Researchers Taking "Fishing, Digging & Mining for Stories in Ontario" to Wawa

A group of researchers are coming to Wawa "Fishing, Digging, and Mining for Stories" in coming days.

Professor Sali Tagliamonte - who's heading the project - says her research team is recording oral histories.

While Dr. Tagliamonte is chair of linguistics at the University of Toronto and Canada Research Chair in language variation and change, she says - in the field - she's an anthropologist, assuring it's a simple process

Professor Tagliamonte encourages locals who were born and raised in Wawa to contact her team if interested - email socialimpacttoronto@gmail.com

The research team's set to arrive in Wawa Sunday and stay into Monday, though Dr. Tagliamonte suggests they could return if there's enough interest from locals.