, Canadian Ambassador to the EU’s Residence, Brussels, May 8, 2008.
(Panel presenter), “The University as an Agent of Social Change”, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Mississauga, Ontario, Saturday, April 19, 2008.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Data Management and Linguistic Analysis: MDS Applied to RODA”, 5th Trier Symposium on Quantitative Linguistics, Trier, Germany, December 7, 2007.
(Panel presenter), “Canada – India Academic Collaboration: Challenges and Opportunities”, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Canada – India Education Forum, Ottawa, November 25, 2007.
(Panel presenter), “Destination India”, “Canada – India: A Synergy in Education”, Canada-India Business Council, Brampton, Ontario, July 19, 2007.
(Panel presenter), “Enhancing Student Experience through Cross-Border Initiatives", Panel on “Experiences in Cross-Border Education”, 3rd International Transatlantic Degree Programs Workshop (organized by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst / German Academic Exchange Service and Freie Universität Berlin), Toronto, September 29, 2007.
“Introduction: Workshop on Quantitative Approaches to Comparative Linguistics”, International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, August 6, 2007.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “Defining User Access to the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, Fifth Congress of Dialectology and Geolinguistics, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, September 4 – 8, 2006.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “Seeing Words Change Using the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, International Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, March 31 – April 2, 2006.
(with Adrian Shubert), “Internationalization – Strategies and Challenges”, Council of Ontario Deans of Arts and Science (CODAS), York University, April 29, 2006.
(Panel presenter), “The Canadian Perspective”, Panel on “Role and Relevance of Double and Joint Degree Programs in Internationalizing Higher Education”, Transatlantic Degree Programs Project, DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst / German Academic Exchange Service), Chicago, June 17, 2006, in conjunction with ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education).
(Panel presenter), “Universities Forum: Canada – USA – IITs Academic Exchanges”, Indian Institute of Technology Alumni Canada Conference, Mississauga, Ontario, June 24, 2006.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “Data Capture and Presentation in the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, Methods in Dialectology XII Conference, Université de Moncton, August 4, 2005.
(Panel presenter), “Internationalization at York University”, Panel on “Best Practices”, “International Postsecondary Outreach” workshop, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Toronto, March 10, 2005.
(Panel presenter), “Recognition of Degrees”, National Vice-Presidents Academic Conference (NATVAC), University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, October 13-14, 2005.
"Issues Related to Academic Integrity and Plagiarism", Canadian Council of Deans of Science, Charlottetown, April 30, 2004.
“Key Results of the Canada-China Mentoring Program”, Canada-China Roundtable on Higher Education Partnerships, co-hosted by Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and Chinese Educational Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), Toronto, October 1, 2004.
“Opening Remarks [on leadership]", Emerging Global Leaders Retreat, Geneva Park Conference Centre, Orillia, Ontario, January 17-18, 2004.
“The Role of English in Contemporary Finland”, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, May 31, 2004.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, Fifth International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, Athens, Georgia, May 28, 2003.
“Current Trends in Canadian Higher Education and Strategic Future Plans of York University”, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2003.
(Panel presenter), “Free Speech and Student Activism”, National Vice-Presidents Academic Conference (NATVAC), Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, October 16-17, 2003.
"Promoting and Protecting Academic Integrity", Western Deans of Arts and Science, University of Victoria, March 21, 2003.
(Rapporteur at closing session), AUCC Workshop on “Representation of Women in the Canada Research Chairs Program”, Ottawa, October 19-20, 2003.
(Panel presenter), “Academic Integrity”, National Vice-Presidents Academic Conference (NATVAC), Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 18-19, 2002.
(Panel presenter), “Labour Relations”, National Vice-Presidents Academic Conference (NATVAC), Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 18-19, 2002.
(Panel presenter and discussant), “Mentorship Models – Who do you call when…”, Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC), Regina, May 2-4, 2002.
“The Role of English in Contemporary Finland”, Canadian Friends of Finland Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto, June 12, 2002.
Presidential Address: “Bilingualism in Contemporary Finland: Whither Swedish?”, LACUS Forum, Université du Québec à Montréal, August 4, 2001.
"Faculty Flux and Employment Equity Issues", Ontario Universities Employment Equity Network Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, October 19, 2001.
"The Importance of Education", The 8th World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs, United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Nations, European Parliament, Brussels, May 20, 2001.
(with Eric Wheeler), “Computerized Dialect Atlas of Finnish: Dealing with Ambiguity”, Fourth International Conference of Quantitative Linguistics, Prague, Czech Republic, August 26, 2000.
“Reflections on Forty Years of Being a Finnophile”, Canadian Friends of Finland Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto, May 8, 2000.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “The Naming of Bermuda”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Québec, June 4, 1999. (Solicited by organizing committee; same presentation as 1998 presidential address.)
“Lexicostatistics/Glottochronology: from Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin to Future Horizons”, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, England, August 21, 1999.
Presidential Address: (with Wolfgang Ahrens), “The Naming of Bermuda”, American Name Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 28, 1998.
“Bilingualism in Contemporary Finland: Whither Swedish?”, Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Nova Scotia, November 7, 1998.
(with Eric Wheeler), “Multidimensional Scaling Methods Applied to a Computerized Dialect Atlas of Finnish”, Third International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, Helsinki, Finland, August 28, 1997.
“Finnish Studies in North America and the Internet”, Fifth International Conference on Finnish Studies in North America, University of Toronto, May 19, 1996.
(with Raimo Anttila), “On the Origin of Suomi and Finland”, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, Université du Québec à Montréal, June 4, 1995.
“Mathematical Methods in Dialectology”, Workshop on Mathematical Modelling of Linguistic Relationships, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 17, 1995.
(with André Lapierre), “Commercial Aircraft Names: Brief History and Current Patterns”, American Name Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, December 28, 1994.
(with André Lapierre), “Patterns in Commercial Aircraft Names: A Preliminary Report”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Calgary, June 12, 1994.
(with Juhani Härmä), “In the Georgian Capital of Tbilisi: The Use of of in Onomastic Phrases of Apposition”, XVIIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Trier, Germany, April 16, 1993.
(with Juhani Härmä), “In the Georgian Capital of Tbilisi: The Use of of in Onomastic Phrases of Apposition”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Ottawa, May 31, 1993. (Previously presented in April 1993.)
“The Name of the Main Character in F.E. Sillanpää’s Hurskas kurjuus [Meek Heritage]”, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, Ottawa, June 3, 1993. (Previously presented in April 1993.)
“The Name of the Main Character in Frans Emil Sillanpää’s Hurskas kurjuus [Meek Heritage]”, XVIIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Trier, Germany, April 14, 1993. (Expanded version of May 1992 presentation).
“The Name of the Main Character in F.E. Sillanpää’s Hurskas kurjuus [Meek Heritage]”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Charlottetown, May 27, 1992.
(with Raimo Anttila), “Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, UCLA Indo-European Conference, May 23, 1991. (Solicited by organizing committee; same as April 1990 presentation.)
“Multidimensional Scaling as a Dialectometrical Technique”, First Quantitative Linguistics Conference, University of Trier, Germany, September 26, 1991. (Extensively revised version of November 1987 presentation.)
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, Kingston, May 29, 1991. (Solicited by organizing committee; same as April 1990 presentation.)
Invited: “The Iconic Index in Historical Linguistics”, Colloquium on Iconicity in Language, University of Rome, October 3, 1991.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens and Raimo Anttila), “The Translation of Personal-Names in Astérix”, XVIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 17, 1990.
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, International Linguistic Association, New York City, April 1, 1990.
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, November 9, 1990. (Same as April 1990 presentation.)
“The Use of Titles in Business Names”, XVIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 16, 1990.
(with Zhikang Gan), “The Tone Relation between Mandarin Chinese and Shandong Dialect”, LACUS Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, August 18, 1988.
“The Use of Titles in Business Names”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Windsor, June 3, 1988.
Invited: “Multidimensional Scaling as a Dialectometrical Technique,” Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Université de Moncton, Centre universitaire de Shippagan, New Brunswick, November 13, 1987.
“But what will you call the children?”, XVIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Université Laval, Québec, August 17, 1987.
(with Wolfgang P. Ahrens), “The Toponymy of the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao)”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, May 29, 1986.
“A Computer-Simulated Glottochronological Model”, Symposium on Formalization in Historical Linguistics, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, November 24, 1986.
“-city, -ville, -world, and -land as Suffixes in Abstract Place Names”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Montreal, June 3, 1985.
“A New Technique for Dialectometry”, LACUS Forum, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, August 8, 1985.
“Dialectometry: New Methodology and Application to Dialects of England”, Canadian Linguistic Association, Montreal, June 4, 1985.
“Dialectometry: What It Is and What It Can Do”, International Linguistic Association, Hunter College, New York City, May 11, 1985.
(with Donna Atkinson), “Maiden Name Retention - History and Current Attitudes”, Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto, May 19, 1985.
(with Ami Shalit), “Dialectometry”, International Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, New York University, March 11, 1984.
(with Ruth King), “Attitudes to Maiden-Name Retention”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Guelph, June 11, 1984.
“Personal-Name-Derived Place Names: First Name, Surname, or another Choice?” XV. Internationaler Kongress für Namenforschung, Leipzig, DDR, August 17, 1984.
(with Wolfgang P. Ahrens), “Practical Approaches to Dialect Interference in the Teaching of Standard German”, Association of German Canadian Language Schools, Toronto, November 5, 1983. Same talk repeated on November 6, 1983.
“Lexicostatistical Research in Germanic, Romance, Wakashan, and Athapaskan”, International Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, New York University, March 13, 1983.
“Lexicostatistical Research in Tok Pisin, Romance, and ‘Amerindian’”, LACUS Forum, Université Laval, Quebec City, August 10, 1983.
“Practical Approaches to Teaching Pronunciation”, Ontario Association of Teachers of German, Spring Meeting, Toronto, March 5, 1983.
(with Wolfgang P. Ahrens), “Application of Lexicostatistical Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing to Germanic and Romance”, Linguistic Society of America, Summer Meeting, College Park, Maryland, July 30, 1982.
“Application of Lexicostatistics to Germanic, Romance, and Wakashan”, International Linguistic Association, Hunter College, New York City, October 9, 1982.
“Are Personal-Name Derived Place Names Sexist?” LACUS Forum, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, August 5, 1982.
“Analysis of Computer Reconstruction of Simulated and Germanic Data”, Canadian Linguistic Association, Halifax, May 25, 1981.
“Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing (Application of Lexicostatistical Method to Germanic Data)”, LACUS Forum, Glendon College, Toronto, August, 11, 1981.
“Analysis of Results of Computer Reconstruction Simulation Incorporating Borrowing”, Linguistic Society of America, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, December 28, 1980.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “An Expanded Quantitative Study of Linguistic vs Geographic Distance Using Romanian Dialect Data”, in Structure, Function and Process in Texts, Proceedings of Qualico 2016, eds. Lu Wang, Reinhard Köhler, and Arjuna Tuzzi. Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag, 2018, pp. 25-33.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “The Advantages of Quantitative Studies for Dialectology”, in Recent Contributions to Quantitative Linguistics, eds. Arjuna Tuzzi, Martina Benešová & Ján Ma?utek. Quantitative Linguistics, 70. Berlin & Boston: de Gruyter Mouton, 2015, pp. 51-61.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Continuum et fragmentation géolinguistiques d’après l’Atlas linguistique de la Crişana en ligne”, in Actes del 26é Congrés de Lingüística i Fílologia Romàniques (València, 6-11 de setembre de 2010), eds. Emili Cassanova Herrero and Cesáreo Calvo Rigual. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2013, pp. 116-126.
“Developing Higher Education Internationalization Policies: Options for the university community”, in The Race to Globalize Higher Education in Canada, ed. Mark Rosenfeld. Toronto: OCUFA, 2011.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Identifying Dialect Regions: Specific Features vs. Overall Measures Using the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas and Multidimensional Scaling”, in Proceedings of Methods XIII: Papers from the Thirteenth International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, 2008, eds. Barry Heselwood and Clive Upton. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2010, pp. 79-90.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Lessons from Digitizing a Linguistic Atlas”, in Distorsionari in comunicarea lingvistica, literara si etnofolclorica romaneasca si contextul european (Linguistic, Literary and Ethnolinguistic Communication in the New European Context), eds. Luminita Botosineanu, Elena Danila, Cecilia Holban and Ofelia Ichim. Iasi, Romania: Editura Alfa, 2009, pp. 137-45.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Data Capture and Presentation in the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, in Special Issue featuring revised papers from the Methods in Dialectology XII Conference, Université de Moncton, 2007, Linguistica Atlantica, 27-28 (2006-07): 37-39.
(with Juhani Härmä), “In the Georgian Capital of Tbilisi: The Use of of in Onomastic Phrases of Apposition”, in Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, April 12-17, 1993, Volume 1. ed., Dieter Kremer (ed.). Tübingen, Germany: Niemeyer, 2003, pp. 253-63.
“The Name of the Main Character in Frans Emil Sillanpää’s Hurskas Kurjuus [Meek Heritage]”, in Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, April 12-17, 1993, Volume 6, ed. Dieter Kremer. Tübingen, Germany: Niemeyer, 2002, pp. 259-67.
“Bilingualism in Contemporary Finland: Whither Swedish?”, in Papers from the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, eds. William Davey and Bernard LeVert. Sydney, NS, 1998, pp. 39-55.
“Multidimensional Scaling as a Dialectometrical Technique”, in Contributions to Quantitative Linguistics, Proceedings of the First Quantitative Linguistics Conference, September 23-27, 1991, eds. Reinhard Köhler and Burghard Rieger. Dordrecht & Boston: Kluwer, 1993, pp. 267-76.
“But what will you call the children” in Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 16-22, 1987, ed. Jean-Claude Boulanger. Laval, Québec: Les Presses de l’Université, 1990, pp. 245-54.
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, in Papers from the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, ed. Jim Black. The Association, 1990, pp. 27-38.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens and Raimo Anttila), “The Translation of Personal-Names in Astérix”, in Proceedings of the XVIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 13-18, 1990. vol. 1, ed., Eeva Maria Närhi. Helsinki, The University of Helsinki, 1990, pp. 129-36.
“The Use of Titles in Business Names”, in Proceedings of the XVIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 13-18, 1990, vol. 1, ed. Eeva Maria Närhi. Helsinki: The University of Helsinki, 1990, pp. 300-06.
(with Zhikang Gan), “The Tone Relation between Mandarin Chinese and Shandong Dialect”, Fifteenth LACUS Forum. Lake Bluff, Illinois: LACUS, 1989, pp. 113-17.
“A New Technique for Dialectometry”, Twelfth LACUS Forum. Lake Bluff, Illinois: LACUS, 1987, pp. 91-98.
“Multidimensional Scaling as a Dialectometrical Technique” in Papers from the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, ed. Rose Mary Babitch. The Association, 1987, pp. 33-49.
“A Computer-Simulated Glottochronological Model”, in Formalization in Historical Linguistics, ed. Mart Remmel. Tallinn: Estonian Academy of Sciences, 1986, pp. 25-31.
(with Donna L. Atkinson), “Maiden Name Retention: History and Current Attitudes”, Seminar Annual. O.G.S. Seminar '85, ed. Len Chester. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1985, pp. 37-47.
