It's been some time since I have posted anything. I kind of let the summer get away from me, but I am relaxed, tanned, refreshed and ready to get back to work!
I took some time off and for work I focused on filling in necessary forms over the summer.
The conference in Norway (the International Symposium on Bilingualism 8) was a great success. My presentation went well (despite my jet lag!) and I enjoyed all the presentations I attended and meeting and sharing discussions with other Sign Language linguists from around the world!
I attended the Winnipeg Church of the Deaf's Camp Kakepitay's 45th anniversary on Canyon lake. My partner took some 4-day pinhole camera pictures, which can be seen at http://clarakusumoto.wordpress.com/
We both had a great time!
(Kakepitay means Deaf in Oji-Cree)
Otherwise I camped, canoed, and cottaged my way through the summer. Filling in some paperwork and doing a little work on my data throughout the summer. I feel a little guilty for not working harder, but in the end I think I'm better off for having taken holidays for the first time, really, since I started my Masters in 2008!! (I didn't have time off between my MA and PhD, in fact there was a month of overlap!). There's nothing like an extended holiday to get you excited to get back to work!
I am currently preparing to send out some information to teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (hopefully Canada-wide) to begin to establish more contacts for continued research, prepare for a presentation I am giving for a Lunchtime lecture series at the University of Manitoba (@ 12:30 Jan 27th), and prepare the paper on this research to defend sometime this semester.
Back to work indeed! YAY!! (yes, I am a big nerd).
I took some time off and for work I focused on filling in necessary forms over the summer.
The conference in Norway (the International Symposium on Bilingualism 8) was a great success. My presentation went well (despite my jet lag!) and I enjoyed all the presentations I attended and meeting and sharing discussions with other Sign Language linguists from around the world!
I attended the Winnipeg Church of the Deaf's Camp Kakepitay's 45th anniversary on Canyon lake. My partner took some 4-day pinhole camera pictures, which can be seen at http://clarakusumoto.wordpress.com/
We both had a great time!
(Kakepitay means Deaf in Oji-Cree)
Otherwise I camped, canoed, and cottaged my way through the summer. Filling in some paperwork and doing a little work on my data throughout the summer. I feel a little guilty for not working harder, but in the end I think I'm better off for having taken holidays for the first time, really, since I started my Masters in 2008!! (I didn't have time off between my MA and PhD, in fact there was a month of overlap!). There's nothing like an extended holiday to get you excited to get back to work!
I am currently preparing to send out some information to teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (hopefully Canada-wide) to begin to establish more contacts for continued research, prepare for a presentation I am giving for a Lunchtime lecture series at the University of Manitoba (@ 12:30 Jan 27th), and prepare the paper on this research to defend sometime this semester.
Back to work indeed! YAY!! (yes, I am a big nerd).
