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LLED
  • Public Talk with Ricardo Montt

    Event Details Presenter: Ricardo Montt, University Complutense of Madrid, SpainDate: April 28, 2026Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pmLocation: Multipurpose Room, Ponderosa Commons North, PCN 2012 All are welcome. Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP by Friday, April 24 at 9 am. Abstract Young people display the ability to rationally critique complicated normative ideas being spread through […] Read More

  • Congratulations to Dr. Anwar Ahmed, 2025-2026 Killam Teaching Prize Recipient

    We’re excited to announce that Dr. Anwar Ahmed is a recipient of the 2025-2026 Killam Teaching Prize. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching. Recipients are recognized at the graduation ceremonies in May. This recognition highlights Anwar’s contributions to the scholarship […] Read More

  • Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Hunte, 2025 CLL Fund Competition Recipient

    Please join us in congratulating Dr. Melissa R. Hunte on being a recipient of the 2025 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Fund Competition. The 2025 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Fund Competition called for visionary approaches to help British Columbia and Canada respond and adapt to the pressing sustainability challenges. This year’s competition […] Read More

  • Congratulations to Andrea Hoff on successfully defending her dissertation

    Congratulations to Andrea Hoff, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on 9 March, 2026. Supervised by Dr. Teresa Dobson, with committee members Drs. Marlene Asselin, Jennifer Jenson, and Kathryn Shoemaker. Many thanks to the University Examiners, Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen (LLED) and Sarah Leavitt (School of Creative Writing, UBC) Congratulations, Andrea! 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

  • 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

Identity, Investment, and Critical Applied Linguistics. In The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Critical Applied Linguistics), C.A.Chapelle & Pedro dosSantos (Eds.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal20088
Darvin R. (2026)
Critical Digital Literacies. In The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Literacy), C.A.Chapelle & Eva Lam Wan Shun (Eds.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal20282
Darvin R. (2026)
Literacy: An Introduction. In The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Literacy), C.A.Chapelle & Ron Darvin (Eds.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal20918
Darvin R. & Lam E. (2026)
Language teacher identity development through professionalization on study abroad. In V. Tavares & S. Melo-Pfeifer (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language Teacher Identity (pp. 450–464). Taylor & Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003495390-33
Wernicke, M. (2026)
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)

News & Events

Public Talk with Ricardo Montt
Apr 21, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Anwar Ahmed, 2025-2026 Killam Teaching Prize Recipient
Apr 07, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Hunte, 2025 CLL Fund Competition Recipient
Apr 02, 2026

Becoming Ecological Book Launch

Congratulations to Andrea Hoff on successfully defending her dissertation
Mar 27, 2026

REACH Workshop: Research as Relational Praxis: Duoethnography in Language and Literacy Studies
Mar 23, 2026

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