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The Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) is housed within the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University. ARiEAL is a research centre that brings together a community of researchers ranging from undergraduate trainees to established scholars, and enables the researchers to excel in their problem-driven language science research in fundamental, experimental, and applied linguistics.
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A guide to McMaster convocation traditions
Universities are steeped in tradition, and convocation is arguably the time when those traditions are most on display. Since the university’s founding in 1887, thousands of McMaster students have celebrated and been celebrated at convocation ceremonies. Many official and unofficial traditions have grown from these celebrations. Here are a few of them: The ceremonial mace […]
McMaster scientist Marek Smieja receives prestigious national award for infectious disease research
McMaster University scientist Marek Smieja has been awarded the 2026 John G. FitzGerald Award by the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID). The award, which recognizes technical, scientific and medical leaders who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical microbiology, is CACMID’s highest honour, and grants recipients a lifetime membership to the […]
Meet the honorary degree recipients of Spring 2026
Thought leaders, innovators, scholars, philanthropists and above all, change makers. Seven remarkable individuals will receive honorary degrees at the Spring Convocation ceremonies in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their discipline and communities. Here are this year’s honorary degree recipients, in order of presentation: Mary Heersink Faculty of Health Sciences | May 21, 2026 Mary Heersink is an internationally […]