Aboriginal Literacy K to 12 Symposium
The goal of this symposium is to learn how we can use Aboriginal stories, in their various forms, to promote reconciliation. Join us on May 25th at the UBC Longhouse from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.!
Transitioning Home: Veterans Performing Self in CONTACT! Unload
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A reading by YA writer Khyiah Angel
Please join us for a reading by Khyaih Angel, an Australian YA writer who is experimenting with the multimodal novel form. Khyiah Angel was a 2010 recipient of the Australian Society of Authors Mentorship Award for her first novel Fake Profile, the story of how a single posting on a social media website can go […]
Upcoming Doctoral Defense – Laura Ann Cranmer
LLED PhD student Laura Ann Cranmer will defend her doctoral dissertation on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. All are welcome to attend. Title: Reclaiming Kwak’wala Through Co-Constructing Gwanti’lakw’s Vision When: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 | 12:30 p.m. Where: Graduate Student Centre, at 6371 Crescent Road, room 200 Supervisor: Dr. Carl Leggo Doctoral defences are public. Examinations normally take 2–3 hours […]
Upcoming Doctoral Defense – Ryan Deschambault
LLED PhD student Ryan Deschambault will defend his doctoral dissertation on Friday, October 30. All are welcome to attend. Title: Economizing Education: Fee-Paying ESL Students in a Public High School When: Friday, October 30, 2015 | 12:30 pm Where: Graduate Student Centre, at 6371 Crescent Road, room 200 Supervisor: Dr. Steven Talmy Committee Members: Dr. Patsy Duff (LLED), Dr. Margaret […]
Race Literacies – A Black Canadian Speakers Series Inaugural Event
The University of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University Present: This inaugural event of UBC’s Race Literacies: A Black Canadian Speakers Series is funded by a UBC Equity Enhancement Grant and co-sponsored by the English Department at Simon Fraser University. Other UBC sponsors include the Department of Language and Literacy Education, the Centre for Culture, […]
Book Launch: Words from the Street II – An anthology of poetry by Vancouver youth
You are invited to a special book launch, co-sponsored by the Department of Language & Literacy Education and Family Services of Greater Vancouver. Words from the Street II – An anthology of poetry by Vancouver youth Youth poets will share their work and talk about their lives and issues of homelessness in Downtown Vancouver Location: […]
Upcoming Doctoral Defense – Yanning Dong
LLED PhD student Yanning Dong will defend her doctoral dissertation on Friday, September 18, 2015. All are welcome to attend. Title: Critical Thinking in Second Language Writing: Concept, Theory, and Pedagogy When: Friday, September 18, 2015 | 9:00 a.m. Where: Graduate Student Centre, at 6371 Crescent Road, room 200 Supervisor: Dr. Ling Shi Doctoral defences are public. Examinations normally take […]
LLED Invited Research Talk: Catherine Manathunga
Intercultural Postgraduate Supervision Reimagining time, place and knowledge Join the Department of Language and Literacy Education in welcoming Associate Professor Catherine Manathunga of the College of Education, Victoria University as she gives a research talk on Tuesday, August 4th, 2015, from 1o:00 to 11:30 am in Neville Scarfe, Room 310. Decades of postcolonial, Indigenous and […]
DLC Talks: Digital Literacies and the Public Voice of Girls in Social Activism
Please join the Department of Language and Literacy Education in welcoming guest lecturers Dr. Claudia Mitchell from McGill University and UBC Noted Summer Scholar, and Dr. Ann Smith, also from McGill University and the Managing Editor of Girlhood Studies journal. Their talk on Digital Literacies and the Public Voice of Girls in Social Activism will take […]