“Personal-Name-Derived Place Names: First Name, Surname, or another Choice?” in Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 13-17, 1984. Der Eigenname in Sprache und Gesellschaft: Volume IV, Vorträge und Mitteilungen in der Sektion 3, Eigennamen und Sprachgeschichte, eds. Ernst Eichler, Elke Saß, and Hans Walther. Leipzig, 1985, pp. 69-74.
“Lexicostatistical Research in Tok Pisin, Romance, and ‘Amerindian’”, Tenth LACUS Forum. Columbia, South Carolina: Hornbeam Press, 1984, pp. 305-12.
“Are Personal Name Derived Place Names Sexist?” Ninth LACUS Forum, Columbia, South Carolina: Hornbeam Press, 1983, pp. 564-70.
“Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing (Application of Lexicostatistical Method to Germanic” Eighth LACUS Forum. Columbia, South Carolina: Hornbeam Press, 1982, pp. 265-72.
“What is Global Engagement?” / “Qu’est-ce que l’engagement mondial?”, Commissioned Briefing Note, CBIE [Canadian Bureau for International Education], November 2015, for distribution at the Annual CBIE Conference, Niagara Falls, November 22-25, 2015.
(with assistance from Neil Gold, André Lapierre and Michael Stevenson) , commissioned report: “Canada’s International Education Strategy: Focus on Scholarships” / “La stratégie du Canada en éducation internationale: Les bourses d’études” (CBIE Research Series). Ottawa: CBIE [Canadian Bureau for International Education]. August 2011. [24 pages in each language]
Technical Report: (with Eric Wheeler), Finnish Dialect Atlas Project: Form of Data. Technical Report, 10- page manuscript, York University, 2006.
Technical Report: (with Eric Wheeler) Dialect Project: Technical Report, 62-page manuscript, York University, 1994.
Invited Guest Lecture: “Visit to Antarctica” (DEMS 5040.03), Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University, June 25, 2019.
Keynote Address: Graduation Ceremony for Su-On International Academy, Toronto, June 20, 2018; June 17, 2019.
Keynote Address: “The Role and Evolution of Language”, Expert Panel on Contemporary Communications: Diversity and Inclusion in Canada, The Vanier Institute of the Family, Toronto, February 28, 2017.
(Commentator), “Reflections and Perspective from a Developed Country (Canada)” (commentary on a lecture by K. M. Cherian), Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, India, February 11, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: (with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Continuum et fragmentation géolinguistiques au niveau microdialectal d’après l’analyse par graduation multidimensionnelle des données dialectales / Geolinguistic Fragmentation and Continuity at the Micro-dialectal Level, from the Multidimensional Scaling of Dialect Data”, Centre for Research on Language Contact, Glendon College, York University, March 10, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: (with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “The Romanian Dialect Atlas Project”, Glendon Linguistics Club, York University, March 2, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: “Driving Opportunities for Canada-India Research and Education Partnerships”, Canada India Forum, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, October 18, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: “Life Is a Random Walk”, Symposium with presentations from new members of the Royal Society of Canada, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto, April 11, 2011.
“Global and Local: The Confluence of Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental concerns, and Organic Farming”, Morarka Foundation Shekhawati Festival, Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, India, February 11, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: “Canada – India Education Relations”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, January 25, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Education System in Canada”, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow, India, January 29, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Education System in Canada”, IIM-Lucknow, Lucknow, India, January 29, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Higher Education in Canada”, Aravali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur, India, April 11, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Legal Education System in Canada”, National Law University, Jodhpur, India, February 8, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “The Health System in Canada, and Comparisons to Rajasthan”, IILM Academy of Higher Learning, Jaipur Campus, Jaipur, India, April 14, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Finnish-Swedish Language Contact as Reflected in the Place Names of Finland”, Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 9, 2009.
Invited University Lecture: “Mathematical Models in Dialectology”, Department of English, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India, October 26, 2009.
Invited University Lecture: (with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Digitalized Dialect Studies: North-Western Romanian”, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, June 28, 2007.
Theme Address: “The Context for Partnership Development: Ontario and India”, Sangam 2007 India – a Promise of Sustainable Growth, South Asian Business Club, Schulich School of Business, York University, March 16, 2007.
Invited University Lecture: “Bilingualism in Finland: Past, Present, and Future”, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, South Korea, May 3, 2005.
Invited University Lecture: “On the Origin of the Name Suomi”, Symposium on the Origins of the Finns and the Sami, University of Toronto, November 2, 2003.
“Introduction to the Peoples and Languages of Scandinavia”, Living and Learning in Retirement (Glendon College), January 10, 1997.
Invited University Lecture: “Multidimensional Scaling and the SED Data”, Department of Linguistics, New York University, April 12, 1996.
Invited University Lecture: “Metaphor” (guest lecture to OBIR 6020.03X), Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University, March 16, 1995.
“The Languages of Scandinavia”, Learning Unlimited (Etobicoke Seniors), January 11, 1994.
Invited University Lecture: “Les noms de lieux et l’emploi du finnois et du suédois en Finlande (approche sociolinguistique)”, Centre d’Études Finno-Ougriennes, Université de Paris-III, November 17, 1993.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics and Long Distance Relationships: from Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin”, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa, October 28, 1992.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics/Glottochronology: From Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin”, Indo-European Studies Program, University of California at Los Angeles, February 14, 1992.
Invited University Lecture: “Dialectometry: What It Is and What It Can Do”, Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, February 5, 1991; Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto, March 15, 1991.
“Finnish/Swedish Language Contact in Finland”, Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, February 6, 1991.
Invited University Lecture: “Place Names Along the Swedish-Finnish Language Boundary”, Department of Linguistics, California State University at Fullerton, February 21, 1990.
Invited Lecture: “A Historical Survey of Finnish Literature”, Finnish Ministry of Education Language and Culture Course, Rauma, Finland, July 25, 1988. [also in an abridged version to the York Colloquium of World Literature, November 8, 1989.]
Invited Lecture: “Nimistöntutkimus” (on Finnish personal names and place names), Finnish Ministry of Education Language and Culture Course, Rauma, Finland, July 21, 1988.
Invited University Lecture: “Dialectometry Seminar”, Department of Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles, February 10, 1988 (3-hour presentation).
Invited University Lecture: “Glottochronology/Lexicostatistics: Past and Present”, Historical Linguistics Study Group, University of California at Berkeley, February 17, 1988.
Invited University Lecture: “Mathematical Methods in Dialectology”, Department of Linguistics, California State University at Fullerton, February 11, 1988.
“Women and Naming”, Bnai Brith (Markham-Unionville Chapter), March 16, 1988.
Invited University Lecture: "Glottochronology and Lexicostatistics: Past and Present”, Linguistics Program, California State University at Hayward, April 29, 1987.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics: Past, Present, and Future”, Department of Linguistics, California State University at Fullerton, April 21, 1987.
Invited University Lecture: “Mathematical Methods of Genetic Classification”, Indo European Studies Program, University of California at Los Angeles, May 7, 1987.
Invited University Lecture: “Mathematical Methods of Genetic Classification”, Symposium on Genetic Classification of Languages, Rice University, Houston, March 20, 1986.
Invited University Lecture: “Women and Naming”, Department of Linguistics, California State University at Fullerton, October 28, 1986.
Invited University Lecture: “Dialectometry: What It Is and What It Can Do”, Toronto Linguistics Atelier, September 27, 1985.
Invited University Lecture: “Glottochronology/Lexicostatistics: Brief History of the Swadesh Method”, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, November 28, 1985.
Invited University Lecture: “Current Results in Glottochronology”, Department of Russian, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 10, 1984.
Invited University Lecture: “Dialectometry”, Department of Anthropology SUNY, Albany, March 9, 1984.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics and ‘Amerindian’”, Department of Anthropology, SUNY, Albany, October 11, 1984.
Invited University Lecture: “Glottochronology/Lexicostatistics: Brief History of Various Methods, Applications of the Current Methods, and Prospects for Athapaskan”, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, November 25, 1982.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics: Past and Present”, Department of Linguistics, New York University, October 7, 1982.
Invited University Lecture: “The Use of Computer Simulation in Historical Linguistics”, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa, April 2, 1982.
Invited University Lecture: “Glottochronology”, Scarborough College, April 3, 1981.
Invited University Lecture: “Linguistic Approaches to Reading”, Faculty of Education, York University, June 22, 1981.
Invited University Lecture: “Current Research in Glottochronology and Lexicostatistics”, Interdepartmental Linguistics Program, University of Virginia (Charlottesville), February 18, 1981.
Invited University Lecture: “Derivation of Mathematical Formulae and Application to Computer Generated Data of Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing”, Toronto Linguistics Atelier, September 12, 1980.
Invited Speaker: “Canada India Higher Education Cooperation", Roundtable, November 17, 2009, New Delhi, India. [I was one of three Canadians invited by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to participate in this roundtable, which was part of PM Harper’s 3-day mission to India.]
Member of the Scientific Committee, 28th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, August 19–23, 2024.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, York University, Toronto, May 28 - 29, 2023.
Member of the Program Committee, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2023), June 28-30, 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York, August 2–5, 2022.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, July 19-23, 2021 (virtual).
Member of the Scientific Committee, 27th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, August 23–28, 2020. (Conference postponed to 2021, due to CoViD-19 pandemic.)
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, July 23–26, 2019.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, July 23–27, 2018.
Member of the Program Committee, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2018), Wroclaw, Poland, July 5-8, 2018.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ryerson University, Toronto, May 27–28, 2017.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, July 31–August 5, 2017.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 26th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Debrecen, Hungary, August 27–September 1, 2017.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 2–August 5, 2016.
Member of the Program Committee, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2016), August 24-28, 2016, Trier, Germany.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York, August 4–August 7, 2015.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, May 24–26, 2014.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, August 6–August 9, 2014.
Member of the Program Committee, 15th Conference on Methods in Dialectology, Groningen, the Netherlands, August 11–15, 2014.
Member of the Program Committee, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2014), May 29–June 1, 2014, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Member of Conference Advisory Committee, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Annual Conference, November 17-20, 2013, Vancouver.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, July 29–August 1, 2013.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Waterloo, May 25-27, 2012.
Co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, August 8-11, 2012.
Member of the Program Committee, European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics Workshop, “Uncovering Language History from Multilingual Resources”, Avignon, France, April 23-27, 2012.
Member of Conference Advisory Committee, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Annual Conference, November 20-23, 2011, Ottawa. (Member of subcommittee on Canada-Arab Education Forum, member of selection panel for session proposals.)
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, July 2011.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 24th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Barcelona, September 4–10, 2011.
Member of the “Comité d’honneur”, 24th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Barcelona, September 4 – 10, 2011.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, July 2010.
Chair of 2009 Conference Program Committee, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Annual Conference, November 8-11, 2009, Toronto.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Université Laval, June 2008.
Member of the Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 5 – 8, 2008.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, York University, August 17-22, 2008.
Organizer of “Strengthening India Studies in Canada: Targets for the Next Decade”, Shastri 40th Anniversary Symposium, October 20, 2008, York University, Toronto.
President of the Congress (Chair of the Organizing Committee), 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, York University, August 17-22, 2008.
Co-organizer (with Joe Salmons) of Workshop on Quantitative Approaches to Comparative Linguistics, International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, August 6 - 11, 2007. (workshop was August 6)
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Eastern Kentucky University, 2007.
Member of the Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, January 4 – 7, 2007.
Member of the Program Committee, Association for Computational Linguistics Workshop on Computing and Historical Phonology, Prague, June 24 – 29, 2007. (workshops June 28 – 29)
Local Organizer, Annual Meeting, International Linguistic Association, York University, March 31 – April 2, 2006.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Toronto, 2006.
Member of the Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 5-8, 2006.
Adviser to Organizing Committee (for section on Brand Names), 22nd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Pisa, Italy, August 28-September 4, 2005.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 2005.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada Annual Meeting, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, May 29-31, 2004.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Illinois at Chicago, July 27-31, 2004.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Historical Linguistics, XVII International Congress of Linguists, Prague, Czech Republic, July 24 – 29, 2003.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Victoria, British Columbia, July 29 – August 2, 2003.
Local Organizer, Annual Meeting, International Linguistic Association, York University, April 5-7, 2002.
Member of Scientific Committee and Organizer of Special Section (Teaching and Popularization of Onomastics), 21st International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, August 19-24, 2002.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Toledo, Ohio, July 30-August 3, 2002.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Université du Québec à Montréal, July 31-August 4, 2001.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, American Name Society at Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 6-9, 2000.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Edmonton (Alberta), August 3-7, 1999.
Member of Scientific Committee and Organizer of Section 4 (Socio-Onomastics), 20th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, September 20-25, 1999.
Member of the Conference Committee, International Linguistic Association, 1999-2002.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Claremont (California), July 28-August 1, 1998.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, July 29 - August 2, 1997.
Local Organizer, American Name Society Annual Meeting (at the Modern Language Association), Toronto, December 27-30, 1997.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, York University, July 29 - August 2, 1997.
Abstract Reviewer, Eighth Student Conference in Linguistics (SCIL VIII), New York University, April 19-21, 1996.
Chair of Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 27-30, 1996.
Co-organizer of Symposium and Banquet, “Sibelius”, Canadian Friends of Finland, February 23-24, 1996.
Chair of Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, December 27-30, 1995.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Sixth Annual Indo-European Conference, UCLA, May 26-28, 1994.
Member of Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, December 27-30, 1994.
Member of Program Committee, Second International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics (QUALICO), Moscow, Russia, September 20-24, 1994.
Co-organizer of Symposium and Banquet, “The Influence of the Orthodox Church upon Finnish Culture”, Canadian Friends of Finland, University of Toronto, November 19, 1994.
Local Organizer, American Name Society Annual Meeting (at the Modern Language Association), Toronto, December 27-30, 1993.
Member of the Organizing Board of Section 3 “Socio-onomastics”, 18th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Trier, Germany, April 12-17, 1993.
Co-organizer of Symposium and Banquet, “The Role of Sports in Finnish Culture”, Canadian Friends of Finland, University of Toronto, November 21, 1992.
Co-organizer of Symposium and Banquet, “Finland Before Christianity”, Canadian Friends of Finland, University of Toronto, November 16, 1991.
Member of 4-member Standing Committee (equivalent to Executive) of QUALICO conference series, 1991-present.
Member of Conference Committee, Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans, New York, April 6-7, 1991.
Member of Program Committee, First Quantitative Linguistics Conference (QUALICO), Trier, Germany, September 23-27, 1991.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, East Lansing (Michigan), August 16-20, 1988.
Co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, August 4-8, 1987.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, August 4-8, 1987.
Member of Program and Scientific Committee, 16th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Quebec City, August 16-22, 1987.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Arlington (Texas), August 12-16, 1986.
Member of Conference Committee (i.e. abstract selection committee), International Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, New York, March 8-9, 1986.
Member of Technical Program Committee and Local Organizing Committee, 12th International Congress on Acoustics, Toronto, July 24-August 1, 1986.
Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee and Chair of the Program Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Learned Societies Conference, Guelph, June 11-12, 1984.
Program planner, Toronto Linguistics Atelier, 1980-1984.
Co-edited Book: (with Michael Cummings, Casey Sutcliffe, William Sullivan & Dan Mailman), Thirty-Ninth LACUS Forum: Language Varieties.
