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UVic names top researchers for 2014
Media release
2014 Craigdarroch Research Awards
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Aboriginal language learning apps
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Jim Tully (political science) is one of four recipients of a 2014 Craigdarroch Research Award. Tully’s work has implications for virtually all major areas of public
policy—including democracy, federalism, multiculturalism, Indigenous rights
Whether they’re helping us understand the complexities of politics and public policy, laying the mathematical groundwork for everyday devices and processes, giving us a greater
appreciation for musical expression, or helping Indigenous communities revive their endangered languages—this year’s Craigdarroch Research Award recipients are making our world a better
place.
For millennia, Aboriginal words have been passed along orally from generation to generation. Now, on iPads and iPhones, speakers and learners of the Tłįchǫ language can hear and
see over 1,300 words and phrases with sounds, pictures and the voices of elders.