March 6, 2023
Elise Stickles and Laura Schneider were awarded an Arts Undergraduate Research Award (AURA) to fund Laura’s work on Canadian and Hexagonal French metaphors for cancer in the summer of 2023. To the best of our knowledge, there has not been a systematic comparison of metaphors in any variety of French, although there have been a few case studies of individuals’ discourse describing their experience with cancer. Laura will work to collect, analyse, and translate metaphors from a variety of sources, including local news sites; resources for clinicians; resources for patients and their families/friends; and cancer patient forum support groups and blogs. Her work will contribute to the broader MetaNet project, “Waging metaphorical war: Cross-linguistic analysis of metaphors for cancer, COVID-19, and climate change.”