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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
Contemporary pedagogical approaches to developing high oral communicative competence. ARA Journal. Arts and Humanities (new series), 37(1).
Asynchronous and synchronous online TESOL Education. In J. I. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL encyclopedia of language teaching. New York, NY: Wiley.
The Multilingual turn in TESOL. In J. I. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL encyclopedia of language teaching. New York, NY: Wiley.
Access and use of digital technologies in early childhood: A review of mixed messages in popular media. Language and Literacy 23 (3) 106-109. DOI:10.20360/langandlit29546
Solarities: Seeking energy justice. A. Vermuri & D. Barney (Ed.). University of Minnesota Press.
Towards critical translanguaging: A review of literature on English as a medium of instruction in South Asia’s school education. Asian Englishes. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2022.2056796
Plurilingualism, equity, and preservice teacher identity: Centring (linguistic) diversity in teacher education. TESL Canada Journal, 38(2), 114–139. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v38i2.1359
Professors’ views of content transformation in students’ paraphrasing. Journal of Response to Writing, 7 (2), 112-144. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/journalrw/vol7/iss2/5
Translingual identity and professional legitimacy of two Western-education English writing instructors in Taiwan. Journal of Language, Identity and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2021.1974865
Job Postings
2022W Graduate Teaching Assistants in UBC-Rits ASTU
Application deadline: Friday, May 27, 2022
2022W Graduate Teaching Assistants in UBC-Rits LLED
Application deadline: Friday, May 27, 2022
2022W1 Part-Time Sessional Lecturers in UBC-Rits ASTU
Application deadline: Friday, May 27, 2022