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  • Congratulations to Osanka Rathnasiri on receiving the Oxford EMI Emerging Researcher Award 2025

    Please join us in congratulating first-year PhD student Osanka Rathnasiri on receiving the Oxford EMI Emerging Researcher Award 2025! The award was presented at the ELINET (Education, Languages and Internationalisation Network) Conference held at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, on July 3-4, 2025. At this conference, Osanka presented her paper titled “Language Ideologies in […] Read More

  • IDIERI 11: Event Recap

    Roots and Routes:11th International Drama in Educational Research Institute June 21st – 24th, 2025University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada IDIERI 11 Brings Global Collaborators to UBC – A Recap of a Transformative Event The 11th International Drama in Education Research Institute (IDIERI 11) convened at the University of British Columbia from June 21–24, 2025, drawing scholars, […] Read More

  • Congratulations to Dr. Guofang Li – Recipient of the 2025 ILA International Citation of Merit

    We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Dr. Guofang Li has been awarded the 2025 ILA International Citation of Merit! The International Literacy Association (ILA) International Citation of Merit is given to an individual whose reputation is clearly visible through global activities in the field of literacy and whose activities are for the […] Read More

  • Congratulations to our faculty on their promotions

    We are excited to announce that the following four faculty members have been granted promotion effective from July 1, 2025 onwards. Please join us in congratulating them on this important and wonderful achievement! Dr. Iris Berger has been promoted to the role of Associate Professor of Teaching;Dr. Meghan Corella has been promoted to the role […] Read More

  • LLED 565A in 2025-26 W1

    LLED 565A-061 Special Course Subject MTFLD (A)Topic: Language socialization across mono/bi/multilingual contexts Winter Term 1 from Sept to Dec 2025Thursdays, 4:30 to 7:30 PM Instructor: Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman This special-topics course is an introduction to language/literacy socialization, a theoretical perspective that foregrounds the role of interactionally-mediated activities in socializing newcomers into their respective new communities. […] Read More

  • LLED 442 in 2025-26 W1

    LLED 442: Trends and Issues in Teaching Environmental Children’s Literature Winter Term 1 from Sept to Dec 2025Monday, 4 to 7 PM Instructor: Dr. Derek Gladwin What stories are we telling children about the world—and what futures do those stories invite them to imagine? This course explores how teaching children’s literature can engage youth in […] Read More

  • Congratulations to Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen on being selected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Education

    We are delighted to share that Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen has been selected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Education (IAE) (http://www.iaoed.org), an important recognition of her exceptional contributions to the field of education. Election to the IAE is reserved for scholars who have demonstrated a sustained record of excellence in educational research and […] Read More

We are a collective of educators committed to social justice in our work with students, colleagues, partners, and community members. We are privileged to learn, teach, and conduct our research on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

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Our commitment is enacted through the interrelated areas of interest and expertise:

Language and literacy learning and teaching in multilingual, multicultural, and multimodal contexts


Critical and anti-oppressive approaches to literacy and language education

Indigenous Language & Literacy Education


Arts-based, literary, and embodied learning in language and literacy education

Digital media, cultures and technologies in language and literacy education


Theories and methodologies for literacy and language education research

Recent Publications

Identity and investment in the age of generative AI. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. Published online 2025:1-18. doi:10.1017/S0267190525100135
Darvin, R. (2025)
Research-based Theatre. Special issue in McGill Journal of Education, 59(1). (12 articles). https://mje.mcgill.ca/issue/view/583
Lea, G. W. & Belliveau, G. (Eds.) (2025).
Find a home, lose a home: A research-based theatre into Acadian heritage. McGill Journal of Education 59(1) 178-194. https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/10301/8058
Shigematsu, T., Göksel, E., Piazolli, E., Belliveau, G., Naud, P. (2025).
International handbook of literacies in families and communities. UK: Edward Edgar Publishing.
Edwards, P., Compton-Lilly, C., & Li, G. (2025).
Home biliteracy environment and early bilingual vocabulary development among Chinese-Canadian Children: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 10.1080/13670050.2025.2530213
Li, G., Zhen, F., Lin, Z., & Gunderson, L. (2025).
The emotional work of heritage language maintenance: Insights from a longitudinal study of Chinese–Canadian bilingual parenting. Educational Sciences, 15(7), 816, https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15070816
Li, G., & Lin, Z. (2025).
Bridging the theory and practice divide in pre-service language teacher education: A focus on teacher educators’ expertise from in-service teachers' vantage point. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Volume 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101656
Whitehead, G. E. & Arslan, S. (2025)
Nurturing Leadership in Language Teachers: Exploring the Why, What, and How in Pre-Service Education Programs. Second Language Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.3138/slte-29423-Whitehead
Whitehead, G. E. & Greenier, V. (2025)
So that our languages live on: Indigenous language medium-immersion programs in post-secondary education. In A.V. Brown, C. Crane, B. Dupuy, E. Ene (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Language Program Development and Administration (pp. 415-426). Routledge
Mākaʻimoku, K., Galla, C.K., Kawaiʻaeʻa, K., *Teria, J.S. (forthcoming: 2025, July)

News & Events

Congratulations to Osanka Rathnasiri on receiving the Oxford EMI Emerging Researcher Award 2025
Jul 17, 2025

IDIERI 11: Event Recap
Jul 15, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Guofang Li – Recipient of the 2025 ILA International Citation of Merit
Jul 08, 2025

Congratulations to our faculty on their promotions
Jun 24, 2025

LLED 565A in 2025-26 W1
Jun 12, 2025

LLED 442 in 2025-26 W1
Jun 05, 2025

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Job Postings

2025W Graduate Peer Facilitator (GPF)
Application Deadline: July 18, 2025

2025W Graduate Academic Advisor for ABER Group
Application Deadline: July 18, 2025

2025W Graduate Academic Assistant (LLED Video Projects)
Application Deadline: August 1, 2025

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