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
International handbook of literacies in families and communities. UK: Edward Edgar Publishing.
Home biliteracy environment and early bilingual vocabulary development among Chinese-Canadian Children: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism， 10.1080/13670050.2025.2530213
The emotional work of heritage language maintenance: Insights from a longitudinal study of Chinese–Canadian bilingual parenting. Educational Sciences, 15(7), 816, https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15070816
Bridging the theory and practice divide in pre-service language teacher education: A focus on teacher educators’ expertise from in-service teachers' vantage point. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Volume 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101656
Nurturing Leadership in Language Teachers: Exploring the Why, What, and How in Pre-Service Education Programs. Second Language Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.3138/slte-29423-Whitehead
So that our languages live on: Indigenous language medium-immersion programs in post-secondary education. In A.V. Brown, C. Crane, B. Dupuy, E. Ene (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Language Program Development and Administration (pp. 415-426). Routledge
Navigating “difficult knowledge” in digital stories: Teacher agency, transmediation and translanguaging approaches. Journal of Language and Literacy Education. Spring, 1-18. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TS05Pw32dwVvijofdfUj78-IMAsJ0wor/view
“There's nothing to read here…the newspaper is cho cá, for the fish!”: A Young Refugee-Background Child Brokering Languages, Literacies, and Cultures as a Caring Multiliterate Practice. Reading Research Quarterly, 60: e70018, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.70018
Centering art-making in Research-based Theatre: A language and a/r/tographical inquiry. JACE (Journal of Artistic and Creative Education), 17(1). https://jace.online/index.php/jace/article/view/9017
News & Events
Congratulations to our faculty on their promotions
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Job Postings
2025W Graduate Peer Advisors
Application Deadline: July 14, 2025
2025W Graduate Academic Assistant – Research, Engagement and Collaboration Hub
Application Deadline: July 14, 2025
2025W Graduate Peer Facilitator (GPF)
Application Deadline: July 18, 2025
2025W Graduate Academic Advisor for ABER Group
Application Deadline: July 18, 2025