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  • REACH Workshop: Research as Relational Praxis: Duoethnography in Language and Literacy Studies

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  • Scholarship Stories: Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman

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  • Online Master of Education in Literacy Education Graduate Student Conference 2026

    Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM (PST)Location: Online via Zoom You are cordially invited to attend the Online Master of Education in Literacy Education Graduate Student Conference. Please join us to celebrate and learn about the graduating projects completed by the second online cohort (LIT2) in this program. Please kindly RSVP for this […] Read More

  • Congratulations to Dr. George Belliveau on being recognized as a UBC Ambassador

    We’re pleased to share that Dr. George Belliveau has recently been recognized as a UBC Ambassador through the University of British Columbia Ambassador Program. The UBC Ambassadors program celebrates academic leaders who bring world-class conferences and events to campus, helping position UBC as a premier destination for conferences and scholarly gatherings. UBC Ambassadors build bridges […] Read More

  • Critical Conversation with Dr. Sara E.N. Kangas

    Event Details Organized by the Global Research Collective on Anti-Oppressive Language Education. Presenter: Dr. Sara E.N. Kangas, Associate Professor in the College of Education at Lehigh UniversityDate: March 17, 2026Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM PSTLocation: Online via Zoom Critical Conversation with Dr. Sara E.N. Kangas Sara E.N. Kangas, is an associate professor in the College of Education […] Read More

  • Language, Identity, and Empowerment in School Contexts: Stakeholder Perspectives on Newcomer Youth

    Event Details Presenter: Dr. Michi Ann Saki (Visiting Scholar from Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Japan)Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM PSTLocation: Multipurpose Room, PCN 2012 Language, Identity, and Empowerment in School Contexts: Stakeholder Perspectives on Newcomer Youth Abstract This research talk presents preliminary findings from a small-scale qualitative study examining the experiences […] Read More

  • Congratulations to Dr. Marika Kunnas on receiving the AAAL 2026 Dissertation Award

    Please join us in congratulating Dr. Marika Kunnas on receiving the AAAL 2026 Dissertation Award! Marika’s research explores the experiences of racially minoritized people in French programs in Canada using qualitative and arts-based methods. Marika’s dissertation employed counter-stories and counter-monologues to explore the experiences of racially minoritized students in French immersion programs. The Dissertation Award […] 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

Exploring the transformative potential of duoethnography for critical language teaching. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427587.2025.2612469
Ahmed, A., & Morgan, B. (2026)
Culture and communication in digital worlds. A scoping review of literature from the Third Age of internet studies. The University of British Columbia. https://doi.org/10.14288/r5xm-qn87
Macfadyen, L. P., Morales, E., & Roche, J. (2025)
Les réalités multilingues dans l’enseignement du français au Canada: Une conversation compliquée. Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 16(2), 135–153.
Wernicke, M. (2025)
Doing ‘Nothing’ as Ecological Practice. The Arrow: Journal of Wakeful Society, Culture, & Politics 12(2). https://arrow-journal.org/doing-nothing-as-ecological-practice/
Gladwin, D., & Ellis, N. (2025)
Romance, erotics, and intimacy in a work of Nancy Drew fanfiction: Cross-reading personal pedagogies and literacies. Journal of Popular Romance Studies, 14, https://doi.org/10.70138/ORZE9956
Moore, A. & Hare, K. A. (2025)
Initial teacher education and the emotional geography of languages: A conceptual intervention. TESOL in Context, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.21153/tesol2025vol33no2art2096
Ahmed, A. (2025)
A place to call home: Stories of a young refugee-background child navigating classroom, marginal, and neighbourhood places. Multicultural Perspectives, 27(3), 141–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/15210960.2025.2575736
Rajagopal, H. (2025)
“Tribalizing Linguistic Inquiry”, Living Languages 4(1), 47-84. doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/livinglanguages.2238
Dupris, J. J. (2025)
The ‘hesitant multilingual’: why do some students who use multiple languages not identify as multilingual? International Journal of Multilingualism, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2025.2505916
Griffiths, E., Neumann, H., Zappa-Hollman, S., & Van Viegen, S. (2025)

News & Events

REACH Workshop: Research as Relational Praxis: Duoethnography in Language and Literacy Studies
Feb 24, 2026

Scholarship Stories: Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman

Online Master of Education in Literacy Education Graduate Student Conference 2026
Feb 23, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. George Belliveau on being recognized as a UBC Ambassador

Critical Conversation with Dr. Sara E.N. Kangas
Feb 19, 2026

REACH Workshop: Research With, Not On: Collaborative Action Research in Language & Literacy Education
Feb 17, 2026

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