Olga Lovick, University of Saskatchewan

Research

language description language documentation language change language profile dictionary text collection Indigenous languages Dene languages

Latest funding

Lexical richness in a polysynthetic language: Dene Suline
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$70,797
Bilingualism and Multilingualism (BAM2) conference and community outreach event
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,940
Talking Dene: documenting language and change in two Northern Saskatchewan communities
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$83,290

All 4 grants and awards

Lexical richness in a polysynthetic language: Dene Suline

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lovick, Olga Charlotte

Keywords: Indigenous languages; Dene languages; lexical diversity; lexicography

$70,797

Bilingualism and Multilingualism (BAM2) conference and community outreach event

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Makarova, Veronika

Keywords: Bilingualism; multilingualism; multiculturalism; scholars-community connection; official and minority languages of Canada

$44,940

Talking Dene: documenting language and change in two Northern Saskatchewan communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lovick, Olga Charlotte

Keywords: language description; language documentation; language change; language profile; dictionary; text collection

$83,290

Talking Dene: documenting language and change in two Northern Saskatchewan communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lovick, Olga Charlotte

Keywords: language description; language documentation; language change; language profile; dictionary; text collection

$249,834

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: language description Dear Professor Lovick, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on language description connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Lexical richness in a polysynthetic language: Dene Suline" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]