Heather Goad presented ‘Phonological challenges at the right edge of words: Second language learners are strategic’ at the 23rd International Conference of the Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA2023), Gakushuin University, Tokyo. Other McGillians present were: Makiko Hirakawa (PhD 2000), Tokiko Okuma (PhD 2015), John Matthews (MA 1992), Takako Kawasaki (PhD 1999) and Mari Umeda (PhD 2008).