Our Training Partners

In Canada we are fortunate to have two locations for linguistic training: Canada Institute of Linguistics in Langley, B.C. and Tyndale University College in Toronto Ont. Both offer summer programs and BA degrees in Linguistics. CanIL also offers graduate programs.

Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL)

Langley, British Columbia - www.canil.ca

CanIL has been a training partner with Wycliffe Canada since 1985 and is located on the campus of Trinity Western University (TWU). CanIL offers summer training as well as undergraduate and graduate degree programs through TWU and ACTS Seminaries. Refer to the following links for more information.

• Summer at CanIL (mid-June to mid-August)
• BA in Applied Linguistics
• BA with a minor in Applied Linguistics
• MA in Linguistics
• Master of Applied Linguistics and Exegesis
• Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Most CanIL faculty and staff have Wycliffe field experience. Courses are designed to teach skills necessary for cross-cultural work including language learning, describing unwritten languages, literacy in the mother-tongue, and Bible translation. Students learn principles of communication, how to observe and learn from culture, how to analyze sound systems, grammars and systems of meaning, how to facilitate the development of a writing system for unwritten languages and how to translate naturally and meaningfully between languages.

Wycliffe increasingly partners with nationals in other countries to facilitate language development. CanIL is committed to training students to be trainers and facilitators in areas of linguistics, literacy, Scripture Use and Bible translation. Teaching assistant positions are available for qualified students in the graduate degree programs. Financial aid is also available.

Tyndale University College

Toronto, Ontario - www.tyndale.ca

Tyndale’s Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics focuses on the study of language structures. The program, which has been in operation since the 2009-2010 academic year, seeks to understand how language functions between the actual sounds of language and the meanings which we associate with those sounds. The BA in Linguistics creates a solid foundation for a variety of future careers: teaching, speech pathology, psychology, research, Bible translation and literacy. Your understanding of language will deepen your appreciation of a variety of cultures, both ancient and modern, giving you a head start no matter where you choose to go after your BA at Tyndale.