UBC researchers involved in new language project Via LizBraunSun
was launched this month by scientists in the U.S. and Canada who hope to change potentially harmful terms used in ecology and evolutionary biology.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
— which boasts three researchers in the language project — there’s a need to revise terminology that might be harmful to some people, especially people in groups historically excluded from science. The project began among researchers interested in calling attention to the power of language and the ways it can cause harm.
This will be a crowdsourced effort. There are words and phrases that have been identified as harmful and suggestions for replacement terms.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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