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Facilities and Resources for LAL Students

Location: South 502 Ross

The Graduate Program in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics offers graduate students access to a computer lab that provides students with:

  • Internet access
  • E-mail access
  • Software relevant to student’s areas of study

Location: Fifth floor, South Ross

Graduate students have access to the DLLL Departmental Lounge. In addition to being a resource that enhances students’ graduate experience, this is a facility that allows graduate linguistics students and faculty to:

  • Enjoy their lunch and chat with their colleagues
  • Spend time in a spacious and comfortable atmosphere

Among York’s research centers, the Centre for Research on Language Contact (CRLC) is especially relevant to members of the Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Graduate Program because of its focus on the multi-faceted aspects of language contact.

Visit: Centre for Research on Language and Culture Contact for more information on the CRLC mission and activities.

Housed in five buildings, York’s collections have more than 6.5 million items, 150,000 E-books, and 20,000 online journals. Our world-class libraries provide rich collections, value-added services, excellent librarians, and knowledgeable and helpful staff. Innovations include:

  • Designated graduate student reading room
  • Research skills workshops
  • Online tutorials
  • Discipline and course-specific guests lectures and workshops
  • Ask A Librarian chat reference
  • RACER, a library resource-sharing system, allowing interlibrary loan users the ability to search multiple library catalogs at the same time and track the progress of their requests
  • RefWorks, a Web-based bibliographic citation software, and RefShare, a RefWorks component that will let you share your RefWorks folders with research partners or students.

The Leslie Frost Library on the Glendon campus houses an extensive bilingual collection. The Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections contains a rich research collection for curricular and ongoing scholarly research.

Visit: York’s Libraries to learn more.

Enhance your interdisciplinary education with opportunities to participate in collaborative research. York University is the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. Working across disciplines and with global partners, we develop ideas and connect with policymakers and practitioners to create meaningful change and a more globally competitive Canada.

As a graduate student, you will benefit from York’s 24 research centers and institutes, which provide outstanding research opportunities to supplement your academic program.

Visit: York Research website to learn more.

Located directly above the Graduate Students’ Association office on the fourth floor of the Student Centre are a large open conference room and two boardrooms. The boardrooms can be booked for smaller meetings or study groups. The rooms’ availability can be checked via the calendar at yugsa.ca.

Contact: (416) 736-5865 or gsa@yorku.ca to book a conference or for more information.

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The Graduate Program in Linguistics & Applied Linguistics at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education. Contact our Graduate Program Assistant to learn more.