Journal Article: (with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Baltic Germans in the Russian Imperial Navy: Navigators, Explorers, and Contributors to Place Naming”, Onomastica. (Submitted for publication in a special issue.)
Book Review: Alok Mukherjee, ‘This Gift of English”, Word (to appear).
Book Review: Anu Kapur, ‘Mapping Place Names of India’, Onoma
Book Review: Grant Smith, ‘Names as Metaphors in Shakespeare’s Comedies’, Onoma.
Book Chapter: “Canada-India Academic Relations: Brief History and Future Perspective”. Facing the Future Together: Exploring Canada India Pathways for Canada-India Collaborations, eds, Dawn Bazely and Nivedita Das Kundu. (submitted)
Book Review: Marja Järventausta and Marko Pantermöller (eds.), ‘Finnische Sprache, Literatur und Kultur im deutschsprachigen Raum’, Word (to appear).
Journal Article: “Names in India: History, Colonialism, Renaming, Contemporary Issues”, Onomastica. (Submitted for publication in a special volume.)
[Book Review]: Terhi Ainiala, Minna Saarelma & Paula Sjöblom, ‘Names in Focus’, Journal of Finnish Studies (to appear).
“Tony F. W. Embleton 1929-2020”, Memorial Tributes, vol. 24. Washington, DC: National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America, 2022, pp. 87-92.
(with Mike Stinson, Gilles Daigle & Umberto Berardi), “A Tribute to Tony F. W. Embleton”, Canadian Acoustics / Acoustique canadienne, 49:1 (2021): 35.
Blog Post: (with Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Amira El-Masri, Zainab Kizilbash & Neville Panthaki), “Returning a Precious Piece of India’s Heritage: What Does PM Modi’s Visit Signify for the Indo-Canadian Bilateral Relationship?”, CBIE [Canadian Bureau for International Education], April 30, 2015.
“Friends at York University Honoured Varpu Lindström”, Vapaa Sana, June 21, 2010.
“Need to Act Now”, India Abroad Supplement on Education, July 2010.
“Need to Create an Attractive Profile for Canadian Education”, India Abroad, January 15, 2010.
“York University Welcomes Indian Students”, India Abroad Supplement on Education, page 10, June 2007.
(Co-edited with Edward Fichtner), Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. Special issues of Word. Articles published over 2 volumes (6 issues). 43:1-2-3 (April-August-December 1992): pp. 161 and 44:1-2-3 (April-August-December 1993): 223 pp.
“User’s Guide to the Lexicostatistical Simulation and Reconstruction Programs”, University of Toronto, 1981. (This 5l-page user’s guide to the lexicostatistical simulation and reconstruction algorithm programs was developed as part of my Ph.D. thesis, allowing for varying replacement and borrowing rates, etc., written in response to numerous requests for copies of the program.)
“Mathematical Linguistics Bibliography”, University of Toronto, 1978. (This 10-page annotated bibliography, subdivided by subject area, was designed to aid the newcomer to the field. It was distributed to all faculty members and graduate students in the Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, as well as to various other interested people.)
Dr. Sheila Embleton pursues an internationally recognized research agenda in multiple fields of linguistics but is also well known for contributions to the study of post-secondary education. She holds the title of Distinguished Research Professor in Linguistics at York University, where from 2000 to 2009 she served as Vice-President Academic (VP-Academic & Provost in 2008-09). In January 2023, Dr. Embleton became interim President of Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Embleton’s academic background and graduate work includes both mathematics (BSc 1975, MSc 1976, U of Toronto) and linguistics (PhD 1981, U of Toronto). Her formal training also encompasses four certificates granted by European institutions: linguistics, French (Université de Poitiers, 1974); German (Österreichisch-Amerikanische Gesellschaft, 1976); linguistics (Universität Salzburg, 1977); and Finnish (Finnish Ministry of Education, 1988). Her areas of language specialization include English, German, Germanic, French, Romance, Russian, Slavic, Finnish and Finno-Ugric. A native speaker of English, she has excellent command of French and German, good command of Russian, moderate command of Spanish, Finnish, and Swedish, and basic command of Italian. Her reading knowledge extends to Norwegian, Danish, Latin, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Estonian, Dutch, and several Slavic languages.
In linguistics, Dr. Embleton's substantial scholarly output as author or editor ranges through historical linguistics and language change, mathematical/statistical methods in linguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, onomastics, Finnish literature, and women and language. She is best known for applications of mathematical and statistical methods to linguistic problems broadly, with early work mostly in methods of tree reconstruction for families of related languages. Among Dr. Embleton’s most prominent publications is the enduring and still much-cited Statistics in Historical Linguistics (1986). Two recent volumes she co-edited are Language and Text: Data, Models, Information, Applications (2021) and Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language (2022). Her current linguistics research, which has been supported by a series of grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), focuses predominantly on dialectometry (statistical methods applied to dialect study), with particular application to British, Finnish, and Romanian dialects. Over the past several decades, Dr. Embleton’s distinguished contributions in linguistics have been acknowledged in Canada and abroad. She has held the positions of Visiting Professor, Vilém Mathesius Centre, Charles University, Prague and Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles (twice). In addition, she has been named: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Invited Member, Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura (Finnish Literature Society); Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland; Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA; London, UK); Fellow of the Bahamas Historical Society; and Continuing Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto.
During her vice-presidency at York, Dr. Embleton began to investigate post-secondary education through a researcher’s lens. She is interested in many policy and practical issues related to contemporary post-secondary education, both in Canada and internationally, especially in the European Union and India, research that has also been supported by SSHRC. She is equally a tireless advocate both for the internationalization of education and for access to higher education, based on merit rather than social, financial, or geographical factors. In 2005, the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) presented her with its Internationalization Leadership Award. As a specialist of post-secondary education, she has pursued two commissioned reports for CBIE, and also studied such specific topics as: the significance of scholarships in attracting international students to Canada; post-secondary collaborations between Canada and India; national and international policy in higher education; comparison of the objectives of international students versus those of the Canadian post-secondary institutions trying to attract them; and comparison of the internationalization of Chinese and Indian higher education. As part of her commitment to the internationalization of post-secondary education, Dr. Embleton led York’s India Strategy from 2005-09, and was closely involved in the preparation, negotiation, and approvals for York University’s Schulich School of Business MBA program in India. In 2011, the university recognized her with its Award for Outstanding Contribution to Internationalization. In addition, Dr. Embleton has represented York at the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute since 2001, and between 2008 and 2010 served consecutively as the Institute’s vice-president and president, during which time she led a strategic planning process. In general, Dr. Embleton has been involved in many aspects of academic relations between Canada and India, including visiting dozens of Indian universities, institutes, and government ministries. She frequently lectures, writes for the media, and leads panels on the rapidly evolving higher education scene in India.
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7245-1845
Degrees
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of TorontoM.Sc., Mathematics & Statistics, University of Toronto
B.Sc., Mathematics & Linguistics, University of Toronto
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesProfessional Leadership
Dr. Embleton has taken on prominent leadership roles throughout her career, positions which have allowed her to be an advocate for positive change within the institutions and organizations with which she has affiliated herself. In certain roles, she has influenced government policy. She has been an on-site assessor, in both academic and governance matters, at several universities across Canada, for the Romanian Research Assessment Exercise, and twice for the German Excellence Initiative. While Chief Steward of the York University Faculty Association from 2011 to 2022, she provided both grievance and equity training for the Canadian Association of University Teachers at many Canadian universities, and is the most recent winner of CAUT’s Bernice Schrank Award.
In January 2023, Dr. Embleton became Interim President, Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne. In this position, she is drawing on experience acquired during her years in academic administration at York University where she was Vice-President Academic / Academic & Provost from 2000 to 2009, having previously been Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1994 to 2000. While a university vice-president, she also chaired the Ontario Council of Academic Vice-Presidents (OCAV) from 2004 to 2008 and the National Vice-Presidents Academic Council from 2006 to 2007. As Chair of OCAV, she conceived and established the Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa exchange program, including securing provincial government funding for it. She is past President of the Canada India Education Council and past chair of CIEC’s Academic Relations Committee. Dr. Embleton also participated in advising and planning for the academic portions of visits to India by Ontario Premiers Dalton McGuinty (Jan 2007, Dec 2009) and Kathleen Wynne (Feb 2016), Québec Premier Jean Charest (Feb 2010), BC Premier Christy Clark (Nov 2011), and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Nov 2009, Nov 2012). She has been a member of Global Affairs Canada’s Focus India, Focus China and Focus Brazil groups, and a member of the Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Joint Study Group Advisory Committee.
Dr. Embleton is equally well known as a research leader. Since becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, she has served on the Society’s executive as Secretary (2015-2021), and most recently became President of its Academy of Arts and Humanities. Her enduring commitment to mathematics and wide-ranging interests in linguistics have seen her take on executive roles in/directorships of: the American Name Society, the Canadian Friends of Finland Education Foundation, the Canadian Society for the Study of Names, the International Council of Onomastic Sciences, the Linguistic Association of Canada and the US (LACUS), and the International Quantitative Linguistics Association. She is currently a member of the Ontario Geographical Names Board (Chair from June 2018, provincial appointment), and formerly held board positions with MITACS (Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems), Mprime Networks, the Canadian Bureau for International Education, TOEFL (Princeton, NJ), the TOEFL Committee of Examiners, and the Board of the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (Chair 2015-18).
Dr. Embleton’s research leadership also encompasses considerable editorial contributions. In addition to co-editing multiple works, she is a member of the editorial boards of numerous journals and book series, many of them the foremost in her fields. For instance, with the journal Diachronica she held the position of Managing Editor from 1988-91, and then became Associate Editor, a role in which she continues to the present. For Word, she has been Review Editor (1989-2013), a member of its Editorial Board (1989-2015), and in 2022 became a member of its Advisory Editorial Board. She also enjoyed a longstanding editorial affiliation with the Journal of Finnish Studies, serving as both its Review Editor and a member of it Editorial Board from 1996 to 2021. In 2021, Linguistics and Literature Review recognized Dr. Embleton with the honorary title of Chief Editor.
Community Contributions
Over the course of her career, Dr. Embleton has embraced opportunities to share her expertise with communities outside the academy, offering her general knowledge as an educator or her specific expertise in one of her areas of research engagement. In this spirit, she has served as judge for a student writing competition sponsored by Canada Post and an Earth Day scholarship program organized by Toyota. When a Toronto radio station needed a phonetics coach for its radio actors, Dr. Embleton took on the role. For a police discipline hearing, she stood as expert witness. In 2017, she participated in an Ada Lovelace Day held at the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences, contributing to a panel about "Emerging Research Opportunities, Diversity, and Inclusion."
Since the mid-1980s, Dr. Embleton has interacted with media on several continents over one hundred times about different aspects of her research. The media has shown particular fascination for her linguistic work related to names and naming, an area of investigation in which Dr. Embleton has explored names associated with people from various countries or cultural groups, places located around the globe, and even the naming of aircrafts and wineries. For organizations like Bnai Brith (Markham-Unionville Chapter) and the Ontario Genealogical Society, Dr. Embleton has given talks on the subject of women and practices around their names, including historical insight into the retention of maiden names. She has been equally pleased to share her knowledge of Scandinavian languages and cultures with seniors’ organizations, and speak before the Canadian Friends of Finland on “The Role of English in Contemporary Finland” (2002).
Research Interests
Awards
Current Research Projects
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Supported by a SSHRCC Insight Grant $79,318. Co-applicants: Dorin Uritescu* and Eric Wheeler
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Exploration of contemporary issues in higher education policy, with a particular emphasis on comparative studies or those involving internationalization.
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Funded so far by a series of five SSHRCC grants.
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A study of place-names and personal-names, particularly as they reflect societal attitudes and changes.
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All Publications
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Too Much of a Good Thing”, in Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language, eds. Makoto Yamazaki, Haruko Sanada, Reinhard Köhler, Sheila Embleton, Relja Vulanovic & Eric S. Wheeler. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton, 2022, pp. 37-48. DOI 10.1515/9783110763560-004
(with Adam Pawlowski, Jan Macutek & George Mikros), “Introduction”, in Language and Text: Data, Models, Information, Applications, eds. Adam Pawlowski, Jan Macutek, Sheila Embleton & George Mikros. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2021, pp. 2-6.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “The Perils of Big Data,” in Language and Text: Data, Models, Information, Applications, eds. Adam Pawlowski, Jan Macutek, Sheila Embleton & George Mikros. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2021, pp. 138-44.
(with Eric Wheeler & Dorin Uritescu), “Language Identification by Simple Character Profiles”, in Words and Numbers: In Memory of Peter Grzybek (1957-2019), eds. Emmerich Kelih & Reinhard Köhler. Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag, 2020, pp. 44-52.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar & Amira El Masri), “ ‘Canada doesn’t have a Harvard and that’s a good thing…’: World Class Universities and the shifting Canadian higher education policy terrain”, In Pursuit of World Class Universities: A Global Experience, ed. Marcelo Rabossi, Saeed Paivandi & Kishore Joshi. Delhi, India: Studera Press, 2018, pp. 269-96.
“Encountering Mathematics and a Mathematics Institute”, The Fields Institute Turns Twenty-Five, ed. Elaine McKinnon Riehm. Toronto: The Fields Institute, 2017, pp. 115-20. [short article invited for this volume, not refereed.]
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), "Play with the Data!", in Festschrift for Reinhard Köhler on the occasion of his 65th birthday, eds. Emmerich Kelih, Roísín Knight, Jàn Mačutek & Andrew Wilson. Issues In Quantitative Linguistics, 4. Studies in Quantitative Linguistics, 23. Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag, 2016, pp.128-34.
"Historical Linguistics: Numerical Methods", in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, volume 11, editor-in-chief James D. Wright. Oxford: Elsevier, 2015, pp.23-26.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar), "The Complex Web of Policy Choices: Dilemmas Facing Indian Higher Education Reform", Higher Education in the BRICS Countries: Investigating the Pact between Higher Education and Society, eds. Simon Schwarzman, Rómulo Pinheiro & Pundy Pillai. Higher Education Dynamics, 44. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London: Springer, 2015, pp. 312-34.
“The Building of International Alliances: A Case Study of Canada-India Collaborations in Post-secondary Education”, in Making Policy in Turbulent Times: Challenges and Prospects for Higher Education, eds. Paul Axelrod, Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Theresa Shanahan & Richard Wellen. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013, pp. 381-403.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), "Effective Comparisons of Geographic and Linguistic Distances", in Synergetic Linguistics [Fs. Reinhard Köhler], eds. Gabriel Altmann, Peter Grzybek, Sven Naumann & Relja Vulanovic. Vienna: Praesens Verlag, 2012, pp. 225-32.
"Importance of Scholarships to International Education", in A World of Learning: Canada's Performance and Potential in International Education / Un monde à apprendre: Resultants et potential du Canada en matière d'éducation internationale, ed. Jennifer Humphries. Ottawa: Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2012, pp. 30-32.
