Dr. Wendy Carr
Projects
CIHR Project Grant (Co-Investigator) 2020-23
UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Funds (Co-Investigator), 2019-20
Jane Rule Endowment for the Study of Human Relations (Principal investigator), 2018-19
UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Funds (Co-investigator), 2018-19
CIHR Project Grant. (Pedagogical Advisor), 2018-19
UBC Equity Enhancement Fund (Principal investigator), 2016-18
UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Funds (Co-investigator), 2016-17
Carthy Foundation Grant (Co-investigator), 2014-17
Selected Publications
Articles
Carr, W. (2014). Teaching and learning beyond the classroom: Community field experience in UBC’s teacher education program. Education Canada, 54(4), 24-27.
Carr, W. (2011). Introduction. In Carr, W., Dicks, J., & Lapkin, S. (Eds.). Special edition — Innovations in Second Language Teaching and Teacher Education. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics.
Carr, W. (2011). BC’s new CEFR-inspired curriculum. Réflexions: Journal of the Canadian Assn of Second Language Teachers, 30(3), 4-6.
Carr, W. (2010). Raising FLAGS: Renewing core French at the pre-service teacher level. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 13(1), 37-51.
Carr, W. (2009). Intensive French in British Columbia: Student and parent perspectives and English as additional language (EAL) student performance. Canadian Modern Language Review, 65(5), 787-815.
Reports
Carr, W. (2020). Supporting linguistic security for language learners. In Building linguistic security: Research brief. Ottawa: Canadian Parents for French. https://cpf.ca/en/files/CPF_2020_AdvocacyBrief.pdf
Masson, M., Larson, E., Desgroseilliers, P., Carr, W., & Lapkin, S. (2019). Accessing opportunity: A study on challenges in French-as-a-second language education teacher supply and demand in Canada. Ottawa: Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages.
Chapters
Carr, W. (2013). Learning French in British Columbia: English as additional language learner and parent perspectives. In K. Arnett & C. Mady (Eds.) Minority populations in Canadian second language education (pp. 22-37). Bristol: UK: Multilingual Matters.
Carr, W. (2012). Research priorities for the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers. In T. Lamb, T., Atanoska, M. Hepp, S. Jónsdottir, & J. Zielinska (Eds.) Learning from each other: A handbook for language teacher associations (pp. 81-85). Graz, Austria: European Centre for Modern Languages.
Mady, C., & Carr, W. (2011). Immigrant perspectives on French learning in English-dominant Canadian communities. In C. Varcasia (Ed.) Becoming multilingual. Language learning and language policy between attitudes and identities (pp. 195-216). Bern, DE: Peter Lang.
Editorships
Li, G., Anderson, J., Carr, W., & Hare, J. (Eds.) (2018). Supporting teachers with diversity-plus competencies for working with culturally, linguistically, and racially diverse students, families, and communities. [Guest issue]. Journal of Family Diversity in Education, 3(1).
Carr, W., & Lapkin, S. (Eds.) (2017).The state of French second language education in Canada 2017 (Focus on students). Ottawa: Canadian Parents for French.
Carr, W. & Piccardo, E. (Eds.) (2015). Second language teachers’ CEFR-inspired practices. [Teacher resource collection]. Ottawa: Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers.
Carr, W., Dicks, J., & Lapkin, S. (Eds.). Special edition — Innovations in Second Language Teaching and Teacher Education. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics.
Teaching Resources
Carr, W., & Anderson, B. (2015). Échos Pro 3. [French second language teaching resource collection]. Toronto, ON: Pearson Education.
Carr, W., & Anderson, B. (2014). Échos Pro 2. [French second language teaching resource collection]. Toronto, ON: Pearson.
Anderson, B., & Carr, W. (2013). Échos Pro 1. [French second language teaching resource collection]. Toronto, ON: Pearson Education.
Anderson, B., Carr, W., Lewis, C., Salvatori, M., & Turnbull, M. (2009). Échos. [French second language literacy collection]. Toronto, ON: Pearson Education.
Anderson, B., Carr, W., Lewis, C., Salvatori, M., & Turnbull, M. (2008). Effective literacy practices in FSL: Making connections. Toronto, ON: Pearson Education.
Presentations
Carr, W. & James, K. (2021). Accepted workshop presentation. Inclusive teacher education: Affirming a just and equitable future for gender and sexual diversity. Annual AERA conference (online).
Carr, W. (2020). Workshop presentation. Mental health literacy: BC professional development implementation, 2015-present. Annual BC School Trustees Association conference (online).
Carr, W. (2020). Workshop presentation. Linguistic security: Research and advocacy. Annual Canadian Parents for French conference (online).
Carr, W. (2020). Podcast presentation. How to build resilience during challenging times. UBC Alumni Association.
Carr, W. (2020). Webinar presentation. Anchoring resilience in turbulent times. BC School Centred Mental Health Coalition.
Carr, W. & Frank, B. (2020). Accepted workshop presentation. Literacies of inclusion in teacher education – gender and sexual diversity: Preparing for a brave future. AERA Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Carr, W., & Frank. B. (2020). Accepted workshop presentation. Gender & sexuality diversity & inclusion in teacher education: Evolving discourses, practices, cultures, and curricula. Gender and Education Association International Conference, U of Calgary, AB.
Carr, W. (2019). Teaching and learning beyond the classroom. Presentation at Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education Conference, Victoria, BC.
Carr, W., Baxter, A., Wei, Y., & MacKenzie, D. (2019). Building mental health Literate schools/districts/communities: Cascading professional learning to develop pathways of care. Presentation at Advancing School Mental Health Conference, Austin, Texas.
