a. Professional preparation

University of Paris, Sorbonne          English, German Licence-ès-Lettres, 1963

Cornell University                           Linguistics              M.A., 1965

University of Victoria                      Linguistics              Ph.D., 1989

b. Education

1994-present          Associate Professor of Linguistics and French, Department

      of Modern Languages, Mount Saint Vincent University [MSVU],

      Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1988-1994                          Assistant Professor of Linguistics and French, Department of

1983-1984                          Part-time instructor, Northwest College, Terrace, B.C. [By

Teacher Education Program, Linguistics 209 Nisha Linguistics course

offered in New Aiyansh to Nisgha language teachers and other community

members; covering comparison of major Nisgha and English structures].

1983-1988                          Linguist/Language curriculum developer, Bilingual/Bicultural

Programme, School District 92 (Nisgha), New Aiyansh, B.C. [preparing Nisgha language teaching and supportive materials for K-12 levels; Nisgha language

1977-1980                          Linguist/Language curriculum designer, Bilingual/Bicultural

Programme, School District 92 (Nisgha), New Aiyansh, B.C. [studying and

analyzing the Nisgha language in order to prepare Nisgha language teaching materials for K-7 levels; Nisgha language teacher training and support].

c. Selected Publications

i.  5 most closely related to proposed project

      dissertation. Still underway], to be published by the University of Utah

      Press (SSILA Book Award Series). [still undergoing revisions]

      Athabascan presence on the Northwest Coast. Working Papers in Athabascan

      Linguistics 2006. Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center. [revised

      And expanded version of 2005b in 3.4]

2003                     A Pan-Penutian database of materials for comparison and reconstruction:

Its organization, uses and results. Report 12, Survey of California and Other

Indian Languages, ed. by Lisa Conathan. Pp 119-130. University of California

1986                     (editor/compiler) Han'iimagoon'isgum-algaxhl Nisga'/Nisgha Phrase

Dictionary. New Aiyansh, B.C.: School District 92 (Nisgha). 564 pp.   [A very

Copious phrase book in 38 chapters with Nisgha/English and English/Nisgha

Indexes; about 5,000 Nisgha items indexed]

1983                     Morphophonemics of Nisgha plural formation: A step towards Proto-

Tsimshian reconstruction. Studies in Amerindian languages II. Kansas Working

ii.        5 other significant publications

2002  Tsimshianic l –initial plurals: relics of an ancient Penutian pattern. 

      Proceedings of the meeting of the Hokan-Penutian workshop, June 17-18, 2000,

Indian Languages. 88-108. University of California at Berkeley.

2001     On the eve of a new paradigm: The current challenges to comparative

      Brinton. Current Trends in Linguistics 215. Pp 309-324. Amsterdam &

      New York: John Benjamins. [refereed, edited proceedings of 1999 conference,

1997     Tsimshianic and Penutian: problems, methods, results and implications. 

      International Journal of American Linguistics 63:1.65-112. [invited article in

      Special Comparative Penutian issue, follow-up to 1994 Comparative Penutian

      Workshop, see below]; (pp90-94 to be reprinted as a chapter ina book, see 3.2.4.

1996     Re-attaching Tsimshianic to Penutian. Proceedings of the Hokan-Penutian

      Workshop, 1994 (Eugene, Oregon, Department of Linguistics, 91-112.

1981     “Them Fred”: Factors in the evolution of a Tsimshianism. The working

      Papers of the XVIth ICSNL. University of Montana Occasional Papers in

d. Synergistic Activities

1988-present          Coordinator, Linguistics Program; was instrumental in setting up

      University Linguistics Program (approved 1997) through which students can

      Graduate in Linguistics through taking a mix of courses at Mount Saint Vincent,

      Saint Mary’s and Dalhousie universities in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.