"Scholarships for Study in Canada", in A World of Learning: Canada's Performance and Potential in International Education / Un monde à apprendre: resultants et potential du Canada en matière d'éducation internationale, ed. Jennifer Humphries. Ottawa: Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2012, p. 68.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler) , “How do I know if I am right? Checking quantitative hypotheses”, in Text and Language: Structures, Functions, Interrelations. Quantitative Perspectives, eds. Peter Grzybek, Emmerich Kelih & Ján Mačutek. Vienna: Praesens Verlag, 2010, pp. 49-56.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Data Management and Linguistic Analysis: Multidimensional Scaling applied to Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, in Issues in Quantitative Linguistics, ed. Reinhard Köhler. Studies in Quantitative Linguistics 5. Lüdenscheid, Germany, RAM Verlag, 2009, pp. 10-16.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “The Stability of Multidimensional Scaling over Large Data Sets: Evidence from the Digitized Atlas of Finnish”, in Mélanges en l’honneur de Juhani Härmä, eds. Eva Havu, Mervi Helkkula & Ulla Tuomarla. Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique de Helsinki LXXVII. Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, 2009, pp. 101-08.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler) “Romanian Online Dialect Atlas: Data Capture and Presentation”, in Viribus Quantitatis: Festschrift for Gabriel Altmann, eds. Peter Grzybek and Reinhard Köhler. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2006, pp. 87-96.
“Historical Linguistics: Numerical Methods”, in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, eds. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. Elsevier, 2004, pp. 6743-47.
“Quantitative Methods and Lexicostatistics in the 20th century”, in History of the Language Sciences, vol. 2, eds. Sylvain Auroux et al. Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2001, pp. 1998-2005.
“Lexicostatistics/Glottochronology: From Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin to Future Horizons”, in Time Depth in Historical Linguistics, eds. Colin Renfrew, April McMahon and Larry Trask. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2000, pp. 143-65.
(with John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe), “Introduction: Problems of Structuralist Beginnings (and Endings)”, in The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the Transition from Historical-Comparative to Structural Linguistics, eds. Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1999, pp. ix-xxviii.
(with André Lapierre), “Commercial Aircraft Naming”, in You Name It: Perspectives on Onomastic Research eds. Ritva Liisa Pitkänen and Kaija Mallat. Helsinki: Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, 1997, pp. 217-36.
(with Eric Wheeler), “Multidimensional Scaling and the SED Data”, in The Computer Developed Linguistic Atlas of England 2, eds. Wolfgang Viereck and Heinrich Ramisch. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1997, pp. 5-11.
(with Raimo Anttila), “The Iconic Index: From Sound Change to Rhyming Slang”, in Iconicity in Language, ed. Raffaele Simone. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1995, pp. 87-118. (revised, updated, and expanded version of 1989 article, solicited by Simone)
“Mathematical Concepts in Historical/Comparative Linguistics”, in Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, vol. 2, editor-in-chief William Bright. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp. 131-35. [second revised edition, editor-in-chief William Frawley, 2003]
“Mathematical Methods of Genetic Classification”, in Sprung from Some Common Source: Investigations into the Prehistory of Languages, eds. Sydney M. Lamb and E. Douglas Mitchell. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991, pp. 365-88.
“The Translation of Names in Astérix”, in Viribus Unitis: Festschrift Gabriel Altmann, eds. Rüdiger Grotjahn, Sebastian Kempgen, Reinhard Köhler, and Werner Lehfeldt, Wissenschaftlicher. Verlag: Trier, 1991, pp. 17-38.
“Incorporating Borrowing Rates in Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction”, in Historical Linguistics, ed. by Barron Brainerd. Bochum, West Germany: Brockmeyer, 1983, pp. 1-24. Translated into Rumanian by Solomon Marcus, appears also as “Ameliorari fundamentale ale modelului lui Swadesh”, Timpul, 1984.
“Reply to Henri Guiter’s ‘Origines Indo Européennes et Glottochronologie’”, in Historical Linguistics, ed. Barron Brainerd. Bochum, West Germany: Brockmeyer, 1983, pp. 222-30.
Michel Beaulieu, David K. Ratz, and Ronald N. Harpelle, eds. ‘Hard Work Conquers All: Building the Finnish Community in Canada’, Canadian Historical Review 102:2 (June 2021): 341-44.
Michael Corballis, ‘The Truth about Language: What It Is and Where It Came From’, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 41: 8 (2020): 740-42. (Online version published August 29, 2019.)
Peter Grzybek (ed.), Contributions to the Science of Text and Language. Word Length Studies and Related Issues, Zeitschrift für Rezensionen zur germanistischen Sprachwissenschaft, 2:1 (2010): 69-74.
William Bright, ‘Native American Place Names of the United States’, Language, 38:4 (2008): 877-80.
Brett Kessler, ‘The Significance of Word Lists’, Diachronica, 22: 2 (2005): 429-50.
(with Hans Holm), H. Mark Hubey, ‘Mathematical Foundations of Linguistics’, Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 8:2 (August 2001): 149-62.
Dieter Kremer (ed.), ‘Namensoziologie’, Rivista Italiana di Onomastica, 7: 2 (2001): 596-99. (in French)
Merrily K. Aubrey, ‘Place Names of Alberta, volume 4, Northern Alberta’, Names, 46:1 (March 1998): 42-49.
Adrian Room, ‘An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies’, Onomastica Canadiana, volume 79:2 (December 1997): 118-22.
April M.S. McMahon, ‘Understanding Language Change’, Diachronica, 14:1 (1997): 137-48.
Harald Haarman, ‘Die Sprachenwelt Europas: Geschichte und Zukunft der Sprachnationen zwischen Atlantik und Ural’, Language in Society, 24: 1 (March 1995): 138-41.
Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, and Paul Black, ‘An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment’, Diachronica, 12:2 (1995): 263-68.
Lutz Hummel, ‘Dialektometrische Analysen zum Kleinen Deutschen Sprachatlas [KDSA]’, Language, 71:1 (March 1995): 197-98.
(with Raimo Anttila), Norman Bird, ‘The Roots and Non-Roots of Indo-European: A Lexicostatistical Survey’, Diachronica, 12:2 (1995): 251-54.
Lars Vikør, ‘The Nordic Languages: Their Status and Interrelations’, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 7 ( 1994): 93-99.
Robbins Burling, ‘Patterns of Language: Structure, Variation, Change’, Language in Society, 23: 4 (December 1994): 600-604.
Tracey Harrison, ‘Place Names of Alberta, volume 3, Central Alberta’, Names, 42:4 (December 1994): 292-96.
Edgar C. Polomé (ed.), ‘Research Guide on Language Change’, Diachronica, 10: 2 (1993): 270-84.
Hans Henrich Hock, ‘Principles of Historical Linguistics, Second Edition’, Diachronica, 10: 1 (1993): 131-34.
Jenny Cheshire (ed.), ‘English Around the World: Sociolinguistic Perspectives’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 38:4 (December 1993): 444-50.
Aphrodite Karamitsanis, ‘Place Names of Alberta, volume 1, Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills’, ‘volume 2, Southern Alberta’, Names, 40:3 (September 1992): 200-202.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), Charles V.J. Russ (ed.), ‘The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 37: 1 (March 1992): 61-63.
Philippe Thoiron and Alain Pavé, “Index et Concordance pour ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ de Lewis Carroll”, Glottometrika, 13 (1992): 299-300.
Royal Skousen, ‘Analogical Modeling of Language’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 37:1 (March 1992): 85-90.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), Stephen Barbour and Patrick Stevenson, ‘Variation in German: A Critical Approach to German Sociolinguistics’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 37:1 (March 1992): 55-61.
Heikki Leskinen and Eero Kiviniemi (eds.), ‘Finnish Onomastics/Namenkunde in Finnland’, Onomastica Canadiana, 73: 1 (June 1991): 42-48.
Heinrich Kleine, ‘Phonologische und Statistisch-Dialektgeographische Untersuchungen an Nordelsässischen Ortsdialekten’, Language, 67:1 (March 1991): 183-84.
Mieko Ogura, ‘Dynamic Dialectology: A Study of Language in Time and Space’, Language, 67:3 (September 1991): 657-58.
Mieko Ogura, “Dynamic Dialectology: A Study of Language in Time and Space”, Diachronica, 8:1 (1991): 103-16.
Alfred Bammesberger, ‘English Linguistics’, Word, 41:3 (December 1990): 371-76. [preliminary version, California Linguistic Newsletter, 20: 3 (May-June 1990): 30-31.]
Jean-Claude Boulanger (ed.), ‘Le Nom Propre au Carrefour des études humaines et des Sciences Sociales’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 35:4 (December 1990): 379-80.
‘Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung. Band 100/Heft 1 und 2’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 35: 1 (March 1990): 54-56.
Alexis Manaster-Ramer (ed.), ‘Mathematics of Language’, Language, 65: 4 (December 1989) 902-904.
Robert L. Hadlich and J.D. Ellsworth (eds.), ‘East Meets West: Homage to Edgar C. Knowlton, Jr.’, Word, 40:3 (December 1989): 375-82.
Stanley McCray, ‘Advanced Principles of Historical Linguistics’, Word, 40:3 (December 1989): 403-07.
Frank Parker, ‘Linguistics for Non-Linguists’, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 84:4 (October 1988): 1574-75.
Gyula Décsy, ‘Statistical Report on the Languages of the World as of 1985, Part II’, Language, 64:3 (September 1988): 649-50.
Peter E. Raper, ‘Dictionary of Southern African Place Names’, Onomastica Canadiana, 70:2 (December 1988): 89-92.
(with Raimo Anttila), Vitalij V. Shevoroshkin and T. L. Markey (eds.), ‘Typology, Relationship and Time’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 33:1 (March 1988): 79-89.
André Martinet, ‘Des Steppes aux Océans: L’indo européen et les “Indo Européens”’, Language, 63:2 (June 1987): 426-27.
Anthony Woods, Paul Fletcher, and Arthur Hughes, ‘Statistics in Language Studies’, Language, 63:4 (December 1987): 921-22.
Cheris Kramarae and Paula A. Treichler, ‘A Feminist Dictionary’, Journal of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, 9 (1987): 161-64.
combined review of Florian Coulmas, ‘Sprache und Staat: Studien zur Sprachplanung’, and Florian Coulmas (ed.), ‘Linguistic Minorities and Literacy’, Language, 63:4 (December 1987): 906-10.
George Yule, ‘The Study of Language’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 32:2 (June 1987): 214-16.
Gyula Décsy, ‘Statistical Report on the Languages of the World as of 1985, Part I’, Language, 63:2 (June 1987): 448-50.
John M. Kirk, Stewart Sanderson, and J. D. A. Widdowson (eds.), ‘Studies in Linguistic Geography’, Language, 63:2 (June 1987): 429-30.
Peter Stein, ‘Kreolisch und Französisch’, Language, 63:2 (June 1987): 446-47.
Richard Y. Bourhis (ed.), ‘Conflict and Language Planning in Quebec’, Language in Society, 16:2 (June 1987): 261-65.
W. J. Hutchins, ‘Machine Translation: Past, Present, Future’, Computers and Translation, 2 (1987): 119-23.
Wolfgang Huber, ‘Vom quantitativen zum qualitativen Begriff der Information’, Erasmus [I have not been able to ascertain the page numbers].
Alfred Bammesberger, ‘A Sketch of Diachronic English Morphology’, Language, 62:1 (March 1986): 212-13.
Alfred Bammesberger, ‘English Etymology’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 31:3 (Fall 1986): 303-06.
David Kilby, ‘Descriptive Syntax and the English Verb’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 31:3 (Fall 1986): 306-08.
István Bátori and Heinz J. Weber (eds.), ‘Neue Ansätze in Maschineller Sprachübersetzung: Wissensrepräsentation und Textbezug’, Computers and Translation, 1:4 (October-December 1986): 269-71.
Michael Clyne, ‘Language and Society in the German Speaking Countries’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 30:4 (Winter 1986): 486-88.
Virgil J. Vogel, ‘Indian Names in Michigan’, Onomastica Canadiana, 68:2 (December 1986): 67-68.
W.F. Bolton, ‘The Language of 1984: Orwell’s English and Ours’, Language, 62: 1 (March 1986): 214-15.
Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demers, and Robert M. Harnish, ‘Linguistics: an Introduction to Language and Communication’, Second Edition, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 30:1 (Spring 1985): 84-90.
Aldo Scaglione, (ed.), ‘The Emergence of National Languages’, Language, 61:3 (September 1985): 732-33.
Annette Sabban, ‘Gälisch Englischer Sprachkontakt’, Language, 61:3 (September 1985): 719.
Charles W. J Withers, ‘Gaelic in Scotland 1698-1981’, Language, 61:3 (September 1985): 718-19.
Francine Frank and Frank Anshen, ‘Language and the Sexes’, Language, 61:4 (December 1985): 935.
Gerald Leonard Cohen, ‘Origin of the Term “Shyster”’, Language, 61:4 (December 1985): 924-25.
James Floyd Smith, ‘Language and Language Attitudes in a Bilingual Community: Terherne (Friesland)’, Language in Society, 14:2 (June 1985): 279.
John R. Costello, ‘Syntactic Change and Syntactic Reconstruction: A Tagmemic Approach’, Language, 61: 2 (June 1985): 497-98.
Karl-Dieter Bünting and Wolfgang Eichler, ‘ABC der deutschen Grammatik’, Die Unterrichtspraxis, 18:1 (Spring 1985): 216-17.
Lawrence D. Carrington (ed.), ‘Studies in Caribbean Language’, Language, 61:4 (December 1985): 927-28.
Mary R. Miller, ‘Place Names of the Northern Neck of Virginia’, Language in Society, 14:1 (March 1985): 145-46.
Philip M. Smith, ‘Language, the Sexes and Society’, Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, 6: 4 (Winter 1985): 119-20.
Walter A. Sedelow and Sally Yeates Sedelow, (eds.), ‘Computers in Language Research, Volume 2’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 30:1 (Spring 1985): 83-84.
Beatrice Stadler, ‘Language Maintenance and Assimilation: The Case of Selected German Speaking Immigrants in Vancouver, Canada’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 29:2 (Fall 1984): 190-92.
Daniel Dugast, ‘La Statistique Lexicale’, Quantitative Linguistics, 25 (1984): 184-87.
Daniel Dugast, ‘Vocabulaire et Stylistique 1: Théâtre et Dialogue’, Quantitative Linguistics, 26 (1984): 164-67.
Evelyn Hatch and Hossein Farhady, ‘Research Design and Statistics for Applied Linguistics’, Word, 35:3 (December 1984): 283-85.
Hans Goebl, ‘Dialektometrie: Prinzipien und Methoden des Einsatzes der Numerischen Taxonomie im Bereich der Dialektgeographie’, Language, 60:3 (September 1984): 654-55.
Isabelle Kreindler, (ed.), ‘The Changing Status of Russian in the Soviet Union’, Language, 60:1 (March 1984): 159-61.
Jürgen Kunz (ed.) ‘Automatische Analyse des Deutschen’, Language, 60:3 (September 1984): 667-68.
Michael Davenport, Erik Hansen, and Hans Frede Nielsen (eds.), ‘Current Topics in English Historical Linguistics’, Language, 60:3 (September 1984): 662- 63.
Philippe Thoiron, ‘Dynamisme du texte et stylostatistique’, Quantitative Linguistics, 26 (1984): 168-70.
