Speaking & Teaching
Seminar: Helping Newcomers Settle in Canada
Location: Salmon Arm Community Gathering, Salmon Arm, BC
Date: 23 January 2016 - Session 1
ACTIVITIES (page under development)
Seminar: Why So Many Refugees?
Location: Shannon Oaks, Vancouver, BC
Date: 23 February 2017
Seminar: History of the Middle East Refugee Situation
Location: Salmon Arm Community Gathering, Salmon Arm, BC
Date: 23 January 2016 - Session 2
Seminar: Why So Many Refugees?
Location: Chilliwack Cares, Chilliwack, BC
Date: 12 March 2016 - Session 1
Seminar: Middle East Culture
Location: Chilliwack Cares, Chilliwack, BC
Date: 12 March 2016 - Session 2
Seminar: Helping Newcomers Settle in Canada
Location: Chilliwack Cares, Chilliwack, BC
Date: 12 March 2016 - Session 3
Keynote: Why So Many Refugees?
Location: Cooperative ESL Ministries, Calgary, AB
Date: 10 April 2016
Seminar: Tips for Teaching ESL to Arabic Speakers
Location: Cooperative ESL Ministries, Calgary, AB
Date: 10 April 2016
Seminar: Welcoming Chilliwack's Syrian Newcomers
Location: Chilliwack Rotary Club, Chilliwack, BC
Date: 29 April 2016
Seminar: Building Bridges of Understanding to the Middle East
Location: Trinity United Presbyterian, Santa Ana, CA
Date: 8 May 2016
Seminar: History of the Middle East Refugee Situation
Location: Settlement360, Fort Langley, BC
Date: 1 October 2016 - Session 1
Seminar: Middle East Culture
Location: Settlement360, Fort Langley, BC
Date: 1 October 2016 - Session 2
Seminar: Why So Many Refugees?
Location: Sabeel Media, Dearborn, MI
Date: 8 October 2016
Seminar: Why So Many Refugees?
Location: Project Refugee, Vancouver, BC
Date: 24 November 2017
Briefing: New Hope Community Services
Location: VanCity, Surrey, BC
Date: 11 May 2018
Seminar: An Introduction to Arabic
Location: Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford, BC
Date: 24 September 2019
Keynote: Responding to the Refugee Situation
Location: Corban University, Salem, OR
Date: 7 October 2019
Seminar: Middle East Culture
Location: International Zoom Event
Date: 17 March 2023
Assistant: Dictionary Workshop
Location: Socotra, Yemen
Date: Oct 2023
June 1974 - Matthew McNair Senior Secondary - Richmond, BC - High school diploma
Education & Experience
1975-1977 - Vancouver Vocational Institute - Vancouver, BC - Certificate in Drafting
Summer 1979 - Regent College - Vancouver, BC - Intensive Greek studies
Summer 1980 - Regent College - Vancouver, BC - Intensive Hebrew studies
Summer 1981 - University of Washington - Seattle, WA - Undergraduate studies in Linguistics
Summer 1982 - University of Washington - Seattle, WA - Graduate studies in Linguistics
1982-1984 & 1987-1988 - University of Texas in Arlington - Arlington, TX - MA in Linguistics
Summer 1984 - University of Oklahoma - Norman, OK - Graduate studies in Socioinguistics
1984-1985 & 1990 - University of Jordan - Amman, Jordan - Arabic studies
Fall 1985 - University of Jordan - Amman, Jordan - Faculty of Arts, auditing 2 classes
1986-1987 & 1992 - American Center of Oriental Research - Amman, Jordan - Honorary Fellowship
1987 - American Institute for Yemeni Studies - Sana'a, Yemen - Sociolinguistic research in Yemen
1987 - Yemen Centre for Research and Studies - Sana'a, Yemen - Sociolinguistic research in Yemen
1992-2001 - TAB Linguistic Consultants - Limassol, Cyprus - Founding member, co-director, researcher
2016-2019 - New Hope Community Services - Surrey, BC - Arabic/English translator and settlement worker for Syrian refugees
1991-1995 - Phonetics Research Centre - University of Jordan - Amman, Jordan - Assistant to Phonetician Dr. El-Halees