Congratulations to Megan on receiving the 2025 President’s Staff Award
Please join us in congratulating Megan Wilson on receiving the 2025 President’s Staff Award for Wellbeing! These awards are presented annually by the university to recognize staff members who demonstrate outstanding achievement and excellence within the UBC community. Megan Wilson (she/her) fosters a culture of wellbeing within the Department of Language and Literacy Education and […]
Congratulations to Serikbolsyn Tastanbek
Congratulations to Serikbolsyn Tastanbek, PhD candidate in LLED, on receiving the 2024 Larry Vandergrift Award for Best Graduate Paper. His winning article is featured in the latest issue of the Canadian Modern Language Review: Tastanbek, S. (2025). “Противоречат, да, мои слова?!” Translingual TESOL Teacher Educators’ Conflicting Translanguaging Beliefs. The Canadian Modern Language Review, 81 (3), 141-166. […]
Congratulations to our Recent Grant Recipients
Please join us in congratulating our faculty members on their recent successful grant applications! Warmest congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Monica Shank Lauwo on receiving a Dissertation Award from the Canadian Association of Teacher Education
Congratulations to Dr. Monica Shank Lauwo, a recent LLED PhD graduate, on being awarded a Dissertation Award from the Canadian Association of Teacher Education! Monica’s 2024 dissertation, titled “LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY, ANTIRACISM, AND RACIOLINGUICIZED SUBJECTIVITIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION” was supervised by Dr. Bonny Norton and Dr. Marlene Asselin. Monica is now a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University. Well […]
Congratulations to Osanka Rathnasiri on receiving the Oxford EMI Emerging Researcher Award 2025
Please join us in congratulating first-year PhD student Osanka Rathnasiri on receiving the Oxford EMI Emerging Researcher Award 2025! The award was presented at the ELINET (Education, Languages and Internationalisation Network) Conference held at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, on July 3-4, 2025. At this conference, Osanka presented her paper titled “Language Ideologies in […]
Congratulations to Dr. Guofang Li – Recipient of the 2025 ILA International Citation of Merit
We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Dr. Guofang Li has been awarded the 2025 ILA International Citation of Merit! The International Literacy Association (ILA) International Citation of Merit is given to an individual whose reputation is clearly visible through global activities in the field of literacy and whose activities are for the […]
Congratulations to Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen on being selected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Education
We are delighted to share that Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen has been selected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Education (IAE) (http://www.iaoed.org), an important recognition of her exceptional contributions to the field of education. Election to the IAE is reserved for scholars who have demonstrated a sustained record of excellence in educational research and […]
Congratulations to Dr. Melanie Wong on receiving the 2025 Emerging Teacher Educator Award
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Melanie Wong on receiving the 2025 Emerging Teacher Educator Award at the ABCDE Roundtable! This well-deserved recognition acknowledges Melanie’s outstanding dedication, innovation, and numerous contributions to the field of teacher education. She is a passionate educator and an advocate for using technologies as a tool to support all learners. […]