Robert A. Hall, Jr., ‘The Kensington Rune Stone is Genuine’, Word, 35:1 (April 1984): 113-15.
Ursula Klenk, ‘Formale Sprachen’, Word, 35:1 (April 1984): 115-18.
Winfried Lenders and Klaus Peter Wegera (eds.), ‘Maschinelle Auswertung sprachhistorischer Quellen’, Language, 60:3 (September 1984): 667.
Aldo Scaglione, ‘The Theory of German Word Order from the Renaissance to the Present’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 28:1 (Spring 1983): 83-84.
Bernard Comrie (ed.), ‘Studies in the Languages of the USSR’, Language, 59:3 (September 1983): 697-98.
combined review of Karl C. Diller, (ed.), ‘Individual Differences and Universals in Language Learning Aptitude’; Robin C. Scarcella and Stephen D. Krashen, (eds.), ‘Research in Second Language Acquisition’; Roger W. Andersen, (ed.), ‘New Dimensions in Second Language Acquisition Research’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 28:2 (Fall 1983): 185-87.
Gabriel Altmann, ‘Statistik für Linguisten’, Word, 34:2 (1983): 129-33.
Peter C. Patton and Renee A. Holoien, ‘Computing in the Humanities’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 28: 1 (Spring 1983): 79-80.
Stig Johansson, ‘Studies of Error Gravity: Native Reactions to Errors Produced by Swedish Learners of English’, Language, 59:4 (December 1983): 940-41.
Georges Bourcier, English Adaptation by Cecily Clark, ‘An Introduction to the History of the English Language’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 27:2 (Fall 1982): 183-84.
Solomon A. Birnbaum, ‘Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 27:1 (Spring 1982): 76-77.
T. L. Markey, ‘Frisian’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 27:2 (Fall 1982): 182-83.
Bozena Henisz Dostert, R. Ross Macdonald, and Michael Zarechnak, ‘Machine Translation’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 26:2 (Fall 1981): 234-36.
J. Hintikka, J. Niiniluoto, and E. Saarinen, ‘Essays on Mathematical and Philosophical Logic’, Word, 32:3 (1981): 238-41.
Robert Henry Billigmeier, ‘A Crisis in Swiss Pluralism’, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 25:2 (Fall 1980): 234-35.
Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language, eds. Makoto Yamazaki, Haruko Sanada, Reinhard Köhler, Sheila Embleton, Relja Vulanovic, & Eric S. Wheeler. Quantitative Linguistics 75. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2022. viii + 229 pp.
Language and Text: Data, Models, Information, Applications. Proceedings of QUALICO 2018, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference, Wroclaw, Poland, July 2018, eds., Adam Pawlowski, Jan Macutek, Sheila Embleton & George Mikros. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 356. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2021. vi + 280 pp.
Names in Multi-Lingual, Multi-Cultural and Multi-Ethnic Contact. Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 17-22, 2008, York University, Toronto, Canada, eds. Wolfgang Ahrens, Sheila Embleton & André Lapierre. Toronto: York University, 2009.
The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the Transition from Historical-Comparative to Structural Linguistics, eds. Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1999. Volume 1: Historiographical perspectives, lv + 311 pp. Volume 2: Methodological perspectives and applications, lv + 335 pp.
Twenty-fourth LACUS Forum, ed. Sheila Embleton. Lake Bluff, Illinois: LACUS, 1998. xii + 477 pp.
Fourteenth LACUS Forum, ed. Sheila M. Embleton. Lake Bluff, Illinois: LACUS, 1988. x + 573 pp.
Statistics in Historical Linguistics. Bochum (W. Germany): Brockmeyer Verlag, 1986. viii + 194 pp.
Focus on Discourse: Papers in Honour of H. A. Gleason, Jr, ed. by Peter Avery, Karen Carlyle, Susan Ehrlich, Sheila Embleton, and Guy Ewing. Toronto: Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, 1983. 152 pp.
A Statistical Note on Friedrich and Redfield 1978. Chicago: The Waite Press, 1983. 4 p.
Incorporating Borrowing Rates in Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Toronto, 1981. viii + 316.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Contemporary Trends in Names of Wines and Wineries in the English-Speaking World”, Onomastica 65 (2021): 305-15. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17651/ONOMAST.65.2.18
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Parish Names in the English-Speaking Caribbean”, Onomastica Uralica, 12 (2018): 379-95.
(with Rod Skinkle), “Comparing International Student and Institutional Objectives at Canadian Colleges and Universities: Implications for Institutional Strategy”, Higher Education Management and Policy (HEMP), 24:3 (2014): 37-55.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Defining Dialect Regions with Interpretations: Advancing the Multidimensional Scaling Approach”, Literary and Linguistic Computing: Journal of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 28:1 (2013): 13-22.
“Comment on Eric W. Holman et al.’s 'Automated Dating of the World’s Language Families Based on Lexical Similarity' ”, Current Anthropology, 52:6 (December 2011): 867.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Defining User Access to the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, Dialectologia e Geolinguistica, 16 (2008): 27-33.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Digitalized Dialect Studies: North-Western Romanian”, Conferinţele Academiei Române [Proceedings of the Romanian Academy], Editura Academiei Române, Bucharest (2008): 5-27.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “An Exploration into the Management of High Volumes of Complex Knowledge in the Social Sciences and Humanities,” Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 11 (2004): 183-92.
“Bilingualism in Contemporary Finland: Whither Swedish?”, Journal of Finnish Studies, 5: 2 (2001): 4-34.
“Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Onomastica Canadiana”, Onomastica Canadiana, 83:2 (December 2001): 64-67. [refereed journal, but this short article was invited for the anniversary, and not refereed]
(with Eric Wheeler), “Computerized Dialect Atlas of Finnish: Dealing with Ambiguity,” Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 7 (2000): 227-31.
(with Eric Wheeler), “Finnish Dialect Atlas for Quantitative Studies”, Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 4 (1997): 99-102.
(with Raimo Anttila), “On the Origin of Suomi ‘Finland’”, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 7 (1994): 25-32.
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, Onoma, 32 (1994-95): 124-39. (slightly revised and updated version of conference proceedings 13, solicited by chair of Onoma’s Editorial Committee)
“Names and Their Substitutes: Onomastic Observations on Astérix and its Translations”, Target, 3: 2 (1991): 175-206.
(with Raimo Anttila), “Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Toponymy, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, Onomastica Canadiana, 71:1 (June 1989): 37-47. [review article]
(with Raimo Anttila), “The Iconic Index: From Sound Change to Rhyming Slang”, Diachronica, 6: 2 (1989): 155-80.
(with Wolfgang P. Ahrens), “Toponymy, Language, and Spontaneous Naming in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao”, Onomastica Canadiana, 69:1 (June 1987): 32-40.
“-city, -ville, -world, and -land as Elements in Abstract Place Names”, Onomastica Canadiana, 68: 1 (June 1986): 1-20.
“Principles of Historical Linguistics: Ad(d) Hock”, Diachronica, 3:2 (Fall 1986): 203-31. [review article]
“Lexicostatistics Applied to the Germanic, Romance, and Wakashan Families”, Word, 36:1 (April 1985): 37-60.
(with Ruth King), “Attitudes Towards Maiden Name Retention”, Onomastica Canadiana, 66 (December 1984): 11-22.
“Application of Current Lexicostatistical Methods to Germanic, Romance, and Wakashan”, Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, 4 (1983): 72-91.
“The Choice between Surname and First Name for Personal-Name-Derived Place Names”, Onomastica Canadiana, 63 (June 1983): 2-16.
“Vocal Tract Models, Formant Frequencies, and Computational Methods”, Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, 3 (1982): 1-17.
“Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing (Derivation of Mathematical Formulae and Application to Computer generated Data)”, Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, 2 (1981): 99-122.
“German Evidence for a Universal Clause Union Rule”, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 24:1 (Spring 1979): 48-51.
“A Note on ‘The Structure of the “Equation” copular Sentence in Italian”, accepted by Canadian Journal of Italian Studies, which ceased publication before the article could be published.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Town and Settlement Names in the Bahamas: Who is Alice?” Newsletter of the Bahamas Historical Society, May 2022.
“Canada-India Academic Relations: What’s Next?”, Canada Watch, (Winter 2019), pp. 5, 6, 19, 20.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Amira El Masri, Zainab Kizilbash and Neville Panthaki), “Modi’s Visit to Canada: A Missed Opportunity?” University World News, 366 (May 10, 2015).
“Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Onomastica Canadiana”, Onomastica Canadiana, 83:2 (December 2001): 64-67. (This short article was invited for the anniversary, and not refereed.)
“Statistics and Historical Linguistics: Some Comments”, Mother Tongue, 24 (March 1995): 41-45. (Solicited by the editor.)
“More on the Term ‘Allophone’: Some Comments on Canadian Usage”, California Linguistic Newsletter, 20:2 (December-January 1989/90): 1-2.
Letter to the Editor: “Aboriginal Languages in Canada: Questions and Answers”, Language and Society, 16 (September 1985): 16.
Letter to the Editor: “New Term for Allophone”, Language and Society, 9 (Spring 1983): 22.
(with A. M. Kinloch, Edward Berry, Guy Carden, C. D. Ellis, et al.), “Report of the Secretary for Canada”, Newsletter of the American Dialect Society, 15:1 (January 1983): 10-12.
(with A. M. Kinloch, Edward Berry, Guy Carden, C. D. Ellis, et al.), “Report of the Secretary for Canada”, Publications of the Modern Language Association, 97:6 (November 1982): 1102.
(Panel presenter and discussant), “Building Strong Working Relationships Following a Period of Disruption”, Deans’ Post-Strike Council Retreat, Faculty Bargaining Services (CAUBO), University of Manitoba, online, March 8, 2022.
(Panel presenter), “Institutional Barriers and Challenges to Securing Accommodations for Faculty”, OCUFA SWEC [Status of Women and Equity Committee] Workshop, Toronto, October 14, 2022.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Dialect Variation as Geography”, Methods in Dialectology 17, University of Mainz, Germany, August 1-6, 2022. August 5. (conference postponed to 2021 then to 2022, due to CoViD-19 pandemic).
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Baltic Germans in the Imperial Russian Navy: Navigators, Explorers, and Contributors to Place Naming”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Western University, May 30, 2020. (accepted, but conference postponed to 2021 due to CoViD-19 pandemic) (Presented remotely at Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, University of Alberta, May 29, 2021.)
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Baltic Germans in the Russian Imperial Navy: Navigators, Explorers, and Contributors to Place Naming”, 27th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, August 23 – 27, 2021. (Conference postponed from 2020.). August 26, 2021
Invited Plenary Lecture: “Names in India: History, Colonialism, Renaming, Contemporary Issues”, 27th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, August 23 – 27, 2021. (Conference postponed from 2020).
(with Eric Wheeler), “RODA – The Dialect Atlas Goes Online”, Panel in Memory of Dorin Uritescu, CRLCC (Centre for Research on Language and Culture Contact), Glendon College, York University. April 8, 2021.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Too Much of a Good Thing”, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2020), National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tachikawa, Japan, September 9 – 11, 2021. (Conference postponed from 2020.) September 11, 2021.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Place Name Changes in Former German Colonies”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, June 2, 2019.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Naming and Renaming of Pacific Ocean Island Nations and Territories”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, University of Regina, May 27, 2018.
Invited: “Parish Names in the English- and French-speaking Caribbean”, International Linguistic Association, Borough of Manhattan Community College, May 5, 2018.
(Panel presenter and moderator), “Emerging Research Opportunities, Diversity, and Inclusion”, Ada Lovelace Day at the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences, organized with Ryerson University, October 20, 2017.
(Panel presenter), “Canada-India Academic Relations”, at “Facing the Future Together: Exploring New Pathways for Canada-India Collaborations”, York Centre for Asian Research and Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University, , October 13, 2017.
(Panel presenter), “Internationalization of Higher Education in India and China," Online Symposium, February 28, 2017.
(Panel presenter), “Soft Power and Higher Education in a New Era of Geo-Politics: The Case of India”. Panel on “Internationalization of Higher Education in India and China: Juxtaposition of Contrasting Approaches.” Co-presenters Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Amira El Masri, Ruth Hayhoe, Hantian Wu and Qiang Zha, 61st Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Atlanta, March 5-9, 2017.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Metadata for Analyzing Geolinguistic Variation”, Methods in Dialectology 16, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tachikawa, Japan, August 7-11, 2017.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Parish Names in the English-speaking Caribbean”, XXVIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Debrecen, Hungary, August 31, 2017. [Much revised and extended version of May 2015 paper.]
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Town and Settlement Names in the Bahamas: Who is Alice?”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Ryerson University, May 27, 2017.
Chief Guest: Inaugural Speech, 2nd Canadian Punjabi Women Conference (CPWC), DISHA, South Asian Women: Socio-Cultural Expression, Brampton, Ontario, June 17-18, 2017.
“Advancement of Quantitative Linguistics in Canada/North America – Focus: Historical Linguistics”, Altmann-Piotrovskij Law Workshop, University of Vienna, September 28, 2017.
(Panel co-presenter with Catherine Burr and Robin Vose), “Academic Freedom and Freedom from Harassment in the Academy: An Exploration”, Queen’s University Faculty Association Annual Academic Freedom Lecture, April 4, 2016.
(Panel co-presenter with Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Ruth Hayhoe and Qiang Zha), “The Internationalization of Chinese and Indian Higher Education: Lessons from Comparative Historical and Institutional Analysis”, 60th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Vancouver, March 10, 2016.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “An Expanded Quantitative Study of Linguistic vs. Geographic Distance Using Romanian Dialect Data”, QUALICO 2016 International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, Universität Trier, Germany, August 26, 2016.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Metadata and Geolinguistic Variation”, Special Session, CRLCC Conference, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, November 19, 2016.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Names of Wines and Wineries in Niagara, Canada”, Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, March 12, 2016.
Invited Speaker, “The Past 10 Years of Emerging Canada-India Education Activities”, Synergy 2016, Canada-India Education Conference, Toronto, September 23, 2016.
(Panel presenter), “Canada-India Educational Links”, Canada India Education Conference, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Université Laval, May 15, 2015.
(Panel presenter), “Contract Academic Staff”, OCUFA Grievance Committee Meeting, Toronto, January 23, 2015.
(Panel presenter), “Including New Education Delivery Methods”, Roundtable discussion with leaders from academia and industry, Synergy 2015, Canada-India Education Conference, Mississauga, October 30, 2015.
(Panel presenter), “Recruitment in India”, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Workshop, CBIE Annual Meeting, Niagara Falls, November 22, 2015.
(Panel presenter), Word Global Roundtable, simulcast with Beijing Normal University, Columbia University, New York City, April 25, 2015.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Analyzing Dialect Variation with Metadata: The New Format of the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas – Crişana”, VIIIth Congress of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics [SIDG 2015]. Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, September 14, 2015.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Exploring Linguistic vs. Geographic Distance Quantitatively”, VIIIth Congress of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics [SIDG 2015]. Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, September 18, 2015.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Parish Names in the English-speaking Caribbean”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, University of Ottawa, May 30, 2015.
(Panel presenter), “Feminist Transformative Leadership”, OCUFA Workshop, Toronto, May 23, 2014.
(Panel presenter), “Present and Future Roles of Finnish Studies in North America”, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, University of Toronto, October 10, 2014.
