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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
Building a K-12 educator community of learners during emergency remote learning. In C. N. Giannikas (Ed.), Transferring language learning and teaching from face-to-face to online settings (pp. 287-305). IGI Global.
Storytelling through block play: Imagining identities and creative citizenship. Literacy, 56(1), 29–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12266
What makes a text sound academic? Using an SFL-based framework for EAP and graduate TESOL students. Applied Linguistics Forum, http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolalis/issues/2021-08-30/4.html
Engaging in linguistically responsive instruction: Insights from a first‐year university program for emergent multilingual learners. TESOL Quarterly, 55 (4), 1081-1091. doi:10.1002/tesq.3075.
Research-based theatre about veterans transitioning home: A mixed methods evaluation of audience impacts. Social Science & Medicine, 292 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114578
“Your English is so good”: Lives of racialized students and instructors of a Canadian University. Ethnicities. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968211055808
Chorégraphies difficiles dans les « Marges du cancer ». Minorités sexuelles et/ou genrées et incommensurabilité des savoirs biographiques et biomédicaux. In A. Alexandrin & A. Meidani (Eds.), Cancers, masculinités, féminités. Toulouse: Éditions Érès.
Sex and gender-based analysis and public health. New York. NY: Springer Nature.
Four ‘moments’ of intercultural encountering. Teaching in Higher Education, 26(7–8), 1130–1140. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2021.1911988
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Job Postings
Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Teaching in Teacher Librarianship
Application Review Start Date: Friday, February 4, 2022
Open Rank (Tenure Stream) Position in Indigenous Language & Literacy Education
Application Review Start Date: Friday, February 4, 2022
Post-doctoral Fellow
Application Deadline: Friday, April 1, 2022