News & Events

Amanda Wager, LLED PhD graduate, has been recently appointed as a new Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Community Research in Art, Culture & Education at Vancouver Island University.

The Department of Language and Literacy Education is pleased to announce that Dr. Kathryn Accurso will be joining LLED on January 1, 2020, as a tenure-track Instructor.

Karen Sharkey will be defending her PhD research proposal from 3:00 - 5:00 PM on Tuesday, June 16th, in Room 1306, PCOH (6445 University Boulevard).

Thank you for everything, Anthony and Margot! Wishing you the best in this next phase in your life!

Natalia Balyasnikova successfully defended her PhD dissertation today. Congratulations, Natalia!

Working towards a career as a French Teacher? Get classroom ready! Register for Séjour UBC and get to know other French students and teacher candidates!

Congratulations to Liza Navarro, winner of the LLED Graduate Student Outstanding Service Award for the 2018-19 academic year!

Natalia Balyasnikova will have her dissertation defence at 9:00 AM on Friday, July 5th, in Room 200 of the Graduate Student Centre (6371 Crescent Road).

LLED is pleased to host 22 secondary-school English-language teachers from Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education for a ten-week professional development program.

The stereotype of the high-achieving Chinese student in Canada, called the ‘model minority’, can mask differences in learning within this community, and a lack of research in this area means educationally at-risk students are being overlooked. Image credit: Paul H. Joseph

Students of LLED presented at Congress 2019.

Dmitri Detwyler will be defending his PhD research proposal at 11:00 AM on Thursday, June 20th, in Room 1306, PCOH (6445 University Boulevard).

Ashley R. Moore will be defending his PhD dissertation proposal at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, June 25th, in Room 1306A of Ponderosa Commons: Oak House (PCOH).

Please join us for this public talk with Dr. Yumi Sugihara Yoshida, visiting associate professor at UBC’s Institute of Asian Research and an associate professor in the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan.

Dr. Kowkabi is a recent graduate of LLED. She will take up her new position on July 1.

Congratulations to Dr. Guofang Li and her team, Drs. Jim Anderson, Jan Hare, and Marianne McTavish, on successfully organizing and hosting the event.

Thank you to the planning committee for organizing this emotional event. Please join us in revisiting this journey through these photos, and thank you to Yuya Takeda (@yuyapecotakeda) for his professional service.

Congratulations to Lisa Altan on winning a Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence as an Emerging Leader!

The Department of Language and Literacy Education is pleased to announce that Dr. Valia Spiliotopoulos will be joining LLED on August 1, 2019, as a tenure-track Instructor.

Botao Wu successfully defended his PhD dissertation today titled “My Journey in Language: A Poetic Inquiry”. Congratulations, Botao!

Join us in the Henry Angus Building for our annual ACLA Conference, June 3rd to 5th! The Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics promotes research and teaching in all areas of applied linguistics across Canada.

TEDxJIBC is a local, independently organized event to be held on June 5, 2019 at the JIBC New Westminster campus.

Please join us on May 30 for Dr. Michał B. Paradowski’s public talk in the Neville Scarfe building. Michał B. Paradowski is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw.

Botao Wu will present his dissertation at 12:30 PM on Monday, May 27, 2019 in Room 200 of the Graduate Student Centre (6371 Crescent Road).

Dr. Teresa Dobson and Dr. Theresa Rogers are the 2019 winners of John and Doris Andrews Research Development Awards.

Following the successful first offering of Living Language: Science and Society in 2018W, we are excited to announce that Living Language will be offered again in Winter I 2019 (September - December 2019)

Please join us in congratulating Ron Darvin!

Congratulations to Dr. Andreea Cervatiuc on her promotion to Senior Instructor with tenure. Brava, Andreea!

In coordination with the DLC, the GPA team would like to thank everyone for their participation in the LLED Graduate Student Conference during the 2018/2019 academic year.

The Department of Language & Literacy is pleased to announce that PhD Candidate Monica Shank Lauwo is a recipient of the 2019-2020 Killam Doctoral Scholarship. Congratulations, Monica!

Kaye is being recognized for her work with UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange program, including co-designing and implementing an experiential community learning series. Congratulations, Kaye!

Dr. Derek Gladwin was featured in CBC’s weekly newsletter “What on Earth” that came out on April 18, 2019. In the interview, Derek talks about the links between meat consumption and carbon emissions and climate change. Read the whole article here.

The symposium will bring together eighteen Canadian and American researchers and educators with a range of experiences working with teacher candidates, teachers, and other educators in addressing the needs of culturally, linguistically, and racially diverse students and their families to share contemporary knowledge and best practices.

Registration is open for the CACS 2019 Pre-Conference: The Many Faces of Love: Celebrating the Lifework of Carl Leggo.

The Ceremonies Office arranges for the lowering of the BC and UBC flags at the passing of a member of the campus community.

Please join us in congratulating Margot on this wonderful achievement!