(Panel presenter), “Successes and Challenges in Developing Sustainable Partnerships”, panel on “Engaging Canada: Developing Sustainable Bi-national Partnerships”, 10th FICCI [Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry] Higher Education Summit, New Delhi, November 12-14, 2014.
(Seminar leader), “Seminar to all faculty and students interested in pursuing opportunities in Canada”, IIT – Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. November 15, 2014.
(Welcoming presentation), “A Habitable Place for Indigenous Scholars: Opportunities and Responsibilities for Improving Recruitment and Retention in the University”, York University, October 31, 2014.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “A Comparison of Three Digital Systems for Dialect Geography”, Methods in Dialectology 15, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, August 11-15, 2014.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Quantitative Studies: The Advantages for Dialectology”, QUALICO 2014 International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, Olomouc, Czech Republic, May 29, 2014.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Ruth Hayhoe and Qiang Zha), “The Next Global Knowledge Powerhouses? The Importance to Canada’s Role in a Global Knowledge Society of Comparing Chinese and Indian Higher Education Reform Policies”, Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, May 26, 2014.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “The Niagara Peninsula and the Names of its Wineries”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, May 24, 2014.
“Academic Administration and University Governance”, FICCI [Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry] delegation, University of Toronto Mississauga, June 17, 2014.
“The Diverse Naming Patterns of Contemporary India”, XXVth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Glasgow, August 29, 2014.
(Panel presenter), “Emerging Challenges: Program Prioritization and Budget Implications”, OCUFA University Finance Committee Workshop, Toronto, November 22, 2013.
(Panel presenter), “Focus on Law and Governance of Higher Education”, 9th FICCI [Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry] Higher Education Summit, New Delhi, November 13-14, 2013.
(Panel presenter), Research Roundtable at How to Build a Macroscope: Text Mining the Humanities, Scott Library, York University, March 15, 2013.
“The Diversity of Naming Patterns in India”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, June 1, 2013.
(Panel presenter), “Beyond Education Summit: Moving Forward – Canada India Education Collaboration”, Engaging India: Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, University of Calgary, June 3-4, 2012.
(with Rod Skinkle), “Recruitment of International Students at Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions: A Values Proposition?”, CBIE Annual Conference, Montréal, November 5, 2012.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar), “The Complex Web of Policy Choices: Dilemmas Facing Indian Higher Education Reform”. BRICS Recent Trends in Higher Education: Analyses around the Pact Between Higher Education and Society, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and Centre for Advanced Studies, Brazil, November 9, 2012.
(with Ted Hewitt and Rod Skinkle), “Comparing International Student and Institutional Objectives at Canadian Colleges and Universities: Implications for Institutional Strategy”, IMHE [Institutional Management in Higher Education] Conference “Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education”, Paris, September 17-19, 2012.
Invited: “Internationalization Alliances: Canada-India Collaborations in Post-Secondary Education”, Policy Formation in Post-Secondary Education: Issues and Prospects in Turbulent Times, Toronto, March 17, 2012.
Invited Keynote Address: “Names in India”, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, January 6, 2012.
“Renaming Practices in India”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Waterloo, Ontario, May 26, 2012.
“York’s Relationships with India”, Engaging Canada Conference: Higher Education in India and Canada: Opportunities and Challenges, University of Mumbai, December 19, 2012.
(Panel presenter), “Developing Higher Education Internationalization Policies: Options for the University Community”, closing session at “The Race to Globalize Higher Education in Canada”, OCUFA Annual Conference, Toronto, January 21-22, 2011.
(Panel presenter), “Education”, Corporate Social Responsibility Thought Leadership Conclave, Wockhardt Foundation, Mumbai, February 19, 2011.
(Panel presenter), “Internationalization”, FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry), Delhi, India, November 11-12, 2011.
(Panel presenter), “Moving Towards Corporate Universities”, CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) conference, Delhi, India, November 14-15, 2011.
(Panel presenter), “Profiling Successes in Research and Innovation Collaboration”, AUCC Workshop on “Advancing Excellence in Strategic Engagement with Brazil”, Ottawa, June 14, 2011.
(with André Lapierre), “Canada’s International Education Strategy: Focus on Scholarships / La Stratégie Internationale en Matière d’Éducation: Les Bourses d’Études”, CBIE Annual Conference, Ottawa, November 23, 2011.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Defining Dialect Regions with Interpretations: Advancing the Multidimensional Scaling Approach”, Methods in Dialectology 14, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, August 3, 2011.
(with Husain Neemuchwala), “Focus on India: Strategies for Success”, OAIE Conference [Ontario Association of International Educators] / CBIE [Canadian Bureau for International Education] Regional Meeting, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, May 11, 2011.
(with Husain Neemuchwala), “India in Focus (CIEC)”, “Being Global 2011: Strategies and Models for Internationalizing Canadian Higher Education”, Higher Education Strategy Associates Conference, Toronto, January 14, 2011.
(with Husain Neemuchwala), “Observations on the Internationalization of Canadian Campuses”, Academic Summit 2011, Mississauga, April 14, 2011.
(with Jennifer Humphries, Pauline L’Écuyer, and Guangwei Ouyang), “Getting the Facts about Canadian Higher Education”, 63rd Annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 1, 2011.
(with Rod Skinkle), “International Student Prospect Survey – India Cohort 2011”, CBIE Annual Conference, Ottawa, November 21, 2011.
(with Roopa Desai Trilokekar), “Access, Social Equity and the Challenges of Internationalizing Higher Education: Implications for Canada & India”, CSSHE [Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education] Conference on “Higher Education, Globalization, and Social Justice”, Vancouver, November 3, 2011.
Invited Speaker: “Mathematical Aspects of the Genetic Classification of Languages”, International Conference on Bridging Disciplines: Evolution and Classification in Biology, Language and History of Science, Universität Ulm, Germany, June 23-26, 2011. [declined at last minute because of competing Indian/Canadian government engagement in Toronto, the Harper-Singh summit after the G20]
“Emerging Issues in Internationalization”, Presentation at “Internationalization: Myth or Reality?”, Global Associates International Symposium, Annual UPCEA [University Professional and Continuing Education Association] Conference, Toronto, April 6, 2011.
“Opportunities and Challenges for Canada-India Educational Exchanges”, Seventh Annual Asian Heritage Month Education Roundtable, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, May 10, 2011.
“The Global and the Local – at the Intersection of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Organic Agriculture”, Morarka Foundation, Shekhawati Festival, Nawalgarh, India, February 11, 2011.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Continuum et fragmentation géolinguistiques d’après l’Atlas linguistique de la Crişana en ligne”. XXVIe Congrès International de Linguistique et Philologie Romanes, Valencia, September 2010.
Invited Opening Keynote Address: “Education System in Canada, and the Role of Multiculturalism”, International Seminar on “Land of Promise: Stories of the Immigrant in Multicultural Canada”, Centre for Canadian Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, February 3-5, 2010.
(Panel presenter), “Canadian Universities Operating in India”, Synergy 2010 Canada-India Education Conference, Brampton, September 23, 2010.
“Emergency Preparedness at Canadian Universities”, University Internationalization Seminar, Embassy of Canada, Oslo, Norway, November 18, 2010.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Generalized Online Dialect Atlas”, International Linguistics Association Annual Meeting, New Paltz, New York, April 15 – 17, 2010.
(Panel presenter), “Internationalization of Graduate Education, Partnership Forum / L’internationalisation des etudes supérieures, tribune sur le partenariat”, Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS), Toronto, November 6, 2010.
“Internationalization Trends at Canadian Universities and University Colleges”, University Internationalization Seminar, Embassy of Canada, Oslo, Norway, November 18, 2010.
“Leadership and the Role of the Dean – Strategies for Effective Leadership”, FBS (Faculty Bargaining Services) Ontario Contract Administration Workshop, CAUBO (Canadian Association of University Business Officers) meeting, University of Guelph, November 12, 2010.
(Panel presenter), “Models for on-the-ground Engagement in India: Offshore Campuses, Joint Programs, Articulated Undergraduate Programs: Panel to Explore Case Studies”, AUCC Workshop, “Advancing Excellence in Strategic Engagement with India”, Ottawa, June 10, 2010.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “RODA: Analytic vs. Interpretive Data in Geolinguistic Variation”, Sixth Congress of Dialectology and Geolinguistics, University of Maribor, Slovenia, September 14, 2009.
“Canada as a Small Country”, International Conference on The University in a Small Country and Global World, University of Latvia, Riga, September 26, 2009.
“Canada – India Education Relations”, National Law University of Delhi, October 22, 2009.
(Co-organizer and Panel presenter), “Canada-India Graduate Mobility Workshop”, AUCC-Shastri Workshop, New Delhi, India, December 14-15, 2009.
“Canada’s Role in International Education”, Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India, October 26, 2009. [Teachers from all over India were also present, as part of a teacher orientation program.]
“Canada’s Role in International Education”, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India, October 30, 2009.
“Education System in Canada”, Center for Canadian Studies, University of Delhi (South Campus), India, October 27, 2009.
(Panel presenter), “Environmental Education in Canadian Schools and Universities”, for panel “Strategies for Environmental Education and Planning, India, Canada”, International Conference on Environmental Issues in Emerging and Advanced Economies, panel organized by Reaney Centre for Canadian Studies, Gujurat University, Ahmedabad, December 6, 2009.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “How Do I Know If I Am Right? Checking Quantitative Hypotheses”, Sixth International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, University of Graz, Austria, September 18, 2009.
“Three-Year Indian Baccalaureates and Accreditation Issues”, Addressing Obstacles in Canada – India Academic Relationships, Banff, Alberta, February 19-21, 2009.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Identifying Dialect Regions: Specific Features vs. Overall Measures Using the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas and Multidimensional Scaling”, Methods in Dialectology XIII Conference, University of Leeds, August, 2008.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Lessons from Digitizing a Linguistic Atlas”, International Conference on Linguistic, Literary and Ethnolinguistic Communication in the New European Context, Iasi, Romania, Académie roumaine, Institut de Philologie roumaine “Al. Philippide”, September 25-27, 2008.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Digitalized Dialect Studies: North-Western Romanian”, Centre for Research on Language Contact, Glendon College, York University, January 17, 2008. (Updated and alternatively focussed version from the 2007 presentation in Romania.)
“A Decade of History: Comparing Ontario Secondary School and College (CAAT) Transfer Students at York University”, PCCAT (Pan-Canadian Consortium on Admissions and Transfer) Annual Conference, Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, June 17, 2008.
(Lead discussant/Panel presenter), “Canadian Universities in India – Initiatives and Recent Successes”, “Canada-India: A synergy in education II”, Canada-India Business Council, Brampton, Ontario, June 2, 2008.
(Panel presenter), “If I knew then what I know now”, CHERD (Centre for Higher Education Research and Development, University of Manitoba) Academic Leadership Program for Women Administrators, Toronto, February 14, 2008.
“India Studies in Canada: A Binational Perspective”, University of Alberta, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Roundtable, Edmonton, Alberta, October 17, 2008.
“Internationalization: Opportunities and Challenges / York University’s India Experience”, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Shastri Indo-Canadian Roundtable, Surrey, British Columbia, November 6, 2008.
“Internationalization: Opportunities and Challenges / York University’s India Experience”, University of Northern British Columbia, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Roundtable, Prince George, British Columbia, November 7, 2008.
“Reflections on Canadian Academic Cooperation with Europe”, Quality Network for Universities, Canadian Ambassador to the EU’s Residence, Brussels, May 8, 2008.
(Panel presenter), “The University as an Agent of Social Change”, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Mississauga, Ontario, Saturday, April 19, 2008.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Data Management and Linguistic Analysis: MDS Applied to RODA”, 5th Trier Symposium on Quantitative Linguistics, Trier, Germany, December 7, 2007.
(Panel presenter), “Canada – India Academic Collaboration: Challenges and Opportunities”, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Canada – India Education Forum, Ottawa, November 25, 2007.
(Panel presenter), “Destination India”, “Canada – India: A Synergy in Education”, Canada-India Business Council, Brampton, Ontario, July 19, 2007.
(Panel presenter), “Enhancing Student Experience through Cross-Border Initiatives", Panel on “Experiences in Cross-Border Education”, 3rd International Transatlantic Degree Programs Workshop (organized by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst / German Academic Exchange Service and Freie Universität Berlin), Toronto, September 29, 2007.
“Introduction: Workshop on Quantitative Approaches to Comparative Linguistics”, International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, August 6, 2007.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “Defining User Access to the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, Fifth Congress of Dialectology and Geolinguistics, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, September 4 – 8, 2006.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “Seeing Words Change Using the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, International Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, March 31 – April 2, 2006.
(with Adrian Shubert), “Internationalization – Strategies and Challenges”, Council of Ontario Deans of Arts and Science (CODAS), York University, April 29, 2006.
(Panel presenter), “The Canadian Perspective”, Panel on “Role and Relevance of Double and Joint Degree Programs in Internationalizing Higher Education”, Transatlantic Degree Programs Project, DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst / German Academic Exchange Service), Chicago, June 17, 2006, in conjunction with ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education).
(Panel presenter), “Universities Forum: Canada – USA – IITs Academic Exchanges”, Indian Institute of Technology Alumni Canada Conference, Mississauga, Ontario, June 24, 2006.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “Data Capture and Presentation in the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, Methods in Dialectology XII Conference, Université de Moncton, August 4, 2005.
(Panel presenter), “Internationalization at York University”, Panel on “Best Practices”, “International Postsecondary Outreach” workshop, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Toronto, March 10, 2005.
(Panel presenter), “Recognition of Degrees”, National Vice-Presidents Academic Conference (NATVAC), University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, October 13-14, 2005.
"Issues Related to Academic Integrity and Plagiarism", Canadian Council of Deans of Science, Charlottetown, April 30, 2004.
“Key Results of the Canada-China Mentoring Program”, Canada-China Roundtable on Higher Education Partnerships, co-hosted by Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and Chinese Educational Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), Toronto, October 1, 2004.
“Opening Remarks [on leadership]", Emerging Global Leaders Retreat, Geneva Park Conference Centre, Orillia, Ontario, January 17-18, 2004.
“The Role of English in Contemporary Finland”, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, May 31, 2004.
(with Dorin Uritescu & Eric Wheeler), “Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, Fifth International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, Athens, Georgia, May 28, 2003.
“Current Trends in Canadian Higher Education and Strategic Future Plans of York University”, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2003.
(Panel presenter), “Free Speech and Student Activism”, National Vice-Presidents Academic Conference (NATVAC), Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, October 16-17, 2003.
"Promoting and Protecting Academic Integrity", Western Deans of Arts and Science, University of Victoria, March 21, 2003.
(Rapporteur at closing session), AUCC Workshop on “Representation of Women in the Canada Research Chairs Program”, Ottawa, October 19-20, 2003.
(Panel presenter), “Academic Integrity”, National Vice-Presidents Academic Conference (NATVAC), Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 18-19, 2002.
(Panel presenter), “Labour Relations”, National Vice-Presidents Academic Conference (NATVAC), Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 18-19, 2002.
(Panel presenter and discussant), “Mentorship Models – Who do you call when…”, Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC), Regina, May 2-4, 2002.
