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
Collaborative creative inquiry: An arts-informed approach to transdisciplinary research. The Qualitative Report, 29(10), 2826-2847. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol29/iss10/16/ Collaborators: Natalia Balyasnikova, Yecid Ortega, Meghan Kumar, Melanie Wong].
Leveraging arts-based literacies in science as evidence of learning. In B. Peters (Ed.), Arts-Based Multiliteracies for Teaching and Learning (pp. 269-302). IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-3184-2.ch010
Addressing the Language and Literacy Needs and Challenges of Students with Refugee Experiences: Integrated Supports. Education Sciences, 14(12), 1354. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14121354
Hauntings of publication deaths, possibilities for our academic present. Journal of Feminist Scholarship, 25 (Fall). https://doi.org/10.23860/jfs.2024.25.02
It’s about damn time: decolonizing and Indigenizing possibilities in teacher education. In A-L King, K. O’Reily & P. Lewis (Eds.) Indigenizing, Decolonizing and Unsettling: Stories from the Land. Canadian Scholars Press/Women’s Press.
Indigenous language rights, frameworks, and policies. In S. Lightfoot & S. Maddison (Eds.), Handbook of Indigenous Public Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing
Friend or foe? Examining the impact of digital devices use on Chinese-Canadian children’s heritage language learning. Digital Studies in Language and Literature. https://doi.org/10.1515/dsll-2024-0022
Revisit English learner autonomy among Chinese non-English major students during the COVID-19 lockdown. Sage Journal, 14(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241289725
Culture, language, and race: An AsianCrit perspective on newcomer Chinese transnational adolescents’ navigation of intersectional discourses in Canadian schools. International Multilingualism Research Journal, DOI: 10.1080/19313152.2024.2335094
News & Events
Etovre Vese’s Thesis Defence
Dec 11, 2024
Motoki Nozawa’s Thesis Defense
Nov 29, 2024
Sonoka Inomoto’s Thesis Defence
Nov 28, 2024
LLED Arts-based Research Gathering November 2024
Nov 13, 2024
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