Carr, W., James, K., & Moore, A. (2019). Literacies of inclusion for gender and sexual diversity in teacher education. Presentation at Languaging in Times of Change Conference. Stirling, Scotland.
Carr, W. (2019). Mental health education: Promising practices from Canadian faculties of education. Panel presentation. Association of Canadian Deans of Education at Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, Vancouver.
Carr, W. (2019). Sexual and gender diversity and inclusion: Updates from Canadian faculties of education. Panel presentation. Association of Canadian Deans of Education at Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, UBC.
Carr, W. (2019). Developing mental health literate educators. HSE International Academic Conference– Well-Being, Education and Socio-Economic Development Symposium. Workshop presentation. Moscow, Russia.
Carr, W. & Kutcher, S. (2018). Advancing the mental health literacy agenda in preservice and inservice education. (Kutcher in absentia.) Presentation at Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, Regina, Saskatchewan.
Carr, W., Wei, Y., Kutcher, S., & Heffernan, A. (2018). Building teacher mental health literacy. (Wei, Kutcher & Heffernan in absentia). Presentation at Conference on Academic Research in Education. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Carr, W., Wei, Y., Kutcher, S., & Heffernan, A. (2017). Mental health literacy development in pre-service teacher education. (Wei, Kutcher & Heffernan in absentia). Presentation at International Conference on Education and New Developments, Lisbon, Portugal.
Sabatier, C., Cavanagh, M., Carr, W., & Dicks, J. (2017). Les mots me manquent: enseigner “l’autre” langue officielle. Invited panel presentation. Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, Toronto, ON.
Irwin, R., Lin, C., & Carr, W. (2017). Teacher mentorship: Pedagogical partnerships across multiple institutions. Invited panel presentation. Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference. Toronto, ON.
Rodger, S., Gilham, C., Carr, W., Kutcher, S., & Atkins, M-A. (2017). Mental health literacy: Implementing curriculum resources for Canadian pre-service teachers. Panel presentation. Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference. Toronto, ON.
Kutcher, S., Hymel, S., Rodger, S., Gilham, C., & Carr, W. (2016). Mental health literacy in undergraduate and graduate teacher education. Panel presentation. Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference. Calgary, AB.
Carr, W., (2015). Inspired practice: Perspectives on a new era in BC second language curriculum and pedagogy. Invited keynote. BC Association of Second Language Teachers Conference, Burnaby, BC.
Frank, B., & Carr, W. (2015). Innovations in rural education at The University of British Columbia. Invited presentation. International Conference on Social Transformation and Education Reform, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Carr, W. (2015). Mental health literacy: Pre-service teachers as agents of change and empowerment. Workshop presentation. North West Association of Teacher Educators. University of Western Washington, Pullman, Washington, US.
Piccardo, E., & Carr, W. (2015). Languages and beyond: Potentiel des apports plurilingues et transnationaux dans les contextes professionnels et d’apprentissage. Workshop presentation. World Congress of Modern Languages, Niagara Fall, Ontario.
Carr, W. (2014). Canadian bilingualism and social cohesion: Perspectives of English/French as additional language learners in British Columbia. Workshop presentation. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics. Brock University, St. Catherine’s, ON.
Carr, W. (2013). Taking language learning to a new level with audio, visual and multimedia texts. Workshop presentation. Languages Without Borders Conference. Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Carr, W. (2012). A common framework of reference for languages: Implications for language articulation. Invited session. Standing Committee on Language Articulation, University of Victoria.
Bournot-Trites, M., & Carr, W. (2012). Benefits and challenges of an M.Ed. program delivered in mixed-mode delivery (face-to-face and online). (Bournot-Trites in absentia.) Invited session. Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL). Conference on Innovative Practices in Technology-mediated Language Learning, University of Ottawa.
Carr, W. (2011). A common framework of reference for languages at UBC: Perspectives from BC’s new languages curriculum. Invited session in UBC’s Second Language Research Cluster, Faculty of Arts, French Hispanic & Italian Studies Department.
Carr, W. (2011). Sparking the language-literacy connection. Invited keynote speaker. SLED Talks (Second Language Education Discussion). Second Language and Intercultural Council Conference, Canmore, AB.
Carr, W., Dicks, J., Kristmanson, P., Turnbull, M., & Turnbull, C. (2011). Cross-Canada perspectives on the Common European Framework of Reference and language teacher education/practice. Opening symposium and workshop. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics. Fredericton, NB.
Carr, W. (2011). Literacy in core French. Workshop presentation. Languages Without Borders Conference. Montreal.
Carr, W., & Mady, C. (2011). Multilingual immigrants’ investment in learning an additional minority language (Canada). Presentation. Mobility Language Literacy Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.
Carr, W., & Mady. C. (2010). Canada’s linguistic ideal: Allophone immigrant perspectives. Presentation. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics. Montréal, Québec.
Awards
Community Work
2015 – present
Director, National Board of Directors, Canadian Parents for French
2017 – 2020
Chair, BC Provincial Mental Health Literacy Professional Development Steering Committee
2015 – 2018
BC Provincial French Education Stakeholders Advisory Committee
2016 – 2018
Assn of BC Deans of Education representative, Teacher Education Program Working Group (ABCDE & BC Teachers’ Council)
2012-2016
Canadian Expert Representative, European Centre of Modern Languages
2009 – 2015
Acting President (2014), Vice-president (2013-14 & 2015), Director (2009-13), Board of Directors, Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers
2011 – 2014
BC/Yukon Representative, Editorial Board, Canadian Modern Language Review
2009 – 2013
Member, BC Ministry French Curriculum Writing Committee
2005 – 2011
Past president (2010-11); President (2008-10); Vice-president (2007-09); French representative (2005-07): BC Association of Teachers of Modern Languages