“The Role of English in Contemporary Finland”, Canadian Friends of Finland Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto, June 12, 2002.
Presidential Address: “Bilingualism in Contemporary Finland: Whither Swedish?”, LACUS Forum, Université du Québec à Montréal, August 4, 2001.
"Faculty Flux and Employment Equity Issues", Ontario Universities Employment Equity Network Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, October 19, 2001.
"The Importance of Education", The 8th World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs, United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Nations, European Parliament, Brussels, May 20, 2001.
(with Eric Wheeler), “Computerized Dialect Atlas of Finnish: Dealing with Ambiguity”, Fourth International Conference of Quantitative Linguistics, Prague, Czech Republic, August 26, 2000.
“Reflections on Forty Years of Being a Finnophile”, Canadian Friends of Finland Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto, May 8, 2000.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens), “The Naming of Bermuda”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Québec, June 4, 1999. (Solicited by organizing committee; same presentation as 1998 presidential address.)
“Lexicostatistics/Glottochronology: from Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin to Future Horizons”, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, England, August 21, 1999.
Presidential Address: (with Wolfgang Ahrens), “The Naming of Bermuda”, American Name Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 28, 1998.
“Bilingualism in Contemporary Finland: Whither Swedish?”, Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Nova Scotia, November 7, 1998.
(with Eric Wheeler), “Multidimensional Scaling Methods Applied to a Computerized Dialect Atlas of Finnish”, Third International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics, Helsinki, Finland, August 28, 1997.
“Finnish Studies in North America and the Internet”, Fifth International Conference on Finnish Studies in North America, University of Toronto, May 19, 1996.
(with Raimo Anttila), “On the Origin of Suomi and Finland”, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, Université du Québec à Montréal, June 4, 1995.
“Mathematical Methods in Dialectology”, Workshop on Mathematical Modelling of Linguistic Relationships, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 17, 1995.
(with André Lapierre), “Commercial Aircraft Names: Brief History and Current Patterns”, American Name Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, December 28, 1994.
(with André Lapierre), “Patterns in Commercial Aircraft Names: A Preliminary Report”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Calgary, June 12, 1994.
(with Juhani Härmä), “In the Georgian Capital of Tbilisi: The Use of of in Onomastic Phrases of Apposition”, XVIIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Trier, Germany, April 16, 1993.
(with Juhani Härmä), “In the Georgian Capital of Tbilisi: The Use of of in Onomastic Phrases of Apposition”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Ottawa, May 31, 1993. (Previously presented in April 1993.)
“The Name of the Main Character in F.E. Sillanpää’s Hurskas kurjuus [Meek Heritage]”, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, Ottawa, June 3, 1993. (Previously presented in April 1993.)
“The Name of the Main Character in Frans Emil Sillanpää’s Hurskas kurjuus [Meek Heritage]”, XVIIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Trier, Germany, April 14, 1993. (Expanded version of May 1992 presentation).
“The Name of the Main Character in F.E. Sillanpää’s Hurskas kurjuus [Meek Heritage]”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Charlottetown, May 27, 1992.
(with Raimo Anttila), “Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, UCLA Indo-European Conference, May 23, 1991. (Solicited by organizing committee; same as April 1990 presentation.)
“Multidimensional Scaling as a Dialectometrical Technique”, First Quantitative Linguistics Conference, University of Trier, Germany, September 26, 1991. (Extensively revised version of November 1987 presentation.)
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada, Kingston, May 29, 1991. (Solicited by organizing committee; same as April 1990 presentation.)
Invited: “The Iconic Index in Historical Linguistics”, Colloquium on Iconicity in Language, University of Rome, October 3, 1991.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens and Raimo Anttila), “The Translation of Personal-Names in Astérix”, XVIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 17, 1990.
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, International Linguistic Association, New York City, April 1, 1990.
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, November 9, 1990. (Same as April 1990 presentation.)
“The Use of Titles in Business Names”, XVIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 16, 1990.
(with Zhikang Gan), “The Tone Relation between Mandarin Chinese and Shandong Dialect”, LACUS Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, August 18, 1988.
“The Use of Titles in Business Names”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Windsor, June 3, 1988.
Invited: “Multidimensional Scaling as a Dialectometrical Technique,” Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Université de Moncton, Centre universitaire de Shippagan, New Brunswick, November 13, 1987.
“But what will you call the children?”, XVIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Université Laval, Québec, August 17, 1987.
(with Wolfgang P. Ahrens), “The Toponymy of the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao)”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, May 29, 1986.
“A Computer-Simulated Glottochronological Model”, Symposium on Formalization in Historical Linguistics, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, November 24, 1986.
“-city, -ville, -world, and -land as Suffixes in Abstract Place Names”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Montreal, June 3, 1985.
“A New Technique for Dialectometry”, LACUS Forum, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, August 8, 1985.
“Dialectometry: New Methodology and Application to Dialects of England”, Canadian Linguistic Association, Montreal, June 4, 1985.
“Dialectometry: What It Is and What It Can Do”, International Linguistic Association, Hunter College, New York City, May 11, 1985.
(with Donna Atkinson), “Maiden Name Retention - History and Current Attitudes”, Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto, May 19, 1985.
(with Ami Shalit), “Dialectometry”, International Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, New York University, March 11, 1984.
(with Ruth King), “Attitudes to Maiden-Name Retention”, Canadian Society for the Study of Names Annual Meeting, Guelph, June 11, 1984.
“Personal-Name-Derived Place Names: First Name, Surname, or another Choice?” XV. Internationaler Kongress für Namenforschung, Leipzig, DDR, August 17, 1984.
(with Wolfgang P. Ahrens), “Practical Approaches to Dialect Interference in the Teaching of Standard German”, Association of German Canadian Language Schools, Toronto, November 5, 1983. Same talk repeated on November 6, 1983.
“Lexicostatistical Research in Germanic, Romance, Wakashan, and Athapaskan”, International Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, New York University, March 13, 1983.
“Lexicostatistical Research in Tok Pisin, Romance, and ‘Amerindian’”, LACUS Forum, Université Laval, Quebec City, August 10, 1983.
“Practical Approaches to Teaching Pronunciation”, Ontario Association of Teachers of German, Spring Meeting, Toronto, March 5, 1983.
(with Wolfgang P. Ahrens), “Application of Lexicostatistical Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing to Germanic and Romance”, Linguistic Society of America, Summer Meeting, College Park, Maryland, July 30, 1982.
“Application of Lexicostatistics to Germanic, Romance, and Wakashan”, International Linguistic Association, Hunter College, New York City, October 9, 1982.
“Are Personal-Name Derived Place Names Sexist?” LACUS Forum, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, August 5, 1982.
“Analysis of Computer Reconstruction of Simulated and Germanic Data”, Canadian Linguistic Association, Halifax, May 25, 1981.
“Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing (Application of Lexicostatistical Method to Germanic Data)”, LACUS Forum, Glendon College, Toronto, August, 11, 1981.
“Analysis of Results of Computer Reconstruction Simulation Incorporating Borrowing”, Linguistic Society of America, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, December 28, 1980.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “An Expanded Quantitative Study of Linguistic vs Geographic Distance Using Romanian Dialect Data”, in Structure, Function and Process in Texts, Proceedings of Qualico 2016, eds. Lu Wang, Reinhard Köhler, and Arjuna Tuzzi. Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag, 2018, pp. 25-33.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “The Advantages of Quantitative Studies for Dialectology”, in Recent Contributions to Quantitative Linguistics, eds. Arjuna Tuzzi, Martina Benešová & Ján Ma?utek. Quantitative Linguistics, 70. Berlin & Boston: de Gruyter Mouton, 2015, pp. 51-61.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Continuum et fragmentation géolinguistiques d’après l’Atlas linguistique de la Crişana en ligne”, in Actes del 26é Congrés de Lingüística i Fílologia Romàniques (València, 6-11 de setembre de 2010), eds. Emili Cassanova Herrero and Cesáreo Calvo Rigual. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2013, pp. 116-126.
“Developing Higher Education Internationalization Policies: Options for the university community”, in The Race to Globalize Higher Education in Canada, ed. Mark Rosenfeld. Toronto: OCUFA, 2011.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Identifying Dialect Regions: Specific Features vs. Overall Measures Using the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas and Multidimensional Scaling”, in Proceedings of Methods XIII: Papers from the Thirteenth International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, 2008, eds. Barry Heselwood and Clive Upton. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2010, pp. 79-90.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Lessons from Digitizing a Linguistic Atlas”, in Distorsionari in comunicarea lingvistica, literara si etnofolclorica romaneasca si contextul european (Linguistic, Literary and Ethnolinguistic Communication in the New European Context), eds. Luminita Botosineanu, Elena Danila, Cecilia Holban and Ofelia Ichim. Iasi, Romania: Editura Alfa, 2009, pp. 137-45.
(with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Data Capture and Presentation in the Romanian Online Dialect Atlas”, in Special Issue featuring revised papers from the Methods in Dialectology XII Conference, Université de Moncton, 2007, Linguistica Atlantica, 27-28 (2006-07): 37-39.
(with Juhani Härmä), “In the Georgian Capital of Tbilisi: The Use of of in Onomastic Phrases of Apposition”, in Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, April 12-17, 1993, Volume 1. ed., Dieter Kremer (ed.). Tübingen, Germany: Niemeyer, 2003, pp. 253-63.
“The Name of the Main Character in Frans Emil Sillanpää’s Hurskas Kurjuus [Meek Heritage]”, in Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, April 12-17, 1993, Volume 6, ed. Dieter Kremer. Tübingen, Germany: Niemeyer, 2002, pp. 259-67.
“Bilingualism in Contemporary Finland: Whither Swedish?”, in Papers from the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, eds. William Davey and Bernard LeVert. Sydney, NS, 1998, pp. 39-55.
“Multidimensional Scaling as a Dialectometrical Technique”, in Contributions to Quantitative Linguistics, Proceedings of the First Quantitative Linguistics Conference, September 23-27, 1991, eds. Reinhard Köhler and Burghard Rieger. Dordrecht & Boston: Kluwer, 1993, pp. 267-76.
“But what will you call the children” in Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 16-22, 1987, ed. Jean-Claude Boulanger. Laval, Québec: Les Presses de l’Université, 1990, pp. 245-54.
“Place Names in Finland: Settlement History, Sociolinguistics, and the Finnish/Swedish Language Boundary”, in Papers from the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, ed. Jim Black. The Association, 1990, pp. 27-38.
(with Wolfgang Ahrens and Raimo Anttila), “The Translation of Personal-Names in Astérix”, in Proceedings of the XVIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 13-18, 1990. vol. 1, ed., Eeva Maria Närhi. Helsinki, The University of Helsinki, 1990, pp. 129-36.
“The Use of Titles in Business Names”, in Proceedings of the XVIIth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 13-18, 1990, vol. 1, ed. Eeva Maria Närhi. Helsinki: The University of Helsinki, 1990, pp. 300-06.
(with Zhikang Gan), “The Tone Relation between Mandarin Chinese and Shandong Dialect”, Fifteenth LACUS Forum. Lake Bluff, Illinois: LACUS, 1989, pp. 113-17.
“A New Technique for Dialectometry”, Twelfth LACUS Forum. Lake Bluff, Illinois: LACUS, 1987, pp. 91-98.
“Multidimensional Scaling as a Dialectometrical Technique” in Papers from the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, ed. Rose Mary Babitch. The Association, 1987, pp. 33-49.
“A Computer-Simulated Glottochronological Model”, in Formalization in Historical Linguistics, ed. Mart Remmel. Tallinn: Estonian Academy of Sciences, 1986, pp. 25-31.
(with Donna L. Atkinson), “Maiden Name Retention: History and Current Attitudes”, Seminar Annual. O.G.S. Seminar '85, ed. Len Chester. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1985, pp. 37-47.
“Personal-Name-Derived Place Names: First Name, Surname, or another Choice?” in Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, August 13-17, 1984. Der Eigenname in Sprache und Gesellschaft: Volume IV, Vorträge und Mitteilungen in der Sektion 3, Eigennamen und Sprachgeschichte, eds. Ernst Eichler, Elke Saß, and Hans Walther. Leipzig, 1985, pp. 69-74.
“Lexicostatistical Research in Tok Pisin, Romance, and ‘Amerindian’”, Tenth LACUS Forum. Columbia, South Carolina: Hornbeam Press, 1984, pp. 305-12.
“Are Personal Name Derived Place Names Sexist?” Ninth LACUS Forum, Columbia, South Carolina: Hornbeam Press, 1983, pp. 564-70.
“Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing (Application of Lexicostatistical Method to Germanic” Eighth LACUS Forum. Columbia, South Carolina: Hornbeam Press, 1982, pp. 265-72.
“What is Global Engagement?” / “Qu’est-ce que l’engagement mondial?”, Commissioned Briefing Note, CBIE [Canadian Bureau for International Education], November 2015, for distribution at the Annual CBIE Conference, Niagara Falls, November 22-25, 2015.
(with assistance from Neil Gold, André Lapierre and Michael Stevenson) , commissioned report: “Canada’s International Education Strategy: Focus on Scholarships” / “La stratégie du Canada en éducation internationale: Les bourses d’études” (CBIE Research Series). Ottawa: CBIE [Canadian Bureau for International Education]. August 2011. [24 pages in each language]
Technical Report: (with Eric Wheeler), Finnish Dialect Atlas Project: Form of Data. Technical Report, 10- page manuscript, York University, 2006.
Technical Report: (with Eric Wheeler) Dialect Project: Technical Report, 62-page manuscript, York University, 1994.
Invited Guest Lecture: “Visit to Antarctica” (DEMS 5040.03), Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University, June 25, 2019.
Keynote Address: Graduation Ceremony for Su-On International Academy, Toronto, June 20, 2018; June 17, 2019.
Keynote Address: “The Role and Evolution of Language”, Expert Panel on Contemporary Communications: Diversity and Inclusion in Canada, The Vanier Institute of the Family, Toronto, February 28, 2017.
(Commentator), “Reflections and Perspective from a Developed Country (Canada)” (commentary on a lecture by K. M. Cherian), Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, India, February 11, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: (with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Continuum et fragmentation géolinguistiques au niveau microdialectal d’après l’analyse par graduation multidimensionnelle des données dialectales / Geolinguistic Fragmentation and Continuity at the Micro-dialectal Level, from the Multidimensional Scaling of Dialect Data”, Centre for Research on Language Contact, Glendon College, York University, March 10, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: (with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “The Romanian Dialect Atlas Project”, Glendon Linguistics Club, York University, March 2, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: “Driving Opportunities for Canada-India Research and Education Partnerships”, Canada India Forum, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, October 18, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: “Life Is a Random Walk”, Symposium with presentations from new members of the Royal Society of Canada, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto, April 11, 2011.
“Global and Local: The Confluence of Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental concerns, and Organic Farming”, Morarka Foundation Shekhawati Festival, Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, India, February 11, 2011.
Invited University Lecture: “Canada – India Education Relations”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, January 25, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Education System in Canada”, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow, India, January 29, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Education System in Canada”, IIM-Lucknow, Lucknow, India, January 29, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Higher Education in Canada”, Aravali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur, India, April 11, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Legal Education System in Canada”, National Law University, Jodhpur, India, February 8, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “The Health System in Canada, and Comparisons to Rajasthan”, IILM Academy of Higher Learning, Jaipur Campus, Jaipur, India, April 14, 2010.
