Bonny Norton (FRSC)

Dr. Bonny Norton (FRSC)

Professor

University Killam Professor

bonny.norton@ubc.ca 604–822–5236 PCN 3137
Websites:

Personal UBC website: https://faculty.educ.ubc.ca/norton/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=zs9DD2QAAAAJ&hl=en

Research and teaching areas:

Bilingual/multilingual education

Critical literacies/pedagogies

Digital literacies

English as an additional language

Gender/sexuality/queer inclusion

Identity

Language Ideologies

Storytelling & Narrative Inquiry

Media

Projects

Global Storybooks project: https://globalstorybooks.net/
Storybooks Canada: https://www.storybookscanada.ca/
Indigenous Storybooks: https://indigenousstorybooks.ca/

Please see website for full list: http://faculty.educ.ubc.ca/norton/

Selected Honours and Awards

University Killam Professor, 2021

CUFA BC Academic of the Year, 2020

CSSE Graduate Student Mentorship Award, 2018

Fellow Royal Society of Canada, FRSC, 2016

TESOL Distinguished Research Award (co-recipient), 2016

AERA Fellow (American Educational Research Association), 2012

Killam Research Prize, 2007

UBC Distinguished University Scholar, 2004

Killam Teaching Prize, 2003

Selected Publications (Online & Open Access)

For full list, see: http://faculty.educ.ubc.ca/norton/

Books

Norton, B. (2013)
Identity and Language Learning. Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783090563

Articles

Uysal, H., Kim, H. J., & Norton, B. (2024) Exploring Language Teacher Identity and Investment: In Discussion with Bonny Norton. RELC Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882241262532
Darvin, R. & Norton, B. (2022) Identity. In S. Li, P. Hiver, & M. Papi (Eds.) The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and individual differences, (pp. 235-250). Routledge
Darvin, R. & Norton, B. (2023) Investment and motivation in language learning: What's the difference? Language Teaching, 56, 29-40. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-teaching/article/investment-and-motivation-in-language-learning-whats-the-difference/9867F8786C50C31C88D45B0009FC2383
Zaidi, R., Metcalfe, R., & Norton, B. (2022) "Dual language books go digital: Storybooks Canada in French immersion schools and homes." Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics. 25 (1), 64-87. https://doi.org/10.37213/cjal.2022.31626
Afreen, A. & Norton, B. (2022) Bangla and the identity of the heritage language teacher. Educational Linguistics, 1(1), 152-178. https://doi.org/10.1515/eduling-2021-0008
Norton, B. (2021) Identity, language, and literacy in an African digital landscape. In L. Makalela & A.G. White (Eds) Digital technology and languages in African communities and classrooms: opportunities and innovations. (pp. 118-136). Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. https://zenodo.org/records/10455757
Gilman, M. & Norton, B. (2020) Storybooks Canada, English language learners, and the school curriculum. BC TEAL Journal, 5 (1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v5i1.340
Norton, B., Stranger-Johannessen, E., & Doherty, L. (2020) Global Storybooks: From Arabic to Zulu, freely available digital tales in 50+ language. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/global-storybooks-from-arabic-to-zulu-freely-available-digital-tales-in-50-languages-127480.
Norton, B. & Doherty, L. (2020) Global Storybooks for multilingual UK Classrooms. EAL Journal, p. 21-25. https://storybookscanada.ca/files/norton_2020_ealjournal.pdf

Stranger-Johannessen, E., Doherty, L., & Norton, B. (2018). The African Storybook and Storybooks Canada: Digital stories for linguistically diverse children. Language and Literacy, 20(3), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.20360/langandlit29413

Hare, J., Darvin, R., Doherty, L., Early, M., Filipenko, M., Norton, B., Soni, D., and Stranger-Johannessen, E. (2017). “Digital storytelling and reconciliation” (pp. 200-205). In P. Tortell, P.,    M. Young & P. Nemetz (Eds.) Reflections of Canada: Illuminating our opportunities and challenges at 150+ years. Vancouver, BC: UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0396642

Norton, B. & Welch, T. (2015). Digital stories could hold the key to multilingual literacy for African children. The Conversation, May 15. https://theconversation.com/digital-stories-could-hold-the-key-to-multilingual-literacy-for-african-children-40405

Darvin, R. & Norton, B. (2014). Transnational identity and migrant language learners: The promise of digital storytelling. Education Matters, 2 (1), 55-66. https://faculty.educ.ubc.ca/norton/Darvin%20and%20Norton.%202014.%20Transnational%20identity%20and%20migrant%20language%20learners.pdf

Norton, B. (2010). Identity, literacy, and English-language teaching. TESL Canada Journal, 28(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v28i1.1057

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