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:
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
Recent Publications
Navigating “difficult knowledge” in digital stories: Teacher agency, transmediation and translanguaging approaches. Journal of Language and Literacy Education. Spring, 1-18. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TS05Pw32dwVvijofdfUj78-IMAsJ0wor/view
“There's nothing to read here…the newspaper is cho cá, for the fish!”: A Young Refugee-Background Child Brokering Languages, Literacies, and Cultures as a Caring Multiliterate Practice. Reading Research Quarterly, 60: e70018, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.70018
Centering art-making in Research-based Theatre: A language and a/r/tographical inquiry. JACE (Journal of Artistic and Creative Education), 17(1). https://jace.online/index.php/jace/article/view/9017
Conceptualizing Relational Technologies for Native Hawaiian (HI)stories and Contemporary Realities in the Pacific Northwest. BC Studies, 224, 91-114
Monologues from the minoritized: Racialized students’ experiences in French immersion. Canadian Modern Language Review, 81(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr-2024-0001
“I’m going to stay…”: Exploring Factors Impacting English Language Teachers Occupational and Organizational Commitment. English Teaching & Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42321-025-00209-z
Identity and English for specific purposes. In S. Starfield & C. Hafner (eds.) The handbook of English for specific purposes, (2nd ed.). Wiley. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119985068.ch30
Linguistic diversity in the classroom: Embracing multilingual perspectives and pedagogies. Futurum, 31, https://doi.org/10.33424/FUTURUM570
Digital storytelling and intersectional identities: Youth with refugee experiences (re)claiming life stories. International Multilingual Research Journal, 19(2), 99-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/19313152.2024.2332119
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LLED Graduate Student Conference 2025 Recap
May 06, 2025
Critical Conversation with Dr. Gerald Roche
Apr 29, 2025
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