Invited University Lecture: “Finnish-Swedish Language Contact as Reflected in the Place Names of Finland”, Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 9, 2009.
Invited University Lecture: “Mathematical Models in Dialectology”, Department of English, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India, October 26, 2009.
Invited University Lecture: (with Dorin Uritescu and Eric Wheeler), “Digitalized Dialect Studies: North-Western Romanian”, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, June 28, 2007.
Theme Address: “The Context for Partnership Development: Ontario and India”, Sangam 2007 India – a Promise of Sustainable Growth, South Asian Business Club, Schulich School of Business, York University, March 16, 2007.
Invited University Lecture: “Bilingualism in Finland: Past, Present, and Future”, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, South Korea, May 3, 2005.
Invited University Lecture: “On the Origin of the Name Suomi”, Symposium on the Origins of the Finns and the Sami, University of Toronto, November 2, 2003.
“Introduction to the Peoples and Languages of Scandinavia”, Living and Learning in Retirement (Glendon College), January 10, 1997.
Invited University Lecture: “Multidimensional Scaling and the SED Data”, Department of Linguistics, New York University, April 12, 1996.
Invited University Lecture: “Metaphor” (guest lecture to OBIR 6020.03X), Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University, March 16, 1995.
“The Languages of Scandinavia”, Learning Unlimited (Etobicoke Seniors), January 11, 1994.
Invited University Lecture: “Les noms de lieux et l’emploi du finnois et du suédois en Finlande (approche sociolinguistique)”, Centre d’Études Finno-Ougriennes, Université de Paris-III, November 17, 1993.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics and Long Distance Relationships: from Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin”, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa, October 28, 1992.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics/Glottochronology: From Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin”, Indo-European Studies Program, University of California at Los Angeles, February 14, 1992.
Invited University Lecture: “Dialectometry: What It Is and What It Can Do”, Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, February 5, 1991; Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto, March 15, 1991.
“Finnish/Swedish Language Contact in Finland”, Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, February 6, 1991.
Invited University Lecture: “Place Names Along the Swedish-Finnish Language Boundary”, Department of Linguistics, California State University at Fullerton, February 21, 1990.
Invited Lecture: “A Historical Survey of Finnish Literature”, Finnish Ministry of Education Language and Culture Course, Rauma, Finland, July 25, 1988. [also in an abridged version to the York Colloquium of World Literature, November 8, 1989.]
Invited Lecture: “Nimistöntutkimus” (on Finnish personal names and place names), Finnish Ministry of Education Language and Culture Course, Rauma, Finland, July 21, 1988.
Invited University Lecture: “Dialectometry Seminar”, Department of Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles, February 10, 1988 (3-hour presentation).
Invited University Lecture: “Glottochronology/Lexicostatistics: Past and Present”, Historical Linguistics Study Group, University of California at Berkeley, February 17, 1988.
Invited University Lecture: “Mathematical Methods in Dialectology”, Department of Linguistics, California State University at Fullerton, February 11, 1988.
“Women and Naming”, Bnai Brith (Markham-Unionville Chapter), March 16, 1988.
Invited University Lecture: "Glottochronology and Lexicostatistics: Past and Present”, Linguistics Program, California State University at Hayward, April 29, 1987.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics: Past, Present, and Future”, Department of Linguistics, California State University at Fullerton, April 21, 1987.
Invited University Lecture: “Mathematical Methods of Genetic Classification”, Indo European Studies Program, University of California at Los Angeles, May 7, 1987.
Invited University Lecture: “Mathematical Methods of Genetic Classification”, Symposium on Genetic Classification of Languages, Rice University, Houston, March 20, 1986.
Invited University Lecture: “Women and Naming”, Department of Linguistics, California State University at Fullerton, October 28, 1986.
Invited University Lecture: “Dialectometry: What It Is and What It Can Do”, Toronto Linguistics Atelier, September 27, 1985.
Invited University Lecture: “Glottochronology/Lexicostatistics: Brief History of the Swadesh Method”, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, November 28, 1985.
Invited University Lecture: “Current Results in Glottochronology”, Department of Russian, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 10, 1984.
Invited University Lecture: “Dialectometry”, Department of Anthropology SUNY, Albany, March 9, 1984.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics and ‘Amerindian’”, Department of Anthropology, SUNY, Albany, October 11, 1984.
Invited University Lecture: “Glottochronology/Lexicostatistics: Brief History of Various Methods, Applications of the Current Methods, and Prospects for Athapaskan”, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, November 25, 1982.
Invited University Lecture: “Lexicostatistics: Past and Present”, Department of Linguistics, New York University, October 7, 1982.
Invited University Lecture: “The Use of Computer Simulation in Historical Linguistics”, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa, April 2, 1982.
Invited University Lecture: “Glottochronology”, Scarborough College, April 3, 1981.
Invited University Lecture: “Linguistic Approaches to Reading”, Faculty of Education, York University, June 22, 1981.
Invited University Lecture: “Current Research in Glottochronology and Lexicostatistics”, Interdepartmental Linguistics Program, University of Virginia (Charlottesville), February 18, 1981.
Invited University Lecture: “Derivation of Mathematical Formulae and Application to Computer Generated Data of Lexicostatistical Tree Reconstruction Incorporating Borrowing”, Toronto Linguistics Atelier, September 12, 1980.
Invited Speaker: “Canada India Higher Education Cooperation", Roundtable, November 17, 2009, New Delhi, India. [I was one of three Canadians invited by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to participate in this roundtable, which was part of PM Harper’s 3-day mission to India.]
Member of the Scientific Committee, 28th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, August 19–23, 2024.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, York University, Toronto, May 28 - 29, 2023.
Member of the Program Committee, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2023), June 28-30, 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York, August 2–5, 2022.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, July 19-23, 2021 (virtual).
Member of the Scientific Committee, 27th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, August 23–28, 2020. (Conference postponed to 2021, due to CoViD-19 pandemic.)
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, July 23–26, 2019.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, July 23–27, 2018.
Member of the Program Committee, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2018), Wroclaw, Poland, July 5-8, 2018.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ryerson University, Toronto, May 27–28, 2017.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, July 31–August 5, 2017.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 26th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Debrecen, Hungary, August 27–September 1, 2017.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 2–August 5, 2016.
Member of the Program Committee, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2016), August 24-28, 2016, Trier, Germany.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York, August 4–August 7, 2015.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, May 24–26, 2014.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, August 6–August 9, 2014.
Member of the Program Committee, 15th Conference on Methods in Dialectology, Groningen, the Netherlands, August 11–15, 2014.
Member of the Program Committee, International Quantitative Linguistics Association Conference (Qualico 2014), May 29–June 1, 2014, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Member of Conference Advisory Committee, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Annual Conference, November 17-20, 2013, Vancouver.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, July 29–August 1, 2013.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Waterloo, May 25-27, 2012.
Co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, August 8-11, 2012.
Member of the Program Committee, European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics Workshop, “Uncovering Language History from Multilingual Resources”, Avignon, France, April 23-27, 2012.
Member of Conference Advisory Committee, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Annual Conference, November 20-23, 2011, Ottawa. (Member of subcommittee on Canada-Arab Education Forum, member of selection panel for session proposals.)
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, July 2011.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 24th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Barcelona, September 4–10, 2011.
Member of the “Comité d’honneur”, 24th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Barcelona, September 4 – 10, 2011.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, July 2010.
Chair of 2009 Conference Program Committee, CBIE (Canadian Bureau for International Education) Annual Conference, November 8-11, 2009, Toronto.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Université Laval, June 2008.
Member of the Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 5 – 8, 2008.
Member of the Scientific Committee, 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, York University, August 17-22, 2008.
Organizer of “Strengthening India Studies in Canada: Targets for the Next Decade”, Shastri 40th Anniversary Symposium, October 20, 2008, York University, Toronto.
President of the Congress (Chair of the Organizing Committee), 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, York University, August 17-22, 2008.
Co-organizer (with Joe Salmons) of Workshop on Quantitative Approaches to Comparative Linguistics, International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, August 6 - 11, 2007. (workshop was August 6)
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Eastern Kentucky University, 2007.
Member of the Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, January 4 – 7, 2007.
Member of the Program Committee, Association for Computational Linguistics Workshop on Computing and Historical Phonology, Prague, June 24 – 29, 2007. (workshops June 28 – 29)
Local Organizer, Annual Meeting, International Linguistic Association, York University, March 31 – April 2, 2006.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Toronto, 2006.
Member of the Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 5-8, 2006.
Adviser to Organizing Committee (for section on Brand Names), 22nd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Pisa, Italy, August 28-September 4, 2005.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 2005.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada Annual Meeting, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, May 29-31, 2004.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Illinois at Chicago, July 27-31, 2004.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Historical Linguistics, XVII International Congress of Linguists, Prague, Czech Republic, July 24 – 29, 2003.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Victoria, British Columbia, July 29 – August 2, 2003.
Local Organizer, Annual Meeting, International Linguistic Association, York University, April 5-7, 2002.
Member of Scientific Committee and Organizer of Special Section (Teaching and Popularization of Onomastics), 21st International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, August 19-24, 2002.
Member of the Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, University of Toledo, Ohio, July 30-August 3, 2002.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Université du Québec à Montréal, July 31-August 4, 2001.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, American Name Society at Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 6-9, 2000.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Edmonton (Alberta), August 3-7, 1999.
Member of Scientific Committee and Organizer of Section 4 (Socio-Onomastics), 20th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, September 20-25, 1999.
Member of the Conference Committee, International Linguistic Association, 1999-2002.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Claremont (California), July 28-August 1, 1998.
Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, July 29 - August 2, 1997.
Local Organizer, American Name Society Annual Meeting (at the Modern Language Association), Toronto, December 27-30, 1997.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, York University, July 29 - August 2, 1997.
Abstract Reviewer, Eighth Student Conference in Linguistics (SCIL VIII), New York University, April 19-21, 1996.
Chair of Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 27-30, 1996.
Co-organizer of Symposium and Banquet, “Sibelius”, Canadian Friends of Finland, February 23-24, 1996.
Chair of Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, December 27-30, 1995.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Sixth Annual Indo-European Conference, UCLA, May 26-28, 1994.
Member of Program Committee, American Name Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, December 27-30, 1994.
Member of Program Committee, Second International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics (QUALICO), Moscow, Russia, September 20-24, 1994.
Co-organizer of Symposium and Banquet, “The Influence of the Orthodox Church upon Finnish Culture”, Canadian Friends of Finland, University of Toronto, November 19, 1994.
Local Organizer, American Name Society Annual Meeting (at the Modern Language Association), Toronto, December 27-30, 1993.
Member of the Organizing Board of Section 3 “Socio-onomastics”, 18th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Trier, Germany, April 12-17, 1993.
Co-organizer of Symposium and Banquet, “The Role of Sports in Finnish Culture”, Canadian Friends of Finland, University of Toronto, November 21, 1992.
Co-organizer of Symposium and Banquet, “Finland Before Christianity”, Canadian Friends of Finland, University of Toronto, November 16, 1991.
Member of 4-member Standing Committee (equivalent to Executive) of QUALICO conference series, 1991-present.
Member of Conference Committee, Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans, New York, April 6-7, 1991.
Member of Program Committee, First Quantitative Linguistics Conference (QUALICO), Trier, Germany, September 23-27, 1991.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, East Lansing (Michigan), August 16-20, 1988.
Co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, August 4-8, 1987.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, August 4-8, 1987.
Member of Program and Scientific Committee, 16th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Quebec City, August 16-22, 1987.
Member of Abstract Selection Committee, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Annual Meeting, Arlington (Texas), August 12-16, 1986.
Member of Conference Committee (i.e. abstract selection committee), International Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, New York, March 8-9, 1986.
Member of Technical Program Committee and Local Organizing Committee, 12th International Congress on Acoustics, Toronto, July 24-August 1, 1986.
Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee and Chair of the Program Committee, Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Learned Societies Conference, Guelph, June 11-12, 1984.
Program planner, Toronto Linguistics Atelier, 1980-1984.
Co-edited Book: (with Michael Cummings, Casey Sutcliffe, William Sullivan & Dan Mailman), Thirty-Ninth LACUS Forum: Language Varieties.
Journal Article: (with Wolfgang Ahrens), “Baltic Germans in the Russian Imperial Navy: Navigators, Explorers, and Contributors to Place Naming”, Onomastica. (Submitted for publication in a special issue.)
Book Review: Alok Mukherjee, ‘This Gift of English”, Word (to appear).
Book Review: Anu Kapur, ‘Mapping Place Names of India’, Onoma
Book Review: Grant Smith, ‘Names as Metaphors in Shakespeare’s Comedies’, Onoma.
Book Chapter: “Canada-India Academic Relations: Brief History and Future Perspective”. Facing the Future Together: Exploring Canada India Pathways for Canada-India Collaborations, eds, Dawn Bazely and Nivedita Das Kundu. (submitted)
Book Review: Marja Järventausta and Marko Pantermöller (eds.), ‘Finnische Sprache, Literatur und Kultur im deutschsprachigen Raum’, Word (to appear).
Journal Article: “Names in India: History, Colonialism, Renaming, Contemporary Issues”, Onomastica. (Submitted for publication in a special volume.)
[Book Review]: Terhi Ainiala, Minna Saarelma & Paula Sjöblom, ‘Names in Focus’, Journal of Finnish Studies (to appear).
“Tony F. W. Embleton 1929-2020”, Memorial Tributes, vol. 24. Washington, DC: National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America, 2022, pp. 87-92.
(with Mike Stinson, Gilles Daigle & Umberto Berardi), “A Tribute to Tony F. W. Embleton”, Canadian Acoustics / Acoustique canadienne, 49:1 (2021): 35.
Blog Post: (with Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Amira El-Masri, Zainab Kizilbash & Neville Panthaki), “Returning a Precious Piece of India’s Heritage: What Does PM Modi’s Visit Signify for the Indo-Canadian Bilateral Relationship?”, CBIE [Canadian Bureau for International Education], April 30, 2015.
“Friends at York University Honoured Varpu Lindström”, Vapaa Sana, June 21, 2010.
“Need to Act Now”, India Abroad Supplement on Education, July 2010.
“Need to Create an Attractive Profile for Canadian Education”, India Abroad, January 15, 2010.
“York University Welcomes Indian Students”, India Abroad Supplement on Education, page 10, June 2007.
(Co-edited with Edward Fichtner), Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. Special issues of Word. Articles published over 2 volumes (6 issues). 43:1-2-3 (April-August-December 1992): pp. 161 and 44:1-2-3 (April-August-December 1993): 223 pp.
“User’s Guide to the Lexicostatistical Simulation and Reconstruction Programs”, University of Toronto, 1981. (This 5l-page user’s guide to the lexicostatistical simulation and reconstruction algorithm programs was developed as part of my Ph.D. thesis, allowing for varying replacement and borrowing rates, etc., written in response to numerous requests for copies of the program.)
“Mathematical Linguistics Bibliography”, University of Toronto, 1978. (This 10-page annotated bibliography, subdivided by subject area, was designed to aid the newcomer to the field. It was distributed to all faculty members and graduate students in the Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, as well as to various other interested people.)
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