BA, MA, PhD
Instructor
mylescreed@capilanou.ca
Education
BA, Communication, Lewis & Clark College, 2011
MA, General Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, 2012
PhD, Linguistics, University of Victoria, 2024
Bio
Myles Creed (PhD, University Victoria) is a linguist, language instructor, and curriculum developer living and working on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations (Vancouver, BC). His ancestry is English, Irish and French.
He was raised in Kotzebue, Alaska (Qikiqtaġruŋmiut lands) and graduated with a MA in Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. Since 2014, he has worked closely with Iñupiaq language revitalization efforts, most closely with the Iḷisaqativut language coalition and at the University of Alaska, as well as with working with Dene languages at Doyon Foundation.
Introductory linguistics, morphology, loanword phonology, polysynthesis, language revitalization, Inuit languages.
His research interests include online language course development, language app development, adult second language acquisition, loanword phonology, language assessment, language revitalization, and Inuit languages. His personal interests include long-distance running, hiking, soccer, biking, travel, learning languages, politics and LGBTQ+ activism.