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David Heap

Associate Professor at University of Western Ontario

Summary

A parent of two, a UWO faculty member (French & linguistics), peace and social-justice activist and trade unionist feminist. Participated in the Gaza Freedom March in December 2009-January 2010, and the Canadian Boat to Gaza (tahrir.ca) campaign from June 2010 to present. He sometimes blogs at http://davidheap.blogspot.com/

Experience

  • Associate Professor (French and Linguistics) , University of Western Ontario 1996 – present

Education

  • University of Toronto, Ph.D., 1997

Research Areas

  • Linguistics (2004)
  • Language In Time And Space (Incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology) (200406)