With Jamaicans making up a significant portion of Toronto’s population, it is inevitable that Jamaican culture has had an influence on Toronto’s society, more specifically its slang. “Patois speaks of the pain and trauma of Jamaicans’ ancestors, as well as the tactics used to subvert, appropriate, and mimic the colonial language, allowing slaves to hide meaning in plain sight,“ explained Wilkinson. The use of Patois in Jamaica developed during a time of colonization and slavery, Patois was an underground language that helped adhere to the forced use of imperial languages while still having a dialect that only Jamaicans could understand. “I also wanted to explore a trend I have noticed throughout my life and discover its significance to society, academia, and one’s personal understanding of cultural exchange and connection across the numerous Diasporas following colonialism.” “My pride in my heritage, my pride in my home, and my interest in language drove me to conduct my research project on Patois’ influence in the GTA,” Wilkinson shared. Her main research question looks at the ways Patois, as a language, is used to define the Jamaican identity, and now being used to define locations abroad through various cultural processes and connections. Wilkinson is a Master’s student studying Communication. Raven Wilkinson has been looking at Toronto slang for her research and has been making a connection to Jamaican culture and more specifically Patois (the unofficial language of Jamaica) as a common denominator between the two forms of jargon.
But Toronto slang has a far more intricate, historical context to explain where and why this slang has become so widespread across Toronto communities. Often we credit the origins of Toronto’s slang with mainstream artists that have come out of Toronto such as Drake or Partynextdoor. Toronto slang has become an epidemic that has spread far beyond the confines of the Greater Toronto Area. –The following story was written by Taia Goguen-Garner Private and Personal Information in Your Thesis.Graduate Supervision Appointments Policy.Guidelines regarding Nominal Co-Supervisions with Adjunct Professors and Adjunct Research Professors.Graduate Supervision – Responsibilities & Expectations Policy.
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